Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-21
Western and Southern States.

William Davis was executed at Lockhssler
Texas, for the murder OF Dolly Hudspeth on
October q, 1878. He acknowledged his guilt
from the scafold, and suffered death without
evincing any emotion. A large crowd wit
messed the hanging.
A dispatch from st. Paul, Mimi, says that
Major NJ. A. Reno, who, two years ago, was
court-martialed for offensive conduct towards
a woman, and whose sentence was mitigated
by President Hayes, is again in trouble for a
similar offence, the victim of the insult this
time being the wife OF Post-trader Farr shaw
Major Reno was drunk at the time. General
Terry has declared a court-martial to try him
to sit ut Fort Meade. 1t will be remembered
that Major Reno was in command OF troops
near Custer when the latter and his force
were massacred.
A house-to-house inspection has been COM
menced at Memphis under the auspices OF the
national board OF health.
AS the two hundred hands-mostly boys
and girls-employed in the cracker and candy
mandatory OF j. f. Corle & Son, at Kansas
City, Mo-, were returning to work from dinner
one of the walls OF the building suddenly tell
in with terrible crash, burying in the ruins
nearly one hundred persons. Then the rest
OF the walls gave way in rapid succession.
| From within the huge, tumbling wreck issued
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their screams and shrieks with the crash oil
falling timbers and masses of brick. Hardly
had the house fallen before the ruins took fire.
The furnaces were in full blast at the time OF
the accident and the dry building material was
like finder. In the meantime the scene within
and about the building was terrifying in the
| extreme. In the second story about thirty
girls were cut off from the stairs by timbers
blocking the doorway. They ran to the win
dows, and before any one could stop them
seveIal had jumped to the ground, receiving
terrible wounds. AT last the door to the
stairway was battered down and the girls were
released, but not before eight persons had
been killed and several more badly injured
The accident is supposed to have resulted
from the heavy stock on hand causing the
| walls to crumble. The building was three
stories in height, but of brick, and was erected
in 1852. 1t was considered perfectly safe, and
had been in use by the Messrs. Corle two
years.
Governor Bishop, OF Ohio, has sued the
Cincinnati Gazette for libel, claiming 500 00(
damages for falsely charging him with a cor.
rupt bargain and conspiracy to obtain eontro
OF the Cincinnati police board.
Captain Hall and squad OF rangers anC
several citizens, anticipating an attempt tt
plumber one Campbells store, in Atascosf
county, Texas, concealed themselves in order
to capture the robbers. During the night five
men rode up and entered the store. Two O
them secured the clerk, while the others be-
gan plundering the store. Hall and his mer
appeared and demanded the surrender of the
robbers. The latter, however, fired on the
rangers, wounding one citizen. Halls mer
returned the fire, killing one robber, MORALLY
wounding another, and slightly wounding
third. The others escaped.
AS train was crossing the iron bridge ovel
the Missouri river, at ST. Charles Mo-, the
west span of the main structure suddenly gave
way, precipitating seventeen cars loaded will
live stock, a caboose and seven men in thu
river The engine and one Car, with the con
ductor, engineer and fireman were saved by
the breaking OF the connection between tn,
cars. -Four men were killed and three SO
verely injured The damage done to tn,
bridge is estimated at $4,000; value OF tn,
cars and stock at about $4,000.
The business part OF Napoleon, Ohio, tow
of 1920 inhabitants, has been destroyed b.
fire. Loss, 100000
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Little, twochildren, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown were rowing Oh
the Merrimack river in Massachusetts, iron
Centralville shore to Little Canada, when tn
leaking of the boat frightened them, and dur
ing the confusion it was overturned. MI
Brown swan ashore. Mrs. Little and on
child chung to the boat and we're rescued MI
Little and Mrs. Brown (his sister) and MI
Little's two-year-o son were drowned.
The steamship Arizona, which sailed fror
!; New York Tor Liverpool with 800 souls o.
board, ran into huge iceberg with terrifi
force and stove in her bow. Fortunately tn
vessel remained watertght and was able t
put into st. Johns, Newfoundland.
On the night Of the Champion disaste
7 another Charleston steamer-the Falcor
. bound Ia that port from Bsltimore--was ru
into off Cove Point by the schooner 81