Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-11-05

refused to receive the applications, and each
OF the 20 members of the class sent an Rppli-
cation to him by mail.
d. r. Riddell, the Chicago freight agent of
the Michigan Southern railroad, has left town
with shortage in his accounts of $50. 900
switching fees collected but not paid over.
The San Jose (Cal.) savings bank has sus-
pended business, going into involuntary LIQUID.
alton on account of lack of business. 1t will
pay in full.
Atramp, refused food at G. s. Mouray's farm
house, near Tuckerton, Pa, recently, set fire
to the barn and it was burned, with three
mules, number of cattle and other contents;
loss $4,000.
There is considerable loss of cotton in Texas
through a scarcity of pickers, though an offer
of half cent is made to pickers in severa
instances.
Joseph X. Emmett, the comedian, Is In jail
at Albany, n. Y, for beating his wife, and
threatening TO kill her and himself and to
burn his new buildings.
The sultan of Morocco has sent a note to
the powers declaring that all religions will be
respected throughout Morocco.
Fifteen inches of snow fell at Buffalo, N, Y,
recently, and trains were stallea between
there and Rochester, the engines being with
out plows. The snow was about foot deep
all the way from Buffalo TO Batavia.
Ignorant old negroes administered strych-
nine to three patients at HARDWOOD, Tex,
thinking it was quinine. Two died in a few
hours and the third is reported beyond re.
covery.
1t is reported that Victoria and all his band
have been killed by Mexican troops.
The Spanish government has given full
reparation TO the Chinese consul general for
the indignity which the consulate suffered
through the ignorance and brutality of two
government policemen last month.
The exports of domestic provisions and
tallow from the United States in September
amounted 10 Sll27l ISL, against e,575, 1853
in September, 1879; for the nine months end
ing September 80 they were Sl03 722 $50
against $Sl, 9l9,055 for the same period OF
1879.
A. &. Hodges, for long time grand treas.
urer of the Kentucky grand lodge OF Masons
at Louisville, 81 Years old, and one of the
best known MasOns i'll the state, is a deiaulter
TOR 5000.
Col Allison at Fort BHford, OAK, has been
authorized by Gen. Terry to receive the sur
render of Sitting Bull and his Indians, who
must, however, exchange their ponies and
aims for cattle aud 3" t" any Sioux agency to
which they may be assigned. Ii Sitting Bull
refuses these terms, the troops will move
against him.
The carriage builders national association
in session AT Chicago recently adopted resolu-
lions for the establishment of school of tech.
nology in New York especially devoted to the
art d carriage building.
The Brazilian Parliament has voted SUBJ
sidy of 100000 to line of steamships to
frn6a hatu tbot II
sensation has been caused in Paris by the
Duo DE Charities, bourbon, at military
dinner at Evreux proposing q toast to France
and her government and to the president of
the republic. The legitlmists consider this an
indirect acceptance by him of the republic
The duke said that in America where he pass
ed part of his youth It was customary to
give such loyal toast before all others.
George w. Bell, a l6-years-old Paterson IN.
J0 school-boy, has committed suicide by
shooting, hard study having unsettled his
mind.
The cornerstone of the soldiers monument
to be erected in Forest Lawn cemetery at
Buffalo, N. Y, was laid few days ago under
Grand Army auspices.
device by which, it is claimed, grain can
be kept good in bulk for year has Just been
tested at Antwerp 1t consists In covering
the floor on which the grain rests with perfor.
ated sheet-iron and forcing a current of dry
air through the grain.
An emigrant family of one man and two
women were frozen to death in the recent
blizzard, while camped near Springfield, MINI.
A terrific hurricane passed over Denmark
recently, doing much damage to shipping
at Copenhagen.
Gen. Garibaldi suffered greatly during his
journey from Genoa TO San Danliono d'Asti,
He is SO feeble that the utmost care and re-.
pose are required to restore him to ordinary
health
Despite all precautions, the nihilists have
succeeded in poisoning the car. Two of the
imperial cooks have been arrested on sus-
picion. An escort Of Russian officers passed
through Berlin having charge of 5000, 900
roubles, said to be the czar's private fortune.
Mr.. L. NJ. Healy, who accompanied Mr..
Parnell on his recent trip through America,
was arrested recently at Cork on the order OF
the attorney general. Mr.. Healy is charged
with active completely with the plots of the
land leaguers, and other arrests on the same
charge will Immediately follow.
Eleven workmen ut tho Gautier mills, near
st. Martins, N. b., have been poisoned from
eating diseased pork.
leading Montreal bunk has notified its
customers that interest will not be allowed
on large sums after the lst nrox., owing to
the difficulty of finding investments for large
sums now lying idle.
The Midvale steel works at Nicetown, near
Philadelphia, have been sold. The only bid
dor was William Sellers, who purchased the
works for $450,000 for himself and others.
1t will cost the cotton planters about $40,-
100000 to market their crop this year, of
which $25, 1000, 900 will go into the pockets OF
colored lnborers, many of whom are women
and children.
The Montreal police arc so bound by red
tape that they refused to interfere recently
with prize-fght in the heart of the city in
broad daylight, because they had no orders.
When an opportunity came to arrest the two
principals next day, the police refused to do
30 becaut e they had no warrants.