The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-11-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
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a r. Loiseau bit upon the idea OF pressing
coal du-t and coal tar into small halls ior Inei.
He pa ented the process and formsd a stef
compauy. The manufacture was tegan ID
Philadelphia I'VE years Hgo. Ihepfe 80 inel
as II was called, WIS lar cheaper than o ~ ana
about as good tor some purposesi but the pun,
| IL did not accept il readily, ant capital OF
/ 81 coo was gradually lost. Having ruined
/ himself financially, and being censured ny
| .Dna NJ the stock holders. Loisehu, the DINER
/ aav- took so heavy a dose OF laudanum that
his lie was savei with much dim ulty'
Corne 4 university will tend crew to Eng
/ land next summer TO row against crews nun
/ OXFORD and Cambridge universities
In an ore bed al Port Henry, N II re-
Gently, a petrined fish, weighing 2l9 POUNDS,
n cen ieet long ami three ieet thick al tne
| largest part was found in q shalt thirty ieet
below the surface, and twenty feet in the SOLO
rock.
The ship Carisbrooke, from Calcutta, arrived
in New York the other day, having on Doara
the fourteen persons comprising the ere" oi
the American bark Witch, when was uisoo'-
cred at sea in a sinking condition.
Sarah Bernhard, the celebrated French
actress arrived in New York tho OTHER day on /
an ocean steamer from France. ,,
nv her will the late Lydia Maria Child, the |
authoress gives 81 0O0 to tho Hampton sgrl-
cul ural college in Virginia, and SS,OVO 70
|
Frederick j. Vogel, New YORK DOCK
keeper. proceeded TO the door Of the Morgue
lew days ago, rang the bell, and then shot
himself dead. .oo,-,
Boston hes a baby show AT which 800 baby
nrodis Goa. including an Indian child, chi
nese infant, double set OF twins, one set oil
coored triplets, and other infantile altrac-
tions are exhibition.
The steamer Illyrian, which arrived at Boston
| 49, da,+a a;nca faili in at with the Isaac
Webb, from Antwerp for New York, IN
sinking condition, aud took oil the crew,
twenty -four in number.
The seventh annual convention OF the
Women's National Christian Temperance
Union opened in Boston with eighty-seven
delegates from various parts OF the unneu
States. TIE meeting was called to order by
The nresident Miss frances 4 Willard, OF
, Chicago Miss willard, in her annual ADDRESS
under the heading Of Progress" reviewed
the history OF the temperance cause anrIning
that this had been the most encouraging year
the world has ever seen in the progress oil
temperance reform.
G. Risley & Co., New York dealers IN
Coffee have Jailed with liabilities placed al
$50 200.
The Ansonia clock works in Brooklyn have
been destroyed by fire, causing loss oil about
$500 900, and throwing 200 persons out Oh
Alter a three weeks session in New York
the Episcopal general convention adjourned
to meet at Philadelphia in 1888.
Western and Southern States.
| A family Of emgrants, consisting OF one
man and two woman, were frozen to death the
other day near Springfield, Mimi.
Henry Williams, colored man, was hang!
at Newton N c., for the murder of Charles
a Pes Tson, also colored.
, The railroad war in the West has stopped and
! the former passenger rates been restored.
| Flitz Wolikn, while bear-hunting with two
companions near Spear Fish Falls, Dakota
: was attacked by a large cinnamon bear. His
| head was nearly torn from his shoulders both
! arms were broken, the lower jaw, nose and
oYe eye we're completely torn away before the
tkimal was killed. Death ensued in a lew
! hours.
:, At Bolton, Texas, Matthew A. Mcknight
shot James Derrick, the ball passing through
y the latter's neck and striking John W. Kemp
under the right eye, killing him instantly
- Derrick was MORALLY wounded
Robert Love- OF West Albany, Mimi, shot
- and instantly killed his wife and child, and
q afterward blew out his own brains. Domestic
- trouble is said to have been the cause OF the
tragedy.
n james w, Pugsley, prominent re ident oil
Battle Creek, Mich, has been arrested on
" charges of forging note for $5O,'OO and
MOI tgage receipts Tor about the same amount
r Brigham Young, grandson of the Mormon
n leader, committed suicide few days ago al
Salt Lake City alter a protracted spree.
y From Washington.
7, From a table composed by the superIntend
% emit of foreign mails Tor the forthcoming annua
II. report OF the postmaster-general,i 1t appear
that the amount paid Tor conveying Unite(
y States mails by sea during the fiscal year ended
~ n
1853 908 was paid TOR the transatlantic ma
q service, Sl2, 637 for the carriage OF trans
Pacific mails, and $50, l49 to misce laneou
10 steamship lines conveying United States mail
- to the West Indies, Mexico and South America
The money discussed Tor the transportation o
mails to Europe was all paid to foreign steam
-, shin companies, except 81 ,964 earned by tn
~ American line from Philadelphia. The large:
amounts paid were to the Guion Cunqr,
I'd Hamburg and North German steamship con
H'Ges.
n, AdIutant- General Drum, acting chief signi
officer OF the army furnishes Tor publlcatio
an abstract OF his forthcoming annual repol
in which he says: For the benefit of agricu
:, tural and commercial interests 1856 station
u have been maint9ined dming the yea
We Twenty eight stations of second class, hitl
nm erto described Is sunset stations" at who
=, a single observation is taken daily at the tim
'tu OF sunset, have been continued in operation
to That commerce may be further bentfite
inf propositions will be made to have vesse
~ engaged in the ooasting trade of the Unte
'n- States furnish this Office with transcripts
NIB their logs. The daily exchange of telegraph
o. reports with the chief meteorological office
~ the Dominion OF Canada has been continue
and warnings have been regularly sent fro
this Office to enable signals to be displayed
. the ports of the dominion at times of threa
L.. rhoo of dali fol otNh
reports from the West Indies, extending fro
,ed Cuba by Jamaica to Barbados and the Win
ward islands, has been continued during Il
10 seasons OF special danger. these reports a
M at times of Importance TOR the preannounc
ment OF cyclones approaching the Gu t
, Mexico, and threatening the coast OF Il
We United States.
The treasury conscience fund" was
creased the other day by $l05.
'ou The cost OF the bureau OF engraving a.
ed, printing for the year ended June 30 W
pn 5000 045. Among the work done was $7SI
240, $50 worth OF notes and securities, a
$50 1922 266 stamps OF various kinds. Ov
will 300 hands are employed.
The east wing OF the new building going
for the state, war and navy departments "
ney finished last year at cost OF 80, 672 287. L
south wing cost SO, 1913, 939, and $976,074 b
-. been spent so lar ON the north wing, q
1850, 900 more will be required to compile
are It.
oh. According to the report Of the bureau
statistics 1876 emigrants arrived at
e ports of the United States in September. I
me tho three months ended September 30,
,e, number of emigrants arrived was l54,8
" against 68, 65l for the same period last year
MS The tota number OF national banks in I
lng United States is 1000, with an aggregt
capital stock OF $457, 553 9S5.
ia Foreign News.
and The speech of the King Of Greece in OF,
,o,. ing the chambers, 10 reported as declarat
- OF war against Turkey. His holiness, it
ION said, is owing to a recent promise Of aid FRI
lus- England when the conflict begins