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The Exneoted Hannened.

WooNsoCKET, R. l., April Am at
tempt was made to burn the State armory
here, yesterday. The damage was not
large, but the investigation that will fol-
low will probably disclose some strange
facts. The mem bers of the militia refuse
to speak about the matter, but it is known
that they have been anticipating some
thing of this kind for more than a week.
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Farm Bnildings Burned.

PITTsFIELD, Mass, March 80 - The
nest of large barns at New Lebanon, N.
Y, on the old home farm of the late
Samuel J. Tilden, were totally destroyed
by an incendiary fire. Ninety tons of
hay, a large quantity of grain and agri-
cultural implements and some sheep
were burned Loss, $500.
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McGuy Gives Figures.

PROVIDENCE, April 4.-Secretary McGuy
has returned to Olneyville and taken
charge of the strike of the weavers. Nc
Guy states that one year ago the weavers
received 10 cents for the work for which
they now receive cents. The first cut
was made to cents last fall, and when
the double loom system was introduced,
1t was reduced to cents. Operatives will
strike as soon as the managers attempt to
make the two-loom system general.
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Think They Are Underpsid.

Boston, April 4.-The union sailors and
firemen of this port have decided that it
is time that they made an attempt to in
crease their wages from S25 to $50 a
month. The shipping commissioners and
vessel owners will all be requested to
grant the demand.
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BRoCKToN, Mass, April 4.-The will of
Prudence c. Delano, a spinster of Nor
well, is in dispute. Miss Delano, upon
her death, left will bequeathing nearly
all her property to the Children's hospital
in Boston, to be held in trust for the care
and treatment of poor children of Nor
well and Hanover. The case may con-
sumo three days.
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Police Afraid Of 1t.

PROVIDENCE, April 2.-Whst is to be-
lieved to be dynamite bomb. was found
in the tramps' room in the police station
yesterday. 1t is a tube of thick brown
paper, four and half inches long and an
inch and half thick. The officers do
not care to handle it much, so no attempt
was made to open or discover its real
chRracter
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PORTSMOUTH, N. H., April 4.-The Hotel
Bartlett at York Beach, Me-, was de-
Btroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The
fire caught in the laundry, and the stable,
icehouse ana hOGrl and contents were
burned Loss. S35, 600. The hotel accom-
modated $50 quests
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Txial Set For April 10.

RUTLAND, VT, April 3-The coming
trial OF Harvey Pitkin promises to be of
much interest. The indictment against
Pitkin is for malpractice. He was
charged by the late Mrs. Lorraine Gould,
who recently died in prison, with causing
the death of Eva Shaw. Pitkin was IN
dicted by the same grand jury that found
a bill against Mrs. Gould. The trial has
been set for April TO-
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Nearly Four Score and Ten.

RoCKLAND, Me, March 30.-Rev Lean
der Tripp, the oldest Baptist minister in
the state, died here yesterday, aged 50
years. He practiced medicine and taught
school until 1s43, when he was ordained a
clergyman. He has been pastor of
churches in Maine, New Hampshire and
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An Old Citizen Gone,

PROVIDENCE. April 4.-William Olney
died at his nome yesterday. He was 50
years old. Two years ago he resigned his
position as cashier of the American Ma
tional bank. He had held the Office for 80
years. He died in the same house in
which he was born in 1872
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Many Women Vote.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April g. - The
spring election for municipal officers re
suited in the election of a Democratic
council. Over 100 women took advantage
of the new law aud cast their ballots.
Much interest was aroused in the election
to watch the result of the women's bal
lots.
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Well Patroniyed.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 81 - The
quarterly statement of the librarian of
Harvard university shows a total of
431 ,29S bound volumes, and if the IN
bound pamphlets be included, the total
number is 762,S50. The percentage of
users is so. Seventeen years ago only
81 per cent of the students used the
library
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Steam Wringer Burst.

PRovIDENCE, March 80. Three girls
were at work beside steam wringer in the
Narragansett hotel laundry, when it burst.
Pieces of the flying iron struck the girls
on the face and head. Celia McCurdy
was badly injured. The other girls were
not so seriously hurt
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Woods Ablaze.

BOURNE, Mass, April A forest fire
is burning in the woods near Sandwich.
Most of the country has been burned over
before, and no excessive damage is ex-
pected. Men are at work trying to pre-
vent its progress.
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Child Rurned tn Death

ATTLEBoRo, Mass, April 4.-Edith Nc
Nulty, aged 8, was fatally burned while
at play. Children had set the grass afire
in a field and the child's dress caught fire.
She was burned to death.
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Associate Justice strout.

