Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-27
SUMMARY OF NEWS,

SUMMARY OF NEWS.
distressing Issas frsn Hsas aad Abroad,
Kansas wheat crop promises to DO twenty
per cent. better than last year. 80. The city
collector Of Chicago, George Won Hni'ern, 10 .
dofsulter to the amount Of owr si0O, 900. He
escaped to Europe. Gambling led " the act
,..,. West Virginia Repubne,n. appointed
delegates 10 tho national convention aud
I passed resolutions oommenda'o,y Mr. Blaine.
.,..,A general massacre Of tho Christians in
Turkey by the MussulmAns il feared, 49,. Tho
Prince OF Wales received IN o, thusias,ic 70.
ceplion from the populAce on his return 10
England. There were $50 deaths from the
plague In BagdAd during tho week ending
April 22.....In consequence Of the failure Of
tho johnson Bingham factory In North Adams,
Mass, two hundred hands we're thrown out Of
employment. A Mrs. Carson, Of Newport,
Il. l., committed suicide by shooting. A few
months ago she WAS waylAid and outraged by
ruiliAn, which so preyod upon her mind ~ to
unsettle her reason.
| The Oxford boat club will not send crow
| to America. go. The war between the Central
American statos OF Guatemala and Salvador il
at an end-the former having been successful
after few battles in which the mortality was
slight. Salvador now sues for peace. .....
Tho spring freshots throughout Canada arc
the most disastrous ever known. Immense
quantities Of logs and manufactured timber
has boon swept away The entire Connecticut
valley Is flooded and railway traffic In that
portion Of Vermont was stopped on account
Of serious washouts. ". During the Lexington
races Bill Bruce won the three quarters OF
mile dash, open to all oomers. in l.l6><-be.
ing within one-quarter Of . second Of the
fastest time ever recorded.
The cholera Is raging feArfully In Mandalay
among great numbers Of people, who are erect
Three children in boat were swept over the
rapids and drowned in the river Sault au Re-
collet, Canada. Aristides won the two-and-
one-hslf-mile race Ut the Lexington meeting,
in 4.27t-being the fastest time by one second
ever recorded. Ellen jackson, Of Brooklyn,
N. Y, threw her husband, aged fifty years,
down fight Of stairs, breaking his neck and
killing him INSTANTLY. The Williamsport
(Ps ncendiary WAS captured in the act OF
firing a lumber yard His resistance was 80
great as to necessitate shooting him three
times. He appeared to be insane. :. "A colored
church's delegates were denied admission to
the South Carolina Episcopal convention. . =.
The European steamship Rhein struck fish
ing smack lying at anchor in the fog of the
banks Of Newfoundland, cutting her CON-
pletely in two. All the crew we're saved.
The Senate bill to allow the khedive of
Egypt's diamond gift to General Sherman's
daughter to pass the custom house duty free,
has passed the House ....... The Mall
chester IN. H.) calico mills, employing fvo
hundred hands, have closed on account Of the
low price Of goods. A military excursion
train was thrown from the track by broken
SONS killed Or wounded. .... Information from
Laurel Hill, La, states that posse of colored
men went to the store Of white man, and
calling him to the door, ridded him with bull
let's. A party OF white men demanded tho
body, and on the negroes refusing to deliver
it q fierce fight ensued, resulting in the kill
ing Of four white men and eight colorod men.
-Four negroes we're also'oaptured and banged.
The excitement increased, and whites and
blacks were congregating in large bodies. The
sheriff has asked for military aid. .. The
British navy will simply blockade the ports
Of Dahomey, and not lombard them ....
Two colored men were hanged in the presence
Of three thousand persons at Springfield, Co.,
for the murder of two ladies'.
The Nevada Democrats, VI o they sent
their delegates to the national ov'n+' ton un-
pledged, strongly indorse Mr.. Till-n..
An explosion in ''giant powder NIL near
Drakeyille, N. j., blew two Nell Ia atoms and
destroyed considerable property ...... The
score in tho first game in tue II tdelpbia
billiard tournament stood Sos.on. 800; Ru-
dolphe 266. The score of the second game
was: DAILY 30O Foster, 15O..... Hon. VIM.
Fl. Barnum has been elected United States
Senator by the Connecticut Legislature to fill
the unexpired term made vacant by the death
of Senator Ferry. .... A sudden squall upset
passenger steamboat near Hong Kong, and
two hundred Chinese were drowned. 80. The
revenue authorities have seized twenty-five
distilleries, with forty Thousand gallons of
mash and liquor, at different points in North
Carolina and Virginia. .... Eight children en-
barked in leaky skiff on the Ohio river near
Vevay, Ind, for row, but when in the center
Of the stream the boat filled and sunk. A
man went to their rescue, but before he could
reach them five of the children-all Of one
family-had drowned.
Philadelphia hotel clerk has been fined
$500 for refusing room to a colored clergy
man. .... After the burning of Daniel Ming's |
house, near Dresden, N. Y, the DO lies of his
three children were found wrapped in each
other 8 arms. .... -Four deaths from triohins |
have occurred at Savona, N. Y.... The Ohio |
Democracy instructed their delegates to the
national convention to work for VIM. Allen.
Their platform demands the immediate repeal
of the resumption law, the substitution of
legal tenders for bank notes. and the issue Of
legal tenders by the general government only
that silver shall be legal tender in payment of
all debts, and in all sums opposes the con-
traction of the currency go. The New Jersey
Republicans did not instruct their delegates
but most Of them are in favor of Blaine. Tho
platform of the convention favors speedy
return to specie payments free, non-sectarian
public schools, and an economical administra-
ton of government looking to the protection
Of American industries. .. The Tennessee
delegates to the Republican convention we're
but it is understood the majority
are for Morton ..... The Alabama delegates
favor Bristow. 49,. The Iowa Democrats send
their delegation uninstructed, and they are
divided between Tden and Hendricks. Their
platform demands an early return to g gold
basis, as it will place the business interests
Of the country on sure and steady footing
at the same time it demands the repeal Of the
Sherman resumption law as injurious to the
Of the nation Six of the Salonica