Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
QUE NEW YORK LETTER.
kcundnl-A serious Democratic TrOu b.
le-The Great Telegraph Con- sol Ida lon
.The nMsIMess OMl
THE cURIosiTIEs OF CRIME.

The CuriOsities OF Crtme-A Cmtholi
scandai-A serious Densocratic TrOub
The business NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| THE cURIosirIEs OF CRIME.
Last week u girl named Wetze
killed u man named Listemann. by
slashing him with u razor while they
were in bed together. Listemani
had kept her as his mistress sis
years, and the girl had frequentl,
importuned him to marry her, uri.
ing that she was ''sick of leading q
life of shame" She made this de
mand last Tuesday night which
he refused to listen to; but, appar
emily pacif ed, retired with him
Scarcely had he laid down when
she whipped a razor from under hel
pillow, and inflicted horrible wounds
on his abdomen, from which he died
An inquest was held, the proceed
ings of which were published IN
the papers. Two days after u sim
liar case occurred in Brooklyn. A
woman had lived with man on in
innate teens, had reformed and
married. Her paramour was brute
enough to make public the relations
that had once existed between them,
which coming to the ears of the
husband. ended in a separation.
The enraged woman made an APP.
pOintmcnt with her former lover
and deliberately cut him in the alb
domen till he died. Then day ut.
ter similar tragedy was enacted
in Jersey City, and still another in
9th St., in each case illicit love be.
ing at the bottom, a razor the wea'
pom, a bed the scene, and the aldo
men the wounded place. 1t is as
though every disappointed, repent.
ant woman felt called upon to fol
low the example of the first, and in
the same horrible way. The details
of these affairs are too horrible to
print. In each case death insued.
CATHOLIC SCANDAL
The little town of Vineland, near
the city, is greatly exercised over
the development OF a transaction
that recently occurred in the Cath,
Ollie church in that place. A men
named Gregory, a worthless sort OF
Il fellew who had more than half for.
saken his church, was at the point
of death. His wife, dev0ut cath.
Ollie, begged the priest to shrive the
dying man, which he refused to do
on the score That he was not a good
catholic, and was not entitled to
absolution. Mrs. Gregory implor
ed, and finally after many inter
views the priest did go and confess
him and gave him full absolution.
Priest Vivier was indiscreet enough
afterward to say that he now had
means enough to pay off the debt
of the church, as Il valuable piece
of land in Newark had been devils
ed to him; and Mrs. Gregory, now
that her husband was safely through
purgatory, dropped hints that it
had cost her more than she liked.
to get it accomplished. An inqui,
ny was set OH foot and it was made
known that the dying man and his
wife had decided the Newark prop
erty to the priest, besides giving
him 500 in money-in short, all
they had-betore he would absolve
him. 1t has made much feeling in
Vineland, and has created q bitter
feeling against the church there.
A SERIOUS DEMOCRATIC TROUBLE.
Congressman Adrian Muller, of
First District in this city, had a va
cancy in West Point to fill, and to
avoid the responsibility of making
IA selection, advertised that q com
petitive examination would be held,
and the boy making the best aver
age would be appointed. Probably
Mr.. Muller would not have done
this had he had the faintest idea of
the result, for behold you, a "niG-
ger' named Charles A. Minnie,
zane out ahead, and Muller was
to appoint him. There
we're an hundred applicants, but
Minnie had a clear majority of
points, and there was no mistake
about it, There is loud swearing
among the Democracy of the First,
1t the "dirthy nagur' who had the
,udacity to stand first among the
;Onth of that district. John Nor
'issey is astute enough to turn this
little draught of gall to advantage.
There is very large negro vote in
hat district, and the gallant John
10 sooner hears of it, than he sends
lis check for $500 to Minnie, with
which he may provide himself with
! proper outfit. This is a shrewd
stroke. 1t will be a convenient
hing for John to have at his back
II future political contests, some
hundreds of the heroes of that sec.
ion, for they are looming into pc
itical Importance every day, and
wen the enmity Of the Irish can'
lot keep them out. Minnie is a
cry bright boy, he has been more
han tw0.thirds educated at home,
nd has done most of it himself
II the examination the maximum i
vas an hundred. and he stood 995.
lie understands fully what is before
i'm at West Point, but he is deter
lined to 60 through it like man,
nd do something for his race as .
,eli as himself. {
TIE GREAT TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION.
There in no more competition in :
nlegraphing. and the pubic is as {.
ntirely at the mercy of a mOnOpO Il
= as it was before the Atlantic and Il
'acitic was started to give US re-
ef from the mOnStr0us exactiOns
the Western Union. With a p
ealthy competition rates had got {,
own to ii point that enabled the h
eople TO use the telegraph freely. \
! message from New York to Chi O
ago only cost % cents, and rates e
M Snrtlarp ,1iStriofS warn AVIAN r.,