AUGUSTA, Me-, April 8. = Governor
Cleaves has appointed Hon. Sewall G.
Strout of Portland associate justice of the
supreme judicial court, in place of Hon.
Artemas Libbey, deceased. Mr.. Strout is
a Dem0crat
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PITTsFIELD, Mass, April 4.-The re-
fusal of Lee and Lenox to again grant
liquor licenses at the spring elections, re-
duces the number of towns which grant
such privileges to a half dozen out of
the 81 in the county
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Talked Without a Tongue.

PROvIDENCE, April 2-Richard Russell.
who has Occasioned considerable discus
sion in medical circles by his ability to
talk after his tongue was cut out in order
to remove a cancer, died yesterday. AL
though he suffered terribly since he lost
his tongue, he has been able to speak in
telligiblY
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Concord's Rum Crusade,

CONCORD, N. H., April 2.-The city is all
agog over what will be done in the
monster liquor crusade. A. j. Wheeler
is very ILL., Over 25 bartenders whom Mr..
Wheeler was going to summon to the
grand jury recently skipped town, but re-
turned when hearing of Mr.. Wheeler's
sickness
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To Meet on Nav 8.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 3.-Secre-
tary Wilkinson has issued call for a
national textile convention, to be held in
Philadelphia May 9. The convention
promises to be the most interesting in the
history of the organization.
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"Granada" q Success.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 4.-The Hasty
Pudding club gave the first performance
of Granada" at the clubhouse last night.
John R. Oliver. '94, class poet. is the au-
tor of the dialogue. e. B. Hill, '94, and
d. G. Mason, '95, composed the music.
The play is an original production of
three acts, with large cast of characters,
and is pronounced by critics to be sue
cass
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NEW HAVEN, March 29.-Dr. George F.
Peterson, one of the best-known dentists
in the city and "a leader in New Haven So
ciety, was taken to the state insane re-
treat at Middletown yesterday. a.. is
suffering from insanity. and his conuition
is due to ciQaret smoking
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FALL RIVER, Mass, April 3.-The board
of aldermen have fixed the prices of
liquor licenses as follows: First class to
innholders, $500; first class to common
victuallers, $1,000; fourth class alone, $500:
fourth class in conjunction with first
class S30O
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John PatreauIn,s Death.

SOUTH BERWICK, Me-, April a-The
coroner's jury rendered verdict in the
case of John Patrequin, who was found
under a railroad bridge on March 4 in an
insensible, frozen condition, and who
afterward died The verdict finds that
Patrequin came to his death by blows on
the head, inflicted by person or persons
unknown
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Crazed by Religion.

FRANKLIN, Mass, April 3-Mrs. Mel
leir, mother-in-law of John Hussey, SUI
fered from religious mania. aud rolled
herself in "A blanket. then deliberately set
fire to it. Before she was discovered she
was burned to death.
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Out of Work and Discouraged.

MAIDEN, Mass, April Isaac Carr
shot and killed himself at his home, 1O2
Hancock street, yesterday. His wife and
three children witnessed the act, but were
powerless to prevent it, He was dis
couraged at getting no work.
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Mustn't Fish on Suudays

MIDDLETowN, Conn.,, April 3.-The au-
thorities in this city have been reviving
the old state blue laws, and Alvin Taylor
and James Connell were fined for fishing
on Sunday in the Connecticut river.
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Missing From Home.

BANGOR, Me-, April 3.-John Collins,
the Front street saloonkeeper who wan
dered away last spring during a fit of
mental alteration, is again missing.
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 4.-"Knob-
sticks" at work at Mt. Washington glass
works, were attacked by a mob yesterday,
and one was seriously injured. Police
assistance has been asked FOR.
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WEST DERRY, n. H., April A freight
engine set fire to the woods about a mile
below Windham depot. Twenty acres OF
woodland and a set of buildings were
burned
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A Big Cutdown.

LAWRENCE, Mass, April A reduc-
ton of 25 per cent in wages will go into
effect at the Lawrence duck mills. Busi-
ness depression is assigned as the cause.
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Directory.

