Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-23
GENERAL NEWS.

The Reading Pa, railroad has reduced
its force of employees fully one thousand
since the suspension, and the company is
getting rid of the coal in its retail yards.
A child day old was brought to the
Hotel Dieu Hospital in Montreal, recent
ly, to have the care of the doctors. 1t
had seven fingers and two thumbs on
each hand, all webbed together like a
bats wing, and the doctor separated
them.
1t looks as though the invasion of the
Indian territory would be formidable,
and that if the military are instructed to
| eject the intruders, there will be a con-
| tlict.
The national and state banks of New
York city neatly seventy in all, have
combined and prepared test cases with
view to avoiding the payment of tax
on capital stock. Their aggregate cap
ital isoVer sixty millions.
Thomas Boothroyd, a wealthy farmer
of Howard township, Ont, was attacked
| by boar recently. The animal threw
him down, bit him in the side and throat,
completely severing the jugular vein.
Asa G. Berry died at Brewster's Station.
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men who in days past have gazed at and
envied Berry as in gorgeous red uniform
he sat on the lofty seat of some Golden
! Chariot of Apollo" and drove twenty
prancing horses through the winding
streets of a country town in the grand
! procession of q circus.
EX-county Engineer S. P. Bowles of
Cincinnati, a bend forger, goes to prison
for ten years.
Mrs. Brown, on trial at Indianapolis,
! Ind, for the murder of her husband,
was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, and the death sentence imposed.
Thus tar, 80 bodies have been recover
ed from the steamboat Narraganset.
Geo. L. Warren, a Connecticut clerk
in the treasury department at Washing
ton, died the other night of heat and
overwork.
Denis Kearney has to be escorted
around by the police, to prevent assaults
by the sand-lOtters.
S. S. Rickley, president Of the Capital
city bank of Columbus, o., was shot
through the forehead while standing at
his desk, by Andrew Eichenberg, Ger
man dyer, because Rickley refused to
lend Eichenberg money. The murderer
suicided.
Memphis, Tenn, had a shock of earth
! quake recently, its motion vibrating, COM
ing from the northwest and lasting sew
eral seconds.
The Spaniards recently killed a num-
Der of sick Cuban prisoners.
The excessive rains which have pre-
vailed nearly over all Ireland for the
past fortnight, are beginning to excite
serious apprehensiOns in regard to the
harvest.
The United States will interfere in the
South American quarrel, and insist that
its offices as mediator shall be accepted
by the contending parties. The offer
was made through our ministers resi-
dent at Peru, Bolivia and Chill about
a year ago, but was declined, owing to
the fact that Peru alone stood out.
Thirty-fv Italian laborers were in
jured recently on the Long Island rail
road near Pearsall's station the heavy
wire rope of derrick used for digging a
well for the Long Beach hotel being
train of platform cars, knocking the en-
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to the ground.
The CHILEAN feet has notified the Peru
Wan authorities that the city of Lima
will be bombarded if peace is not soon
made. The inhabitants of Lima are
leaving the city.
A Frenchman calling himself Duke
Edward Lefevre has left Buffalo after
Laying his hands on about $4,000 and
marrying his landlords daughter.
The Mexican Central Railroad (limit-
ed), which has a Massachusetts, charter
for a road from the city of Mexico to
Leon, a distance of 264 miles, is said to
be pushing forward its work as rapidly
as possible.
Newport, on the Usk river, was the
scene recently of horrible accident in
the coal mines of the London and South
Wales colliery company. There was
an explosion of gas, and about 100 men
were killed.
Russian General Kaufman is Or
dered to Eastern Siberia with 14,OOC
men, to clear district infested with
brigands and Chinese immigrants.
An oil tank at Custer City, Pa, was
struck by lightning recently, and the
damage amounts to 100000.
The census enumerators report that
Washington, d. c., has population Of
$4,000.
DR.. Tanner, the faster at New York
has taken to drinking water. His con-
dition is unchanged.
Three men, suffering from smallpox
were deserted by their friends at Her.
chelaga, p. O., and nearly starved tc
death. One died ON his way to the hos
pital.
Louisa Reinart, of Hoboken, N. j..
attempted to end her life in a cell of the
police station. She had shown signs Of
dementia, and grew so violent that hel
husband had her locked up. Stopping
the flow of water down the drain of the
sink in the cell, she held her head under
the water when the sink was full.
The excursion steamboat Grand Re
public, that accommodates $500 passen
gers, recently narrowl y escaped col
lision with the steamer Scythia, neal
Leroy street, New York.
, Chastine Cox, the murderer of Mrs
Hull, was hanged in the yard of thu
New York prison on the 10th inst. Thu
murderer slept quietly as usual during
the night. The gun indicating sunrise
was fired, and found him in the same
situation. He gave no sign of perturbeC
slumber, and really seemed to be resting
He ate his breakfast as usual, after which
his time was occupied by the attending
clergymen with singing and prayer. A
8 o'clock, Cox was taken from his cell t
the gallows. The black cap was on th,
head of the condemned man, and the ia
tai moose dangled from his neck. Hi
arms were pinioned at the elbows. Ill
walked with firm step and composed