The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, April 8.

elected to Observation-Disclosures comet
is receding from both sun and earth
Sir Julian Pauncefote may be transferred
to Germany-Portlg has sent a vessel
to take the Brazilian fugitives to Portu-
guese soil-The sanitary conference at
Parls has agreed to certain rules which
may prevent cholera from entering Eu-
Republicans carried Chicago and
many other western cities-The closer
commercial relations between European
states, brought about by the pacific in
fiuence of the car, lead optimists to
predict general disarmament-Fou
deaths from yellow fever occurred on
board vessels az Misunderstanding
Hill, Kan, chose women to fill all
the municipal offices from mayor
down-A thousand skaters in the
Pen-Argyle and Bangor (Pa.) quar-
ries have struck for more pay
Naval experts have decided adversely to
the claims of the whaleback as a warship
Serious rioting occurred in the Con-
nellsville coke region. Several murders
were committed and further violence
threatened - The business section of
Lancaster, N. Y, was burned. Loss,
500, 000-The invasion of Nicaragua is
said to be contemplated by General Vas
quez-A whole family was killed by a
dynamite explosion at Oil City, Pa
Fred n. Whitney, late of the Windham
County Reformer, Brattleboro, VT. has
bought The News at Mortified, the man.
agement of which he will at once assume
john X. Stuart, Democratic member
of the Connecticut general assembly from
Salisbury, has rendered his resignation,
which has been accepted by Governor
Morris-The Gilbert company's wooden
mills, at Ware and Gilbertville, Mass,
that have been running half-time the
past eight months, have started up on
full time, with no reduction in wages.
The company employs 1000 men.
Friday, April 6.
Eleven miners were killed at Breslau.
Prussia - A general war in Central
America is feared-St. Louis taiors
won their fight for more pay-The vote
on the income tax in the senate will be
close - Mennier, the Paris bomb
thrower, was arrested in London-The
Belgian steamer De Ruyter is nine days
overdue at Boston-Tores are to attack
the Behring sea bill in the British parlia-
ment-New York Methodist ministers
denounced McKane and Breckenridge in
resolutions-An artilleryman was IA
tally injured while firing salute in honor
of the Rhode Island victory--The treas
urer of the Vigilant syndicate states that
James Gordon Bennett has not purchased
the yacht--Edwin p. Cook, chairman
of the selectmen of Welheet, Mass,
and Daniel Wylie, tax collec-
tor, are sued by George Baker,
an ex-tax collector, for slander--
Ginghams and plain suits will hereafter
constitute the graduation attire of Thorn
ton academy students--Major George
B. Fisher of Hartford in court pleaded
guilty to horsewhipping "Dick" Norris
The city treasurer of Lewiston, Me-,
discovered that interest on certain notes
has not been paid for two years--The
will of the late General William H. Green |
of Hartford may be contested by the dis
inherited daughter-A girl in Chinese |
opium joint at Portland, Me-, hid in an |
ice chest when the police called
strike is on at the Russell |
wooden mills at Pittsfeld, Mass
The president is said to favor new bank
ing law-Miss Pollard was called as a
witness by the defense in her suit against
Colonel Breckenridge - Herbert H. |
Steele, just released from the Massachu-
sets state prison, was arraigned in New
York for forgery-A Camden IN. j.
physician is dying from the effects of
swallowing a tooth brush bristle-Ad-
mral Mello's feet is prepared to fight
President PeiXoto's feet - Receiver
Payne of the Northern Pacific railroad
was stricken with apoplexy-A New
York woman willed that Sl,000,000 be
spent in building her mausoleum--Gov-
ernor Tillman has restored the civil status
in South Carolina.
Saturday, April 7.
The new CHILEAN cabinet has resigned
james Gordon Bennett has bought
the Vigilant-Threet train robbers were
hanged at Newport, Ark-Two persons
were killed by a trolley car at Toronto
There was severe earthquake on the
isthmus of Tehuantepec--By recount
at Scituate, r. l., the Democrats lose an
other senator-The safe of the Hickville
(O) postoffice was blown open and robbed
of $4,000 - John Harkins of Quincy,
Mass, was arrested for stealing peddler's
horse and wagon-Five whites and II
Indians have been killed. it is said, in the
Cheyenne country-A man with SIS 900
worth of checks in his possession was ar
rested at Nashua, n. H-About 1000
Chinese have registered in Boston under
the Geary act-It is proposed to hold a
silver conference in Washington Mays.
the day Coxey's army is expected to ar
do not wish their de-
monstrations of grief over the
death of Kossuth to be construed
as disloyalty to the empire -
Thomas Jones, ex-convict and cneck
swindler. was caught at West Winsted,
Conn-Police used their clubs on
crowd which threatened non-union glass
workers at New Bedford, Mass-Con-
gresham Randall, who is at his home in
New Bedford Mass, is confident he will
be nominated-Captain Braddock
Chester, the oldest whaling cap
tain in New England, is dead
Daniel H. Sprague. justice of the peace,
was arrested at Providence for stealing
Adams shot himself in
his barber shop at Plainville in the pres
ence of his customers-A Republican
salute fired at Providence frightened a
young man to death-Testimon in the
Pollard breckenridge case is all in-A
resolve for treaty providing for the coin-
age of American silver into Mexican
dollars is to be pressed in congress
The postmaster general is to recommend
the appointment of Gardner Pearson to
the lowell (Mass) postoffice-Admiral |