Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-30
GEN ERAL NEWS.


Turkey and Greece are preparing for war.
S. H. Easterly, farmer at Lyons, n Y,
killed his mother-n- law, Mrs. Greer, recently,
with an AK, then chased his wife into the gar
den, where he killed her with the AK, He then
drove to the Canandaigua river and drowned
himself.
The Spanish naval authorities recently board
ed the American schooner Hattie Haskell off
Cape Maisi.
An earthquake has occurred at Manila, doing
immense damage, including the destruction of
the government buildings A number of ma
tives were killed. but the Europeans escaped
unhurt.
The prince imperials monument is to be
erected in St. Georges chapel, Windsor castle.
Patrick Swayne contesses that he and Horace
Exner murdered Henry Page at Montezuma,
n. Y, eight years ago. Remorse led to the
confession. Both were arrested.
A robber slung-shotted Fred d. Clifford in
the private bank of Fisher, Preston & Co. in
Detroit, Mich, and stole $4,000.
John Hatfield well known baseball player,
was shot and seriously hurt in New York re-
Gently.
Mrs. Annie Wetmore of New York, commit
ted suicide by poison in Paris recently because
the Marquis of Anglesey married Mrs. Wode-
house.
George Stinson a revenue inspector attached
to the revenue department in New York was
arrested for having, it is alleged, while pretend
ing to be engaged in the discharge of his duties
as an officer OF the government on July 10,
stolen two ore hundred dollar bills and two
twenty dollar bills from safe on the premises
occupied by Robert jackson.
james Wood aged 60 years, engineer of
stationary engine for the Lehigh coal and navi-
CATION CO., was murdered recently at Bull Run
between Tamaqua and Summit Hill, by masked
men. Revenge seems to have been the motive
as the money Wood had with him was not ta-
ken
Heavy shipments of gold have been made
from London to New York
William Bliss Of Springfield, has been chosen
president Of the Boston and Albany railroad
There were $50 deaths at Havana during
last week, 76 being from yellow fever, 10 from
small -pox, and from typhoid fever. During
the week previous, there were "A deaths from
yellow fever and 200 cases in the city and
suburbs
A decided shock of earthquake was felt
lately at Ottawa, Ont, at o'clock in the morn
ing. 1t seemed to be going from west to east,
and was accompanied by loud rumbling noise.
The city of Little Rock, Ark, has deaulted
on the payment of about $40 900 interest on
bonded Indebtedness due in July.
A new disease has appeared among the COWS
in Burlington county, N j., many cases re-
sulting fatally. The animals are attacked with
swelling Of the glands of the throat, followed
by discharge from the nostrils. The disease
has also appeared among the horses.
During recent storm, Mrs. Josephine
Schatz, so years of age, while standing in the
doorway of her husbands farm house, at the
junction Of Atlantic avenue and the Union
Course road, at Woodhaven, N. Y, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed
II. A. Phillips, superintendent of the rail-
road division centering in Gallon, o., was
shot and severely wounded, recently, by
Peter Alderman, who had been discharged
from the service of the company on account of
drunkenness.
There arrived at Castle Garden, in N Y -,
one day last week, 227S immigrants Among
them were 1853 Mormons, who came on the
Guon steamer Wisconsin from Liverpool.
Nearly 600 of the Mormons were Swedes and
Norwegians; there were a few Danes and five
English families.
Gen. Gonzalez was recently elected presi-
dent of Mexico, and while on balconyat Guam
ajuato, receiving an ovation, some one shot at
him, The president was not hurt.