Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-14
SUMMARY OF NEWS.



Farchild concerning the rejection OF William
| NJ. Tweed's offer to compromise aud to mako
| restitution of money stolen by him In exchange
for his release from confinement. Tho attor-
ney-general says that but few facts were stated
by Tweed in his confession, although many
promises were made that no offered no testi-
mony which would DO accepted by court Of
justice, and offered to surrender no property
which the people would not get without his ro.
lease, The confession was valneless, and the
administration Of justice would he mere
moekery II Tweed We're released on the strength
| of it..,,, Tho cornerstone OF an Episcopal
cathedral, TO be erected by Mrs, A. 4, Stewart,
in momory Of her husband, was laid in Garden
City, Lsng Island, with imposing ceremonies.
The cathedral will cost nearly ~ 200, 900 and IL
to be finished in August, 1873, :, Much re-
joicing was caused in IT. Petersburg on account
Of the successful crossing OF the Danube by the
Russian forces at three different points. go.
A sentence OF six months imprisonment and
q line OF $1,000 was imposed upon the we'll
known lecturer, Charles lradlaugh, for selling
| a book of immoral tendencies -. President
Hayes spent day In Rhode Island and was en-
tertaincd by the governor and State officials.
The New York Central railroad has reduced
the wages Of its employees ten per cont 500,
After attending q concert Of school children ut
Providence, Il. l., the President paid n short
visit TO Newport, going thence to Washington.
| 49,. General W. h. llazen has been sent 10
Vienna rs military attachc to the legation there.
| go. In response to the suggestion of the in
vestigating committee and the request OF the
President, q number OF New York custom
house employees were discharged June 30th.
.,... At Waterbury, Conn.,, Patrick Lynch
killed his wife during quarrel by striking her
with piece of wood Secretary Eyarts
having demanded full satisfaction of Spain for
| the seizure and detention in Spanish port OF
| the American schooner Ellen Ri2pah, and the
| eminent has promised to make full PREPARATION
and to use all its endeavors to prevent the
recurrence Of n similar outrage. 80. During
street quarrel in McGahcysville, Va, an old
man OF seventy named Gilmore fatally stabbed
Reuben ID. Bonds, a farmcr.... wcl-known
Cincinnati gambler named Eph Holland has
been sentenced to Imprisonment for thirteen
months for aiding in election frauds last Octo-
Der.
Frauds in the American Popular Life insnr-
| ance company OF New York have been discov-
cred by the receiver. -. Heavy storms of
| wind and rain prevailed in different sections Of
the country, doing great deal of damage to
lightning in Pennsylvania and church in
Maine, and many houses were blown down and
families rendered homeless. E. Daniel O'Leary
| the champion pedestrian, started to walk $40
miles within six days in New York. -. Terrific
fighting ragged along the Danube after it had
Decu Crossed Dy INC uIlu INC tOWll Oh
Nicopolis was reduced to ashes by the Russian
bombardment. i. ....A den of thieves on Stanton
street, New York, was broken up by the police
and eight men and one woman were arrested
and large number of stolen articles and
burglars tools were found The total popular
subscription to the new four per cent. loan up
to July was 81, 165, $50. .... The eight-oared
four mile shell race between crews from Har
ward and Yale Colleges, rowod on the Connecti-
cut river Mt Springfield, Mass, was won by
Harvard in twcnty-four minutes and thirty
six seconds, beating Yale by two lengths. $50.
Annie Graham, a four-year-old girl living in
Hartford, Conn, was bitten in the cheek by
dog six weeks ago. A few weeks after she was
taken down with the usual hydrophobic symp-
toms and after much suffering died in great
agony. .... The insurgents i'll Japan have been
Dispersed -. Two men and team of horses
were killed by lightning while standing under a
tree near Youngstown Ohio Marcus Rodcn.
a well-known driver of fast horses, fell through
two stories of the hotel at which he was stop
ping in New York and was killed.
