Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-01-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
eastern and hAIdeIe States

Eh8t0Fn ana ntuCi0 States
William Sexton defeated George F. slosson
In a billiard match for the championship OF
America. The game took place in New York,
and at the close the score stood Sexton, 800
Slosson, 46S.
Breyet Major General Donald @. McCullum,
one OF the greatest bridge engineers Of the
country, and manager OF railroads for the
federal army during the war, died In Brooklyn,
N. T., q few days ago, aged sixty-four.
Hoffman Beach, q clerk in the Importers
and Traders national bank, OF New York, WAS
sent 10 the clearinghouse with package con-
tanning SOS, 900 in money and securities. He
was accompanied by detective, as was GUS
tomary and vet when he reached the clearing
house and felt for the pocketbook containing
the package it was gone. The bank at once
offered a reward Of 5000 for the property's
return.
Kate Punch, a sixteen year-old girl, who had
been committed to the House Of Refuge, in
New York, on complaint Of her parents, COM
mitted suicide by hanging.
The combination Of coal mining companies,
which has been in existence for year past, in
the anthracite coal interests, was broken at
a recent meeting in New York.
More than fifty thousand persons paid an
admission fee of fifty cents each to Gilmore's
garden, in New York, during the six days
| pedestrian contest between Daniel O'Leary, of
Chicago, the champion, and P. Napoleon Cam
pan2, late peddler, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, to
whom public attention was recently drawn by
his reported defeat of O'Leary best time-520
miles in six days. AS treal of speed the
match proved failure, O'Leary covering only
400 miles in the specified time, and Campana-
who is forty-three years old-S57 miles,
An explosion OF nitro-glycerine in the "J. L.
Rand Rendrock Works." at Black Oak Ridge,
N, j., caused a shock like that of an earth
quake, utterly demolishing the building in
which the terrible material was stored, and
tearing to atoms three workmen-John Man
ley Charles Hensel and Ferdinand Marks So
terrific was the force of the explosion that the
frozen ground about looked like o plowed
field, and there was hole fifteen feet deep in
the rock on which the shed containing the
nitro glycerlne stood.
Fifty thousand persons visited the lakes in
the Central park, New York, on the first Sun
day of the skating season.
Upon request of the New York State bank
department the Haverstraw savings bank has
been enjoined from doing further business
Acting Superintendent Lamb charging that the
institution is insolvent.
The pocketbook lost by messenger of the
New York Importers and Traders national
bank, was returnedin an envelope sent through
the postofioe; but nearly $4,000 of the 5000,
900 comprising its contents, had been abstract
ed.
Field & Jones, New York brokers, purchased
$4,000 in government bonds for John W
Hull, speculator. Hull obtained possession
of the bonds left the firms office without pay
ing for Them and forgot to return.
J During struggle in the hallway of tn,
Metropolitan hotel, in New York, between
lunatc named Palmer and several policemen
Officer Asa II. Furness received two bulle
wounds, from the effect Of which he died TIL
next day.
The Cocheco print works at Dover, N. II.
have incurred loss of nearly $75, 900 by tn
burning of their shearing room.
! The New York Historical society held
| meeting at the Academy of Music, to com
memorate the death of William Cullen Bryant
and listened to memorial address upon tn
dead poets life by George William Curtis
> Among those present were the President AM
/ Mrs. Hayes, Vice-President Wheeler Secretar
, EVarts, Attorney General Devens. General
8 Sherman, Hancock and Bristow Peter Cooper
: and many other men well-known to the coun
l try.
The United States steam sloop-of-war Rich
: mond arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard, a fey
{ days ago, after trial trip from Boston. TIL
Richmsnd will proceed to Hong Kong, but O
!. the way will stop at some station in the Med
1 terranean, to take up General Grant and hi
7 son, Colonel Fred Grant, who intend visitin
o the East Indies, China and Japan.
s A boy named Peter Stretch was killed by
= tame bear belonging to q hotel in the outskirt
9 of Brosklyn.
q Cyrus W. Fields proposition to erect a monr
:, ment to the memory Of Major Andre, th
J British spy, on American ground, has brougt
J. forth many letters from correspondents in ii
Il New York papers, some approving and Other
d protesting against the erection OF the menori
@ stone.
!. The New York board of apportionment hav
appropriated $50. 0O7, 097. 81 for the governmel
of the city in 1879. This sum includes I'll
q cltys State tax and interest on the city debt.
Q Sixteen banks in New York city have reduce
their capital from 1856, 0000 900 to $21 1856, 900.
6 Mayor Cooper was ushered into Office in Ne
e York, with simple ceremonies
IS Eighty thousand emigrants arrived in Ne
l. York last year-an increase of 16, QUO over 1877
q Robert W. Mackey, leading Pennsylvan
IF Republican politician, and late State treasure
a died in Philadelphia, the other day, aged fort
one years.
The Massachusetts, and Maine legislator
?; met and organized. A hard-money resolutio
IL which passed the Maine senate, was tabled
Z, the house.
|. Daring 1878 there were GIT failures report
g in New York city, with liabilities aggregatil
/. SG3 800, 4O3, and assets $1S 1896, 531.
i Delegates Of the Greenback party from L
" several New England States met in Boston
!. discuss the best method for conducting t
is campaign. Resolutions favoring the form
he ton of some Greenbsck organization of t.
e. New England States, and asserting that t
n. permanent Issue in the Greenback-Lab
40 movement is the immediate substitution
" greenbacks for national currency" etc, we
W. adopted. The delegates were addressed
go Wendell Phillips and Carl Mohr.
is heavy snow storm along the line of t
n Rome, Watertown and 0gdensburg railro
er compelled the abandonment of all trains, a
40 caused an entire cessation of traffic. The 70
. had just raised an eight days blockade from
- previous storm.
LII The death of Caleb Cushing at Newburypo
e. Mass, is announced. He was born In Sal
n bury, Mass, in 1900, and graduated from II
O ward college. He began to practice law
q twenty-five, was elected to both houses Of [
~ State legislature several times, and in 10
10 published two volumes of "reminiscences OF
ne tour in Spain. In 1888 he was sent to OK
n gress and served four consecutive terms. Pre-
u. dent Tyler nominated him to be secretary
IN the treasury in 1843, but he failed of onfrn
~ ton by the Senate He went to the Mexic
y war as colonel of Massachusetts, regimen
and while in Mexico was nominated for q
ernor of the State by the Democrats, but v
defeated. Then he appeared in public life
rnavor IF No a,1d ;,.+;ao A.