Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-31
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Eastern and Middle States.

The destruction by fire Of six-stOry brick
building in New York, used as a storehouse
for grain, eniailed loss exceeding $1,000
Eighty thousand brick have found a resting
place on the bottom OF the Hudson. The
schooner Catskill, containing that amount Of
brick, was run into at night of Hewburg by
the steamer ST. John and sunk.
The assembly of governors to arrange the
details of the centennial anniversary OF the
surrender Of the English army at Yorktown
met for organization in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, a few days ago. Governors
Andrews, of Connecticut; Holiday, of Vir-
ginia; Hoyt, OF Pennsylvania; Simpson, Of
South Carolina; Jarvis, of North Carolina;
Hall, OF Delaware; Carroll, OF Maryland, and
Colonel Lincoln, representing Governor Tai
bot, of Massachusetts were present. Governor
Holiday was chosen president of the meeting,
and Colonel Lincoln, secretary. There was
speaking by Mayor StOkley, Governors Car
roll, Hoyt, Holiday, Hall, Jarvis and Simp-
son. A committee consisting OF Governors
Hoyt, Simpson and Holiday reported resOlu-
tons commencing the celebration and sdvis-
ing the appointment OF a committee of ar
rangements, OF one from each State, to be
nominated by the governor thereof and to be
presided over by Governor Holiday.
The eighty -four hour walking match in New
York, in which the contestants walked or ran
fourteen hours each day for six days, was
poorly attended. Fitzgerald came in first
with score of SIT miles, and took drst prize
OF 81, 200; Colston made $40 miles and won
5000; Campana, 1853 miles, S400; Vint, $50
miles, $500, and Waters 1873 miles, $780,
At Saratoga, N. Y, the second trial of Jesse
Billings, charged with numbering his wife, was
postponed by mutual consent until the first
Tuesday in January, 1880. Billings was re-
admitted to bail in the sum OF $4,000.
James H. Riley, of Saratoga, defeated Wal
lace Ross, of st. John, n. B., i'll three-mile
sculling race at Norwich, Conn.
William Blake referee in the recent Chau-
tauqua Lake boating affair, has written letters
to Hanlan and Courtney suggesting that the
difficulty about the payment OF the purse be
settled by the men actually rowing race to-
gether on the same terms as before.
The trial at Newark, n. j., of Joseph A
Blair, the New York bank teller, for killing
John Armstrong, his coachman, in Montclair,
resulted in a verdict OF not guilty by the jury,
who were out ninety-seven hours before they
came to decision.
Mrs. Adele F. Lucas, who demanded $l5,-
900 under the civil-damages act from George
Bulwinkle, Brooklyn liquor dealer, charging
that he had in spite of her warnings sold liquor
to her husband and made him drunkard,
was awarded $50 in the Brooklyn city court.
Three little Pittsburgh girls-Stella, Lila
and Mary Dunn-obtained possession of q
railway signal torpedo, which they attempted
to open by pounding on it with a stone. An
explosion followed, which fatally injured
Stella, aged three years. fragment struck
Lilly in the face, cutting our one eye, and
probably destroying the sight of the other
| olIaSf Xubn hand ad
the torpedo, escaped with no more serious in
jury than badly lacerated hands.
About thirty farmers and other prominent
gentlemen identified with agricultural interests
met in the rooms OF the Farmers Club in New
York, for the purpose OF organizing national
agricultural society. Mr.. j. II. Preall called
the meeting to order, and announced the OBJ
jects OF the proposed society, which he sale
were to provide for meetings of agriculturists
at which an interchange of opinions could take
place, and for the advancement and protection
OF agriculture in this country. The plan pro
| posed is model OF one which existed in the
| United States before the war, with the add
ton OF many OF the leading features of tn,
Royal Agricultural Society OF England. An
nual fairs are to be held, which it is conceded
would be OF practical benefit to the farmers o
the United States. as well as OF particular
|
edge and the encouragement OF emigration
are all included among the aims OF the society
On motion the following named officers wer,
chosen President, Victor II. Prolette, o
Pennsylvania; vice-presidents, ex-Gov. II, de
OF Connecticut, and DR.. A. s. Heath; secre
taries Ezra Whitman and D. W. Wilson. 4
committee was appointed to dlalt q constitu
ton and bylaws tor the proposed society.
Montauk, the great Indian reservation ant
peninsula at the southeastern extremity o
Long Island, has been sold at auction, realiz
ing $l5l, 900. The tract sold is from nine t.
ten miles in length; in width varies iron
about a mile aAd half to three miles, an
including land under water contains abou
LOO acres.
A fire at Sag Harbor, Long Island, destroye
the Montauk Steam Cotton Mills, entailipg
total loss OF about two hundred thousand dol
lars, oil which the insurance is about eight
thousand.