Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-30
NEWS ITEMS.
What Il Doina In tho Old World aud the
New.


What Is Dolna In the Old World aud III.
New.
President Grant, In his letter to the United
States Senate replying to the resolution 10
questing information as to whether troops OF
| the United States were stationed at the city OF
Petersburg, In the State Of Virginia, on the
seventh OF November, 1870 answers at
may DO that the presence OF twenty-four United
States soldiers, under the command OF q cap
tain and lieutenant, quarterod in the custom
house Of Petersburg, Va, on the seventh day Of
November, at q considerable distance from any
polling place, without any interference on their
part whatever and without going near the polls
during election, may haze secured different
result from ,rhat ,coud hare been obtained u
they had not been there TO maintain the peace In
case OF riot) on he face Of he returns. But II
such Ia the case II Is only proof that in this one
congressional district In tho State Of Virginia
the legal and constitutional voters have been
able TO return as elected the candidates Of their
choice" Tho italics are the Presidents. lie
alss sends to the Senate n communication from
General Sherman in which the general states
Petersburg to preserve the peace, and they were
sent. Tho inclosurc also embraces aiiidavits,
ETC., relative 10 the necessity for troops at
Petersburg, covering some thirty pages of manu-
script. $50. Wade Hampton was inaugural
cd governor by the Democratic Legislature
Of South Carolina, being sworn in by Judge
T. J. Mackey. The ceremony of Inauguration
l.. .l.l IA
the shoulders OF the multitude and carried
through the streets from Carolina Hall to the
Wheeler House in the same block, where he
delivered his inaugural address, in which he
protested against the acts Of the Republican
party and Gov. Chamberlain, and counsoled
peace but cnrnestness in all acts Of the party.
Five men charged with murder were liberated
from the Bardstown (Ky.) Jail by mob of
masked men. -. The mikado of Japan sends
his congratulations over the Centennial to
President Grant. 49,. The official returns show
that the Democratic electors for the State OF
Texas ut large received 103,6l2 votes Rcpub-
Gcan electors, 1852 votes. Democratic ma
jority, $4,000. Total vote, las, l64, against
vote at the last State election Of 200, ...
Ten men were severely injured by a railway
coach being thrown down an embankment thirty
feet high near Lafayette, Ind. A broken wheel
was the cause. .... The president Of Belgian
bank is defaulter to the amount Of four mil
lion francs. ..... The town Of Bolivar, Tenn,
was swept over by fire which carried off thirty
two buildings occupied as stores, Offices and
dwellings. Losses, 5000, 900. . The Little
Rock losses aggregate 9l4O,O0O insurance,
$50, 900. . The schooner Annie NJ, of Yer
planck's Point, capsized in the Hudson and two
of the crew drowned. -. The New Hampshire
Constitutional convention adopted amendments
providing that removals from Office shall not be
made for political reasons, and that public
money shall not be appropriated for sectarian
schools. "A colored mob attempted to take
q white prisoner from the New Orleans police,
attacking and firing upon them, to which the
police replied, wounding twenty OF the mob.
Four white men wero injured. ..... The presi-
dent of the Western Union telegraph company
refuses to deliver the private messages relating
to the election matters until demand is made
for them by the Senate. go. The chief engi-
necr of Brooklyn, in his evidence before the in
vestigating committee relative to the burning
of the theater, said he had no idea that there
had been serious loss of life when he entered
the cellar Of the theater. and was Mortified to
find that the whole heap of what he had thought
to be rubbish was a compact mass of human
bodies, burned and twisted into The most dis
torted positions. The whole Of the cellar UNI
der the lobby of the theatcr was densey packed
Owing to the dullhess of work four hundred
employees of the government printing bureau
in Washington have been discharged. Two
thirds of them were women. 49,. The schooner
Henry Elliott, Of Thomaston, Me-, went ashore
near Shinnecock light, Long Island, in the re-
cent severe gale, and the captain, his wife and
nine-y ear-old child were swept overheard and
drowned. Two sailors were drowned while at
tempting to escape from the ship Montrose,
ashore near Montauk Point. Numerous other
storm, which prevailed over the entire country.
..... There are grave fears of general FAM
inc in the Madras district, India. ...T The gov
ernment forces of Colombia, South America,
have defeated the insurgents after several dos
perate battles. ..... News from Mexico confirms
the information of the capture of President
Ierdo. Diaz refused to proclaim the presidency
of Iglesias unless he was to be allowed to name
four members of the cabinet, which being re-
fused, he proclaimed himself provisional presi-
dent. The two rivals will now contend against
each other 900. 1t is stated on good authority
at Alexandria that the khedive of Egypt is dis
satisfied with his American military officers, and
has notified them that their contracts will not
be renewed. ... The Charter Oak insurance
company of Hartford Conn. purchased twenty
five buildings in the business portion of New
York from Edward Matthews, paying the sum
Of S2,797000 therefor. 49,. B. r. & r. Knight
& Co.'S bleaching and kier houses at Pontiac.
R. l., were destroyed by fire. Loss from $780,
900 to 5000, 900. -. George II. Friend 4 Co.'S
paper mills at Carrollton, Ohio, were burned,
intlicting loss of $50, 900 or 100000. ... The
trunk line managers agreed that there should be
no discrimination in favor of Baltimore and
against New York except on freights
designed for local consumption. -. General
VIM. F. Bartlett died at Pittsield, Mass, after
n lingering illness .... DIR. Edwin Eldridge,
the philanthropic gentleman who gave the
handsome park to Elmira, MY, died in that
city of congestion of the lungs. 49,. Eleven
buildings. including the United States land
office, were destroyed by fire at Fargo, Dakota
Territory. -. 1t is believed in Berlin that war
in Eastern Europe is inevitable. 1t may be kept
off until spring, but the best German authori-
ties say it is sure to come. SO. West Virginias