Post Office Open a. m. to 500 p. m Sun
days. to 1890. Mails north close a.3o p. m; South
a. m. and 7.Io pm.
EA A M CHARITY LODGE, No43, meets in Ste
Block, Wednesday evening In which the moon
luls. MT. LEBANON R. A. c., No. II, meets at Mason
c Hall Wednesday afternoon in which the moon fulls
BRADFORD COUNCIL No. II meets Wednesday afternoon
In which the ulls in months Of Sept. Dec March
and June. OOF r CHAMPION LODGE, No. II,
meets In Stevens Block every Tuesday evening. TroT-
TER ENcAMPMENT, No IA meets first and third Friday
Of each month. c A r WAsHBURN PosT No. II
meets In Union Block first and third Monday evenings
in each month. Royal Arcanum VERMONT
COUNCIL, No. 773, meets In Union Block second and
fourth Monday evenings In each month Waits
Vile Fire Engine Co meets at Engine house
arst Thursday of each month. NAOMI LODGE D of r
meets ad and 4th Friday evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
c L S C meets at the residences of members,
every Thursday afternoon at o'clock. Publ ic
Library Brick School House. Open Saturday
afternoon to o'clock, evenings 6.3o to 8. w r c
meets Ist and sd Wednesdays at go o'clock at
r. Hall, Union Block. Y p, S c meets every
Monday evening o'clock at the Congregational YES
try.
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JOHN II. WATSON,
.4tk02ney and COaS22SeLI02ut Zu1p,
Master and Solicitor In Chancery Collections prompt
Bradford, VT
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b. PICKETT, JR.,

J. b. PICKETT, JR.,
y6fkoamey ami Counsellor at Lar,
Notary Public, Collections promptly made. Union
gtorL go
''0ek' Bradford, Vt,
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TROUBLE BREWING.
Strikers Resorting to Force In
the Coke Region.

Ten Thousand Men Estimated to BE Out.
Men Who Wish to Work Are Driven
Away With Clubs and Pistols.
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=. Business Cards .

BOSWELL FARNHAM,
,dItoawey and coMnSelIoa at Lam,
Master and Solicitor In Chancery. Particular atten.
,on to collections and practice In New Hampshire and
Vermont.
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:. II. JONES, M. b.,
Hours until a. m, to p. m. saturdays unui p
Bradford, VT.
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We Stand

At the head in the
line of Corsets, con-
sisting of the follow
ing: Corset Waists
in Jackson and Sum-
mer Set Dress Reform
Royal Worcester, L.
P. Cutaway, 3Ol L.
Waist, G Sense, x L
and Butter Cup, Sum-
mer in Standard
Zephyrs, O. S. Cool.
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
HORSE BREEDING.

The official director of horse breed
ing in Austria" makes the following
statements in recent report "In
the wild state mares breed with almost
absolute regularity as each breeding
season follows the one Immediately
preceding. In domestication sterility
is common among about twenty per
cent. or even more, of mares annually
sent to the horse. This is attributed
not only to numel Gus diseases to which
mares are subject under artificial con-
dltlons but also to fright, strange sur
roundings, and the brutal treatment
they sometimes receive from some of
their attendants at the time of service
in fact, to mental impressions of a
dlsagreeable character at the most
critical time. Thoroughbred mares are
said to retain their power of reproduc-
ton longer than others, while thirty
years is the utmost recorded age of
foal getting. When permanent steril-
lty follows in mare after having pro-
duced only one foal in her life the pro-
duce of thaAfoal is generally absolutely
sterile"
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
FEWER FARM FENCES.

The old-fashioned zigzag, or "vir-
glnia' rail, fences SO common forty
years ago are now seldom seen. and
perhaps are never built, writes S. b.
Reach. Stone walls are cumbersome,
often thrown down by the frosts OF
winter and subsequent thawing, and
are not economical, except on farms
SO covered with stone that it is of first
Importance to get rid of them. Post
and rail or slat fences are expensive,
more SO in the aggregate than most
people would suppose, without refiec-
ton on the subject. Wire fenceing is
probaly as cheap and lasting as any in
use. There are serious objections to
barbed wire, and many prefer the
smooth wire, either straight, twisted
OF woven. But is it necessary for
farmers to build as many fences of any
kind as has been the custom in the
past? If the laws which most States
now have concerning cattle were re-
spected and enforced, farmers would
be relieved of the necessity OF fencing
every foot of their land bordering on
the public roads. Nearly every farm
has fields that are never pastured, and
it would seem. need not be inclosed.
The great burden upon farmers for
needless fencing is imposed not to keep
their own cattle in, but to keep other
peoples cattle out. 1 am pleased to
observe the tendency to build fewer
fences than formerly, not only to sub
divide farms, but especially along the
highways. If these are left unfenced
and rows of shade trees planted out on
the boundary lines, farmers will be
saved deal of trouble and expense,
and the country roads be made more
enjoyable and attractive. New York
Tribune.
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
Frances Ucauiy llIfie,

The Mannlicher rifle, which has
Just been tested in Europe, is de.
clared to be inferior to the French
arm. If that is so, our own troops
would have rather meager chance
If opposed to any of the crack army
corps of France. This rife is smoke
less and has range OF three miles.
An American naval officer who has
written an article upon the compare.
tive power of European arms, said
that skillful marksman could ere.
ate havoc in an army with the new
rifle at distance of two miles, and
that in an unsettled country it would
be impossible to tell from which
point the attack came This would
seem to indicate that cavalry will be
tradition herafter When the
enemy Can lie in ambush and NOV
down horses and men two miles away
there will be no more stirring scenes
or stories OF carrying forts and other
strong positions by a rush OF cavalry.
A two-mile rush in the face of a
storm of bullets coming from an un.
known quarter would have results
compared with which the charge Of
the Light Brigade seems like child's
play. New York Sun.
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
Foretold His Own Death.

