Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-06
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

peculiar circumstances. Mr.. Pratt, in swallowing
a lump of sugar, felt something stick in his throat,
which was ascertained afterward to be beard
from wheat stalk. An abseess soon formed III
his throat, which finally burst, and he was suffo-
Gated before medical aid could reach him.
Fifty Thousand Dollars has been sub
scribed toward the Johnson electioneering fund,
by one hundred men in New York, the majority of
whom are engaged in trade with the South. What
could be more significant?
Dean Richmond, one of the leading
politicians of the country, Chairman of the New
York State Democratic Committee and Presiden of
the New York Central Railroad, died at about
O'Clock Monday morning, at the residence OF Sam
uel j. Tilden, in New York city.
As Justice Catett, Of Evansville, In
diana, was returning home from gathering in the
country few days ago, he met couple in the
woods who insisted upon being married then and
there. The justice complied, and the cemony
was performed
During violent thunder storm, which
prevailed at st. Louis few nights ago, the bells
and gongs of the hook and ladder house and all
the other engine houses were violently rung by
the electric fluid which passed along the telegraph
wires.
An important arrest of several coun-
terfeiters of United States currency has just been
made at Matoon III. Large quantities of spurious
notes, presses and other material were captured.
C w Custis Lee, son of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, who was the chief of President Davis
+Ia Of (i1ilT Tn,
gneering in the University of Georgia, in place OF
Gen. Smith, deceased
The first bale of cotton from the Arkan-
sas river arrived at Memphis on Monday. It was
raised by Colonel Moore, who formerly comman-
dcd regiment from Ohio.
Twenty or thirty ladies are now ON
trial at Indianola, Iowa, for compelling woman
of strong southern proclivities to carry Am eri
can flag in public procession.
Mallory, who was arrested for robbing
Paymaster Emerson, at Nashville of S10O0O has
pleaded guilty and goes ten years to the Tennessee
Penitentiary.
"A capitol of $4,000 has been invested
by company in Camden and Atlantic counties,
New jersey for the purpose of manufacturing to-
mato vinegar.
The Chicago lake tunnel will be com
peted by the lst of November. Nine thousand
feet are already completed, and only fifteen hun
dred more are required to finish the work
The Imperial Government of China has
appointed commissioner to visit the United States
and the other great nations Of the west for purpos
es Of observation.
In England and Wales last year there
were 135 murders, 81 attempts to murder, 279 man
slaughters, the latter figure an increase Of 80 per
cent, over the previous year.
The total number of deaths in New
York city and count from cholera since its first ap-
pearance on the 1st Of May, is 626.
The body of soldier exhumed at No
bile was found to have become a solid rock, with
all the features of the man perfectly preserved.
"A National Spiritual College is a pro-
posed institution. .... ...
All of the late Gordon Cummings tro-
phies have arrived in New York for Barnum's Mu-
scum.
Tile capitalists of Europe, frightened
at the war there,are heavily investing in this
Try.
Two thousand gambling hels are said
to adorn New York.
-Laplanders are emigrating to Mime
sofa bringing their deers with them.
The survey Of a canal across the 18th.
mus Of Daricn is about being renewed.
Mr. Montfort, of Springfield, Ill., know.
ing that young lady was going to a party, the
other night, loitered in yard adjoining her resi-
dence to see who attended her home, and was shot
for burglar, He may recover, but his curiosity
is Highted.
"A terrible cattle plague has broker
out in the vicinity of LyncLbug, Va The ami
mails are taken with q swelling in the throat which
prevents them from eating, and they die of starva
ton. ..... ... .. -....
The plague of locusts at Algeria still
continues, and the troops are ordered out ever,
few days and slay 5000 cwt, of the pestilent in
sects.
The cholera is disappearing from Mar
seilles, but stil RACES at Antwerp, where the NOR
tality is l30 day. The whole number of cases il
three months in Antwerp is reported at 1000.
Three boys were poisoned last weel
at Louisville, by eating what they supposed to b
mushrooms. One has died and the others are il
avery precarious situation. ...,
"A dispatch from Montreal states tha
three transports laden with ammunition and sieg
guns are expected to arrive soon from England
--Chas o. Peck, of Pittsfield, Conn, sol
of much respected citizen of that place has beel
held in $4,000 bail for trial for forgery.
1t is estimated that the govcrnmen
loss IS at least $500 cooper annum by the non pay
ment or evasion Of the internal revenue tax.
One hundred and eighty-seven new
patents will be issued by the Commissioner for til
week ending the 4th proximo.
Gen. Forrest presided over mcetin;
to organize johnson party held in Memphis o.
Friday night. ...I
"A general removal of the United State
district attorneys and United States marshals i
expected within a few days. -
Forty thousand persons are said t
have emigrated to Montana this summer from Cali