Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02

Mr.. >. ID. HobSon, OF East Brighton
has commenced haying on his pasture,
and expects TO cut thersfrom about
twenty-five tons.
Gen. w. w. circuit was nominated as
member of Congress on the first ballot
at Hyde Park, and Judge David H..
Beattie of Maidstone as elector at large.
BY perusal of our second page our
readers will observe the results of the
Essex County Republican Convention.
Neither time nor space will permit of
the report this week, but in our next
we will give the proceedings in full.
AT the time Of our going to press
last week, but one ballot had been
taken at tho Cincinnati Convention.
There was a strong belief however that
General Hancock would be the nomi-
nee, and subsequent events proved this
to be so, for the General was nominal
ed, receiving 705 votes, and his nomi-
nation was then made unanimous.
The ticket was completed through the
nomination of William II. English of
Indiana, for the Yice-P Presidency, by
reclamation.
There was great excitement at Nor
wich, this State, on Monday, over the
sudden disappearance of the wife of DR..
II. L. Child, and the Doctor was arres-
ted on suspicion of foul play. A large
number of people turned out to search
for the body of the missing woman,
and after the day had been fruitlessly
spent beneath the broiling sun, fac
etious villager informed his neighbors
that the missing woman was locked up
in his house. The people were at first
disposed to give him drubbing for his
joke.
The country will be shocked to learn
tn at another terrible disaster has oc-
CURED on Long Island Sound, but not
this time to the boats running between
the East and New York city. The
steamer Seawanhaka, plying between
New York and Roslyn, l.. l., caught
fire, while off RlndIlrs Island Monday
afternoon, and burned to the waters
edge. Fifty persons are supposed to
have persisted, although only 30 bodies
hal been recovered up to last accounts
! The cause of the fire is not known, but
it is reporte1 that on, of hor boilers ex-
ploded.
On Saturday last no small stir of ex-
element was created by. the announce
ment that a young man from Coat
cook by the name of Bowen was lost in
the Nulhegan woods while fishing.
Search parties were at once organized
from this and the adjoining towns, and
on Monday the welcome news was re-
ceived that tho young mlu had got
out safe. He was in the woods three
days and two nights, but finally struck
a stream and b. following it came out
somewhere in the town of Bloomf cid.
When he stood upon the clearing it
would be hard to find a happier look
ing man. We presume he not will be
in any great hurry to make another
fishing trip.
Last Tuesday our Democratic friends
raised a Hancock and English flag,
amid a salute Of Is guns, and patriotic
airs by our spleRdid band. Mr.. |. w.
Drew, of Lancaster, one of the dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention
from n. II. being here on his return
from attending the convention, then
made short speech, describing the
proceedings of that body and the man
ner in which General Hancock's nomi-
nation was brought about, and the
effect it had in healing all the dissen-
sions of the party. He closed by pay
ing glowing tribute to Gen. Han
cocks career as a soldier and States
man." and predicted that the ticket
would be elected by an overwhelming
N ljority. Mr.. Drew handled his sub
ject in manly and decent ma lner
without any attempt to besmirch or be-
little the opposing candidates. We
hope all stump speakers will follow
his example in that regard.
We have used and seen in operation
Josh Henshaw's Patent Stump Extract
or and Elevator, and in ourjudgmepti it
is an application of power superior to
any other known for extractingstumps
and lifting stones and other heavy ar
ticles. While it is carried from place
to place with ease, and is readily and
quickly adjusted, the most unyielding
: stump is taken out with it. One ad-
vantage this has over anything else of
the kind we have seen, is that it is SO
arranged that the power is applied by
several distinct motions of the lever,
easily accomplished land what's acquir-
ed by each movement is saved; besides
it is operated with an almost incredibly
small amount of manual labor.
(Signed) GEO. N. DALE,
G. w. MOVES,
A. II. HALL,
E. G. ROBINSON,
G. G. ADAMS,
D. S. SToRRs,
II. MORSE.