Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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Tho totals Of the receipts from the Conten'
nal Exhibition from al sources. from May II
to November 10. were m follows; From 3D.
mission fees, %, $40, 724 40, from concessions
$200, 900; from percentages and royalties
s?O5 Ol0 rs, Total, "a, sos, 1856 "a. "A broken
rail on the 81, Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railroad "ditched MI extra passen'
ger train near Malvern, Ark Twenty.oight OF
the passengers were more or less injured. go.
A serious disaster occurred At BAllsrdvAle,
twenty miles from Boston, on the Boston and
Maine railroad. A freight train OF fifty oars.
drawn by two locomotives, and moving ct oon-
siderable speed, WAS thrown upon side track
by misplaced switch, and came into collision
with cars standing there Charles q, Walker
and Carlos b. Miller, engineer and fireman Of
tho second locomotive, wore killed. A train
hand named Stevens was fatally and another
seriously injured Both locomotives were
badly wrecked and twelve or fifteen cars de-
moishod .... Owing TO . scarcity Of sugar,
the price has been advanced. .... George Par
kor, a New York city commission merchant,
was arrested for extensive swindling Of city
and country dealers. ... During q quarrel be-
tween oolored men at Lswtonville, 8. O., one
Of the number WAS severely beaten, and war
rants were issued for the arrest OF tho assail
ants. A white constable and posse arrested
five Of the men, and on their way to jail with
them were ambuscaded by colored despera-
does, two Of the posse killed and the prisoners
rescued. :. The United States consul At Porto
Rico writes that the late hurricane was very
disastrous in its efYects-a great portion Of the
coffee and rice crops being destroyed. Three
American vessels were lost during the preva-
lence OF the storm, and forty-nve ships about
the island were either totally lost or much in
jurcd. The GranGers' encampment building
at Elm station, Pennsylvania railroad WAS
totally destroyed by FIRE. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $50, 600. -. The New York canals are
to DO closed December lst.
Oschwold and Ryan, the murderers Of Police
man Brock, Of Newark. N. j., were sentenced
to death. The Rothschilds have undertaken
to negotiate Russian war loan the Gear has
also announced popular war loan for S,O0O,-
900. -. The Russian police claim to have dis
covered an insurrcctionary plot amsng the
Poles, and numerous arrests have been made.
.... The Calcutta correspondent Of the Lon
don Times states that estimates, based on
official returns from the various police sections,
give the total loss Of life as 215,0O0 in three
districts, during the cyclone Of Oct. 81, and it
il probable that even this estimate is too email
......As party Of Germans from Cincinnati
were on their way to wedding few miles
from town, an immense wagon containing
thirty.six persons was driven of the side Of
twenty-five feet; three persons were fatally
injured, and ten others more or less seriously
hurt. i. i. "A variety theater in Sacramento, Gal
was fitted up in the loft Of stable. and on the
opening night was attended by fully 1000
people. Shortly after the curtain went up the
flooring gave way, preciptating the entire
audience, with the stage and gallery, to the
floor below. When the great excitement WAS
over, and the people rescned from the debris,
it WAS ascertaned that seven had been killed
outright, and at least hundred more or less
severely injured-one Of the Peake family Of
Swiss bellringers being among the number.
The result of the canvassing of the votes in
South Carolina gives the Hayes electors the
vote by msjorities ranging from 230 to l, 1873.
The smallest vote for Republican electors was
81, 1876, and the highest vote for Democratic
electors WAS 90, DOG. They report that the Re-
publican secretary Of State is elected by 227
majority; Republican attorney-general by
seven votes Democratic oomptroller-general,
1886 majority Democratic superintendent of
education by 442 majority, and two Republican
members Of general board by 16l and 2OS ma
jority, respectively. :. Balances in the United
states treasury Currency, Sill 672, 4S4 coin,
57S, 531 1872. 80. The New York Tribune has
the following: Mr.. Blaine says very emphati
cally that he could not be president Of the
Senate if he would. and that he certainly
would not, under the present circumstances,
if he could 1t is noticeable that Mr.. Blaine
regards tho present political crisis as in every
way serious business. .... Tho great ship
channel from Amsterdam to the North sea is
open, and the American schooner Edith, Vt
RoSn |
through. ... The official vote Of Maryland is:
Tilden, ~, $50; Hayes, 1881. Tildens ma
jority, 1879. Democrats were elected to
Congress in all of the six districts of the
State.
The assessors valuation of real and persona
property in the State Of Massachusetts for the
year 1876 shows net loss of 81 299, 1872 since
last year, the loss in Boston being 81 965 6S5.
49,. Receivers have been appointed for the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, and put under
5000, 900 bonds. I o BONDED indebtedness of
the road amounts to $1S, 600, 900, and the float
ing il debtedness 81, 600, 900. . :. The immense
loss Of lifo in India was caused by tidal wave
which swept over the islands and adjacent
country in many places to depth Of twenty
feet, carrying of the houses inhabitants and
cattle, as we'll Is all provisions, so that the
survivors are in danger Of famine. The large
number Of dead bodies lying about have CON-
nenced to putrefy, and cholera is expected to
set in in consequence. The government is
all aid possible. ... The British gun
boat Lap Wing wss lost in the great cyclone
which swept over India. All the officers and
rev were saved. :. 90. james W. Lick, nephew
# James Lick, the California phianthropist,
las fled petition opposing the appointment
If John II. Lick, the natural son of the de-
,eased, as administrator, and asking that he
70 granted letteis OF adm his ration -. The
captain and officers Of the bark Daring, from
Liverpool, were arrested at Newburyport,
lass, for cruelty to their seamen. Gao man
umped overheard on the passage to escape
,rutal treatment, and was drowned. :. il. BY the
turning Of building in East Cambridge,
lass, occupied as q furniture mandatory by
ohm Clark and cheese factory by Page d
fore, q loss of 100000 was entailed. -. Til
ens majority in Alabama is S4,9Ss.
Official returns from all but fourteen small
lantations in Maine, which cast less than
hree hundred votes in 1872, give Hayes Sc, $50
otes; Tilden, 40, 40, and scattering, 4sO. .....
he official vote of Pennsylvania is rs follows:
lagos 1884, 14S Tilden, 366, 204; Cooper, T.
"a; Smith, Prohibtionist, 1918, and ticket
eaded by local candidate, eighty-three. ....
he official count Of votes in New Jersey shows
hat Tllden received liz 95S ballots TO Haves'