Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-02-06
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Ea,iern and Mdtle states.


hanged at Oswego, ". Y, was cut down II
was sold by his iather to two doctors tor SIS.
Taking il home they severed the head tom
the trunk, removed the brain, found that II
weighed lorty-six ounces, aud then placed II
in a glass jar, which was aiterward herneti-
cally sealed. This done they filled the town
with bills announcing they would lecture that
night on the nature and construction of muir
derers' brains in general and Searles' brain in
particular. They further proposed to carry
the headless corpse through the country and
deliver anatomical lectures in connection with
it.
While an engine carrying number of work
men was going down Eighth avenue on the
Elevated railroad in New York, it was thrown
from the track and fell to the ground. Seven
men were injured, two or three fatally.
On the Oath the Fusionist wing OF the Maine
legislature ordered a number OF ques ions
to be submitted TO the supreme court The
Republicans having plnc. a body OF militia
with Calling gun in the State-house, the
Fusionist governor, Smith. issued q prOclama-
ton denouncing this action and denying that
his followers contemplated resort TO force.
A heavy TALL in prices for grain caused
great excitement in the New York Produce
Exchange, and temporarily crippled one
broker. All grades Of wheat fell three to five
cents bushel in one day, apd during the
week prices tell from seven to nine cents.
The walking mania has caused the death al
Newburg, n. Y, OF two young men who
over-exerted themselves in their efforts to
make big scores and were taken down with
consumption.
A loss of 800, 900 was incurred by the dc.
struction by fire of Stephen F. Whitman &
Sons large confectionery establishment in
Philadelphia.
The Rev. H. H. Hayden, whose long trial
at New Haven for the murder oil Mary Stan
nard resulted in a disagreement OF the jury
has been released from Jail on q bond OF 3d.
900. On account OF the disagreement oil the
Jury Mr.. Hayden says he will not go back &c
the ministry, although the wardens Of his
church have asked him to return TO them
While in confinement he wrote an autobiog
raphy oil his life which is 10 he published ir
book form.
A workshop in the grounds OF the King:
county penitentiary on the outskirts OF Brook
lyn was destroyed by fire a few days ago
There were nearly $40 convicts and employees
in the building at the time. but no lives were
lost. The total loss on building, stock snt
machinery belonging to the Bay State Shoe
and Leather Company, is estimated at $780,
go.
In answer to the questions submitted to i
by the Fusionist legislature the Maine supreme
court decided that those questions were no
submitted by any legally constituted body
and that the Republican senate and house sit
ting in the capitol at Augusta were the only
legal legislature OF the State.
Governor Van Zandt in his annual message
TO the Rhode Island general assembly recon-
mends the extension to women OF the right II
vote on school questions, and prohibitory in
stead OF the prevailing liquor law.
Mrs. Mary b. Lindermier, a robust woman
of torty-seven, living in Philadelphia, died thu
other day in great agony from hydrophobia
having been bitten by dog six or eight week
ago.
The Maine Fusonist legislature, after pro
longed secret session, held on the day afte
the adverse decision of the supreme court wa
published, adjourned until the first "Wednesday
in August. Regarding the supreme court de
cision and his future movements, the Fusion
ist contestant for governor, MAJOR Smith, sale
to a correspondent that it was no more thar
he expected; that /" as law abiding citizens We
must submit and 60 to our homes" and tina
he should never re-enter politics. Concerning
the future movements OF members of the Flu
sionist legislature, dispatch says that many
OF them will 20 home not to return to Augustt
before August and others will take their seats
among their Republican brethren; some oil the
counted-in members will go home, while
others will contest the seats of their rivals il
The capitol"
The story OF the child inmates of the Shep
herds Fold in New York, as told during thu
proceedings pending before the supreme
court, reveals terrible story of cruelty ant
privation. The little ones testified that the.
were insuffciently led, made to do the hardes
Kind OF work. cruelty beaten and generally i'll
treated Their emaciated appearance boz e gu
their tale OF suffering.
Western and Southern States.
At fire in Cherryvale, Kansas, the Glo6
printing office was destroyed, and E. S. Hen
derson, foreman, and William McLain, auothe
printer, were burned to death. On the SAM
day fire at Alton, ILL.,, destroyed the alter
noon Telegraph and other property, causing
Il loss OF $4,000.
An explosion in the boiler-room of tn
Veach coal mine at Brazil, Ind, killed II. R
Roberts, the owner of the mine, and fatal,
injured William Elder and blacksmith
named Jones'
Messrs. j. c. George and r. L. Gibson, tn
Democratic candidates, have been electe
United States Senators by the Mississippi AM
Louisiana legislatures respectively.
material train on the Virginia Midlan
road at Rockfish Station, Va, ran off the trac
down an embanlmert OF fifty feet. Con
ductor Dabney Wilson and two brakemel
were killed, Captain H. d. Lucket and si
road hands seriously injured and six cars com
pletely wrecked.
All the prisoners (sixteen in number) in In
Greensburg Qnd,) Jail made their escap
through a hole in the floor OF the upper cells
and left for parts unknown.
A New Orleans dispatch says the steamboa
Charmer, with 2, 100 bales OF cotton, has bee
totally destroyed by fire fifteen miles abov
the mouth of the Red river. Eight lives wer
lost--two chambermaids, two cooks, tw
cabin boys, one fireman and one deck hand
The boat and cargo were valued at $3.50, 00(
Majors 4. A. Burke and II. D. Hearsey
well-known New Orleans journalists, fought
duel with pistols near that city few day
ago; but after two rounds had been fire.
friends interposed and the matter was amicabl
settled without any harm having been done
A dispatch from st. Louis says that 700 col
ored emigrants from Louisiana and Missis
sippi, on their way TO the West, arr lived i
that city during the past lew days. Tire
hundred colored emigrants were in st. Loui
at last accounts, awaiting aid to enable them t
move on.
OuElng NJ Oh insanity Chafles Rondel
thirty years OF age, a Methodist preacher c
New Albany, Ind, committed suicide by hang
ing himself.
Serious trouble is reported from Shenar
doah county, Va on account of the substitr
ton Of colored for white men by the proprie
tors OF Columbia Furnace, near Edinburs
IN that county. Their works have heretotor
been almost entirely run by white men, an
when colored men were brought from othe
counties to replace them collision occurred
Several persons were injured, and Governo
Holiday ordered company OF militia to tn
scene of disturbance.
From Washington.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
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