Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


A flye-story brick building in New York, oe-
cupied an q Wholesale grocery and filled with
goods, fell into the street without any previous
indication OF weakness, Fortunately, II occurred
ut night, or terrible loss OF life would have oc-
CURED, as the street il crowded al day. ,...
VIM. i. Speahman, n mill operative of Oakdale,
Mass, while demcntod from q protracted spree,
killed his sister and cut her body in terrible
manner with'a nx. He was cndeayoring To
murder his wife when arrested ,,,, While the
priests of st. Francis Nayior's church, New
York, were conducting :" woman's service to
an audience of nearly three thousand, mostly
females, woman tainted in the gallery, which
attracted much attention, and gave credence TO
n sharp cry Of fire, which rang out almost stimuli
taneously. Instantly the vast congregation was
u secthing mass OF humanity, crushing and crowd
ing each other IN n mad effort to reach the
door. Notwithstanding the efforts OF the holy
fathers to calm the excitement, the rush con-
tinued until the church was cleared, when II was
asccrtaincd that six women and one boy had
been trampled to death, aud hundreds had re-
ceived more or less serious injuries in the JAM
-Four OF the victims were found outside the
church at the foot OF the stairs and the other
three in the yestibule There was not the
slightest foundation for the panic beyond the
wild alarm uttered by some child in his fear.
After the rush from tho church the sections
found as many Ms fifty women in the body of
the church, they having tainted at the beginning
of the panic. 49,. Another advance in freight
rates west from New York city has been adopted
by the different railway lines .... An explosion
occurred in the Worcester colliery, near Swan
sea, England, and large number of miners
lost their lives. Sixteen bodies were recovered,
and II IL thought many more remained in the
pit. "A fire in the Posey block, Evansville,
Ind. consumed property to the value of 81 900.
A volcanic eruption occurred in one of tho
bays of the Sandwich islands, and red hot lava
was thrown kissing through clouds of steam
and gas. 4 shock was felt on shore ut the same
time. The five hundred workmcn employed
in the Brooklyn navy yard in repairing vessels
have been discharged, owing to the funds run
ming out 80. The verdict of the coroners jury
on the Ashtabula bridge horror has just been
returned they having awaited the testimony of
experts regarding the bridge. They find the
railroad company answcrable for constructing q
fautily-designcd and poorly erected bridge. and
ccnsure their conduct in not inspecting same
during the eleven years it was in use, when any
engineer of moderate experience would have de-
teccd its inability to bear the strain to which it
was subjected. The railroad company is an
swerable for the lives destroyed by fire, on ac-
count of their not fulfilling the law regarding
the heating of cars The responsibility for not
subduing the flames is placed on those who We're
first to arrive at the scene of the disaster. The
verdict terminates by explicitly charging upon
the company the cause OF the disaster and the
terrible loss of life ...... A conhagraton in st.
Johns, n. g., destroyed several of the most inn
portant business houses, involving loss of
nearly n quarter of million dollars. While
located next to n burning building,
was endeavoring to remove his goods, assisted
by friends, an explosion of chemicals in the fire
,aused the walls to fall, crushing five men to
Heath and injuring number. Mr.. Anthony
Jonstock raided on and arrested thirty of the
principal lottery and policy agents in New York
'ity, including the representatives of the Havana
ottery In the race at San Francisco between
Bodne and Occident, the former won in 2.24k,
..23i., 2.25la 49,. Ann Mulligan, of New York
'ity, trimmed an oil lamp while the top was I'M
screwed, and a particle Of fire falling in the
amp, an explosion ensued setting her clothing
III fire and burning her fatally The recent
storm which extended over the country did an
Jingle loss was incurred. Buildings were I'M
oofed and blown down, chimneys fences and
imber Frustrated, and several church steeples
demolished. Numerous vessels were blown |
rom their moorngs and injured by collision.
Not less than one hundred people in New York |
ity alone were injured by falling signs, awnings |
md chimneys. The wind blew at the speed of |
ixty miles an hour.
The assistant secretary of the treasury has |
ssued the fOrty-socond call for s10,000,000 of I
vc-twenty bonds, of May and November 1865. |
esistered bonds. J. NJ. Taylor's saleratus
actory in Brooklyn, N. y, was completely de-
troyed by fire, with the large stock on hand.
