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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-12-03
THE BRIDGEPORT ASHORE.

Hole Knocked in the Bottom of a
Long Island Sound Steamer.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-The steamer Bridge
port, which left Bridgeport at IL p m,
Monday, went ashore in fog yesterday
mcraing on Riker's island above He'll Gate
{, hole twelve feet square was knocked in
her bow. The passengers were landed at Col
lege point in the steamers boats and pro-
ceeded to New York by tugs later in the
day. III cargo will be saved in damaged
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-12-03
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burg
The government will get about $400, 900
from the oleomargarine tax during the first
month under the new law
The terms of the Moro Castles release
are fixed at $1,000. The vessel is to be
turned over to her owners at once
The president and cashier of the Glen
rock, Penn National bank, have been ar.
rested, charged with embezzlement
jams l.. Remington, an officer of the
Knights of Pythas at Hart. ord, Conn, d.
camped with SliOo of the lodges funds.
The wholesale stove house of Sacks Bros,
of Cincinnati has failed for $300,OJ0 The
cause OF the assignment is the pressure of
creditors in Boston and Lynn. Mass, who
held most of their paper, and wI:o have also
been supplying them with goods for some
ars.
One man wa killed and another fatally
hurt on the Missouri Pacific railroad by
collision of trains caused by mistake of
telegraph operator.
Track laying is begun on the South At.
lantic & Ohio railroad. linn ms, coal and
iron mines are to be developed in mn ssee
and North Carolina.
in Belgium were cut open and robbed,
registered | tiers to the value of fl0,W0
from Am ri "a bling taken.
A committee of arbitrators appointed al
the me ting of the Intercollegiate Foot Ball
association decided that there should be no
"official championship" but that Yale
should have tn. Princeton gam.
The trial justices of Franklin county
make thu ir port on the causes of the rail
road disaster at Bardw ,ll's Ferry, Mass,
attrbutins the disast to,the lack Of cul-
v rts at a spot exposed to the gathering Of
surfac, W t r.
The firm Of Quinn & Gray, the largest
wholesal and retail dry goods dealers in
Little Rock, Ark, has failed. Liabilities
estimated at 500, 900; assets unknown. They
re heavy eastern buyers, and the princi-
Ial in lei t. 'dness belongs to New York and
N w England
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Tuesday. Nov. 80.


S ven o,tlIws We're hanged by vigilantes
in Ar,an;a
A Sight shock OF ear,hq lake was felt at
Van Vert, Oli,
Tire, members Of li'e-saving crew were
lost of Point Sauble, Mich.
The strike at the Tucker shce shop at
Milford, Mass, is end-d.
Boston printers entertained Secretary
Treasurer Pascoe of the International union.
Rev. Sam Jones raised SOL, 900 for the
Omaha Young Mems Christian association
building.
Polo at New Bedford: New Bedford, 8;
Woburn, AT Pawtucket: Pawtuckets 4;
Somervilles, 5.
The -Minqueloa schooner LIE Claire went
down in Lake Michigan, with all on board,
fourte, n persons.
CONGRESSMAN Morrison says he will make
no contest, but the house may order an in
vestigation into the election in his district
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CONTRACTS FOR THE CRUISERS.
The Construction Of Three Ships Let to
Different Parties.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-Secretary Whit
ney has awarded the, contract for the con-
struction of the proposed new naval cruiser
No. 2, the Charleston" to the Union iron
works, Of San Francisco; for cruiser No. 3.
the baltimore, to Cramp e. Son, of Phil
adelphia and gunboat No. to the Colum-
bia iron works, of Baltimore. The bids for
the construction Of cruiser No l, the "New-
ark, are too high, and will be referred to
congress. AS to gunboat No. ], no decision
has been reached. NiiI'f 'i
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now for your local paper.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-12-03
Monday. Nov. 20.

