Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-06-10
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

with his twenty mustang ponies just brougl
from the Pacific coast, ran 1865 miles in litt
. less than seven hours. A companion of p,
ratio and we'll known rider named Parkt
undertook to ride thirty ponies over the sam
course 305 miles in fifteen hours, but faile
through exhaustion before his work was hal
accomplished. Peralto won handsomely. ridin
his almost wild animals through the Ion
stretch In mastery manner, and ohangin
horses every one or two miles, a. he deeme
best. At the end of the long ride he did nc
appear to be greatly fatigued Tho first to-
miles was made in twenty-four minutes, forty
four and one-quarter seconds, with six relay
Of horses; from the Tooth to the 10th mil
was made in twenty-five minutes, thirty.tw
and one-third seconds, with six relays, an
the last FIVE miles Of the 155 in twelve minutes
three and three.quarter seconds. and witt
four relays Of horses. 80. President Gran
has issued a proclamation calling attention tt
the act Of Congress requesting the peopl
Of counties or towns to have local historics
sketch prepared and delivered fourth of Jul.
and copy Of the same filed with the county O
town records, and q duplicate cent to tn,
librarian Of Congress, that complete growtl
of the country may be obtained.
Twenty-Five young men, sons Of wealth,
Cincinnatians, who went to the Black Hills fo
a frolic and sightseeing, were attacked b,
Indians in tho neighborhood Of Custer Git.
and eleven Of them killed .. The Durham
| ,aw6 ~ nr%b Is{
Sixty-hve cattle realized over $4,000; thu
average price for COWS being 81, 1856, and fol
bulls 1914. -. Dubufe's renowned painting
Of "The Progical Son" while on exhibition In
Cincinnati, was destroyed by Ere Loss, 800,
600; insured $25, 0O0.. .... Gov. Tilden has
committed the death sentence Of Androas
Fuchs, who murdered Simmons in Brooklyn
| to imprisonment fer life..... VIM. Sexton
the American, won the first prize in the inter.
national billiard match at Philadelphia. 49,.
Thomas W. Piper was executed in Boston fol
the murder of little Mabel Young in church
vious to his death. He exhibited no trepida.
ton under the gallows and died easily. zee.
Samuel J. Frost, who killed his brother-in- law,
Towne, near Worcester, Mass, and afterward
out the body in pieces and buried them, was
hanged in the Jail at Worcester. The fall OF
Frost on the scaffold was so great as to sever
the vetebra in the neck and open horrible
cash in his throat from which the blood spurted
at each pulsation Of the heart, to the agony OF
the spectators, who were almost psralyzed by
the sight. The head WAS connected with the
body only by the ligstures.
A dispatch to tho London Times announces
that the Servian militia, numbering 10, 900
men, with three hundred pieces Of artillery,
are ready for action ...... The London eng.
Standard says one hundred tons Of gunpowder
and one million cartridges have been dis
patched from Woolwich to Gibrslter, Malta
and the Mediterranean feet, and all available
workmen are to be placed at work on the ships
OF war, and general preparations for war made.
..... Nine men were hanged by a mob in
Jack county, Texas, and six in Erath, Ga, for
all over the State of New Jersey is being raw
aged by the potato bug, and the prospect for
potatoes in those localities is small. :. Official
information has been received at Washington
that the Turkish government is engaged in
Furnishing persons engaged in the riot, which
took place at Salonica between Turks and
Christians, and in which the French and Ger
man oonsuls we're killed, and the sentences
are severe, some to capital punishment and
others to hard labor for life. .... Four entire
blocks Of buildings in Midland, Mich, were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $3.50, 1000. ... Two
thousand men changed the entire length Of
the Delaware and Lackawana railroad to
narrow gusge in ono Sunday. .... Gushing,
the pedestrian, walked 1856 consecutive hours
deducting only five minutes from each hour
for rest, at Syracuse ..... G. II. D. Boss, one
of the editors Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was
instantly killed while walking on the track Of
the Little Miami railroad, near Branch Hill
station. ..... San Quentin, CAL, IL greatly ex-
cited over the discovery Of rich gold prospects
by laborers while excavating for new work
shop in the peniteptary at that place.
The vote in the Senate was in favor Of juris-
dction in the Belknsp case ...... Dublin uni
versity will send boat crew to compete al
Philadelphia. ireland will also send picked
team Of cricketcra... Mrs. Duncklee and
her daughter Maud, with Mics Wilson and
her little brother, we're drowned at Brighton,
Mass, by the upsetting of a sAilboat...
Gen. prado is the choice of the people Of Peru
for president. Burglars robbed Kerby &
Shows jewelry store in Ne Haven, Conn.,, of
$50, 900 worth of diamonds. watches, etc.
The sultan Of Turkey, Adul Aziz, has been
compelled to abdicate by his subjects, and Nc
hsmmed Mural Enendi, his nephew and heir
has been declared fultsr, and
joyfully recognized as such by all parties, who
expect speedy reforms. The European powers
are pleased at the change, as the new man is
m enlightened person. =. :. =. Decoration day
was generally observed throughout the coun-
try by strewing the graves of eoldiers with
flowers. ..... The st. Louis suburb Of Quebec
has been devastated by fire, and over one
houses were destroyed the inmates
Of which were in many instances obliged to
spend the succeeding night in the street, hay
ing lost their all. The loss will foot up
large sum.
Louisiana Republicans eend their delegates
nnpledged but they are understood to favor
Morton. .... Virginia Democrats send their
delegates TO the national convention to work |
Tor reform candidate. 80. .Marylard's Demo-
,ratic delegates are left unpledged, and favor
Bayari. The Iowa Republican deley gates
ire all PLEDGED for Blaine ..... Tennessee
Democrats express their preference for Hen
tricks, but do not pledge their delegates. 49,.
All the bu ldings on seventeen streets we're de-
'troyed by the great fire in Quebec, and seven
thousand people were rendered homeless.
Only q few casualties are reported. -. The
,reat English Derby was won by an unnamed
,olt, over fourteen competitors.
There are few who do not remember
he childish wonder they once felt at
hearing the resonance produced by
placing sea shell to the ear, an effect
which fancy has likened to "the roar of
he sea-" This is caused by the hollow
orm of the shell and its polished sur