Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-31
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


ing wounded -. The forty-third call for TIN
redemption Of fye-twenty bonds of the issue o
May and November, 1865, has been made b!
the secretary Of the treasury: The call is fol
tered 49,. The $1,000 90 suit OF the govern
mcnt against Jacob Rhem, Of Chicago, in con
ncction with the former whisky frauds, Is to b'
pushed. go, Stephen s. Jones, editor of the
Chicago Religio- Philosophical Journal, WA
shot and killed by q man named Pike. Boil
men were prominently known rs Spiritualists
.,., .Ebonezer Large and his son, who slept u
the store of Fielder Magruder, ut Benning',
Station, District of Columbia, were murdered
by unknown parties, who then robbed the store
and set fire to the building The late Deacon
A. W. Porter, OF Monsoon, Mass, left, by will
S22, 900 to various Christian institutions .,.,.
Fifteen female doctors were recently graduated
by the women's Medical College Of Pcnnsyl,
van a.... Tho East Indian financial budget
for the past year exhibits n deficit of 3d.
100000. The estimates for the present year IN.
dictate deficiency Of $50, 400, O0O owing to the
famine, the mid necessarily afforded by the gov
eminent, and the reduction of revenue from
the same cause. Steps were taken for borrow.
ing the money It is now generally con'
cede that James Kingan was murdered on
stepping from the train in New Brunswick. ...
Franklin Hall, an old counterfeiter was ar
rested in st. Louis, and in his possession were
found n number Of dies for silver coins 49,.
A compulsory education law has passed the
Ohio Legislature -. Fred. Douglas, the well
known colored man, has received the appoint
ment of marshal Of the District Of Columbia,
at the hands Of President Hayes
Charges against Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Conant are now being investigated
He is said to be implicated in the recently-dis-
covered frauds, whereby the government was
defrauded out of two million dollars in in
terest on bonds. The favorable condition
of American securities in European markets is
n matter of congratulation .., Fears of the
overthrow of the Cabal government in Hayti
is made manifest by the constant arrest of sup
posed conspirators $50. by the explosion OF n
boiler in Hunter Bros sawmil at Worthington,
Ind. two of tho Hunter brothers, two brothers
named Bender, and fifth man were instantly
killed. Several others were more or less in
jured. -. The World Mutual Life insurance
company of New York city is required to show
cause why receiver should not be appointed.
49,. The Goldman building in Boston, occu-
pied by a number Of business firms, was burned.
Loss, S51, 900. " Michael ling, of Buffalo,
was suffocated by coal gas while asleep, and
his wife is expected to die from the same
cause. $50. The steamer Gov. Garland was
burned on the Arkansas river, with her cargo
of $50 bales of cotton. She was worth $4,000,
and carried an insurance of 600 ......
Pitcher 4 Co.. furniture factory at Athens,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
uninsured go. The will of the late Oliver
Ames bequeathes, among other sums, $4,000
for public library in North Easton, Mass;
$10,000 for a parsonage for the Unitarian
parish of the same town $40, 900 to keep the
church and parsonage in repair; 100000 for
public school purposes in the town of Easton
$50, 600 to the town OF Easton, and $780, 900 to
the same town for highways and public roads.
...... Four negroes were hanged at Aiken,
$. c., for numbering two inoffensive Germans.
They died comparatively easy in the presence
OF nearly five thousand persons. Previous to
admitted the killing of two other men and the
burning of Baptist church. Gov Hampton
respitod the fifth of the desperadoes.
with his wife and youngest son, will embark
for two-years tour of Europe travelling in an
manner ...... The Fort Pitt
boiler works, at Pittsburgh, Pa, were destroyed
by SIRE Loss, S140, 900; insurance, $25, 900.
WiMbn, Snyder & Co., founders, also lost $15,-
900, of which they will receive $4,000 insur-
ance, and Mansfield d Co.. brass finishers, lost
900 600, which is covered by insurance. So.
