Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-15
GENERAL NEWS.

New York hotels are Overlooking will
country merchants, and the great dry.good.
houses are working nights to fill orders. The
electric light is used for the delicate work o.
matching goods.
For the year ending June 80, 3l,O6l, GIG
pounds oil butter, valued at S., I79 ,O7l. and 9
o53, 33O pounds of oleomargerine, valued al
$2,5Sl, BIZ, were exported from New York.
Sheriff Gouthreaux of New Orleans is n de.
laulter to the state as tax-collector for about
$l50,OOO. His deficit to the state and citv ie
estimated at $250,0OO
A negro employed on the st. Johns ond
Lake Eustice railroad in Florida killed his
white boss few days since He was arrested
and taken to Fort Mason but at night q ban6
OF men overpewered the guard, took him ont
and lynched him. ''''
Inc census of Virginia shows population
OF l5O9, 335 in 1880, against l, 225, 1853 in 1890
Potato bugs are so numerous at Fredericton
N. b., that they swarm into the bonses and
are serious allliction to housekeepers as we'll
as potato-growers
| The grand jury of st. Johns county Fla
VINO have been investigating the alleged rob.
Oerles OF trunks and bodies which came ashore
from the wreck OF the Vera Cruz, have found
true bills against several persons
Miners report at Tucson, Ariz., that Cen
Carr recently fought Is Indians of Victoria, g
band IN the Hatchet mountains, and killed
them all.
Nine hundred weavers of the Victoria mills
at W gan, Eng, have struck against a reduc.
ton rs per cent in wages Should the strike
com Tue, a large portion OF the spinning de-
part nent will be stopped.
a Brooklyn, N. Y, tailor, John spieoeI
wa discovered making pantal ms while s;cl,
WI the smallpox. He was DOR and irving
10 nsh the work so as TO o. tain money to
pay his rent. SPECIALS daughter died with the
disease, and he was removed to the hospitaI
In French Lick township, Orange county
Ind, Edward Cromwell while working in tho
field with Nathan Lambdn, by whom. he was
employed, had a chill followed by a high fever
during which he shot Lambkin in the necR
and shoulder, stabbed him in the neck. and
then ran hastily to the river and drowned him
sell. 1t is supposed he was delirious with fe-
yer. Lambdin will recover,
The unpaid balance of President Zachary
laylors last years salary SIG, $50, was pad
to Mrs. cambridge and Miss Wood. his
daughter and granddaughter, recently.
Isaac Ritterhouse of Zea Garden, O., while
intoxicated, drove his family out of the house,
ana then' with lighted torch which he car
ried, set the house on fire and was consumed
with the building.
There arrived in New York, 26, 944 immi.
grants in September, or 3l5 more than in Sen.
TENDER 1872, the largest on record for a sin
gle month.
Leading Liverpool grain circulars say that
even the earliest threshngs in Great Britain
and other European countries show that
America must be chiefly looked to for the
seasons supply
The steamer Isaac Bell was burned at Ports
mouth, Va, recently, with $50 bales of cotton
and other merchandise; loss $24O,OOO.
Minnesota and Dakota wheat has turned
out better than was expected three weeks ago,
when heavy rain overlook the harvesters
Minnesota's crop is but little short of an
average, and Dakotas fully up to the average,
turning out 20 and 80 bushels to the acre,
mostly grading No. l.