Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1880-02-28

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sion to. Oalif0rnl.
by special train Ap.
Fred Flint, a lum.
Abbot, Me-, was fatally
Enroll last week by a lOaa
which he was driving down
hill.
The Central hotel at Concord,
owned by DR.. Timothy Haynes
and occupied by Michael Storm,
was burned Wednesday. Storms
loss is covered by an insurance of
$1,000. while Haynes loses not over
$4,000.
Miss Harriet P. Dame, who ia
widely known as matrOn among
the New Hampshire soldiers in the
civil war, claims that she was tue
only woman in the country who
went to the field ut the breaking
out of the rebellion and who stayed
till six months after the surrender
OF Lee. She is now in government
service at Washington.
Scarlet fever continues 10 scouree
Pittsfield Village. During the past
five week there have been over fifty
cases, seven of which have proved
fatal. Rev. j. @. Osgood is now
down with the fever.
The Amoskeag Company propose
building new gingham mill, 400
feet long aud four stories high, ca.
pablo Of running 5000 spindles ; al
SO, new two-story dye.house, 800
feet long. Other important addi-
tons to the Manchester manufactQ>
ries are being talked of.
The boiler in John F. THOMPSON
saw mill at Randolph burst Tuesday,
destroying the mill and killing Elder
Page OF West Orono, Me-, Roger
johnson of Oldtown, Me-, a young
man named Buzzell of Randolph, Gil
bert Sylvester Of Bethel, Me-, and a
Frenchman of Bethel, Me-, workmen,
and badly injuring S. F. Hewey of
Randolph.
John NJ. Brodhead of Washing
ton, d. g., former second control.
Ter OF the treasury, died at South
Newmarket Sunday night. and it il
said that lie left by will go, 900 to
establish a library at South New
market, provided the town changes
its name to Newaeld, It's formsr
name.
MANCHESTER, N. e., Feb. Is.
Delegates of the different Green.
back clubs throughout the State
met in Convention at the National
Hotel this afternoon and evening
and State Club was organized az
follows: President, John F. Wood
bury of Amherst; Vice President.
Arthur Deering Of Chichester; Sec.
rotary, @. H. Young of Manchester j,
Treasurer, j. Frank Wetherhee OF
Manchester ; Executive Committee,
DIR. L. ChesIey of Chester, w. Il.
FL. Clough OF Hanover, George Car
penter of Swansey, E. w. Dunbar
of Manchester, I. G. Greenleaf Of
Portsmouth. Delegates to the Ma.
tiOnal Convention will be elected by
district conventions.
In response to the request of the
governor and council, Burnham
Wardwell, who has been making
Wholesale charges against the man
Iag8ment of the state. prison at Con-
cord, alleging cruelty to prisoners.
insufficient and poor food, lack OF
proper medical attendance, the
death of many prisoners from neg.
lect, ETC.. has filed voluminous spe.
citicati0ns of his charges with the
secretary of state. They are very
diffusive, and largely composed OF
rumOrs which have heretofore been
investigated by the governor aud
council, and the prison officers state
their ability to refute them all.
In 1873 a law was passed giving
women throughout the state the
right to vote at school meetings
and providing that upon petition
of the legal voters the prudential
committee shall make, post and cor
rect checklist of voters by which
the balloting shall be done. At
Concord the board of education are
this committee without pay and in
the district there will be 5000 or
5000 names on the list and with but
one clerk to check the names the
process will he slow. The meeting
last year, the first under the law,
require four sessions to elect three
mem bers of the board of education.
This year the terms expire of Col.
John Fl. George, Chas. P. Sanhorn
and Rev. e. L. Conger and strong
efforts are making to defeat q re-
election. A petition for the list has
been made, the canvassing has be.
gun, and the meeting, which takes
place next month, will he very OK.
citing.
Col. Thorn of the Engineer Corps
has transmitted to Congress y sur
vey Of the Exter River, below Exc
ter, made under his direction In
1874. This survey shows that the
channel can, at comparatively
small cost, be made practicable for
vessels drawing twelve feet at ordi.
nary high water, from its month in
Great Bay up to the OxbOw, . dis.
lance of flfty-six miles, but that the
continuation of this depth above the
Oxbow would involve greater ex.
pense than the commerce Of this
river would warrant. It is there.
fore proposed to improve this river
so as to have good towing channel
of not less than forty feet in width
aud twelve feet in depth at mean
high water, up by South Newman
ket to the Oxbow, and thence with
the same width aud a depth Of ten
feet at mean high water up the up
per wharves at Exeter, taking care
to remove throughout the entiss
length of the river all boulders aud
other Instructions between the pres.
ent ten foot curves, so as to afford
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