Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


its.s 81 Interest frsu HsDs sad Abrsas
During an alteration 1t Camden, n. j.,
colored man shot two mon, dangerously In
juring them. Ho WAS arrested, but was in
mediately rescued by bis friends, who attaoke
tho officers with rsEors. &c. VIM. Raferneci
u policeman, approached tho jail At Faribauli
MIMI, In which tho NorthHeld bank robber
arc inoarcerated, during the night, and whe
ordered OF BY tho guard, replied "Dont yo
know mep" and continued TO advance. Tn
guard again ordered him to stop, and on hi
not obeying, shot him dead, :. .Congressiona
nominations Massachusetts,, eleventh dis
trict, Geo. D. Robinson, Rep. sixth, Ohas.
Thompson, Dem. Connecticut, fourth, Lev
Warner, Dem. New Jersey, nth, Aug. "
Cutler Dem. -. The Cuban insurgent
burned the towns of Las Tunas and Calimete
,.... The racing u jerome Park resulted IL
victories for Galway in the milo and = hal
race for all ages, in 2:451S Vigil In tho ma
tional handicap, two miles and . quarter, Ii
ALL Rhadsmanthus In the milo heat race il
lax, 147. An express train on til,
Canadian Great Western railway was ditchet
near Princeton by the breaking Of q wheel
Five of the train hands we're killed. None o.
the passengers were seriously injured. ....
Lauber's German restaurant, noted lunchint
place in the Philadelphia Exhibition grounds
was partially destroyed by are, which origina
in tho servants department after business
hours. $25, 900 damage was done. .... Dur
ing the month Of September the United state'
mints coined $s,02l, 6l0-of which s2,577, OO(
were silver.
An extra train bound east, containing sol
diers from the reunion at indianapolis, collid
cd with freight train near Greensburg, Ind.
and number Of passengers and employees
were injured. -. The tbirty-sixth call Of the
Treasury department for the redemption Of
10000 900 worth Of $50 bonds Of 1865, May
and November, has been issued. ,.... Congress
sional nominations New York, first district
saml. r Brick, Dem; twenty.ninth, E. d.
Laveridge, DEM; Connecticut, first, James
Phelps, Dem. :. "A passenger train was thrown
from the track of the Erie road near Genesee,
N. Y. by striking horse killing the engineer
and injuring six other persons, three serious
ly..... -Four Thousand additional awards have
been announced by the managers Of the Phil
adelphis Exhibition. . {. Through eating toad
stools in mistake for mushrooms, Misses
Emma Baker and Louisa Crane, with George
Mellrath, died of the poison at Connecticut
Farms, N. The British minister to Tur-
key has been instructed to demand reparation
and justice for the Bulgarian outrages.
Baron Lisgar, better known as Sir John
Young, encouragement Of Canada from 1868
to 1872, is dead..... Tho entire block of hand
some buildings on the east side Of Main street,
between Preston and Congress Streets at
Houston, Texas, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$3.50, 900; insurance, $22O, 900. "A controversy
has arisen at Tripoli between the United
States CONSUL and the authorities on account
Of the former having given shelter to rum
away slave, and declining to surrender him..
1t is reported from Constantinople that ex-
Sultan Murad is dying ......J John L. Burbank,
Jr., of South Norwalk, Conn.,, and John Will
liams were drowned by the capsizng of
yacht in Long Island sound While sixty
carpenters and calkers were making repairs
on the bark Europa at q New York wharf, one
Of the mems candles set fire to some loose
oakum, and instantly the entire hold Of the
vessel was in fames-she having been used
for the transportation Of petroleum and BEN
zine for years, and become impregnated with
those destructive fluids. The men made their
way to the wharf with the utmost celebrity,
and supposed they we're all safe until looking
at the vessel they perceived a charred mass Of
humanity endeavoring to force its way out Of
a portfolio, which proved to be one Of their
comrades. He WAS aided but died shortly
after. After the fire was extinguished the
bodies Of five others were found in the vessel
unburned, and showing that they had been
suffocsted .... Congressional nominations:
Pennsylvania, eleventh district, David J. Wal
ler Rep; fourteenth, VIM. r. Wilson, Dem.
J. W. Klllinger, Rep; New York. fourteenth,
George NJ. Beebe, Dem. sixteenth, Hamilton
Harris, Rep.
On Greenwood lake, near New York, was
made the fastest time in pair-oar, two mile
race ever recorded. The con-
testants were Riley and Kennedy, of the Nep-
tune club, Smith and Eldred, of the Argo-
nauta, Downs ard Eustis, Of the Atalanta.
The Neptunes won by five lengths in 12:20!.
which gave the Londoners such tough pull
at Philadelphia, while Riley won the single
scull championship at Saratoga. .... While
three loaded cars were being hoisted from the
slope Of the Middle Lehigh colliery at New
Boston, Pa, the rope broke and the cars ran
killed. During an alteration between some
hunters and eight young men riding in a
wagon, near Albany, one Of the hunters raised
his gun and discharged load of shot at the
party, five of whom we're wounded ...... The
elevator of Otis Il Look, at Cleveland, Ohio,
with its entire contents, was destroyed by fire.
An adjoining steamboat depot, with hotel
and several frame buildings, were also de-
stroyed. Loss, s164,00O insured partially.
During ths confagration sparks fred the
Second Congreg ational church and it was COM
pletely destroyed Loss, $40, 600. 80. Jacob
Rohm, one of the nvcted Chicago whisky
ring, has been pardoned by the President. 80.
LnConQlarleS Dufnou LLre6 Dueluebb DlOCk6 III
Pine Bluff, Ark, lnhicting d loss Of $l25 600.
At the same time house in the suburb was
set on fire AID consumed. There was great
excitement.
Tie stock exhibition connected with the |
Centennial has just opened tho
display Of sheep and swine. There are on
1and 77S American sheep, sixty English and
fifty Canadian. The exhibit OF swine show
1913 American, fifty English and forty Cana
lisn. Seven houses were destroyed by
ire at Point Levy, Canada. ..... Lewis Schel-
or, age fifteen years, accidentally shot and
Killed his companion, Charles Hammond, age
'ixteen years, while out duck shooting at
Grand Island, N. ". The Centennial COM
Mission has definitely decided not to keep the
Exhibition open after November 10th, the time
originally declared as the closing day. .. The
Fellow fever is abating at Brunswick, Ga. go.
'muggler defeated Judge Fullerton in trot-
ing match at Dover, N. H., in three straight
Keats. Time, 2:27, 1921, 1924! 80. The Har-
eater works at Minneapolis Mimi were de.