Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-10
SUMMARY OF NEWS,


ton at Rochester, N, Y, F.E. Abbott, OF Io
ton, was elected president. Among the FORT
vlce'presidents elected were many prominer
men from all parts Of the country. 4 Platfor'
Church. and State, national protection 70
national citizens, aud universe! education o
tho basis OF universal suffrage.
The New Jersey Presbyterian synod con
clnded its labors after i've days session a
} Newark.
J MThc phila ielphia grand Jury found . tru
bill Of indictment against John s. Morton, tn
defaulting president OF the West Philadelphia
passenger railway, and also against the secre
charges them with conspiring 10 defraud III,
Company out Of 1900 900, and another bill 40
cuses them OF embezzling 100000, the prop
erty Of the company. Morton was taken into
custody.
According TO a dispatch from New Bedford
Mass, late arrivals from the Arctic rcgions an
nounco that the whaling vessels Three Brothers
leo, and the whaling fleet appears to have had
unusual trouble in battling Tor safety.
Moore's cooper shops and keg factory at
pittsburg, Penn. were destroyed by fire, caus-
ing loss OF 80, 900 no insurance. few
minutes later stable was burned on Cliff street
and about twenty minutes after the Clancy
cooper shop was destroyed by fire. These fires
were AL OF incehulaTy origin, anu they Wc'c
thought to be the result Of a concerted
effort to destroy the city,
Eight months after tho death Of Edward
Southworth treasurer OF the Brocton Mass. J
savings bank, an investigation into the affairs
Of this institution disclosed that by his opera
tons $50, 0C0 had been wrongfully spent
Edwin Adams tho celebrated actor, died Of
consumption at Philadelphia.
I.ousie A. Bowen, n girl aged twenty
years, discovered Benjamin Y. Muzzey In her
room at Norwich Falls Conn.,, and, installing
him for burglar, struck him six times over
the head with base ball club inhicting fatal
injuries.
William Lloyd Garrison has written a letter
to Judge Pitman, OF Massachusetts, in which
he denounces the Presidents Southern policy.
Tho steamship Idaho arrived in New York
with 1877 Mormon converts.
At Red Bank, n j., negro WAS arrested for
disorderly conduct, and while being marched
to the lookup, he suddenly turned upon the
officer and shot him down with revolver. He
then empted his pistol into the surrounding
crowd wounding two men. one Of them fatally,
and fled
Three students of Rutgers, College, New
Brunswick, N. j., were arrested and locked mp
for burning college property.
The striking cigar makers OF New York held
q mass meeting at Cooper Institute. An i'm
inense throng OF men and women were present,
and II was decided to hold out until their de-
mands were aeceded to.
| President Eliot, of Harvard College. was
married to Miss Grace Hopkinson, at Cam.
bridge Mass.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States hold the first business session Of
its fourth annual congress in New York. Bishop
Odell, of Ohio. delivering the preliminary
address.
| It having been ascertaned that dishonest
| practices were going ON IN the United States
mint an examination led to the discovery Of
about one hundred ounces OF silver in the
house Of an empl0ye of the re6ners depart
ment.
BY the explosion Of q kerosene lamp at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, p. r. Lynch and wife re-
ceived injuries from which the latter soon after
died.
Western and Southern States.
An unknown person entered the house Of +.
pike, six miles north Of Chillicothe, O., and
shot McVey through the heart ard his wife
through the head, killing both instantly. A
little girl, the only other occupant Of the house,
hearing the shooting, jumped out Of bed and
escaped. The murderer, after ransacking the
house for plumber, set fire to it and escaped to
the woods.
Mr. MOODY Will nOl0 q BefleB OF IovlvAlb III
Providence, II. l., during December.
The failure of the Chicago Savings Institu-
ton and Trust Company is announced.
The death Of General Forrest, the we'll
known Confederate cavalry officer, took place
at Memphis, Tenn.
Tho American Association Of Short-Horn
Breeders met in convention at Lexington, Ky.
A large number Of delegates from different
States were present.
A passenger train on the Utah Central rail
road was lifted from the track and turned
upside down by the wind, and number Of per-
sons were more or less severely injured.
President Hayes and members Of the cabinet
went to Richmond, Va, to attend the State
fair. They were welcomed to the cityby acting
Mayor Meredith, and addresses were delivered
by the President, Secretaries Evarts, Sherman
and Thompson, and Attorney General Devens
after which procession was formed embracing
all the white and colored military organizations
Of the city, several visiting companies, the
fire department, city officials and thousands Of
citizens in carriages and on foot. In the
evening the President held reception at the
Exchange Hotel.
From Warrington.
Secretary Sherman, ct a Cabinet meeting
stated that the government expenses were rum
ming behind the receipts, and that this decrease
in income demanded the most rigid economy in
ordinary expenditures.
The annual report of the commissioner Of
patents states that the number Of patents ap-
piled for from October /, 1876 to October l,
1877, was Is, $685. trade marks registered, 1924;
labels registered, $40. The number Of patents
allowed, but not insured Oh account Of failure
to pay the final fee was 4,271; patents issued,
IA, 242; trade marks and labels, 1,517. This
shows decline Of about 1000 in the number
Of patents issued as compared with the pre-
NO n a V1Ultpd
States patent system is contemplated at
present.
A bill recently Introduced In the Senate by
Mr.. Howe provides that no CATTLE sheep, !
swine or other animals shall be confined in any |
railway car, boat or vessel for longer period
than twenty-four consecutive hours, without |
unloading the same for rest, water and food for
period of at least seven consecutive hours,
unless prevented by storm or other accidental
causes. The present law allows them to be con-
fined twenty -eight consecutive hours and pro- |
vides for five hours rest only.
It is proposed to induce Congress TO abolish
the Office Of pension agent and provide for the
payment Of pensions direct from the United
States treasury.
The legislation recommended in the Presl-
dents message in relation to the Paris exposition
is to receive special consideration.
The President has nominated Edwin w. |
Russia Theodore Roosevelt, collector Of GUS
toms Edwin A. Merritt surveyor, and L. B.
Prince. naval officer for the port Of New York ;
and James Lewis to be naval officer at New |
Orleans.
The following are the chairmen Of the more
important committees as announced by Speaker
Randall On elections, Mr.. Harris, Va; ways
and means, Mr.. Wood, N. Y. appropriations,
Mr.. Atkins, Tenn; Pacific railroads, MIR. Potter,
N. Y; claims, Mr.. Bright Tenn; commerce,
rison, H.; post-ofices and post-roads, Mr..
waddel, n, c.; District Of Columbia, Mr.. Will
claims, Mr.. Eden ILL.,; public expenditures, Mr..
Hatcher Mo-; private land claims, Mr. Gun
ther, Ark. ..
The President has nominated John Welsh,
of Philadelphia, to be minister to England
Mr., Welsh was chairman Of the Centennial
Board of Finance, and is a prominent Philadel-
phia business man.
In the event of Senator Morton's death 1t Is
believed that Governor Williams will appoint
Hon, Daniel W. VOORHEES, to the vacancy in the