Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-06-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS,


ever held. George Psrkers second attempt
to ride thirty California mustsngs sO5 mics in
Afteon hours, near New York, resulted In 4
fAilure-the rider becoming blind after the
2l6th mile. Peralto, another rider, rode forty
miles In ono hour, forty-throe and ono-half
minutes ...... Tho preliminary work on tho
tunnel between France and England has been
begun on tho French shore. company
Of Cincinnatsns, under Capt. Stone, on the
way to the Black Hills, were struggling along
after their wagons, whom several hundred
Indians swoopod down upon them and sue
ceeded in killing the entire force. -. The
new sultan Of Turkey makes liberal promises
Of reform. ... Forty.two shorthorn cows and
heifers were sold At Cambridge City, Ind, for
$17,50O tho highest price being $2,625. ....
The Vermont delegates to tho Democratic na-
tional convention are in favor Of Tilden and
will vote as unit, although unpledged $500.
Michigan's Democratic delegates are divided
between Hendricks and Tilden. . Minnesota
appointed Democratic delegates in favor of
Tilden.
Andrew Moore, Now York boy Of fourteen,
was struck by playmate Of the same age
while quarreling, and instantly drove knife
which no had In his hand into his comrades
breast, causing death. .... The deposed sultan
is confined in palace, but his life Ia not in
danger. ...As freight train was passing
the Sing Sing prison grounds at = speed Of
fifteen miles an hour, six oonvcts suddenly
dropped from the wall to the coal tender, four
Of whom got on tho locomotive, and while one
uncoupled the engine from the train another
presented q revolver to the engineers head
and ordered him to increase the speed. They
succeeded in passing tho guards, who were
afraid to fire for fear Of hitting the engineer
or fireman, and on arriving at thick piece Of
woodland near Tarrytown they jumped off the
engine and disappeared. They all stripped
off their prison garb, having citizens clothing
underneath. Two prisoners who secrcted them
selves between the cars were rearrested ......
Goldsmith Maid trotted three miles against
time at Philadelphia, making the heats in
2213, 2.15 and 219%. She made strong
effort on the second heat to beat her famous
and unparalleled time of 2.14, but did not
succeed.
A schoolteacher named Allen O. Laros put
poison in the family coffee pot and killed his
father, mother and q Mr.. Moses Schug. The
object was to gain possession Of sum Of
mains Of q man, woman, and girl were found
in secluded part Of the woods near Beleville,
Ill. The woman and child were shot through
the head and the man through the heart.
From the position of the bodies it is supposed
the man shot his wife and child and then
killed himself ...... Abdul Aziz Khan, the re-
Gently deposed sultan of Turkey, committed
suicide by opening the veins Of his arms with
pair of scissors. He was buried with all the
honors due his former position. An oil
tank containing twenty-one thousand barrels
of oil, situated near Oil City, Pa, was struck
another tank containing twenty.three thou
sand barrels all OF which were consumed.
Loss, nearly 81, 900, OO0..... Jarrett & Palmer,
the theatrical men, ran fast train from New
York to San Francisco, carrying twenty-five
passengers at $500 q head. The schedule
time was eighty-four hours, but they succeed
cd in making The trip in twenty-six minutes
less-part of the time running at rate Of over
a mile a minute.
A fourth member of the Laros family has
died from the effects of the arsenic admins
tered by the son. .... Notwithstanding the re-
port signed by nineteen surgeons Of Constan-
tinople to the effect that the ex-sultan died Of
the wounds on his arms, the European press
is inclined to discredit the suicide theory. ....
J. @. Aver the noted patent medicine man,
has been sent to all insane asylum ...... Will
helmina Weick was sentenced to death in
Buffalo, N. Y, for the murder of her stepson.
She received the sentence calmly. .... "A party
Of 1876 Mormons arrived in New York from
England on their way to Utah. Mormon
agents who have been PROSECUTING in the old
verts will shortly follow. 49,. Counterfeit IS
on the Hamden National Bank of Westfeld,
Mass, are common. la boy named Gray,
while bathing near Neshanic, N. j., got fast
ened by a rock and was drowning when his
brother went to his assistance. Being unable
to extricate him, he cried for help, which was
responded to by Alex Smith, who went to the
rescue, whereupon both Gray boys seized him
and all three were drowned.
Sam Anderson, colored, who was arrested
for attempting to outrage Miss Vaughan, Of
De Soto county, Miss, and cutting the throat
Of her brother, was taken from tho officers by
a body Of armed citizens and hanged. The
Mexican insurgents have met with several dis
astrous defeats recently, and their cause is
regarded as almost hopeless. Fanatics burned
a Protestant church in the city Of Mexico. 90.
United States Marshal Harrington, OF Gov
ington, KY, attempted to seize the Ohio river
steamer Kate Dickson, when he was shot by
the captain, named Taylor who WAS instantly
killed by the marshal's aids. -. Gen. Hancock
presided over meeting of the Army Of the
Potomac, held in Philadelphia, aud Gen. John
A. Dix made the address. VIM. Winter recited
a poem, after which Gen. Sherman, Sheridan,
Hooker and others briefly responded to calls.
......Iu consequence Of a Judgment of a
Bremen court, Bismarck has stopped the cir
culaton in Germany for two years Of the
weekly edition Of the Philadelphia VOlksblatt.
....All the Fenian prisoners in Western
Australia escaped on an American whaler, and
the authorities sont an armed steamer after
them.
George r. Frintz killed himself in Cinoin-
natl the night before he was to DO married.
No cause was assigned for the act. go. The
steamer Austin, from Havana for New Or
leans, struck a snag twenty-five miles below
the latter city and eunk. She is a total loss
with her cargo Of sugar valued at 10000.
The vessel was worth 1926, 900, and was not in
sured. -. Oregon Democrats claim to have
carried the State and to have working ma
jority in the legislature. Wisconsin Demo-
Gratis appointed delegates to the national con-
vention, but did not think it advisable to adopt
a platform. The delegates arc mostly for
Tilden. go. AT Philadelphia George Parker
rode twenty California mustangs ninety miles
in three hours and ffty-seven and one-half
minutes.