Teemer and Hamm offer to row Hosmer
and Mckay at any time.
The new So silver certificates are to be
ready for distribution this week.
Mayor o. i,rien has accepted the ID mo
cratic nomination for mayor of Boston.
muel +. Forbes saw mill at Duxbury
Co a,r, Vt, has been burned; loss $500.
..a1Dl, tie human cannon ball. has
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-12-03

The Horse Railroad Company Not the
Only Sufferer-A Heavy Embezzlenent
From Another Corporation Suspected
-How Reed Duplicated Stock Certif-
Gates.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
Earthquake Effects.

Two things in connection with the
earthquake have attracted considerable
comment. One is that very many people
were dizzv, or afflicted with sickness
similar to seasickness hours after the
shock that did the damage. The other is
that even as late as yesterday a very
large percentage OF the people found it
extremely difficult to attend to their &C
customed duties with any degree of sat
isfaction. Reference to the dispatches
will show that the feeling of sickness and
dizziness was not confined to this city nor
to this section Of country. In Cincinnati,
where the earthquake was comparatively
light, it attracted attention. Doubtless
it was very general. The peculiar motion
of the ground was, of course, calculated
TO make those who are very sensitive to
any swinging motion sick temporarily
but it is not easy to understand why so
many should complain of dizziness, pain
in the head and sick feeling eight or ten
hours after the shock had been felt.
1t is SAID that the inability to attend to
routine or any other duties was more
marked yesterday than the day before,
although the probability that there would
be other shocks was not regarded as so
great. Every body was perfectly willing
to attend to business, but, try as they
might, they were not wholly successful.
They were conscious of a feeling of appre-
hension and nervousness that appeared
to some extent to paralyze their will
power. IL there are no more shocks this
feeling will, of course, wear off very
shortly.
1t interfered yesterday in this city,
however. with the transaction of bust
ness in a very marked manner. Men
whose nerves ordinarily are not disturbed
by anything were startled by the slightest
unusual noise, and they were not infre-
quently deceived into believing that they
felt the buildings In which they were
CULVER as if shaken by another earth
quake.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
He Wanted a Pass.
FROM The OhtcaQo Tribune.


A man Of somewhat imposing appearance
stepped into one of the general railway offices
IN Chicago q few days since and inquired for
as pointed out and the visitor walked up to
him and addressed him thus:
II am the editor OF the puzzle department
of the Shawcross Blizzard. | have for some
time contem 'Sted visiting Niagara Fall and
| nave alwaNs admired the liberal policy OF
this road. / would like pass for myself and
wife-Mr,snd Mrs. AlonzoW Ferguson, Shaw
cross, Puzzle Department Blizzard"
ION what grounds, Mr.. Ferguson" said the
railway magnate, do you ask for the pass?"
why, am the puzzle editor, as to you.
get up the column of charades, aud engmas
and word squares; and my wife has written
have seen them. She signs herself Aurora
Borealis,' and writes for the temperance de-
partment Of the paper. l would ike the pass
good for ninety days. Of course l expect to
Keep up the charade column right along. and
any favors you extendto me will be rccipro-
Gated. For instance, can work up your roa
INTO a first-class enigma or make an acrostic
out of your name in the very next
81 hardly think. MIR. Ferguson" interposed
the general ticket agent, THAT l can grant
you pass on these grounds"
And think also" said the visitor severely.
"of writing book"
II hope not, Mr.. Ferguson"
"In which this grasping monopoly Will be
a vampire, sir; n bloodsucker. a soulless an d
hide-bound corporation. j ust you look in the
puzzle department of next weeks Blizzard
and you'll nnd this whole institution worked
up into the most crushing acrostic you ever
saw. TbaPs all. Good day. SIR"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
PERSONAL.

