Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Issms 81 Isssrsss irsm Hsns aaa AsrsHd
Montgomery blair declares for Gov. Tilder
for tho Presidency In published letter .,..,
A lire 1t Jackson, La, destroyed the principa
portion OF tho town .,.... The Virginia House
has impsached George h. Stevens, judge Of
tho Nelson county court, for conduct unbe
coming his official character, in that he gam
blod and won money ,,,.. Tho Rhode lslant
Republicans renominated Gov Henry Lippitl
aud the ontire State ticket. The delegates "
tho national convention were not pledged Il
any candidate. ,... Seven men were killed and
ton severely wounded by tho explosion Of .
boiler In tho rolling mills Of tho Union Pscihe
company, 1t Laramie City, Wy. Tho south
end Of the building was completely shattered,
INJECTING loss Of $4,000. ... The insurgents
in Hayt continue to gain ground, and are in
complete possession Of Jacmel, which ia
blocksded by two government steamers. Bust
ness throughout tho country Ia ruined. $50.
Servis has $4,000 disposabls mon In case she
joins the Herzegovinians -. Tho bill creating
tho tito Of empress Of India for Queen Vio-
toria has passed its third reading. The
Scranton (Ps) opera house was destroyed by
fire. 80. Leut. Gov. DAVIS. of Mississippi,
who was found guilty under the articles Of i'm
parchment has boon removed, and debsrred
from hereafter holding any place Of honor
trust or profit.
Gen. Lebarrs made forced loan Of $500, 900
from the merchants and principal men Of
Matamoras, Mexico. The Americans Of the
town claimed the protection Of their consul.
The insurgents have captured the town Of
JAlapa. Vera Cruz has been declared in .
state Of siege. 1t 10 stated on good au-
thority that the car Of Russia, tired Of i'm
perisl cares, intends to practically reGire from
the throne, making the czarowitoh regent. -.
The exhibits of France and Brazil have ar
rived ct Philadelphia ..... The Americans in
Rome have opened IN Episcopal church. .....
Destructive foods have occurred in Arkansas,
as tho results Of extraordinarily heavy rains.
Washouts occurred on nearly all the railways,
and towel WAS much obstructed. 49,. The fish
ing schooner Edwin O. Dolliver, of Gloucester,
Mass, lost three Of her crew on the Grand
banks. .... Paul Dahlgren, oonsul-genersl Of
the United States to Italy, and son Of the late
Dahlgren, died at Rome.
The foreman Of q jury in Baltimore, Nd,
having been discovered to be intoxicated,
Judge Brown sent him to Jail for ten days and
disqualified him from service as juror. .....
The German high court adopted charge Of
treason against Count Won Arnim and his
property will be confscated if he refuses to
appear ..... The bikes protecting Herzogen
bosch, Holland, have been swept away by the
Hoods, the railway bridge and roads have been
destroyed, and the town is completely isolated.
Hundreds of houses have disappeared, and six
thousand persons are homeless. The present
crop Of Cuban sugar il $50, 600, 900 less than
hat of last year. Switzerland's contribu-
ions to the Centennial have arrived. While
Vim. Hogan, with his wife and three chill
iren, were crossing q bridge covered with
water at Winchester, Ind, the wagon run off
he end of the bridge, and Mrs. Hogan and
he three children were drowned. ID. P.
rogers, paying teller Of the Fulton bank, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, has fled with $4,000.
Zen. Crooks expedition destroyed Crazy
Horses camp of hostile Sioux in Powder river
'anyon. Heavy rains caused extensive floods
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
slsnd, Now Jersey, and in the immediate
'icnity of New York city, and did heavy dam
ge in washing out the railways, carrying away
ridges and dams, causing landslides, etc.
Twelve persons lost their lives. The damages
annot be made good by 81, OO0, 600. ... The
)hinese towns Of Wuhia, Tchang and Wen
has are to be opened to foreign trade ...
Jhina sends 100000 worth of goods to tho
A fire in Osaka, Japan, con-
umed six hundred houses, and the village Of
Iozuchi lost three hundred in the same man
Ter.
Joseph H. Lamb, of Norwich, Conn, ex-
ontroler Of the State committed suicide by
hooting .... Rysdyk's famous Hambletonian,
he sire of the most noted trotting horse in
he country, died at Chester, N. Y, at the age
1 twenty-eight years. ..... Information has
cen received from Col. Gordon, the English
xplorer in Africa, saying tho expedition is
finely ...... Further intelligence
as been received in connection with the loss
( the steamship Strathmore, before reported
BET in the South Pacific. 1t appears that
ivorr, who saved nothing from the wreck
ubssted for six months on TIE sea birds and
heir eggs..... While the states Of Central
.merica are at peace with each other, general
ceiling of distrust prevails. Medina was en-
rely successful in overturning the govern
lent Of Honduras. e. Hostilities between
Guatemala and Salvador are deemed newt
BILE and as Guatemala is III the best condi-
on, financially and physically, she is certain
success. Wrecks are reported from all
long the coast, as the consequence Of the re-
emit gale and storm. The most prominent
7as that Of the steamship Great Western,
rom the Mediterranean, which grounded and
roke up of Amityville, Long Island. The
essel and cargo were vaiued at $476, 900. No
YES Loaf. The schooner Harriet Newell, from !
N. j., for Bath, Me-, went
shore near Portland, and the captain and his
life we're lost The brig A. Porter, of Nova |
Gotta, went ashore on the New Hampshire
osst and the captain, q mate and elk men
'ere drowned .... The giving away of dam
t Clinton, Mass, during the recent severe
torn, did damage to the amount Of $500, 900;
tsnnery, comb factory, Fuller
lille Co. = factory and four other buildings.
Every day brings fresh intelligence regard
ng the disastrous storm which swept over
lew England. Several dams which had been
by the immense pressure of water
ave since given way, whereby mills and other
uildings have been torn from their founda-
ions. The losses will aggregate two or three
,illions. -. .Advices received from India re-
ort that the steamship Jowad, from Shehr,
as been wrecked on the Arabian sea- She |
ad on board about five hundred pilgrims,
hiefy Persians, bound to Bushire. Three
len, who are supposed to DO the only survi- !
ors, reached Hodeida. go. Gen. SchencB tes-
fled that the charges against him are false,
hat he bought the Emma Niue stock in good |
aith, and lost $50, 900 on it.. -. The boiler of
I. Sauerbiers Sons tool factory, at Newark,