Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-30


Of Salem, took place on the Charles river in
the presence Of ten Thousand people. Lam
ders won in 14.02-johnson becoming ex-
hausted So. Violent hurricanes are reported
from the West Indies :. Tho "Old South "
church of Boston has been sold for a4OO,0OO
to be used as historical museum ...... Ger
many and Great Britain have protested
Prots stants by the Spanish authorities.
New York city sent ten physicians, cargo
Of ice and cargo OF tar acids to Savannah.
$500. Gen. Crooks command has had an en-
gsgement with the Indians. A large village
was surprised by Col. Mills, with detachment
of one hundred and fifty mon, and entirely de-
stroyod. Custer's Little Big Horn guidon WAS
lecsptured, with valuable stores Of robes,
ponies and plumber. 1t was complete Indian
defeat, many braves and some squsws being
killed and captured and the balance Of the
band scattered. The troops met with con-
siderable loss, number being killed or wound
ed. Lieut.. Won Lentwitz was shot in tho knee
and suffers amputation Of the leg. The hun
CRY and wayworn troops are to be supplied
with food from the Black Hills, where a coun-
Gil Of war is to be held as to further opera
tions. Gen. Sherman will preside at the coun-
OIL .... Tho Turkish government ordered a
ten days armistice to talk over matters re-
lating to the troubles in her colonies. .. The
eguinoctial gale which extended along the
Atlantic coast and for some distance into
the interior was very severe and did much
dam &C.. .... Henry Smith, from st. Loui.,
with one companion and pack train, left
Yuma for Los Angeles, and wandered four
days on the Colorado desert without water.
Smith opened veins of his arms and drank the
blood, which clotted in his throat. He then
cut his windplpe to remove it and died in few
hours after. His companion reached the eta
ton in the last stage of exhaustion. :. On the
nineteenth of September the Jews throughout
the world inaugurated the New Year, 56,37.
with great solemnity 49,. The typographical
union Of Philadelphia have agreed to reduc-
ton Of ten per cent, to take effect on and
after Ootober2. This applies to book as we'll
as to newspaper work. "A dispatch from
Madrid says William M. Tweed and William
Hunt, who was arrested with him, were en-
barked at Corunna for Cuba SIS prisoners on
the twenty-frst Of September ... Beef is
now sent from the United States to England
on the steamers in houses prepared for tho
purpose and packed with ice. The cattle are
slaughtered in Jersey City the day the steamer
sails.
During q gale in Chesapeake bay twelve
barges broke away from a tow and nine Of
them sunk. The persons on board Of the
sinking barges took refuge on the other three,
which drifted toward the shore but before it
was reached one Of them sunk. and all on
board, eight persons, were drowned. The
other two barges, having on board twenty-four
persons, reached tho shore safely. .... In the
fcht between the Sioux and Gan. Mills COM
mand, the Indians we're routed with loss to
the whites Of three killed and nine wounded.
Fourteen dead Indians were found on the bat
tlefed and four bodies are known to have been
carried off. Thirty-fve Indian lodges were
burned by the whites, with all their contents.
During the fight the Indians received re-
Endorsements. Twenty one Indians were cap
tured, but OF these two bucks and nine squaws
were released. The remainder wero brought
in =. In New York city a man and his little girl
were poisoned by drinking beer and both
died. 500. While gang of miners we're work.
ing q vein in the Tiley & Foster iron mine,
near Brewster Station, N. Y, Il mass Of ore
fell upon them. Six men were instantly killed,
and three severely injured.
The Bucyrus machine works OF Cincinnati
made an assignment. The liabilities exceed
$1,000 and assets are about $40, 900 .....
Political disturbances have taken place in
Cape Town, Africa. -. Liberia is at peace
with her neighbors. The boiler Of steam
exploded near Garfield, Ohio, killing
Noah Cummings, Daniel Fox and Isaac Rhodes,
and severely injuring two others. lin Otis,
Mass, a tramp killed a woman named Hazard
with a club. He was arrested. -. "A fatal
cutting ARRAY occurred Oh Solomon island
Md, in which Capt. Richard Hook, Of Solo |
mons island, was killed, and Mr.. Hill, q |
citizen of Calvert, was terribly and probably |
fatally cut by u man named Hewes. 90. AS
usual the reports Of the Eastern question are
conflicting. On the one hand peace IL as
sured, and on the other Russia has given
Prince Milan three million rubles and sent
Cossacks into Servia. But few days now
will tell the whole story ..... .Lucius Robinson
accepts tho nomination by the Democasts for
governor Of New York.
John K. Tarbox was renomnated 10 Con-
gress by the seventh Massachusetts, district
Democratic Congressional convention. =. The |
OF the thirty-frst New York Con-
eressional district renominated George G.. |
Haskins, Of Wyoming -. Arrangements have
been msde by the New York authorities for |
The return of William J. Sharkey, the con-
demned murderer, in the ship that is to bring |
william NJ. Tweed. Ell Policia Espans, for |
several weeks, have been shadowing Sharhey, |
and all his movements are known to them. He |
is fully aware that he is to be returned to the |
able to escape from Spain. 80. The insurgents |
IN Cuba are making demonstrations and keep |
np the guerilla warfare. :. Judge Boreman,
in his charge to the jury in the Beaver court,
in the Noun tain Meadow massacre case, SAID :
''The prisoner, J. D. Lee, stands before you |
charged with being participant in one Of the
most atrocious massacres of human beings
Of men, women and children-in the Mountain |
Meadows in 1857, that ever was known in any
,ivilized world. The evidence shows that
The persons killed we're immigrants. For
several days previous to the massacre CON-
Dination Of Indians and white men had been
making attacks on their encsmpment Indians