AN Eastern paper says Elijah NJ Haines IL
a more pic uresque figure IN Illinois politics
Il al John A. Logan.
JUDGE WILLIAM NEALE. of Texas. is in Chi
cago soliciting aid for the drouth sufferers in
stephens county, where terrible destitutor
prevails.
NATHAN GoFF, OF West Virginia declines
to accept the Republican nomination for Con
gress. He wants to go TO the Senate II the
Legislature turns out to be of the right com
pleXion.
ARcHDUCHEss VALERIE, the youngest
daughter Of the Austrian Emperor. is to wed
the Duke Of Modena. She is not a beauty but
is described rs having delicate bloom and
youthful brightness which makes her very at
tractive. she inherits her mothers love of
horses.
Mr.. JERIAH BoNHAM, OF Lacon. H., dis
putes with Il. w. Blai'del. Of Rockford. the
honor of being the first to name Abraham
Lincoln for the Presidency. Mr. Bonham
claims that he first suggested Mr.. Lincoln in
ringing editorial" rinted in the Illinois
Gazette Of Nov. 3, 1855. whereas Mr.. Blais-
dells "rnging editorial suggestion was not
printed n the Rockford paper till March II,
1882 Next.
REV. Duncan J. Jerome, who came from
Surgeons College, London, England. to this
country as an evangelist, only n short time
ago, was announced TO preach for the cnnRre-
CATION OF the Vine street Congregational
church, Cincinnati, on last Sunday night, but
ne did not make his appearance. IL appears
that last week he Joined the "Perf ctionlsts -
on Walnut Hills and he explained to one OF
the gentlemen who went To the church ex-
pecting to hear him that the Lord had ex-
cused him.
TEN YEARS AGO John Moody. OF Bridgeport,
Conn.,, was studying for the Episcopal minis
try, but was obliged TO give up ON account OF
overtaXed eyesight. lie went West and
started a ranch for raising fowls. There he
fell In with wealthy lady from Virginia and
married her. She and her child are now dead.
and all her money has gone TO MIR. Moody,
who invested heavily in Colorado, and the re-
suit now is large income. He mas come
back, and at Albany will finish the last wear
of study and become minister.
MRS. McKEAN. OF BROOKLYN. N. ", is a
wealthy lady, said TO be worth ST. 90 eco in
bnnk stock alone Her income Is estimated at
from $500, 400 TO $500. 200 q year. She ownA jew
ellis Island, Me, for wpich che paid $50 0,
and proposes THE fall and winter TO build a
dozsn cottages wherein she may another sea-
son entertain her friends. When she IL Ill
and needs doctor abe hoisls \ signal which
is noted on Munjoy'S Hill, Port and, and a
physician comes. When che 10 IN need OF provi-
sions aud the weather is bad she hosts an :
other nag, and a Portland steamer lie sent
with storss. ON the island the lady has thir-
ty-6ye sneep. many lambs, two yoke OF oxen,
I've COWS. bull. i've hoKs and 3 donkey.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
Disadvantages of Hor Climates
From the london Observer.

from Sbe LOnd0n ObSefcer.
Hot climates are pleasant in their way. 1t
must be delightful to swing under the shade
in grass hammock, and eat fresh mango
failing manRosteen-and smoke TrinchinO-
poll cheroots, and drink sherbet, or perhaps
brandy -pawnee. But the drawback of every
tropical heaven is to be found in its insects.
snakes will let you alone. if you let them
alone. But insects wage determined war on
Iured by Mr.. II. Thwaites III. NJ. s lis at any
rate the case in Ceylon. Centipedes in Ceylou
grow TO the length of ten or twelve inches"
and are said BY the natives to be every veno-
NOUS" The spiders are large enough to kill
snd suck the young of small birds, and are
often detected in flagrante delicto. Mosqui-
toes and the cimeX domesticus Mr.. Thwaites
considers it quite unnecessary to mention.
Luckily for Ceylon, it seems to be free from
that curse of all ships that have to cross the
tropical zone-the ship cockroach or blatta
orientalis. This pest 9 from an inch TO two
inches, or even more in length, and, coming
in swarms, it makes its meal off your hair,
your beard, your toe and finger nails,
and your corns, if you have any.
In this latter case you are In fortune,
thorough chiropodst. On the whole, we are
lucky in England, where we haye only the
familiar "Norfolk- Howard" and the cheer
full. semi domesticated flea. But we are not
entirely exempt, for some people are worried
out Of their lives by gnats, and others by the
so-called "harvest bug" And the genuine
mosquito, with no mistake about his diaDoli-
cal trumpet-can, has for some years past
made his way up the Thames, and has rem
dered gauze mosquito curtains necessity in
more than one large metropolitan hotel,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

