Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

SUMMARY OF NEWS. ,..
Iaisrsssias Isea.s frsm Hsns and Abroad,
Several dremen were injured In Baltimore
by the explosion Of = dynamite factory.
1he Pope. has sppoiptsd tveptytwo new
bishops, including Twigg bishop Of Pitts.
burgh. Tho city Of Jscmel, Hsyh, has
been taken by the revolutionists. .... Norman
Halliday, oil, jamestown, N. Y, went into his
insane fathers room to watch him, aud shortly
after committed suicide by outing his throat
with . pocketknife ...... Winslow. the Boston
dofaulter, has sailed for Holland. with which
this country has no treaty.. -. Alfred Red
dick, sged sixteen Year,, formed liaison with
. married woman 1t Nashville, Tenn, and
when the woman wished 10 break this intimacy,
shot himself through the brain :. :. Repro.
sentative 6tarkweather, from Connecticut,
died In Washington. I..
Great excitement was created In Greenpoint,
N. Y, by the finding Of mans head wrapped
If newspaper. During the day II was identified
~ W. W. Simmons, . triphammer axle maker,
who had been missing for two days. Subse-
quently man named Fuchs, who had been
helper to Simmons in his work, was arrested,
and on his house being searched the mutilsted
remains were found, slowed away in pals and
boxes. Fuchs oonfesses the murder, saying
he was instigated by tho criminal intimacy be-
tween Simmons and Mrs. Fuchs ...... Patrick
Garland and wife we're found near their farm,
south Of Rockfort, ILL.,, frozen to death. They
bad been marketing during tho day, and
started home in an open wagon, both probably
under the influence of liquor. -. Smith N.
Waves, recently city treasurer Of Covington,
KY, acknowledges his accounts are short
$4,000 ...... John Stellwagen, tho private
banker OF Buffalo. N. Y, who was obliged to
suspend payment, was 80 mortified that he
committed suicide by drowning.
Tho books Of tho New York immigration
Office show that only "a $50 immigrants ar
rived at that port in 1875, against 14o,0A1 in
1874. :. The Scotch National Rifle Association
has accepted the American challenge for the
championship OF the world ..... Drouth con-
tinues in the tobacco districts of Cuba .....
The State bank report Of Massachusetts shows
1870 savings banks, 72O So depositors, with de-
posits amounting to $685., 843, 96S2l. 800. The
second trial of Thomas W. Piper for the muir
der of little Mabel Young in church tower,
has been begun in Boston. There WAS much
difficulty in securing jury. -. John Lipps, .
German, residing 1t Sedanville, Ohio, was
arrested for outraging his own daughter, six
teen years Of age. -. Treasurer Roadway, Of
st. Lawrence county, N. Y, is reported . de-
faulter in from $40, 900 to 100000. He had
held the Office for eighteen years. By the
burning Of the house Of David Skidmore at
Deer Park, L. l., Mr.. skidmore, Fleet Weeks
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Wright were burned
to death. -. The eight-oared race between
Harvard and Yale will take place at SPRING
field, Macs, June 30th.
The Russian authorities in Turkestan have
asked for 5000 troops in addition to their
present force Of 40, 900 men ..... Serious and
bloody feuds have occurred among the tribes
on the Scinde frontier in India, and there are
fears Of general rising against the English
throughout Beloochistan. .... The public debt
statement for January shows reduction of
81, 1893, l5547; coin in the treasury, $73, 6O1,-
361.41 currency in the treasury, 81, 1892 $780,
GA coin certificates, $34, GOA, 400 special de-
posit Of legal tenders, SAC, 5000 outstand-
ing legal tenders, 1871, 1918, 40. ... Fifteen Of
the Indianapolis CInd.) whisky conspirators
were sentenced to terms Of imprisonment
varying from six months to two years and to
pay fines Of from $500 to 81, 600 go. China
has appointed the proper officers to superin-
tend the exhibition Of Chinese ware at the
Centennial. =. .Silas Wilder, of East Lyndon,
VT, while in = fit Of anger at his wife and
family, stabbed his wife seriously, struck
down his father with an ak, and then killed
his mother with the same weapon. Returning
to where his father had been struck down, and
finding him still alive, he again buried the ak
in his head killing him instantly. Wilder
then cut his own throat and as death did not
ensue, walked to the barn, fastened rope
about his neck, and jumped from beam,
breaking his neck and causing immediate
death.
The gale of February I'd extended over the
entire country, and did much damage-un-
roofing houses, blowing down buildings and
ohimneys, with considerable loss Of life. A
number Of church steeples were also blown
down. .....A dispatch from Lisbon announces
that the Chamber OF Peers has voted the sboli-
ton Of slavery in 81. Thomas and Gulf of
Guinea. The captains Of the Oxford (Eng.)
boat clubs refused the challenge of the Ameri-
can Intercollegiate Rowing association, be-
cause the date is inconvenient ..... A speedy
eruption of Mount Vesuvius is expected. 49,.
A Stage line has been opened from Cheyenne
to the Black Hills ....., Italy will send nearly
four hundred tons Of materials to the Centen-
nial. .... The Prince Of Montenegro received
q Turkish envoy coldly, and declined to con-
slider his request that the Montenegrins be de-
tanned from joining the insurgents.
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