Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-08-12
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y masked mob and hanged, .,.,. The Illinois
Democracy nominated Lewis Stewart for gov
ernor and adopted resolutions strongly iu-
dorsing Tilden and Hendricks. :. The Second
Baptist Church, ut Nowburgh, N, y, was
burned by MI incendisry-bsi tue fourth at
tempt. Loss. $1,000; insurance., 80. 500.
During the fiscal year ending June sOth, 90, 572
Chinese immigrants arrived In this country
an increase Of 6,i35 over the previous year -.
Eight mercantile establishments At James,
town, ". Y, were destroyed by fire, involving
hoavy losses ..,.,, In tho free.to-all race for
1900, at Cleveland, Smuggler won the first
place, with Goldsmith Maid second Lucille
Golddust third and Judge Fullerton fourth
Time, 2l5IS, 2l7,S, 2.lG]a, 2.l0s4, 2l7.S...
jeremiah Fairbanks, cashier of the State ma
tional bank Of Elizabeth, N. j., Is q defaulter
to tho amount Of $50, 900 aud over $3.50. Mer-
ciless won the Alabama stakes for three-year-
old allies at the Saratoga races, making tho
mile and ono oighth in 20OH ...... The ports
Of Dahomey, Africa, arc now blockaded by
British men-of-war.
Two boatmen named Simon Clanthamol and
John Messer were found dead at the Uhler
limekilns, near Easton, Pa. 1t is supposed
that they were suffocated by inhaling sulphur
gas from the kins. II is rumored that
Abdul Hamid Effendi has been proclaimed re-
gent of tho Ottoman empire, tho sultan having
abdicsted. -. "A number Of Cheyenne Indians,
who were in Sitting Bills camp, have returned
to thor agency, and report tho main body OF
indians in front Of Gen. Crook. .... Ex-Quoen
Isabella and her entire suite has gone to
Spain. The object Of her mission 10 said to DO
the contraction Of marriage between King
Alfonso and the daughter OF the duke OF
Montpensier. 1.-THE Cuban insurgents made
y raid on tho town Of Santa Clara, and sue
ceeded in rifling some Of the stores before be.
ing driven of by Spanish troops. The coal
producers have advanced the price slightly.
..... Dederick's hay press factory, ut Albany,
N. Y, was DESTROYED by fire. Loss, $5O,0O0
Soderhsmn,, Swedish town on the gulf Of
Bothnia, was almost totally destroyed by fire,
and great distress prevails among the inhabi-
tants. -. Tom Ochiltree won the Saratoga
cup-the course being two and one-half miles
in 4.O6l; Zoo Zoo, Freebooter, and Piccolo
the other Saratoga races. 49,. Prince Nicholas,
Of Montenegro, defeated the Turks and cap
/ tured Osman Pasha. .... The Ider won the
ocean yacht race to Brenton's reef and back,
the Wanderer being second, and Tidal Wave
third, while the America and Countess Of
Dufferin were practically thrown out Of the
race by mishaps to their rigging .... More
than five Thousand persons were drowned and
great damage was done to property in the
neighborhood Of Foochow, China, by an inun-
dalton. Cuban insurgents overturned and
sacked freight train near Lasbocas, procuring
quantities Of clothing. The train guard con-
sisting of an officer and seven men, we're killed
by the upsetting Of car in which they were
seated. go. Mowrey Lapham's mill, at Middle
bury, Mass, was utterly destroyed by fire,
with an adjacent boarding house and barn.
Loss, $4,000 insurance, 800, 900. IA coun-
terfeit of the new silver dino has Unlike
hue and sharp jingle ...... prize fight &C.
CURED in Toronto, Canada, between Steve
Taylor, Of j ersey City, and Charles Mcdonald,
OF Canada. Taylor WAS declared the victor
after short but fierce encounter.
Samuel Butcher, Catholic bishop Of Meath,
Ireland, while suffering from disease, became
temporarily insane and cut his throat with
a razor, and expired shortly afterward. .....
Munson Ravens, twenty-five years old, ron
of Barrett Havens, farmer living four miles
west Of Deckertown, N. Y, committed suicide
by taking paris green. He WAS detected in q
forgery Of note for 1915. The captain of
the brig Echo which arrived in New York
from Pernambuco, states that on July 2S, in
latitude forty-three degrees and thirty min
utes, hs saw schooner which had lost its
foretopmast and was sailing with close-reefed
mainsail. Men were slowing the jib. While
he was still looking at her she went down head
foremost, carr! ing all hands with her. She
was supposed to be coal-laden. ~ An old |
family feud in Franklin county, KY, led to
a bloody ARRAY in which pistols and shotguns
were freely used. Riley and Levi Herrod, tho |
larties attacked, were killed. Their assailants
numbered six mon, who have since been ar
rested. ... Many Of the frontiersmen are NOV
ing their families to places Of safety, for fear
of general Indian massacre. ..... President |
Grant, in returning to the House the Sundry |
Civil Appropriation bill, with his signature. |
takes occasion to state his objections to the |
same in a short message. He considers the
amounts appropriated for the various depart
ments totally inadequate; and while he does |
not feel warranted in vetoing the bill at this |
late day OF the session. no wants to place the |
responsibility where it belongs in event of cln-
baIrassments arising.
The United States Senate refused to impeach |
ex-Secretary Of War Belknap-thirty-fve sena-
tors voting guilty and twenty-five not guilty.
1t required two.thirds vote to impeach. The
vote on tho first article of impeachment
charging Gen. Belknap with promising Marsh
to appoint him post trader at Fort Sill, and
subsequently, at the request of March, ap-
pointed John s. Evans to the position, and |
receiving from Marsh 81 500 therefor ON the
second Of November, 1870, was as follows
Guilty Messrs. Bayard Booth, Cameron
(Pa.) CockreH, Cooper, Dauis, Dawes, Dennis,
Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey, Hitch
cock, Kelly, Herman, Key, MsCresry, Nc
Donald, Aerrin,on, Mitchell, Morrill,, Norpood,
Oglesby, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sar-
gent, Sdulsb,py, Sherman, Stevenson, Thur
man, Wadleigi,, Wallace, Whyte and IVitl.ers
-thirty-fve. Not guilty-Messrs. Allison,
Anthony, Boutwell,, Bruce, Cameron (Wis),
Christiancy, Conkling, Conover, Cragin. Dor
sey, Eaton Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin,
Howe, ingalls,, Jones (Nev), Logan Mcmillan,
Paddock, Patterson, Spencer, West, Window
and Wright-twenty-f five. democrats in italics.
A few senators voted not guilty, believing in
the innocence Of Mr.. Belknsp, and others voted
not guilty. believing that the Senate had no
jurisdiction in the case.
A tornado passed over Rhomere township,
Cass county, Missouri, destroying several
dwellings and seriously injuring the crops and
farm produce. Two people were killed. .....
Isaac N. Richie, a Cincinnati commission mer-
chant, in drunken rage against young lady
to whom he WAS paying attention, fired several
pistol shots, killing Barney Geisler and fatally
wounding John Whalcn, who was passing the
house. While Barnum's circus was paradipg
in Halifax, N. s., the clerks OF the bank of
Nova Scotia locked the doors and went short
distance to SEQ the cavalcade. During their