Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-14
GENERAL NEWS.

An Antarctic eXpeQlUlOn Is proposed
by Italy. 1t is intended that the vessel
shall leave Genoa on the LIST of May next
year, manned with men selected from
the royal navy and from Italian whaling
vessels. When on the voyage out, Mon
tevideo, Terra del Fuego, Falkland is
lands and South Shetland Islands will
be visited. Two winters will be spent
in the antarctic region, during which ex-
cursions will be made on the ice to gath
er as much information over as wide an
area as possible. On the voyage home
the ship will call at Habart Town or
Cape Tywn. The cost of the expedition
will not, it is thougot, exceed 600, 900
lire.
A log jam in the Chippewa river, Wis.
extends for distance of miles, and is
estimated to contain from 1000, 900 to
200, 600, 900 feet of lumber.
The Mormon church at Salt Lake city
has Just accommodated six of Brigham
Young's daughters. They were plain
tiffs in the recent suit against the church
and the executors of Brigham's estate,
which put Delegate Cannon and others
IN Jail for contempt.
In the court of common pleas at Phil
adelphia, verdict was entered recently
in favor of the defendants in the case of
Sprague VS.. Dun, pending five years M.
T. Sprague of Mobile endeavored to
make r. G. Dun & Co. responsible for a
loss which he incurred by party favor
ably reported by the Mercantile Agency,
The costs incurred much exceed the
amount claimed, but the principle of
non-liability for favorable reports by
agencies is sustained.
The workmen on the Massachusetts,
Central railroad have had their pay adj
vanced from 81 10 to $l.25 per day.
The Anchor line is to start new trans
atlantic line between Boston and London,
the first vessel leaving London the nine
tenth.
Two factories at the Illinois zine works
in Peru, ILL.,, were burned yesterday; loss
$4,000. One hundred men are thrown
out of employment.
A large number of valuable war relics
were lost by the burning of Memorial
hall of the Dayton, o., soldiers home,
including many flags, and the uniform Of
| Gen. Thomas. placed at the home fol
safe keeping by order of the society Of
| the Army OF the Cumberland at its last
meeting in Washington.
In all the Roman catholic churches al
Quebec, Sunday, a long pastoral was read
from the archbishop Of Quebec against
all excursions and pleasure parties, eve
ming walks and drives on Sunday ant
feast days.
Over 5000 immigrants arrived in New
York recently and the indications arr
that $4,000 will come this month.
A passenger car on the Petersburg, Va.
road jumped the track and was wrecked
recently. Conductor Wager and pas
scnger were badly hurt, and five othel
passengers were Slightly injured.
The Ellis flour mill, Mackay's battin,
mills, and Staten, Stanley & Co. knit
ting factory at Dunsas, Ont, were burn
ed recently; loss, $780, 900, insurance, SIS
900.
The house of Jas. Gage, ex-chancello
of the township of Euphemia, Ont,
mile from Surherland's corners, wa
burned recently and four children of Mr.
Gage and neighbours daughter, nance
Wade, persisted in the flames.
Collector Shannon of San Francisc,
has received orders from Washington t,
fit, out the revenue cutter Thos. Corwil
for the relief of the exploring zach
Jeanette and the ice-bound whalers il
the Arctic. The cutter was put on tn
dry-dock Tuesday, and will be ready TO
sea in about two weeks.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Penn
Yam, N. Y, the other morning. Mrs
Geo. Woodruff, in fit of insanity, dur
ing the absence of her husband from
home. about o'clock took her tw,
sleeping children from their bed, on
aged six and the other aged one year an,
going to the cistern drowned both O
them.
Over 400 carloads of ice have been de
spatched from Montreal to Cincinnati
Louisville and other cities in the Unite,
States.
The United States marshal, having no
titled Judge Shipman, who is now hold
ing the u S. District Court in this dis
trict, that lie had no money with whicl
to pay jurors and witnesses and officer
of the court, his honor has discharged
all the jurors except those engaged in th
trial of the kid glove reapportionmen
case, remarking that no cases could b
tried until Congress makes the requisit
appropriation to carry on the courts.
A Camp Sheridan, New, despatch says
Two desperadaes named Hall and Porter
while drunk, entered an Indian cam,
recently, and raised quarrel with tn
inmates, shooting and almost KILN,
Grey Eyes" the big medicine mai
among the Sioux, and wounding hi
squaw in the leg. The desperadoes wer
turned over to the civil authorities, ant
were placed in the guard house, heavil,
ironed, chained and guarded.
Henry G. Rich, while helplessly intox
icated, was strangled to death by getting
his coat caught in the door latch an,
falling down, at his house, on Rings is
land, Salisbury, no help arriving unit
life was extinct. Rich was Al years old
and leaves wife and four. children.