Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-01
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.
6nssrsssias Items rsa nsus asd Abroad
Msoolmson d Co., the large cotton and liner
manufacturers Of ireland, have failed, Will
liabilities amounting to over o. OOO, 900. ....
Winslow, the American defaulter, has been TO
leased by the English authorities. .,.. The do
partment Of agriculture reports the cotton
crop ~ promising we'll, although the ares
planted IL somewhat less than Mt year. .....
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln hes recovered her reA,
son. go, President Grant sent the following
message to the editor Of the Sunday School
Times. "Your favor asking . message from
mo to the children and youth Of the United
States, to accompany your centennial number,
10 this moment received. My advice TO Sunday
schools, no matter what the denomination, 10
Hold fast to tho Bible - the shest.anchor OF
your liberties; write its precepts In your hearts
and practice them In your lives. To the in
Auence of this book are we indebted for all
tho progress mado In true civilization, and to
this We must look ~ our guide In tho future.
righteousness exalteth nation but sin IL q
reproAch to any people,"
While Templeton's wooden factory ct Ayr,
Great Britain, was ON fire recently tho roof
fell In. Twenty-four women we're buried In
the ruins and persisted. ..... Tho black plague
has broken out In Persian Koordistan ......
Mr. Bristow will retire from the Cabinet at the
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mands his entire attention. .....A report from
Colorado states that the Sioux Indians attacked
cattle rancho ct Tremont's Orchard, about
eighty miles down the Platte, killing fifteen
men, and driving of the stock ...... Christian
Klotz murdered Almira Street at Clermont
Mills, Nd, and was taken into . wood, and
there hung himself before the young lady's
friends -. Two Cabinet ministers were killed
and one wounded In Oonstantinople by Hassin,
An insubordinate officer ...... Blk people were
killed and thirteen wounded by the explosion
Of the boiler Of the Mississippi steamer Oriole.
Henry Server, assistant cashier Of the New
York Methodist book concern, Is under arrest
for embezzling $4,000 worth Of bonds be-
longing to the establishment. ..... A new rail-
way has just been opened from Denver to the
Rio Grande -. The President sent messages
to both branches Of Congress urging the neces-
sity Of speedy action on the Appropriation
bills..... In Boston Peralto rode ITO miles in
fifteen seconds less than FIVE hours using
twenty mustanss.... "A family consisting of
David Reed, his wife and two sons, flooded
out Of their house at Huntington, Pa, by the
late rain, were drowned in crossing swollen
mountain stream. deputy Sheriff Smith,
OF Dawson county, Neb., was killed while
endesvoring to arrest desperate named
Howell. The man was subsequently arrested,
tand at night was taken from the JUL by mob
and hanged. 80. BY the wrecking of freight
train on the Greenville and Columbia e. o.
railway the conductor and al the train hands
were killed. ..... A fire broke out in . lumber
yard at st. Johns, in the province of Quebec,
Canada, and fierce wind carried sparks far
and near and famed them into flames, 80 that
in short time the entire business portion
of the town was on fire, and in . few hours
was completely consumed, Notwithstanding
tho aid from Montreal and st. Adams, vt.
Every place of business and public Office were
destroyed, including about fifty stores five
hotels two factories, two banks, the United
States and British custom houses, the Ameri-
can consulate post-office, Ne,cs Office, six
boats at the wharves, several lumber mills,
and large number Of residences and other
buildings. Several persons were burned to
death. The loss cannot fall short Of 81, 500
| xuh In nj
about $200, 900. More than $50 families were
left houseless, and we're obliged to put up in
the government barracks. The fire is sup
posed to have been incendiary.
Six men were killed by dynamite explosion
at Glasgow, Scotland. -. The people Of New
York were nonsuited in the canal ring Albany
basin cave ...... Reports from the fisheries in
the neighborhood Of Cape Breton are most
encouraging .....A fire at Athens, N Y, de-
stroyed several boats and the Hudson river
depot, including one hundred loaded freight
cars. Loss, 100000 ...... The Barbados
riots were not caused by any suffering among
the people, but on account Of the impression
prevailing among the negroes that the queen
had given all the property Oh the island to be
divided among them, and that it WAS wrong
fully withheld.
The mother of the late sultan is credited
with having instigated and planned the recent
assassination of the Turkish ministers out Of
revenge ..... James Baird, the millionaire
ironmaster who recently gave 81, SOC, 900 to the
Scottish church, is dead. :. The war between
Egypt and Abyssinia being over, the army Of
tho former power is returning home. Three
men wore instantly killed by the explosion of
the tugboat Workman in New York harbor.
E. Il. Rollins, Republican, has been elected
to the United States Senate by the New Hamp-
shire Legislature. .... The Bay sugar refinery
OF San Francisco, a seven-story brick block,
WAS destroyed by fire. Loss, $3.50, insur-
ance, $225, 000. :. Treasurer New and Solicitor
Wilson have resigned.
Since the withdrawal of the British man.of-
war Ariel from Whydah, the king Of Dshomey
again refuses to pay the fine recently imposed
by the British commodore, Hewitt, for NAL
treating British subject..... Miners wages
in West Yorkshire, England, are to be reduced
twelve and onehalf per cont. =. Senator
Morrill,, Of Maine, has been unanimously con-
firmed as secretary Of the treasury. 80. Nicsic
has at last been relieved by tho Turks.
During the month Of May there were 1908
cases Of plague at Bagdad, Of which l, 1922 we're
fatal. by the explosion in one OF Woolf's
frework shops at Greenville, N. j., the entire
building was demolished, and of the twenty
young girls and boys employed therein two
were killed, five fatally injured and nine
others were more or less burned by the full.
inmate or disabled by the falling Of the build
ing. ..... "A terrific hailstorm occurred near
Muskogee, ILL.,, and completely devastated q
section Of country varying from one-half to
| two miles in width.
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