Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-04
SUMMARY OF NEHN.


The grand Jury at Salem, N. j., found I
true bill OF murder against James woeden
Samuel Collycr, John Clarke, Richard Good
win aud Fiddler Neary, for the killing Of
Walker In the prize ring -. There were l75,
| 900 admissions to the Centennial on tho JOINT
Delaware aud Maryland day, TLo tourna
mont on Georges Hill, in the grounds, was
Witnessed by $4,000 peoplo, The knights
riding ut full tilt, underworld to take rings
from the arches with the points OF their Lam
COS. Tho knight OF Delaware took tho first
przo. securing eight out of nine rings. The
Centennial knight stood second, aud the
knight Of Connecticut third. . :. ConRreesiona
Cox, Dem; eighth Fernando Wood, Dem;
NINTH Elijah Ward, DOM; tenth, Abraham \.
Hewitt, Den.; eleventh, Benz, A. Willis, Dem
fourteenth, Michael II. Herschberg, Rep;
thirteenth, J. Mansfield Davis, Dom, twelfth,
Geo, A, Brandreth, Rep; New Jersey, sixth,
Wm. A. Fighter, Dom. Massachusetts, fourth,
j. q. Abbott, Dem, The other great powers
support Russia in her demands on Turkey,
Servls aud Montenegro decline to give any
armistico. Great Britain has sent troops to
the Mediterranean, md is increasing her naval
ornaments ... The instruction in China IL
spreading rapidly .....A fire in tho lumber
dealing portion Of Chicago destroyed $54,0 900
worth Of property. hurricane swept
over the lower part Of Florida and it il feared
much loss was occa.ionod 800. The official
figures Of tho election in Ohio shows Barnes
(Rep.) majority for secretary OF State to DO
1856. his plurality being 6,727. Twelve Ro-
pubcans and eight Democratic members Of
Congress are elected. The vote for secretary
of State was as follows; Barnes, 3l5, 0iO {;
Boil, 30s, 313 Chapman, 1,77l.
The single scull race between Brayley and
Wallace Ross came of at st. Johns, N. u. Tho
distance was two miles and turn and the stakes
$1,000. Ross beat Brayley with ease by five
lengths. Time, 1880. The Withorspoon
monument in tho Exhibition grounds at Phila-
delphia was unveiled in the presence Of a
large crowd. Gov. Bede, of New Jersey, WAS
the orator. 80. Tho report Of New YoIk's
canal engineers shows that the cost of canal
engineering during the past year has been
$40, ISL. 60 less than the previous year. -. Mrs.
Ira Baker, of Glon Lock, Pa, while labor.ng
under an alteration o: mind, beat inthe heads
Of three Of her children, aged two four and
six years, with club. An infant was found
completely covered with a mattress, the OBJ
ject being to smotherit. ,"he three children
cannot survive 49,. The trotter Great Eastern
has again defeated Smuggler. at Boston.
Time, 2:2l, 2:243, 2:25. During an alterca-
tion in low lodging house in New York, John
Kelly was stabbed to death by Quimbo Apo,
u Chinaman, who WAS arrested. This makes
the fourth pers III LIE has killed since his a.
rival in this CONTEMPLATING served in dir
forent prisons nearly sixteen yea q for the
crimes. 1t is recommended by the German
commission that tho government grant a sub
vention to enable German exhibitors to COM
pete at the French exposition.
Engineer Horny NJ. Staples and Fireman
Lewis Phillips were killed near Keene, N. H..
by railroad collision. ..... The late hurricane
which swept over the West Indies did consid-
cradle damage on lard; and during its preva-
lence six Spanish schooners were sunk and
number Of other vessels injured, including two
American. The steamer City of Houston, for
Galveston, went ashore, but will be got off
safely. The City Of Mexico, FOR New York,
WAS compelled to throw overheard part OF her
cargo, and for twenty-three hours her officers
doubted if she could be saved. ..... None of
tue Red Cloud agency Indians appeared last
ration day, OLD Red CLOUD himself excepted,
and he would accept no food. A wagon train
was attacked by savages between Forts Fetter-
man and Laramie, and the wagonmaster
was wounded. Four Indians were killed. ....
The five-mile single scull race between Scharff
and Evan Morris, at Pittsburgh, was Witnessed
by fifteen Thousand people. and resulted in
victory for Scharff by length in 35:35. ....
The bark Floreuce has just arrived at San
Francisco from the North Pacific. having on
board 100 men from twelve whaers deserted
on account Of being closed in by floating
ice without any hope OF rescue. Others of
the crews went to Honolulu on the Three
Brothers, while fifty or sixty men refused to
leave the vessels and take the chances of life
with the rescued in their six days trip over
ice, snow and water in their attempt to find
tho ships which finally brought them home
Tho poor men will probably perish with cold
during tho coming winter if the ships do not
sink before. The abandoned vessels were
the banks Onward and Clara Bell, San Fran
cisco ships st. George and Marengo, ard
barks Cornelius Holland, James Allen and
Java, New Bedford ships Camilla ard bark
entine Josephine, OF Boston; bark Acors
Barnes, Of New London Hawsiisn barks Des-
mond and Arctic. The aggregate value Of the
vessels is put at $500,0O0, exclusive OF their
cargoes.
On account CT the failure of the crops in
Bombay, much suffering is felt, and govern
ment aid is being extended. Tho reports from
other districts indicate r. complete failure OF
supplies, and it is thought that aid will have
There has been no rain, and the rivers are
drying up Vegetation is parched and cattle
die of starvation. ... John Henry Schwartz
who shot and killed man named Bette at
Union Hill, N. j., last summer, while firing at
his own (Schwambs) sister, has been convict
cd of murder in the first degree and sentenced
to be hanged on the eighth of December ....
The will Of the Hon, L. o. j. Smith, flied for
probate at Portland, Me-, leaves $50, 900 to the
home for aged and INDECENT mothers, $50, 900
TO the Cumberland county law library, $4,000
10 the New Hampshire historical society, and
0 10,0 900 to the Phillips academy, Exeter, where
he was educated, besides other smaller be-
quests. 80. Thomas Ellis, FOR eighteen years
employed in the Park bank, New York city,
where he had risen to the position Of paying
,eler, with salary Of $4,000, has defaulted
With $4,000 in greenbacas, and examination
nay reveal further shortcomings. AS he was
not fast liver it is imagined he lost at gam
bling in stocks and took the amount in hopes
If eing able to replace it before discovery.
reward Of 5000 is offered for his capture
.....A wrestling match in Chicago between
Miller, of New York, ana Bauer, OF San Fran
,isco, was decided by the referee, Barney
Aaron, in Millers favor, upon which Bauer's
riends were dissatisfied and the meeting
broke up in o row, in which pistols were freely
irswn.
The Indians belonging at the Red Cloud
gency having gone into camp some miles