HE loss amounted to $40, 900, on which there
vas n fair insurance.. Peter II. Penwell, of |
Irn Centre, N. Y, killed his wife with an ax,
II account of domestic troubles which had
xistcd for years. After the murder he made
IL unsuccessful attempt at suicide by cutting
lis throat Previous to the murder both of
hem took arsenic with deadly Intentions but it
roved an overdose in each case and did not
perato fatally ...... An Egyptian man-of-
Tar, engaged in breaking up the slave trade,
pok fire at sea and was completely destroyed.
VI the 400 men on board, ali but twenty escaped.
Foreign dispatches continually report i'll
ceiling as existing and growing between the
french and German governments ...... The
ontestants of the Vanderbilt will claim that the
estator was of unsound mind at the time of
making the instrument and was also nnduly in
uenced by the son, who received the larger
art Of the estate .....A two-year-old child
ulled lighted kerosene lamp from n bureau
a Il tye-story New York tenement, and in few
minutes the entire floor was in flames and the
leans OF egress of all tho residents of the upper
oors was cut off. Brave tiremen forced an
ntrance by means Of ladders and succeeded in
escuing the unfortunates with the exception of
wo children who were suifocated to death.
he lives Of two of the other children were
espaired of, as they had inhaled so much car
onic acid gas.
Secretary Of State Evarts has asked Fredk
'. Seward son of the late secretary, to accept
he position of assistant secretary OF the depart
lent .. President Hayes and his cabinet
gree to carry out the civil service programme
= laid down in the Presidents inaugural adj
ress. 80. Hon. Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl-
anna. has resigned his office of senator, de-
aring he is tired of the care and worry of the
ostion .....In addition to the rinderpest
weeping off the cattle Of Great Britain, the
Dot and mouth disease has now made its APP
carance .... For violation OF the German
ress laws in publishing certain articles, another
the Van Arnum family has been sentenced to
iree months Imprisonment. :. James Kingan,
recent specnlations has He'd from his credi-
rs. His liabilities are estimated all the way
ON 300. 900 to ~ 900, 90 l.... The plasterers
New York city, who have been receiving 81
er day, struck work for -. so. 80. Two hotels
nd the Giles county national bank buildings at
ulaski, Tenn, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
1900: insurance, $4,000 ..... While the
,holars Of school in Coal Run, Ohio, were
wing dramatic representation, stephen Run
ell struck a dagger in the heart OF a young
IN named Mason, by mistake and killed him [
lstantly in the presence Of the audience They
ere bosom friends.
When the surrogate of New York called the
Use growing out Of the contest of the heirs to ',
he Vanderbilt will, considerable excitement was
sible among the lawyers for the contestants, .
hich was explained when each arose in turn
I'D desired, on behalf of his client, to withdraw
ojection to the probation of the will. 49,. A
Drter of Ivison, Brakeman, Taylor a Co., whole
lie stationers of New York city, has been regll-
rly approprating immense quantities of steel :,
ans, which he supplied to customers. When .
rested he was on the highway to fortune. hav-
g already purchased a house for So, 600 ....
cKinnen's biscuit factory in Montreal, Can, :
as destroyed by fire. Loss, s50,000 insur- . .
nee, f22,50O. Two french were dangerously -.
jured by falling wall 49,. An investigation =.
to the accounts Of Cashier VIM. J. Rutter of |
le First national bank of Pottston, Pa disi b
osed n defalcation of $1,000. 80. Michae
erriman, of Rock Creek Center, Ind, shot
Id fatally wounded his two sons. aged sixteen
I'd eighteen years. The father then committed
licdo. He had been released from lunatic I
'ylum few days previously the physicians J
'onouncng him cured "A tive-story iron {
Hiding in Franklin street, New York, occupied 9
dry goods dealers, chief among whom were a
aeon, Baldwin & Co., was burned. and loss /
nearly $500 entailed, which was partially G
,vered by insurance The Monument House
I'd opera house at Woonsocket, II. l., We're de-
royed by fire, with their contents Loss, $50
70; insurance, $50.000 .... . Snow fell for 8
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