Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29

ton against Merv,i hopes Of anticipating Rus
STA in the possession Of that territory.
An investigation at Montreal has developed
the fact that of 719 founding babies received
at the Gray Nun hospital, in 1875, only eighty
eight survived. ..... "A shock Of earthquake ID
reported from st. Marys county, Md. ....,
Richard Kenyon, tax collector of Amboy, NY.
deoamped with between 81, 900 and $4,000.
An incendiary fire at Merchandising, Pa, de-
stroyed nine houses, six stables and school.
house, Loss, $40, 1000. .... Horace Greeley'i
old homestead at Chsppaqua, N. y, was de-
stroyed by flre.... The will Of A. T. Stewart
gives his constant adviser, Judge Hilton, Sl,.
900, 900; provides legacies ranging from $780,.
600 to 1000 for number of his employees and
servants leaves a few thousands to each Of
his wife's nieces and nephews, and gives the
balance Of his property to his wife. In lette,
to his wife he expresses the wish that she
welfare OF his fellow-men, and requests that
those of his employees who have served him
twenty years receive the sum Of 81, 900. and
$500 to those who have served ten years.
For the sum Of $1,o0O,000 the widow of
A. T. Stewart has relinquished all the property
outside Of New York to Judge Hilton, who will
carry on all Mr.. Stewards projects in oonnec-
ton with Mr.. Libby, the dead merchants old
partner. The firm will retain the old name.
.... Jealous over triaing matter, John Nc
Namara, shot and killed Ellen NJ Callinan, to
whom he was engaged. at Corning, N.Y..
4 ;, io;1 n,
little white girl, was taken out at night by
masked men and hanged. Dom Pedro,
emperor OF Brazil, is now in this country OH a
tour Of observation. He declines all public
receptions. ..... OF the "a, 200 buildings in New
York city CT, 1856 are dwellings, and 8, 1913 stores
..... During one day there were six suicide !
in and around New York city. 1t is thought
that the schooner Katie, from Fort Mugraye
N. g., for Boston, with sixty-fve passengers on
board, foundered at sea. :. BY the burning
Of Holmes boot shop in Westborough, Mass,
100000 were lost.
Theodore Gsrren, Of Hutchinson Station,
N. j., NEXT neighbor to Jacob Young, who was
found in his house murdered on April 4th,
hanged himself few days ago, leaving & 10 ter
stating that although he was suspected OF the
MURDER he was innocent of the crime . . The
barge Keystone, with $4,000 worth of Cen.
at that place and sunk ..... The Porte COM
plains to the great powers that Servia is aiding
the insurgents. The drought is severe through
ont Cuba, and is running the growing corn and
crops. In the Vuelta Abajo region the tobacco
crop il in a bad condition -. Roting took
place in the streets OF Limerick between Home
Rulers and Nationals. Over one hundred per-
sons were wounded-for5y seriously and six
fatally. $3.50. The college known as Emerson
Institute, in Mobile, and used for the educa-
ton of colored people, WAS destroyed by fire.
..... The Louisiana supreme court has decided
the issue Of $4,000, 900 Of State bonds to the
Mobile and Chattanooga railroad to be unoon-
stitutional ... Eight steamers have arrived
at st. Johns, N. F.. from the seal fishery, hay
ing on board $1,000 seals. .... The tow5oat
Dictator was dashed against bridge at Han
nlbal, Mo-, by the swift current, and striking
amidships was broken in two and sunk. Nine
persons went down with her. .... "A terrible
and already has depspulated several small vii
lagos .. Instructions have broken out in
the districts Of Kiyor-yirg and Shau-see,
China. and are quite extensive. go. Ex-Secre-
tary Belknap appeared before the Senate high
court of Impeachment, and on the House mana
gers preferring the charges, Mr.. Belknap
offered an affidavit setting forth that as he
L.
States the court had no jurisdiction in the
case. The managers asked for time to reply
to the answer Of Mr.. Belknap, and the court
was adjourned fo- few days.
sanguinary engagement took place be-
tween the Turks aud insurgents near Nicsic,
with heavy losses on both sides. The insur-
gents claim to have driven the Turks to Ozina
and Pagliana. The secretary Of the treasury
has instructed the officers in charge of the
to redeem fractional currency
in sums from SIS to s10O in silver, as no more
fractional currency will be Issued w . The
ship Victory. from Shields. England, for San
Francisco, was lest in storm with all hands,
seventeen persons . The British government
refuses to deliver Winslow. the Boston forger,
to the Emitted States, unless it be guaranteed
for which he is extradited .... Advces from
G ,unty Gaspe, in New Brunswick, Can, are to
the effect that starvation stares the people in
the face unless navigation opens soon. Already
the stock is gone, and one woman has died of
hunger al Perez ..... The bill reducing the
salary Of the President from SO, 900 to $685.
900 after the present term has been vetoed
by President Grant ......T The Toledo Blades
reports from over two hundred points in Ohio.
Michigan, Illinois aud Indiana give the PROS
poets for wheat as unusually good. Central
Indiana and central Illinois both report short
crops on account Of winter kill. .. At the
Moody and Sankey meetings in New York. the
lay before the close, earnest appeals were
made to raise large amount to carry on the
Christian work. At the afternoon service
1920, 900 were collected, and in the evening
BOO, 900 more were taken up
Tue Indiana Democrats nominated James |
D. Williams, NJ. G., for governor, and full |
Louis was pledged to Go, Hendricks. The |
platform declares for BARI money, opposes !
contraction, believes in g. eenback currency,
,alls for continued Investigations, and opposes
my payment Of the Confederate debt -. The |
evolution in Hayti is triumphant. Dominique,
he late president, has fed. Wee president Ra-
mean and Losquet, the general in command Of
he government forces, have been shot ....
The Mexican revolutionists have taken posses
ion of Mier, the citizens making no resist
nee. The insurgents having called on Ameri-
ans in New Laredo to pay levy, our govern
nent sent word to the officer in command Of
he Rio Grande department to prevent the
Enforcement Of the levy. Montana in
tructed her delegates to the Republican ma
ional convention to vote for Mr.. Blaine. 49,.
The Boston Pilot has been purchased by Arch
'shop Williams aid ]. Boyle O'Reilly. They
,ropose to pay every dollar to the poor people
Who deposited money in the former proprie