1t isn't often that Il good story comes from
West Point; there is the land OF the chestnut
inc mparable; there stories that Chauncey
NJ. Depew coined seasons ago, tickling tales
that Horace Porter told in his first after-din-
ner speech in the boyhood of Noah, go the
rounds as fresh specimens Of the cuteness of
this latter day, and the man who has yarn
to spin need never hesitate to handle IL for
fear Its burrs may prick him, There is only
one known instance on record where any pro-
test against ancient history was heard on
West Point ground. That was during
this last commencement season, when
Gen. King, Gen. Francis 7. Mich
OILS. Gen. Horace Porter. and two or
three Of their newspaper friends were
met together to kill a half hour that
interviewed between a couple of events of in =
terest. Gen. Porter OF course followed the
instincts of his nature and began to tell a
story 1t was a good story-HOrace Porter
never told story that wasn't good-and the
recitation was hailed with applause. Only at
its end one of the New York newspaper men
said with a diaholical calmness: general. it
seems to me that somebody stole that story
from you when l was a bov, for I'm sure l
came across it then in a book that was writ
ten by person named Marryatt."
"Ah, my friend.'' quoth Horace Porter in
quick reply and all unabashed, 'you are right
80 far as you go; but the fact is that the man
who stole that story first was Artist phanes,
WHO boldly put 1t into one of his Greek come
dies. You see that suffered before Mar
ryatt's day"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

An affecting incident is related by a
New York paper. 1t occurred at the ex-
hibtion OF the cyclorama OF the seiRe OF
Vicksburg in the former city. Capt. l.. S.
Hudson, who aided in serving the Chicago
Mercantile Battery which is depleted in
action in the canvas, and who is the leo
turer at the cyclorama, was rehearsing
the incidents OF the hard.fought day when
a gentleman among the spectators step
ped forward and said: "Do you RENE m Der
whom your battery engaged at the battle
Of Champion HIP" Eyes" replied Capt.
Hudson, lit was the First Mississippi
Light Artillery. I shall never forget it,
Tor with Gunner Gilmore, under our Capt.
Whites orders, sighted the gun which
killed the handsome Gen. Tilghman, our
opponents commander" The visitors
eyes filed with tears. "Gen. Tilghman
wac my father" he said. There was a
moments silence. and then Mr.. TilEh-
man, who is a prominent broker in Wall
street. turned to Capt. Hudson, extended
his ha' d and said: "The war is over; let
us forget and forgive"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

Now that the people of Charleston have
! had time to look about them and form an
estimate of the destruction wrought by the
earthquake, they find that the damage to
! the city is not so great as the reports
which were first sent out from there indi-
Gated. This is very gratifying. The ac-
tual condition of affairs is bad enough,
but the whole country will rejoice that 1t
is not so bad as it was generally believed
to be the day following the disaster.
There is, no doubt, great need for help,
and it is gratifying that offers of assist
ance have been go promptly and general
ly made in all parts of the country.
Whatever Charleston needs will be
promptly rendered her.
1t is impossible as yet to tell with any
degree of accuracy how great the number
of killed and wounded is. Many may be
buried beneath ruins, and their fate may
not be known even TO their nearest
friends. The fact that a person is miss
ing would hardly justify the conclusion
that he is a victim of the disaster.
1t is probable that the statement in our
special dispatches this morning, that only
about one-eighth of the houses is
damaged, is pretty close to the truth, and
when an Investigation is made 1t would
not be surprising If it should appear that
OF this eighth only comparatively small
number is so badly wrecked as to be no
longer habitable. The first reports Of any
great disaster are, as rule, exaggerated.
They are mere guesses, which are made
at a time when the mind is not in con-
dition to look at the situation calmly.
But, admitting that the disaster is far
from being as great as it was thought to
he, still it is terrible one. Not only Is
the loss of life large, but the damage TO
property amounts to millions Of dollars.
One OF the most conservative OF the esti-
mates places the amount at S5,000,00O
That is an enormous loss for any city,
and particularly for a city of the size OF
Charleston. To repair such a loss will
require several prosperous years. The
people of Charleston, however, are plucky
and energetic, and will bear their misfor-
tune as brsvely as any other people
would bear a similar misfortune. They
will go to work at once courageously to
rebuild their homes aud their public
buildings. In a year or so the marks Of
the earthquake will be almost, if not
wholly, obliterated,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

