Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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bOAAAhA VI NEWDe
The Maryland Republicans appointed dole
gates to tho national convention. Their resolu-
tons praise President Grant and Bristow, but
direct tho delegates TO vote for Blaine. -.
Bon. French and wife, Of Warsaw, Ky, who
were arrested and committed TO jail for poison
ing an old colored gentlemen for the purpose
OF securing his property, were takon from
their keepers at midnight by an armed mob of
masked men and hanged to limb Of q tree
some two miles from town. -. By tho failure
OF Henry Arnold h Co., Of tho North Adams
Mass paint works, six largo mills have been
closed, viz. The paint works, Gallup, Hough-
ton h Smiths works, r. II. Arnold h Co.,
of North Adams, the willismstown Manufao-
turing Co., the Arnold mill at South Adams.
and the Pownal Co., at Pownal, Vt. Eight
hundred persons are thrown out of employ
mont, ..., go, 900 were lost by the burning Of
the Ohio Woodenware Co.'s building in Cleve-
land ...". There IL suffering in the Black
Hills ON account Of scarcity of provisions.
Bacon brings fifty cents per pound, sugar forty
cents, and other articles in proportion. Tho
load to Custer City Is strewn with broken
wagons Of parties who have been attacked by
Indians.
South Carolina Democrats instructed their
delegates to tho national convention to vote
for the man most likely to win. ....A severe
earthquake shock occurred In various portions
Of South Australia and many buildings wore
damaged. go. "A letter received from Kegasha,
on the coast Of Labrador. states that there is
great destitution all along the coast. At Ber-
thier de Belle Chssse man named Peter BLAZE
died from starvation. Seal catching 10 Q failure
this season, and the inhabitants along the
coast are waiting with the greatest anxiety the
arrival of the first schooner with provisions.
...... King Alfonso has written another letter
assuring the Pope that Spain is Catholic. .....
The Georgia Republicans left their representa-
tives at the national convention unpledged.
The delegates are divided on Presidential can.
didates-Blaine having the majority. %. The
Texas Legislature elected Gov. Richard Coke
(Dem.) United States Senator. ). The pigeon
shooting match at Indianapolis, Ind, between
Bogardus, Of this country, and Price, Of Lon
don, for the championship of the world, re-
suited in victory for Bogardus by "a to "a.
Reports from Mexico arc to the effect that
thirteen Of the states are loyal to the general
government, while the other five are In .
state of revolution. Disz has marched to the
interior, and was at San Luis Potosi .....
A Halifax dispatch places the catch of seals
this season from 100000 to 400, 900, which is
good average. .....A young Christian girl
wished to embrace Mohamnedism in Salonica,
European Turkey, but was prevented and for
chilly taken from the Mohammedan ans by Greek
Christians, whereupon Q serious riot took
place, during which the Turke assassinated
both the German and French consuls, who
were endeavoring to protect their people. The
gunboats to the scene and demanded repara-
ton, which is promised .. Twenty thou.
sand charges Of 'rend rock" powder exploded
on Jersey City Heights, damaging many build
ings and causing shock which was felt over
an extensive area. .... After sixty hours of
almost inoessant rain at Lesvenworth, Kan,
a terrible tornado struck the city, doing $780,
900 worth Of damage. IA terrible rainstorm
and tornado struck Chicago unroofng many
buildings, topping over the spires Of the
Wabash avenue Methodist and Grace churches,
sweeping the new tower and massive fog bell
into the lake, overturning houses, wreoking
carriages in the streets, and doing damage
estimated at 100000. Only one boy was
killed. "A supposed incendiary fire at York,
Pa, destroyed Farquahsr's machine shops,
employing 160 hands, and entailing loss of
$4,000.
Intelligence from Georgia states that the
grain crop prospect is cheering. A large area
is planted in wheat, oats, rye and barley.
There will be more corn and less cotton
planted. .... Piper, under sentence Of death
in Boston, confessed the murder Of little
Mabel Young in the church tower. He also
confessed having beaten Bridget Landregsn
to death in 1878. He says that when under
troliabe desire to shed blood. Seven French
vessels engaged in the Iceland fisheries have
been lost. .... Au investigation of the New
York aud the Western Book Concerns has
been ordered by the Methodist conference. ...
During seventeen-hour rainstorm in Shreve-
port La, seven and one-third inches of water
fell. ...., Col. Gordon's expedition to establish
q line of communication with equatorial Africa
has been abandon ID, owing to the lack Of sup
port from Cairo. -. Michigan promises a
full peach crop. .... AS horse car WAS enter
ing the platform at Hoboken, N. j., to be
taken to the brow of the hill, the engineer
started the machinery, causing the car to fall
into pit thirty feet deep. OF the twenty
seven passengers on board, all but one were
fatally.
Rubenstein, the Polish-Jew under sentence
Of death in Brooklyn, N. Y, for the murder Of
Sara Alexander in East New York. died in his
cell. -. The Massachusetts supreme court
has decided that the Old South church can be
sold. Also that the ten-hour law ia constitu-
ional. 49,. An alarming revolt has broken out |
in Bulgaria, agitated by Servian emssaries,
Ind the Turkish government is hurrying all |
available troops to that quarter. General
Diaz, the Mexican revolutionist, had to give up
An expedition to capture Monterey on account
IF the scarcity Of water along the route. Many
If his men died of thirst and great number
deserted. 80. The grand jury Of the district
If Columbia criminal court have found an in
1ictment against ex-Socretary Belknap for cor
upton. Mrs. Elizabeth Guire of Brooklyn.
N Y, committed suicide by drowning while
sboring under an inssre fit brought on during
he Moody aud Sankey revival. IAN Omaha
Jury decided that railway company had a
light to eject gamblers from the trains when
heir occupation was notorious
The Centennial exhibition was formally
opened at Philadelphia by President Grant,