Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
GENERAL NEWS.

The superior court has sustained the
verdict Of $4,000 secured againsta New
York horse railroad, by VIM. ii. Schultz,
a boy of - years, whom a conductor
threw from a car, Oct. 3, 1877.
Judge Barr of the United States dis
trict court for Kentucky has released
VIM. ellis and John Davis, cOlored
murderers in Bourbon county Jail, be-
cause colored men were not placed on
the Jury that tried them. The Kentucky
constitution expressly excludes negroes
from jury duty, and il is feared that there
may be a general release of black con-
victs on writs of habeas corpus.
The wreck of the steamer Narragan-
sett has been sold at auction in New
York, by order of the United States dis
trict court, for $4,000, to G. p. Dixon.
The steamers Grand Republic and Ade-
laide collided on the Hudson river re-
Gently. and the latter sunk soon after;
loss $4,000. The Republic had just
landed Beecher's picnic party, and no
lives were lost. The Adelaide formerly
ran between Boston, Eastport and st.
John, n. B.
Rosedale's furniture factory at Balti-
more, Md, was burned lately; loss $685.
600. Four firemen were nearly suffOcat-
ed and a boy was killed by hose car
riage.
Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and the party
of Sioux Indians have left Washington
with a satisfactory agreement relative to
their money allowance, etc. They de-
sire to have more of their children sent
m cahpnl NV fhp Government
The railway mail superintendent have
agreed upon several new regulations to
perfect the service, among them pro-
vision for promptly notifying newspaper
publishers of the mis-direction OF mis-
sending of news packages by means of
blanks to be furnished to each emplOye
of the railway mail service.
j. E. Warburton, the amateur cham
pion lOng-distance runner of England,
has just run 90 miles in hour, Sc min
utes and 80 seconds, beating the best re-
cord by 40 seconds.
Letsea, the South Africa Basuto chief,
has issued a proclamation calling upon
the Basutos to surrender their arms to
the British.
Twenty-four hundred acres of rye,
corn and grass have been eaten up in
Harrison township, Westchester county,
n. Y, by army worms. 1t is thought
the pest was brought there III baled ma
nure, as farms not using it were not af-
feCled.
The population of the city of Cincin-
natl and the immediate suburbs is stated
to be 10000
The late rains and subsequent sunshine
in England materially improved the con-
ditiOns of the cereals. Although the
wheat plant in some places is reported
thin, generally speaking, there are san
guine hopes of a fair average crop. The
prospects of barley are also favorable.
A Calcutta despatch says that by the al
lotment of the new l-2 per cent loans
/ the government will make clear gain
of 10 laos of rupees.
| Wesleyan Chapel, in City road, Lon
den, founded by John Wesley, which
was partially destroyed by fire in Decem
Der last, has been restored.
The Mississippi is the highest al Du-
buque for more than 81 yeaas and is still
rising The manufacturing interests of
| the city are dead involving untold loss
es aside from property destroyed. The
freshet in the river above and below that
point and in all tributary streams in the
northwest continues, doing more or less
damage at various points by overflow
ing.
Acheson, who killed a farmer near
Ballinamore, Ireland, was arraigned re-
Gently at Dublin. On returning to Car
rick, escorted by so armed constabulary,
/ they were assaulted by crowd, includ-
ing many militiamen. A large stone
| struck the chief constable, who sprang
out and ordered the arrest of militia
man, who was seen to throw the stone.
The police seized him and went off again
at full gallop, 800 militiamen following
and threatening to rescue their comrade.
Acheson was lodged in safety, but, in
returning from the Jail to the barracks,
the militia attacked the police fiercely,
some mounting fence and firing fusil-
AIDE Of stones among the police, who fix
ed their bayonefs and attempted to
force their way, when a bloody riot
ensued
The Treasury Department officials are
| considering the propriety of investigat-
ing the NarTagansett-Ston disas-
ter. The law clearly requires the local
Board of Inspectors to make the investi-
| cation, but there is so much pressure
/ upon the department to have a direct in
vestigation by the highest officials that
it is probable that such an investigation
will be ordered.
The corrected figures show the popula-
| ton of the District of Columbia to be
! 5000, a gain of As, 900 over the census
of 1870.
The steamer City of New York of the
AleXandres line caught fire at her dock
in Brooklyn, recently, and, being towed
! into the stream and anchored burned to
the waters edge; loss S35O,OOO. The
cargo was mainly hemp and hides.
The contract for all the photolitho-
graphic work for the Patent Office Ga.
zette during The next fiscal year has been
awarded to the Heliotype printing COM
pany of Boston, represented by J. r. Os.
good u Co.
The retail coal trade of Philadelphia
have formed an organization pledged moi
to buy coal from any coal company, OPP
orator or colliery owner, who shall either
directly or by agents sell coal to private
individuals except manufacturers who
have railroad sidings in their establish
ments, and lime-burners and brick max
ers. This affects the Reading. Old LIE
high and the New York companies
which have been retailing coal in Phil
adelphia.
Grandchildren Anthony has issued {
decree interdicting all intercourse be
tween New York and Connecticut lodges
of Free Masons, on the ground that tn,
Connecticut Grand Lodge has assumed
jurisdiction over masons in New Yorl