Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.



= The Philadelphia police made a descent upol
q cockpit and arrested forty men who were wit
{ Messing q fight. In the melee one OF tho rniian
was killed BY pistol ball, but AZ the police die
not fire shot, the wound must have been In
ficted by one OF the prisoners 1922 The cast
. against Zen. Belhnap has been noif prosequitt
by Attorney General Taft, upon Gen, Grant
Recommendation go, Grand Duke Alexis ant
his fellow officers OF the Russian navy Were
rendered brilliant ball by the Inhabitants OF
Norfolk Vac, Hostile Indians and white
horse thieves are reported az Astounding u
sw oh 20, arrsit on Na,ni,
negotiate forged note for slO, 600, led to al
examination OF the books Of the Montrose pa.
bank, OF which he was cashier, and the dis,
covery that he had robbed II Of nearly slG0, OOt
in the past few years. go. William Cook. OF
Beverly township, Canada, shot his daughter
aged twcnty-four years, and aftorward blow ont
his own brains. 49,. The $4,000 shorthorr
COW, Tenth Duchess Of Geneva, which Lord
Beehive bought ut the famous New York Mills
On. W SALE died in England: Roar Admiral
Charles Wilkes, OF the United States navy,
died in Washington, aged sevcnty-six years:
He was appointed midshipman in 1918, and
served through all the grades. During the re.
cent war his principal act was tho capture OF
Mason and Slidell ... In Queen Victoria's
opening address to parliament, she expressed
the belief In peaceful so ution OF the Eastern
question.
r. \. Taylor tho defaulter of the bank at
Franklin, Ind, was found one morning in the
Office of friendly physician IN tho town in an
insensbe and precarious condition. II is sur
missed he lost his reason after dccamping from
town, and in his derium wandered back under
cover Of night "a conilagration in Swantoii,
VT, destroyed seven of the principal buildings.
... Mount Mineral Springs House Mt Shutos-
burg, Mass, was destroyed by fire. Loss, sl2-
600 insurance. $1,000. ,... Ex-Judge Clinton,
of Salt Lake City, when on the bench in 1870.
declared liquor store nuisance and ordered
the stock destroyed. Tho owners of the estab-
lishment sued him for the amount, and after
many delays Il Jury has just granted verdict
of $22, 900 against him. -, Because Milton
Anderson. of Sorel Hill, Pa, ordered Har-
rison Turner to discontinue his attentions to
the formers daughter, to whom they were OBJ
jectionable, Turner shot and killed Anderson
with gun. which he then reloaded and blew
out his own brains ...... Accounts are pouring
in from all parts of the country of the arrest Of
counterfeiters .....A Miss Hunt. Of Centre
point, Ohio. having had quarrel with her
the lover, James y. Osborn, followed her to
the grave by shooting himself in the head. 80,
Henry Simpson and Martin Henry, both col
ored, were hanged ut Port Tobacco, Nd, for
the murder Of John W. Everett. The execution
was public, being witnessed by Mt least five
| thousand persons OF DOtH Sexes. 1llcn COLI
fcssed their crimes previous to dying.
Egyptian troops have again suffered defeat
at the hands of the Abyssinians. "A dis
patch from Calcutta, india reports that gun
powder explosion occurred Mt Adhemabed by
which fifty persons were killed and one tho'-
sand wounded. ... Forty Yarmouth and Lowe
stoft (English) fishing vessels. having two hum
bred men and boys on board, are missing. The
government has dispatched two vessels in search
Of them. An alteration occurred III Will
| liamsburgh, n Y, between two gangs of ruff
fans, in which the leader of one gang, Fred
erick Hertfelder, was killed by a stab in the
neck with knife in the hands of VIM. Abernc-
thy, the chief Of the opposing crowd. $50. Rear
Admiral Theodorus Bailey died in Washington.
