The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-03-10
A WEEKS EVENTS
Eastern and Middle States.

The Republican State convention 20 elecs
deiegntes irun the State Of New York 70 the
Chicago national presidential convention mea
at Utica. Charles K. Smith. late editor Of the
Albany EreHfag Journal was made eha,t
man. One Of the resolutions reported BY me
committee on resolutions declared the 70
election OF Ulysses s. Grant 70 be OF the ut,
most importance. To this an amendment
was offered by Mr.. Forster that the Chicago
delegation be instructed 10 vote for james u.
blaine Mr.. Woodin moved 10 further amend
bv striking out all instructions 70 vote Tor any
one man, and his amendment was accepted
by Mr.. Forster. Mr.. Conkling made q speech
in favor OF the original resolution, and MI
Woodin's amendment was then voted uFon
and lost by $50 yeas to 2l7 nays The com,
mittee's resolutions were then adopted, ana
the delegates to Chicago we're named by con-
g. G, sional districts. The delegates at Large
are Roscoe Conkling, Alonzo b. Cornell,
Chester A. Arthur and James ID. Warren.
A cable dispatch says that large tenant
right meeting in County Armagh was dis
| persed BY 5000 Orangemen, armed with blud-
geons, and that twenty Of the tenant-rignt
men we're seriously injured. The OrangemeD
considered the meeting to be oil seditious
| character.
AT Jefferson, Texas, man who had con-
lessed to numbering Mrs. Clarke, respecta-
BILE woman, was set upon by a mob, who sat
urated his clothing with coal oil, set it on fire
and hanged him.
| The New Jersey Republican State conven-
| ton to elect delegates to the Chicago con-
veation will meet in Trenton on May o.
In the United States district court at Iren-
ton, n. j., the woman who claimed to be the
widow of Lewis, the millionaire mlser o.
Hoboken who left nearly all his great fortune
| TO the Uuitel States, made a lul confession
| Il. ha1 IN hRF EnOWI-
edge seen the man she claimed to be her hus.
band, and that the certificate, testimony and
clam to the estate was an entire fabrication
that was conceived by DR.. Park betw cen the
death OF the old mum and the day OF his burial
Ex-Governor Lueius Robinson, OF New
York, has been sued for $500 0 damages by
ex-County Clerk Gumbleton, OF New YORK
city, who was removed from office last yeai
tor the alleged charging of illegal lees.
General Gu rez Tang, who holds position
of high honor in the Chinese army, being de
tailed as chief of tho emperor's body-guard
arrived in New York q few days ago on de
taehed service.
The New York city hotels are filed to over
lowing with out-oi-town merchants engaged
in buying goods for the spring trade.
William H. Vanderbilt has issued an order
restoring the wages of employees on the New
York Central railroad to the rates paid priol
to the reduction made in July, 1877. The re
duction was from ten to fifteen per cent.
The British steamship Alexandria arrived
in New York a few days ago, having on boarC
the crews OF two vessels-the brig Julia and th'
steamship Hindoo-that had ioundered at sea
Three OF the Hindoo's officers were WASHED
overheard.
David Hoag, OF Minerville, N. Y, who wol
twenty-seven hour walking match, died tive
days aiterward at Port Henry from the effect
of morphine and other stimulants given hin
during the contest
Charter elections in a number OF cite
throughout New York State show Republican
victories for the mayoralty in Elmira, Ron
dout, Oswego and Rochester, and Democrats
successes in Newburg, Rome, Troy and Utica
, A dinner, give. in New l ork to M.
Lesseps, protector OF the Panama canal, wa
attended by many leading representative
OF different professions.
/, The destruction by fire of two large builC
ings in Seventh avenue, New York, devote
to manufacturing purposes, caused an est
mated loss OF S200,U00.
An incendiary fire nearly destroyed tn
village oil Bergen, N. Y. twenty -eight bust
ness places and nine dwellings were con
| sumed and loss incurred OF about $4,000
Alfred p. Goodell, a young New Yor
dentist while practicng in a gymnasium fe
from horizontal bar and broke his mech