Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-28
sUNNARY OF NEWS.

sUAAARY OF NEWS.
Items 81 Interest trem HeDe and Abroad.
Tho bank Of Nevada having voted to double
Ito capital stock, Flood 4 O'Brion drew their
check for tho ontiro amount, $4,000, OOO....
While 100 employees Of tho nail factory con-
nected with Zug's rolling mills at Pittsburgh,
Pa, were at work, tho boiler burst with tor
riho foroo, tearing tho building to pieces and
burying tho workmsn in tho ruins. A great
numtor OF men instantly set TO work to rescue
tho unfortunatos, and succeeded In getting
out fifteen dead and thrty-threo injured men,
four OF them fatally. Tho balance escaped
unhurt. The excitement was intensified by
the furnaces firing tho debris before all tho
buried men had boon takon out. The killed
were frightfully mutilated-some having their
heads smashed others limbs torn on, while
conclusion Of tho explosion broke the window
glass for blocks around. Tho loss to the pro-
prietors will amount to $4,000 ...... Four
dwellings, and 3 barn in Prince ton, Mo-, were
destroyed by fire.. A statue Of Columbus,
presented to tho United States by citizens Of
Italy, was unveiled at Philadelphia with APP
propriato exercises. -. At Jerome park, the
Members cup, for a mile and an eighth
course, was won by First Chance In 2:03. The
Centennial CUP, course four miles, was taken
by Tom Ochiltree In 7:36-the miles being run
in l:55, 1:52, l:55 and l;54. Tho mile and
\ quarter dash for three-year odds resulted in
q victory for Warlock in 2.13}. Tho mile and
three-quarter dash was won by Shylook time
3.l2l .... While the Egyptian authorities &C.
knowledge but one expeditions defeat by the
Abyssinians, it Is currently stated and beloved
that three separate armies, each consisting of
from three to four thousand men, have been
surprised and massacred. e. The Louisiana
rifle club, of New Orleans, won the inter-
State match by scoring 1,507 Of tho 1900
points possible. The New York amateur club
scored l. 1913; Worcester, Mass, 1907 Hart
ford, Conn, 1871; Chicago Dearborn club,
1,42O. Each team shot on its own range. go.
Count Won Arnim has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the house Of correo-
ton for treason and offense against the em-
peror aud Bismarck. ..... The report Of the
treasurer of the board of missions Of tho Epis-
copal church shows the receipts for the past
year to have been $295, 900, and the disburse-
ments $sO9,45l.
The revolution in San Domingo still con-
tnues. Owing to the roads being blockaded,
none Of the crops from the interior can DO got
| to the coast. ... Gen. Merritt, with five hum
| nfk
into the Sioux country ...... An unsuccessful
attempt was made to burn the new Methodist
church at Pennington, N. J...... The oyster
schooner Brandt, from Virginia for New Lon
DON Conn.,, capsized of Watch HILL and the
mate and steward were drowned. go. James
Ryan, q wealthy merchant of Peterborough,
Canada who killed his wife by stabbing, has
first of November. e. Frank James, one Of
the terocious james brothers, who WAS en-
gagged with the other desperadoes in tho Min
nesota bank robbery, but succeeded in es-
Gaping, has been arrested at the house Of a
surgeon near Kansas City, where he was re-
ceiving treatment for gunshot wound in the
knee. go. The upper floor of the exhibition
building at the Franklin county (Me.) fair
gave way when crowded with people and two
Thousand persons were precipitated several
feet, wounding large number, one fatally.
go. .Chefket Pasha, leader in the Bulgarian
atrocities, has been put in confinement by the
Turkish authorities on the demand of the
British minister . The Duke Of Marlborough
has been appointed vioeroy Of Ireland, vice
Duke Of Abercorn, resigned.
After the schoolteacher in the little Cana
dian town of Ramsay had dismissed her
scholars for the night, she was overpowered
and outraged by two men. Recognizing the
ruffiaus, she threatened to have thep brought
to justice, whereupon they cut out tongue.
| one IalnLeu, anu on recovering con loueness
found herself alone in the room. Dragging
herself to the blackboard, she wrote the names
of the men and some Of the particulars of the
crime, before she fell to the fl DOR and expired
from loss of blood. While coroner's jury,
belonging to Hamilton, Canada, were return
ing from inspecting the body Of suicide a
few miles from town, tho wagon containing
them overturned, and two Of them were so
severely injured that one Of them has since
died and the other cannot survive. 49,. The
three-yesr-old running colts, Brother to Basset
and Vigil, have been sold for 5000. 500.
The report of the United States land commits
sioner gives the total number Of acres Of public
lands disposed Of during the year at G, 524, 1926,
of which 2,875, $40 acres were absorbed by
tanned by entries under the timber culture
law; 1,0O8, 1000, acres were approved to various
States as swamp lands; 1,17S, 900 acres were
certified to railroads under land grants Of
Congress, and 640,692 acres were disposed Of
by ordinary cash sales. Burglars murdered
Capt. Trim and woman and child in his
house at Bucksport, Me-, and after ransacking
the apartments, fired the premises in hopes of
covering the GRIN Q. .. On the last day Of the
Jerome park meeting, Bill Bruce won the mile
and an eighth handicap in 1859 Parole the
mile and half race in the fast time Of 1888 ;
Princeton the maiden three-year-old three
quarter dash in 1:1915 Partnership the mile
and three-quarters in 3:12h.
Reports from the East Indies are to the
effect that the failure Of crops in tho Deccan
and Southern Mahratta have caused great
suffering, and the government has opened re-
lief stations. 80. Fire swept through Mendoza,
ILL.,, causing the destruction Of number of
buildings at a loss Of 1922 900; amply insured
..... In trot between Smuggler and Great
Eastern at Mystic park, Boston, the champion
stallion acted badly, and was distanced by
Great Eastern in the second heat .. The
pawpshop Of Lazarus in Montreal, Canada
was broken into and robbed Of $4,000 worth
of jewels ...... The Indians at Standing Rock
signed the treaty relinquishing the Back
Hills. The treaty was SO far modified as not
to insist ON their removal to Indian Territory.
-. The steamship Colon was seized for taxes
claimed by New York CITY from the Pacific
Mail steamship company. ..... Heavy gales
swept over the great lakes and numerous dis
asters are reported, by which number of
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