Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
NEWS SUMMARY.
tAstytk and MIdd,e states.

his wife while intoxicated.
Two parties In Trenton, N. j., are hercel,
opposed 10 each other on the question whether
or not the street cars shall be run on Sundays
and the matter will probably have to be sub
mitted to the people At special election
The works OF the Meridian Screw Company al
Mefiden, Conn.,, were entirely destroyed by ire
Loss, s25, 900 insurance, Sl2,36O.
A. number OF striking cigar makers Of Nov
York have been elected from their homes, which
were owned by their employers.
1t is asserted that Cinnamon have brought
tho terrible disease leprosy, to New York city
and that II Is spreading In tho quarters In
hsbitet by the Celestials. A reporter visited q
houss In Baxter street, filed with Cinnamon
and was shown into darkened room where
on . pallet Of straw, lay one Of their number
who presented q terrible sight He was coy
cred from head 10 foot with mass Of sore,
and ulcers, while pieces Of his flesh adhered
to the scanty bed clothes. He stated that ht
contracted the disease among his kindred IN
san Francisco, that he was dying by piecemea
and that no doctor could help him.
Borden Mill No. at Fall River, Mass, wal
destroyed by FIRE. II contained SO, 900 spindies
employed $50 hands and WAS insured for about
As Mrs. Alexander Sayres WAS leaving It,
Luke's Protestant Episcopal Chm ch In Phila
delphia, where slio had beon attending ser.
vices, her husband, from whom she had been
separated two years ,aago, on account OF his
brutal treatment, walked up to her, placed
a revolver to her back and fired, mortally
wounding her.
The Dispatch building IN Pittsburgh, Pa,
was partially destroyed by fire and the paper
was burned out, but was issued a. usual on the
following day.
Nine railroad employees who took part in the
labor troubles Of last summer were tried at
Morristown, N. j., and found guilty, receiving
sentences ranging from ten days at hard labor
In the county Jail and fine OF $50 to ten days
imprisonment without hard labor or a fine.
The L. Candee & Co. Rubber Company at
New Haven, Conn.--an immense establishment
occupying an entire block caught fire in the
building was q mass of smoking ruins. Six
hundred hands were employed in the manufac-
tory, many Of them women. The loss is over
S600.0 and the insurance about $350,000 A
number Of workmen We're injured by jumping
from windows.
The official election returns in New Jersey
show the following vote for governor: Nc
Clellan, DEM, $780, Newell, Rep, 81, 120 ;
Hoxey, Greenback, 1858 Bingham, Tenn
perance, 1885.
The Fort Edward Educational Institute at
Over two hundred students of both sexes were
in the building at the time Of the fire and most
Of them lost all their clothing and valuables
Loss, 1926, 00G insurance, 800, 900.
A temperance revival in Trenton, N. j.,
resulted in the closing Of every saloon in the
place except one.
The mayor OF Philadelphia was attacked on
the street by young man, who felt aggrieved
at the passage Of an ordinance compelling him
to remove his newspaper stand. The mayors
assailant was taken in charge by the police.
Colonel Sibley, a well-known resident of
Boston, was found guilty Of forgery and sem
fenced to imprisonment at hard labor for four
years.
-Four men belonging to the schooner Grace
Choate, of Portsmouth, N. H., were drowned
while attending to some fishing tackle.
Mrs. Jane vosberg died in New Bedford,
Mass, the other day, aged 101 years.
The great matrimonial event Of the season
in New York was the marriage Of Miss Florence
Adele Vanderbilt, daughter Of William II. Van
derbilt, to Mr.. Hamilton Nick. Twombley, of
Boston. Over fifteen hundred invited guests
the ceremony. Mr.. vanderbilt's we'd
ding present to his daughter WAS necklace
costing $4,000.
Western and Southern States.
The house Of colored woman named Hester
Ann Williams, near the cross roads at Tanners
Greek, Va, was destroyed by fire, and three
children two aged four years and the other an
burned to death.
There are still few cases Of yellow fever at
Fla, although the epidemic has
left Ferpandina.
Two officers attempted to arrest Frank
Rande, desperate, in pawn shop. at st.
Louis, when Rande drew revolver and fired,
mortally wounding Officer White. In the
scuf1le that followed the desperate was shot by
the pawnbrOker, receiving mortal wound
Knoxville, Tenn, was visited by an earth
quake, the shock lasting over minute.
William Kaler and his wife, living in Boston
lied suddenly after eating some fish chowder
which, it was thought, contained poison.
Mrs. Lingfelt, wife Of q merchant at Marine,
we'll, and when taken out, two hours afterward,
10Th were dead She is believed to have been
insane.
Several large parties Of Indisns entered Texas
rom Mexico, bent on q raid, and General
Ord notified the people along the frontier to be
IN the lookout, as this is the most formidable
INVASION that has yet been attempted from
Mexico.
A number Of soldiers from Fortress Monroe,
1a., tried to gain admission to the saloon of
nan named Congo, who belonged to the mill
airy band at the fortress, when Congo seized q
leavy oaken bar and struck one of the soldiers
edward g. Langton, over the head, inficting
INJURIES from which he died after being brought
o the hospital. Congo fled, but was captured
" sheriff.
The commissioners OF the Lee Monument
association at Richmond, Va, have postponed
or one year the award of all equestrian statue
0 General Lee.
By fire in Columbia, s. G., a building used
8 q post hospital was burned, and large
uantity of medical stores was destroyed. Loss,
nc, 900 insurance, ~, 7O0
Four hundred persons-among them Mrs. |
[ayes and General Sherman attended q sale |
Z antique furniture belonging to the Calvert |
,ansion in Riversdale, Md. Among the articles |
old were pair of shoes once worn by George |
Washington, which brought 81, and a pair once |
he property of Henry Clay, which sold for 90. |
The Third National Bank Of Chicago hes |
nspended.
George Staples, living near Versailles, No,
anne home drunk on Sunday night, quar- |
eled with his daughter-in-law, and finally |
nocked her down and killed her. The wo
lan's husband, George Staples, Jr., interfered,
nd his father attempted to shoot him, when |
10 son wrenched the pistol away and shot his |
.ther three times, Instantly killing the old |
ian.
The National Grange met in Cincinnati, dele
ates from every State being present.
From Washington.
The cabinet held session and discussed the |
residents forthcoming message and the esti-
lates and relations of the various departments |
The postofice department estimates that the
ss to the government during the last year
ON the irregular sale Of postage stamps by |
ostmasters throughout the country is over
2, 900, 600.
The House committee on ways and means
ave begun the work of revising the tariff, and
ill continue their labors until bill is brought
ito the House, which will be about the middle
January.
By the admission of Mr.. Metcalf, Of Missouri,
seat in the house the Democratic majority
lere is reduced to thirteen. OF the 291 men,
ers 152 are Democrats and 1879 Republicans,
it'll one vacancy in the Colorado district. In
le Senate the Republicans now have thirty
ght members and the Democrats thirty-foEr,
+. Davis, Of Illinois, ranking as an Indepen-
emit, with three vacancies--two from Louisiana
nd one from South Carolina.
The treasurer Of the United States, in his
lnual report Of the operation Of the treasury
nriug the last fiscal year, makes the following
thibit regarding receipts and expenditures;