Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-29
sUNNARY OF NEWS,


ChArles, ABORT ana Ad0 ThtelhAusen for mis-.
behavior. and they have many times siuos
threatened him with violence, until hs finally
sued out warrant fer their arrest. Policemen
Elsdon and Dickerson wont to the residence Of
tho brothers TO serve tho papers, when they
were nred upon with revolvers, Elsden falling
dead with several balls In him, and Dickerson
being 90 badly wounded that he died shortly
after. Tho three murderers then started from
the house toward tho tannery, ON tho way
shooting neighbor named Cahill In the groin,
causing . wound that may prove fatal. Ar
rived ct tho tsnnery, they biandished their
pistols and demanded tho foreman. Not And-
Ing him they began an indiscriminate firing at
the workmen, killing An inonensive old man
named Fischer. Tho assistant foreman, John
Albsrs, at this juncture entered tho room to
SEQ what Was the cause Of tho firing, whereupon
he was wounded by one Of tho brothers, with
whom he immediately clinohed. Tho other
brothers then fred shots into him until no fell
dead. Tho desperadoes then attempted to es-
oapo easily clearing . way with their revolt
vsrs. Arriving on tho street they ran toward
tho river, followed by large crowd which had
gathered. Arrived 1t the bank Of the stream
the murdercrs sprung In and attempted to CO.
oApe by swimming, but tho crowd ON the bank
threw stones and other missiles ct their heads
~ they appeared above tho surface, and tho
three desperadoos, worn out by their exertions,
sunk and were drowned.
Owing to an exceedingly heavy rain small
river near Freedom Pa, was swollen 90 ~
to food the houses ON ito banks, and carry OF
tho residence occupied by Thomas Lighthil.
Mrs. Lighthill and her four children were
drowned. :. -. Constant rains have done con-
siderable damage to crops In Ohio. -. Hay
wood Grant, convicted Of arson, was hanged ct
Rome, Ga. He confessed to having killed
four men, one Of whom was M. Hindman, Of
the Confederate army, Ut Helena, Ark. E. The
Turks captured and burned the Servian town
Of Kenterdeman. -. As the British ironclad
Thunderer Was being steamed over measured
mile for trial In Stokes bay, her forward boiler
exploded with terrific force, killing twenty-six
men and wounding sixty, many Of whom
cannot survive.... Sitting Bull, the Sioux
chief, has sent word to the agency that he
does not intend molesting any one outside Of
the Black Hills country but will fight the
whites in that section as long ~ the Black
Hills question IL unsettled or until his death.
During gale recently the covered bridge at
Turner'S Center, Me-, six hundred feet long,
wa. blown into the river, and several barns
were uproofed The stallion race for e2,0O0,
between Judge Fullerton and Smuggler, at
Philadelphia, was won by the latter tho fastest
time for stations in this country being made.
There wore four heats, the second being .
dead heat. Time, 2.1711s, ais, 217, 220.....
The fast mail trains are to DO withdrawn, 90
the government will not pay sufficient for
them. All. Bush, treasurer of the Inter-
colonial railway At Halifax, is . defaulter In
many thousands. 80. Thirty four Of the crew
OF the ironclad Thunderer have died from the
effects Of the explosion. -. In the United
States House Of Representatives, Mr.. Williams
(Dem. }, Of Michigan, introduced bill grant.
ing pension Of $50 per month to Mrs. Eliza
beth Custer, widow Of the late Gen. Custer
1t also passed = bill giving the father and
mother Of tho deceased officer $50 month as
pensions. All the families Of officers and SOL
disrs under Custer were also voted pensions
on the basis Of $50 per month to Mrs.
Custer.
The two committees in charge Of subscrip-
asked an extension Of the time for the pur-
chase Of the property until January l, and the
same having been refused by the society have
abandoned all hope Of saving the building, and
tho work OF demolition will be begun 1t once.
...... Postmaster General Jewell received
ovaions all along his trip through Connecticut
on his way to Hartford ..... Twenty eight
members Of the British parliament will attend
the Philadelphia Exhibition on the rising Of
parliament ...... Vienna, Austria, has expert
enced an earthquake shock sufficiently strong
to shake buildings and ring the church bells.
No damage is reported. %. Kansas reports
that she will harvest the largest crops ever
known in the State. The excessive and
continuous warm weather has caused an ice
famine in New York city and the price has ad-
vanced fifty per cent
The government has redeemed Gil, 748, 9S1
in currency with silver coin. -. The entire
western portion of the town Of Demosville,
KY, was destroyed by IN incendiary Hre.. 800.
The famous naval band at Portsmouth, N. H.,
has been paid of and disbanded. .... A COM
pany Of ladies have bought the Old South
church Of Boston, and will preserve it......
The Chiuese government is determined to put
an end to the exporting Of coolies while the
Spanish authorities wish to continue it, ...A
young son Of John E. Cameron, residing near
Potsville, Pa, lowered his little sister into q
freshly lighted limekiln on the farm, and be-
ing unable 10 raise her again. called his mother
and grandmother. The mother sent the boy
down with instructions to put his sister in the
bucket and jump in himself, using great haste
in order mt to be over come by the gases. The
boy got his sister in, and then fell back un.
conscious. The mother drcw her daughter to
the surface, and told the old lady that she
must tend the windlsss, as she (the mother)
was going down to rescue her boy but the old
lady was weak, and when the bucket was part
way down, her strength gave out and the
handle slipped from her grasp, striking her on
the head aud rendering her senseless, while
the woman in the BUCKET was precipitated to
the bottom. A stage happening along the
driver went down into the pit with the assistance
Of the passengers and succeeded in putting the
u0nsn snu psy iuto the bucket and getting In
himself, and was drawn up in an unconscious
condition. The woman and her two children
were dead.
The university race at Saratoga was won by
Cornell, the winning time being seventeen
minutes and one and one-half seconds. Co.
lumbia was tho favorite. At the end Of the |
first half mile Cornell was first; Columbia, Sec |
ond; Union, third. At the end of the second |
mile Columbia was first; Harvard, second; Cor
nell, third. Cornell won Harvard being Sec
ond. The boats came in in the following order
Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, Union, Wesleyan
and Princeton. The time Of crews was a. fol. |
lows Cornell, 17:ll; Harvard. 17:52; Column
bis, l7:ls!; Union, 17:27l; Wesleyan, 1854;
Princeton. 1s:1O4. The Cornell crew, after
passing the winning line, rowed in by the grand