Joseph Goss was fined $3.50 for violating the
laws of Kentucky, by engaging in prize fight,
and, being without funds, was committed to
Jail until the fine is paid 49,. The Augusta
lGa.) Chronicle aud Sentinel, which was estab-
ished in 1885, and the Constit,aionaiist, which
was established in 1799 have been consolidated,
and appear under the name Of the Chronicle
state that many deaths are occurring in Corea
On account of the famine. -. 1glesias, now
in this country, has issued manifesto claiming
The Mexican presidency. 80. During the fierce
snow storm OF the night of st. Patrck's day,
The Red Star steamer Rusland, from Antwerp
for New York, went ashore at Long Branch,
n. j., and struck SO hard MS to preclude the
possibility of saving her. The life saving men,
stationed Oh that coast, We're quickly on hand
and rescued the $50 people who were on board.
The cargo may be saved in part. The vessel
struck on the sunken cargo of grindstones of
steamer lost twenty years previous and within
sight of the stranded Amerique, which went
ashore some weeks ago ..... An express car on
its way from Mobile to New Orleans wasboarded
by q man. who shot the messenger through the
hand. caught up $500 money package, jumped
from the car and escaped.
Postmaster General Key announces that
where vacancies occur in his branch of the gov
preference will be given to Repub-
leans =. President Burgers, of the Transvaal
republic, South Africa, favors an amalgamation
with Great Britain. .... Major Reno, of the
Seventh cavalry, who SO CALAMITY and success
fully fought off Sitting Bulls attacks on the oc-
casion of the Custer massacre, is before court
martial with probabilities of being convicted of
improper proposals to the wife of an officer at
one Of the forts. He will undoubtedly be dis
missed from the service. By the explosion
Of an engine on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
II Kcyser, W. Va, the fireman was killed, the
engineer seriously scalded and two other men
slightly injured. -, Samuel Cary Bell, late
cashier of the Hatboro (Pa.) national bank
of emhezzlement, has been sentenced |
10 imprisonment for ten years ...... Regis La
end dry goods clerk, of Montreal, Canada,
was arrested for prrloining goods from his en-
oloyers, and on the way to the police station,
swallowed a dose of strychninc, which he evil
lcntly carried with him constantly for the pur
pose, and died shortly after Officer Nugent,
IF the New York police force rushed into
burning building and rescued two old people
from the flames He barely escaped with his
life, while the parties he succeeded in getting
ont are not expected to survive 49,. fire i'll
Va, destroyed six buildings in the
business part of the town. Loss about S15, 000
$4,000. e.. Hon. Emory Washburne,
LII. d., ex-governor of Massachusetts,, died
1t Cambridge, of pneumonia, aged seventy
seven years ..... After six hours fighting be- |
ween the Turks and Bosnians, near Bonayen-
IRA, the former were forced to fall back to |
Livno. Both sides lost heavily.
The Judge Of the circuit court of South Caro-
ina, in a decision in hdbeds corpus case, re-
eased the prisoner from custody on the ground |
hat his commitment was illegal, the justice
granting the writ having been appointedby Mr.. |
who was not properly elected |
governor. -. Gen. Sheridan announces that |
he hostile Sioux are rapidly dispensing -many
If them sllrrendering at the agencies =. An |
earthquake shock is reported from the northern |
,art of Vermont. =. The officers of the Mutual |
life insurance company. in response to in
luiries emanating from the New York Legisla-
IRE, swore that the sum of 1915 963.61 was
,aid annually as salaries to 1870 officers and .
Jerks the president drawing $50, 900, the vice.
PRESIDENT $4,000, the second yice-prosident |
sl2, 400, the actuary $4,000 and the solicitor
400. The report of the Equitable company |
hows the president received S3I. 500, the vice
PRESIDENT 1920 actuary $780, 900, and secre-
airy SIG, 800. -. Prince Milan. of Servi, re-
eived PERTH Efendi, the Turkish official, bear
ug the imperial iirman, concluding peace be-
weon the two countries 800. The Pope, in
peech at a consstory held in Rome, said he
would raise protest before the whole world
gainst the attempt to deprive him of liberty of
peech .. . The German merchants in Havana,
tuba. have been informed by the authorities
hat they must pay q contribution of thirty per
emit. else they will be embargoed at the expira-
ion of three days. The German consul referred
he matter to the Imperial government at Ber
in -. Southern Strawberries sold in the New
FORK market at the fancy price of eighty cents
or basket containing eleven berries 80. At
he rep1lar monthly auction sale of coal in New