couple of young American cheese
makers adopted a rather novel methed to
get up correspondence with pretty girls.
The method is explained In the follow
ing communication to the London Daily
News:
To the Editor Of the DdiIu Nelcs: SIR
On Tuesday last one Of my assistants, on
cutting open an American cheese, much
to his establishment discovered in the
centre OF the cheese tin box. Enclosed
in the box was a cardboard box. contain
ing letter. the purport OF which was to
the effect that the writers, two young
men, would be pleased to receive CORE
spOndenoe from two young ladies', the
names and addresses of the writers being
given. The letter was dated June IL, 1886
Stony StraJord, Aug. 10. G. T. PETIT.
Young men have frequently written
upon eggs, which they put upon the mar
ket, soliciting any young ladies into
whose hands the eggs might fall to open a
correspondence with them, and young
ladies have done the same thing, but the
young cheesemen have distanced all COM
petitors in the novelty Of the method they
employed to strike up an acquaintance
with pretty girls. If this method is
adopted parents will begin to suspect
that cheese is dangerous thing to admit
into peaceful homes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

The Southern Lumberman OF Nashville
is not bowling for a continuing OF the war
tariff. Neither is IL worried much about
the dilemma which troubles lot of specu.
lative Michigan people. 1t says: ''The
Canadian government wants reciprocity.
in other words, free trade, in lumber with
the United States, and has placed an ex-
port duty OF SO per thousand on pine logs
and 81 on spruce logs, in retaliation for
an import duty levied on Canadian lum-
Der by the United States. Some Michigan
umbermen have made heavy purchases
Of Canadian timber lands, and from tn csc
conditions several questions, more or less
affecting various lumber interests. have
arisen among our Northern contempora-
ries. Difference of opinion prevails.
Whether free trade Will have a tendency
to protect American forests; whether 1t
will lower the price of American lumber.
or merely advance the price of Canadian
stumpage, are some of the questions dis
oussed. 1t is a matter that does not affect
the lumbermen Of the South, and free
trade or high tariff on Canadian lum Dor
are matters OF no consequence to them"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
The Post Office Affair.

Mr.. Wilson is no longer Postmaster, but
it isn't his fault that he isn't. He held on
to the Office as long as 1t was possible for
him to do so, and he didn't relax his grip
on it until he was forced to. Mr.. Wilson
is a typical Republican, and In the tenac.
ity.with which he held on to the post
ofKUe he illustrated the remarkable liking
OF his party for the offices. When q Re.
publican gets an Office he apparently
would rather lose his life than the Office
OF course Mr.. Wilson did not expect tC
be able to prevent Postmaster Lamar
from taking possession of his office. He
is a man of intelligence and good iudg.
ment, and, therefore, must have known
that the government would not be trifed
with. He doubtless had no other idea
than that he would be put out just about
in the manner that he was.
In refusing to give up the office. there.
fore, he must have had some other object
In view. What was it? Clearly to draw
attention to himself and his removal with
the view OF making a contest before the
Senate. 1t is hardly probable that he has
any purpose Of contending for the Office
in the courts. To do that would require
considerable time and money.
The case may become an interesting
one If the Republican Senators decide to
take hold Of 1t. Whether they Will do so
or not may be determined by circum-
stances which may exist then rather
than now. 1t may also appear that the
cause for which Mr.. Wilson was removed
is different from that which was pub
liahad
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03
INDEX TONEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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neous.
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AUCTION SALE-Furniture, Horses, Mules,
Etc, by j. Mclaughlin 4 Son.
Low PRICES FOR CoAL-D, r. Thomas.
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