aged r. after tifty-six years service i'll the
navy. At the time of his decease he was onthe
retired list . +. Sir VIM FERGUSON, sergeant
surgeon to Queen Victoria, and one Of the most
eminent surgeons in the world, has recently
died, at the age of sixty-nine 49,. The boiler of
Harrison Jones sawmll near Noblesvillc Ind.
exploded with fatal effect, killing four men and
injuring three Others 49,. Spotted Tail, chief
of the friendly Sioux, has taken chosen body
guard Of two hundred warriors and gone to the
| encampment of the hostile Sioux to endeavor
to prevail upon them to accede to the terms pro-
posed by the government. 1t is thought he
will be successful -. Extraordinary success
attended the temperance meetings recently held
in Trenton, N. J.... President Lerdo de Feja-
da, the refugee from Mexico, arrived i'll New
York from Aspinwull accompanied by General
Escobedo and two other members of the cabi-
net ..... President John G. Tracy and Cashier
j. l.. Chapman, of the Hartford Comm Far
mers' bank have been arrested for classifying
accounts and embezzlement, respectively. Both
were highly estimated in the community ......
The steamer Bavaria. from New Orleans for
Liverpool, was burned at sea, the passengers
and ora,y in fhn small hOnts Whaupa
they were taken in passing vessel, nineteen
hours aftcrward, having lost their all. The
vessel and cargo were valued at $500, OO0....
Mrs. Il. c. Grain. of New Haven, Conn. settled
with the Lake Shore railroad Co. for 45.775, on
account of her husband, who was killed Mt the
Ashtabula bridge.
A Californian having made written offer Of
$500 to Secretary Chandler for his favorable
decision in land contest, the secretary turned
the papers over to the proper authorities, who
arrested the man VIM Green was hanged
at Pittsburgh Pa, for the murder of his half
brother. The prisoner, while on the scatfold,
appeared pentent and calm, and besought the
spectators to put their trust in God .:... The
Lehigh and Wilkesharre coal company has been
put in the hands of two receivers. ... Revenue
officers. assisted by United States troops, cap
tured thirty-tfrce illicit stills and eghty-four
men working them in the mountains i'll the
northern part of Georgia. Friends of the cap
tured distilers ambushed the revcnnc party at
night. and in the ensuing fight Lieut.. Me
Intyre, of the regular army. was shot and
killed. A detachmant sent next mornngt to re-
cover the body had skirmiSh with the disti!-
lers, in which three of the latter were killed.
....,.A treasury call has been issued for the
redemption of ten millions Of $50 bonds
of the issue of May and November. 1866
s7000,000 being coupon and 50, 900, 900 regis
tered. Thi, makes the thirty-ninth call ,....
The importation of cattle and hides from Ger
many to this country will no longer be per-
mitted, on account of rinderpest in the former
country. $3.50. Deputy United States Marshal
II. II Hughes was shot and killed by two dcs-
peradoes whom he attempted to arrest for muir
der near Independence, Mo. Eight Prince
Edward island vessels are fifty days overdue
and fears ire entertained for their safety.
Mardi Gras festivities were celebrated in New
Orleans and the other principal cities Of the
South in the usual enjoyable manner Mrs
Nellie Whistler. acting postmistress at North
Liberty, Ohio, eloped with schoohnaster. and
few days afterward was arrested by secret
service officers on Il charge of having stolen the
contents Of valuable letters passing through
her hands, while in the charge of the mails
BY collision of trains on the Troy and Boston
railway. near Eagle Bridge, one brakeman was
instantly killed and two others seriously in
jured 49,. According to the story Of an Indian
runner ut Red Cloud agency, force of $50
United States troops had n narrow escape from
being massacred by Crazy Horses band ON
Tongue river. The Indians, eight hundred
lodges strong, discovered the troops, and after
arranging deadly ambuscade, sent forth a
few warriors to act AS decoys and lead the
troops into the trap; but the latter, fortunate
ly, declined to follow the willy savages. The
Indians had two men killed and one wounded
in the attempt 49,. The body of the eX Fenian
chief, John ONIahoncy, was forwarded to
Europe in charge of representatives from the