The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Feb. 1.

Conn. car continues TO improve
The hotel and town hall at New Hart
ford, Conn, were burned--A receiver
for the Colorado Midland road may be
asked fora strike on the Northern
Pacific and Union Pacific roads is possible
The enthusiasm over Bismarck has
risen to an indescribable height
Spanish socialists seized state land and
divided it among emselves-Portraits
of President Cleveland and eX-President
Harrison have been sent to the pope
The agreement about wages with the en-
ployes of the New England road will be
carried out--Judge Lacombe denied a
motion to permit the examination of the
books of the Nicaragua canal company
The National Sculpture societay wants
st. Gaudens to make whatever changes
are necessary in his Worlds fair
medal - Margaret Kane of Bos
ton was sentenced to seven years for Civ
ing poisoned whisky to her mother-in-law
THE sons of three prominent Fall
River Mass men were killed by crossing
accident at Fall River--Thomas o. Brien
is to manage and captain the Brockton
(Mass.) baseball team Cyclist Windle
has retired from racing--The total reg
istration at Providence is 16,62l--An
autopsy showed that George w. Stradling,
the Gambia IN. H. boy, alleged to have
been ill treated, died from natural causes
The city of lewiston Me-, petitioned
to have the injunction restraining it from
covering street railway tracks dissolved
-Messrs. Platt and Perry were made re
ceivers of the New York and New England
for Connecticut-Th hatters' lockout
at Danbury, Conn, is declared off-The
house added the income tax to the Will
son bill-Another silver tussle is COM
ing in the house over the Bland seiguior-
age bill--At the present rate the treas
ury deficit will be $50, 100000 by July i
Peter Wendhiser, aged So, one of the
oldest merchants of Rockville, Conn,
died at Ormond, Fla, of pneumonia
The wharf and buildings belonging to
E. K. Cook at Provincetown Mass, went
down during the gale and are total
wreck-Fire in the stove foundry of
James Guerney & Co., East Boston, did
$500 damage-Ira L. McClary, aged
about 70, one of the leading citizens of
Peacham, VT, dropped dead-Frank
Hill, at Greenwich Conn, was struck by
an express train, and will probably die
from his injuries.
Friday, Feb. 2.
Cornelius Herr is writing his memoirs
South Boston has another case of
smallpox-Fire in the Pond building at
Worcester, Mass. caused damage of
&10,000--The Wheeler & Wilson COM
pany of Bridgeport, Conn, has shut down
The presidents friends assert that
Judge Peckham will be confirmed
Arguments in the Fayerweather will
case will be heard on March s.
Frank Alpine Hill was elected secretary
of the Massachusetts board of education,
to succeed Secretary Dickinson-The
Pail Mall Gazette reiterates it's statement
that Mr.. Gladstone will resign soon, but
the general belief is that he will not
Pupils have withdrawn from grammar
school at Newton Centre, Mass, be-
cause children from families where there
had been scarlet fever were in constant
attendance - The Boston Chamber of
Commerce adopted resolutions appealing
to congress and Senator Hill for the pas
sage of the bill to limit the effect of Ger
tain Interstate commerce regulations
The house passed the Wilson bill, with the
income tax amendment, 204 to 14O-Car-
Isle is gratified at subscriptions for his |
bonds - Schaefer defeated Slosson in
Cincinnati - The Denver congre-
cation refused to release Rabbi |
Friedman, who was called to Bos-
ton - Atchison defaulted payment of
Colorado Midland securities - A
paper mill at Peekskill n. Y, and car
pet mills at Camden, N. j., started up
after long Unconstitutional 7. H.
Stanton was promoted to assistant pay
master general of the army-The car
promises that peace shall be observed
toward Catholics throughout Russia
John E. McCurdy, clerk for Smith, lib
belts e. Co., Portland, Me-, is short in his
accounts.
Saturday, Feb. 3.
George W. Childs, the philanthropist
and journalist, whose fame is worldwide,
died this morning at Philadelphia. He
was born at Baltimore in 1S29-Augus-
tus M. Prawda was found guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree at Portland, Me
A large percentage of men pleading pow
erty and asking for work at Providence
are foreigners cast adrift by contractors
Judge Davis of Plymouth, Mass,
threatens to bring an action for libel
against Rev. J. S. Gledhill--Joe Eos
ter stole $500 diamond from Albert
Eddy at Providence and was caught
Rev. DIR. A. G. A. Hall was con-
secrated bishop of Vermont-Law
and Order leagues are to be organ
lied all over New Hampshre-The
Traction company at Bridgeport, Conn,
refuses to employ union men-A
Boston man won the figure skating
championship of Can ada-Colored peo-
pie in New York made big 'hits" on the
"coon gig"-The state bank tax repeal
was defeated in the house banking COM
mittee-Arizona Indians are in fighting
mood-The excitement over oil wells at
Fostoria, o., is creasing-Artillery bar
racks at Santiago were attacked by mob
Avondale (O.) street car sheds and ma
chine shops were burned; loss, S175, 000-
Rev. I. Dewitt Talnaage is 10 make a
tour of the world-Christoph Dono-
van was found dead in brook at Water
town, Mass-Another case of smallpox
was found in Roxbury (Boston)-John
Morey was drowned at New York while
trying to board a moving ferryboat-
Boston borrowed 100000 for nine
months at per cent interest-William
b. Brewer, Boston lawyer. became sud-
denly insane as result of an
attack of the grip-The Massachusetts,
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals has taken steps to
stop the sale of "chameleons"-