The house of George Dressler at Waverley
Ind. was blown away during the recent heavy
storm, his wife and two children were killed,
and he was badly hurt. Many people were
killed in different parts of the country during
the gale, and all immense amount of destruc-
ton WAS done to houses and crops. -. New
York city property shows q decrease i'll valua-
this years tag list .... The public debt was
reduced $3219,0 900 in June ...... -Four men in
jail at Mount Vernon Ky, for robbery, were
taken ont at midnight by about one hundred
men, and all four were hanged. The lynchers
had previously attempted to capture noted
their number killed .....A visit to the British
House Of Parliament was paid by Gen. Grant.
Two men were swept over Niagara Falls
while boating. A companion who remained in
the boat which they had left to swim ashore
was saved. 80. The collector of Baltimore, in a
letter to Secretary Sherman, declined to resign
his place 49,. Work has been resumed in the
navy yards. the new appropriations having be-
come available.
The siege of Kars in Asia Minor has been
raised by the Russian forces and they have
retreated toward the frontier. .... Gen. Grant
received delegation of British workingmen in
London, representing forty different trades,
and made II speech in response to an address
which was presented to him by the labor repre-
sentatives Special Treasury Agent Bracket
uuearthed huge and systematic scheme by
which the United States has been robbed of
the duty on over two million dollars worth Of
silk goods that have been struggled into New
York during the last eight years. The snug
glers were connected with asteamship company,
and the silk was shipped to London in cement
barrels which were mixed in with real barrels of
cement Arrived in New York, the silk was
surreptitiously carted to different places, re-
packed in cases. conveyed to auction rooms and
sold. Eight persons including the supernten-
dent of the steamboat pier at which the silk
was landed and two pursers-were arrested.
Another severe storm passed through central
Ohio and Indiana, and number of houses
were blown down and their inmates killed or
injured. 80. The Presbyterian council in Edin-
burgh Scotland, opened on July Sd. The council
comprised delegations from ten countries, rep
resentng forty-eight branches of the Presby-
terrain denomination. embracing upward of
the capsizng of rowboat near Woburn, Mass.
six persons were drowned. 80. Fourth of July
was duly observed all over the country as well
as among Americans abroad. At the celebra-
ton in Woodstock, Conn, speeches were made
by Senator Blaine and ex Gov. Chamberlain
and others, and poems were read by Oliver |
Wendell Holmes and Mary Clemmer. The
speech Of Mr. Chamberlain contained an attack
on President Hayes policy. while other speakers
defended the administration. At Tammany
Hall, New York, the fourth was celebrated by
speeches by Hon. s. $. Cox, Augustus Schcll
and others. 1t is reported that there is
a league among all the Northwestern Indians
against the whites and that the uprising in
Oregon was premature The Clinton Savings
bank OF New York has suspended ....... Crump |
x Everdell's label mandatory at Montclair,
N. j., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000
William Legg, prisoner in the Jail at King
ston, N. Y, was fatally shot by the jailer, upon
whom he had made an attack -. Gen. Grant |
left England for Belgium. 80, President Hayes |
and Secretary Evarts assert that there is no
scheme on foot for tho annexation of Mexico,
as has been rumOred. Col. Wilkins was |
suspended from the dictatorship of Baltimore
and Mr.. Thomas has been put in possession of |
the offic $50. The business portion of the viii
lage of Chester, N. Y. was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire, entailing loss of over $4,000.
$50. The ocean steamships Elphinstone and
Redewater collided in the st. Lawrence river
and both were sunk total losses, $175, 000....
Daniel McQuay, of Wiamsport, Ohio, got
into dispute with one of his harvest hands
named Radcliffe. and knocked him down. Red
ciffe drew pocket knife and stabbed McQuay
ten times. instantly killing him. ..... The four
members of the Louisiana returning board
Wells Anderson. Kenner and Casanave-were
indicted in New Orleans charged with having
on the fourth OF December, 1876. falsely and
uttered aud published az trne the
altered. forged and counterfctcd election re-
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