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

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Florida. .... Gen. Crook hes issued IN addrss
Of oongratulation to his soldiers on their Asht
Ing abilities, and names the honorably wounded
Governmental matters In Mexico have ~
sumed somewhat complicated state. Lord
do TejAdo has just been reelected presiden
and Is receiving cougrstulatory dispatche
from all parts OF the country. Meanwhile, OK
Chief-Justioe Iglesias has proclaimed himsel
provisional president and formed his govern
ment at Leon, in the state OF daansjuato
where no IL sustained by the governor al,
Legislature. The procession which escorteI
Iglesiss TO Leon attacked American mission
AREA with the cry Of death TO Protestants
The missionaries bArricaded their doors unit
rescued BY the police. Government troops ",
already marching against the town Of Leon
and consequently Iglesiss will soon DO forces
TO dissolve his government. Gen. DiAx, tn,
chief OF tho original insurgents, Is still holding
Oaxsca. - The Official vote Of K,nsss, sxcep
two counties, give Hayes 77,6l0 votes and Til
den 37,47i, Hayes majority being 40,0S9.
Tho official vote OF Connecticut shows tota
Of 1872, 100, Of which Tilden received 1884
Hayes, b9,0SA; Cooper. ia, aud scattering
1878. +. Wisoonsin's oficial returns give HAye'
= majority Of 8,l4i ....., The captain-genera
Of Cuba Ia csu-ing the arrest OF oil suspected
persons In the spanish towns, and has orderet
. large number to Se shot. Spain declare.
that on the capture OF tho Cubans who tool
possession Of tho steamer Moctezuma, they
will DO summSrily shot. .....A Growing as
ISOLATION for New England Colleges has beer
formed by tho students Of Dartmouth, Brown
and Trinity Colleges. They decided on Z
four-oared race to DO pulled at New London
Ct. IA loss Of $40, 900 was occasioned by the
burning Of Paine's grain elevator in New Yorh
city -. "A Joint resolution has been passed BY
the Vermont Legislature instructng ito Don.
greesional delegation to use its influence fol
specie resumption by January, 1879. 80. Miss
Emma Jared, residing near Keytesvillc, No,
rejected the marriage proposal OF Joseph D.
Brown on command Of her parents, whereupon
the young man shot her dead .... The Ameri-
can brig Frances Lewey was iun down and
sunk in Chinese waters by the British steamer
Leonore. Six OF tic crew and passengers
we're drowned. .Japan's official army consists
Of 81, GOO men. .... The Younger brothers, who
made the unsuccessful attempt at bank rob-
berry in Mortified, Mimi, for which they we're
hunted down by the entire population for days,
hsve been sentenced to imprisonment at hard
labor for life ..... The latest reports give the
following as the status Of tho newly elected
Congress Of the United States: Democrats,
1853 Republicans, 140. Democratic majority,
thirteen. Thepresent Congress stands Demo-
Gratis, 1S3 Republicans, ITO. Contested seats
and members to be Of :cted may change the
figures Of the next Congress- but not ma
torislly.
A bridge $50 feet in length on the Delaware
and Lackawanns railroad near Nicholson, Pa,
was destroyed by dre..... Gen. Sherman's re-
port Of the army gives the total number Of
men as IS, 311 :. Yale, Harvard, Columbia and
Princeton Colleges have formed football as
and adopted rules to govern the
games ... VIM. NJ. Tweed, whose mysterious
escape from the sherins officers, while calling
on his wife at his own house, created such q
sensation in New York and whose arrest was
effected at vigo, Spain, on his arrival from
Cuba on q sailing vessel, has arrived at New
York and been transferred to his old quarters
in Ludlow street JAIL The United States
frigate Franklin having him on board was
met in the lower bay by the sheriff, to whom
The chief officer Of the Franklin delivered the
noted prisoner. Mr.. Tweed was shabbily
dressed, and appears to be utterly broken
down, having lost all his former buoyancy of
spirits. His hair has whitened greatly, and
his size has been so reduced during his worri
some journeyings that his former we'll fitting
clothes now "bag" about him. He will prob
ably spend the balance of his life in jail, as
here are numerous indictments against him,
al of which will be pushed with the utmost
vigor. . The official returns from Minnesota
show the majority for Hayes to be "a 00S.....
The entire vote Of Iowa gives Hayes, III 1877
rilden, 112, 099; Cooper, 9,001; scattering
;wenty-six Hayes, over Tilden, 59,22S. The
Republicans elect every representative in Con-
,ress, and all the circuit judges, fourteen il
lumber. :. Eighteen colored men who were
,uS66ou Al VAo SUUoon Oh SoA5sobAo oho Poa5o
It Staford's cross roads, 8. O., have been ar
ested -. The official returns from New
hampshire give Hayes 41,522 votes Tilden,
8, 449, and scattering, seventy-four. .....A
arge amount Of counterfeit money, well in
ended to deceive, was found on two men
.rrested in Indiana ...... Advices from Santo
Domingo say the situation there was improv-
ng. The only port continuing in arms against
he government Of Gonzales was the southern
art Of Aqua. Large numbers of troops were
ent thither, and it was probable they would
DON reduce it u ob. d..nce. Lus...oss was
ewing .... Gen. Crooks command arrived
t Fort Reno IN . capital condition, and were
oined by new force Of Indian allies, making
he Indian troops number four hundred and
he entire command 1900 ..... The sultan Of
turkey has abolished slave trading through |
ut his dominions.
Con. Sherman, in his report to tho secretary |
( war, rays The military academy under
ZEN. Schofield's administration will take rank |
mong the first educational establishments Of |
he world. The aggregate force of the United |
tRtts army now CONSISTS OF Zo3Sl men, al OF |
HON are as actively employed as though war
xisted. He reviews the reports made by the
"a GERS in command OF the Indian expeditions,
nd thinks the Indian winter campaign Of Gen. |
rock will be successful. He concludes Is
blows Gen. Sheridan, in bis last dispatch
IL the subject, used the following language,
hich heartily indorse: "If successful,
hich do not doubt, the Sioux war and all
Their Indian wars in the country, Of any mag
itude, will be over forever" The complete
made for hemming in and cap
lring the remainder Of the hostile Sioux dur
lg the winter must result in comparative or
omplete success. Meantime no change can
9 attempted this year at tho agencies; but l
'ust that next year all Of the Sioux nation will
8 compelled to remove to the Missouri river,
ear Fort Randall where they can be guarded
nd fed at half the present cost, and where,
there is any chance Of civilxng them, the
pportunity for so doing will be far better
ian in their present scattered agencies.
Standard Remedies.
1t is q fact we'll known to all our read