Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-15
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

mas reached bagdad, where there are ton cases
per dsy......John A. Appleton, president OF
the HAverliill (Msss.) national savings bank
was robbed on tho oars between Boston and
Haverhill Of sachel containing noter, drafts,
etc., to the amount Of $l0, 1000. 80. The insur-
gent leader Petkovlcs repulsed an attack Of
Turkish troops near sjubinje, capturing three
hundred head Of cattle, forty horses, eto. The
Turks lost several mon killed ...., Frederick
Roheffs, of st. Louis, cut the arteries In his
wrists, and not dying soon enough hanged
himself with = towel to . bedpost. George
W. Freeman, a merchant Of Leroy, N. Y,
hanged himself with BEDFORD passed over
q door. Charles u. Hutchinson, medical
student Of Milford, N. H., shot himself dead.
....By the accidental discharge Of y double.
barreled gun in the hands Of X. Ferry, at
Meadville, Pa, young lady and little boy
were instantly killed.. ..... Wm. Cummings, Of
Broohlyn, N. Y, on going home at night
and finding his wife drunk on the bed, had
a wordy alteration with her, during which ho
struck her on tho shoulder with Ratchet.
She rushed from the house half dressed and
ran up coal shute near by. When part way
up her husband again struck her, knocking
her thirty-6ve feet to the ground. 80. Sixty
employees of the New York custom house wore
removed to reduce expenses.
As the engineer Of the Fletcher braid mills,
at Providence, r. l., turned steam ON the
engine preparatory to starting work, four Of
the sixteen boilers exploded, tearing the two
mt VNusv,A h,iI.li s,~kN
damaging the main mill. Two men were
killed and number injured. As the three
hundred operatives were at their places in the
mill, terrible anic ensued. Loss, $40, 900.
...... The county grand jury ut st. Louis
found indictments against fifteen Of the city
officials, including aldermen, for bribery, per-
jury, and subornation Of perjury. Great COM
motion WAS created in political circles in con-
sequence. The grain market in Europe is
decidedly flat. .... Reports from the Sandwich
islands state that the volcanoes of Kilauea and
Moknaweoweo are in an active state of erup-
ton. The Massachusetts House rejected
a bill for the taxation Of church property. =.
The Cuban authorities have raised the income
tax to thirty per cent gold ..... Three men
were instantly killed and another fatally IL
jured by an explosion Of locomotive at Land
Ridge, Pa. .... Tho losers by the recent flood
in Massachusetts intend to sue Worcester for
damages, claiming that the city is responsible,
as its officials were aware of the character of
the embankment to their reservoir. The
Boston and Albany railroad will bring the first
action. 81. W. Jordon, Of Toronto, committed
suicide in Buffalo by taking prussia acid. He
left will directing bis body to be sold to the
highest bidder to pay the funeral expenses.
......Great Britain's revenue for the fiscal
year ending March 31st was 1886, 65s, 465-
being 1888, 465 over the estimates, and ELL
O49, 100 more than the previous year :. -. New
Rochelle, N Y, lost six buildings by fire, the
less Of which aggregated 100000.
French bankers have decided to financially
assist the khedive Of Egypt .. The United
States express company's Office at Akron,
Ohio, was robbed recently of $1,000 or $780,
OOO.. Isaac Page, OF Searls Mills, Me-, MUIR
dered his wife and cut his own throat, from
the effects of which he will die. During
the recent heavy gale the thick glass windows
in the White Island light tower, off Maseachu-
setts sixty feet above high water mark, were
broken by the waves. :. .. The Watertown
On. Y.) Security bank has suspended with
liabilities amounting to 100000. Sxteen
employees OF the Doptuu custom Louse were
discharged to reduce expenses -. New York
city's total Indebtedness April LIST was $119,-
164 908 80. zee. The Mexican authorities de-
manded forced loans from Americans in Mata-
moras, and on one old mans refusing to pay
he was placed on top of tho fortifcstion be-
tween the opposing armies, 30 that in the
event OF an attack he would be exposed to two
fires. Our consul rescued him, and extended
his protection to other countrymen. A United
States gunboat has gone to tho scene Of action.
..... South Hadley, Mass, lost hotel, store,
two houses and two barns by fire. .. s.. b.
Conover, United States Senator from florida
was arrested at Tallahassee on a charge Of en-
bezzliug $4,000. -. The public debt state
ment for March shows a reduction for the
month Of $4,24O,s67 for tho nine months OF
$17 969, 2S6.
The grand jury in Chicago have found an
Indictment against ex-Congressman j. d.
Ward for completely in revenue frauds =. The
Democracy of Connecticut reelected Gov. In
gersoll and secured working majority in both
branches Of tho Legislature. This will give T.
Democratic United States Senator . The
Egyptians are terrifying strong positions in
Abyssinia. .....A duel was fought near Rich
mond, Va. by Lieut.. Thaxton T. Robinson, of
tho United States army, and jesse Mitchell,
United States gauger, to settle an old feud.
Robinson was killed and Mitchell will probably
die Both we're young and highly connected.
......Gen. Pordrio DiaZ, the head Of the
revolutionists in Mexico has taken Matamoras
with scarcely a blow being struck. The cap
ture included $50 men, seventeen pieces of
artillery, and 712 stand of arms. As the gov
under Diaz it is probable he betrayed the
town to the insurgents. .. The French Senate
unanimously adopted the bill raising the state
Of siege.
The estimates for tho River and Harbor bill
were cut down in the congressional committee
from $14 3O1, 900 to $5,S73, 600. .... The nomi-
nation Of Ric.ard H. Dana, Jr., as minister to
England, was rejected by the Senato......
break fifty feet wide is reported in the Mill
ken Bend levee, q few miles above Vicbsburg,
Mics. ...A barge containing ten thousand
bushels of corn became unmanageable just
above st. Louis and struck tho bridge with
such force as to break in two, drowning the
entire crew Of six colored men. 49,. Bradley N.
Cummings, we'll known merchant Of Bos-
ton, committed suicide while temporarily in
sane by drowning himself in shallow pool of
water. The steamer Agrigenti, from PiiGup
for Italian ports, collided with the English
steamer Hylton Castle off the south coast Of
the Morea. The Agrgenti Immediately sunk,
and nine OF the crew and twenty passengers
were drowned. ..... Reports from Newfound-
land state that the fishing season has been I'M
favorable, and that number of sealing vessels
we're crushed and sunk by the ice. Destitution
prevails in many parts of Green Bay. lie
schooner Helen J. Holway went ashore near