James Beckwourth, the famous
cout, who became war chief under
The name of Medicine Calf among
The Crows, has related to the North
American Review, an extraordinary
feat of leyitation which great war
rhief ofthe Crow Indians performed
In his presence on the eve of leading
nS warriors to battle. The chief
was an aged man and professed to
have a premonition of death. For
many moons he had led the Crows
successfully against their hereditary
Toes, the Blackfeet. 1t was not his
heart that failed him now, but his
medicine had lost it's protency.
In the dusk of the gray morning
ke led his braves out on an open
prairie, and, setting his shield on
edge some fifteen or twenty feet in
front of him, pointed to it with his
lance. AS the eyes of the flghing
men rested upon the embossed sur
face of the buckler it appeared to
rise slowly from the ground until it
reached height corresponding to
the head of the chief; it then, by the
same Invisible means, passed through
the air until it obscured his face and
hid it from his warriors.
A thrill of horror pervaded the
assemblage, but no word was spoken.
1t was taken as an emblem of his
approaching eclipse, his banishment
from this world, his journey to the
land of the Great Spirit, to which all
Indians, good and bad alike, went
with unhesitating faith. The great
chief was killed that morning
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
FOANING OF MILK.

A Canadian correspondent of the
Weekly Times writes as follow:
May I suggest another possible ex-
pianation of the fact that milk, ON be-
ing drawn in cold weather, does not
foam.
Either on account of some attrac-
ton exerted by the descending milk
on the air it passes through, or by
friction between the two, certain
amount of air is dragged down with
1t by the milk, much in the same way
that waterfall causes froth to gather
at its foot. Friction is most likely the
really efficient factor in producing the
result. 1t is by the grip that friction
gives the wind on the surface of the
sea that it is enabled against the power
OF gravitation to lift up the mighty
waves, as is evidenced by the effect
that the thinest imaginable coating of
Oil upon its surface has in causing the
waves to settle down again
But in winter time, when the diff
ference between the temperature of
the milk and the air is SO great that
the milk, as it leaves the teat, becomes
enveloped by the steam thrown off
from 1T, it seems reasonably clear that
the friction that would otherwise be
occasioned by the passage of the milk
through the air must of necessity be
entirely done away with, the conse-
quence being that the milk no longer
is able to draw the air down with it.
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
verbal "pucks and BRAKES. !,

Z
Some men mako ducks and drakes
with shillfngs," others with words.
An lrlshman, who had begun with
an old junk-cart, having by his in
liustry and knowledge OF his business
become prosperous, thought be would
hang two or three pictures on his
parlor walls.
@Pm no couniser," said he to a
dealer in pictures, "but l know a
good thing when ! see it,"
You mean connoisseur, doubtless. {.
interrupted the dealer.
Maybe | do, and maybe don't, 4"
he replied.
Just then n well-know wealthy
merchant stopped to look at the en-
cravings displayed in the window.
THAT mans millenary!" exclaim-
ed the junk-dealer.
millionaire, you mean!" retorted
the picture dealer.
well! -ou may call him as you
please, but ] call him a millenarv!n
replied the unbashed Irishman.
L1Mr. LIE Fanu, in his stories Of Irish
life, tells this one: "A neighbor OF
mine said that very fine horse he
had bought few days previously had
gone lame. What is the matter
with him?' asked a Mr.. r. Il am
greatly afraid he has got the ver-
nacular,' said he (of course he meant
navicular).
"Dear mel! said t., 4 never heard
of any quadruped having that dis
ease except Balaam's ass'"-Youth's
Companion.
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
The Wise Men of Gotham.

AS King John was passing through
the village Of Gotham, on his way to
Nottingham, he proposed to make a
short cut across the meadows. The
villagers, thinking that whatever
road king took thenceforward be.
came public road, objected, much
to Johns annoyance.
Shortly afterward he sent some
messengers from his court to learn
the cause of the villagers rudeness.
Hearing of the coming of the kings
servants, the villagers hiu upon the
following plan OF turning aside the
monarch's wrath:
When the messengers arrived, they
found some of the inhabitants en-
ragged in trying to drown an eel in a
pond; Others were busy rolling cheeses
1own hill so that they might run
10 Nottingham for sale, while third
set were employed in placing a hedge
found bush on which cuckoo had
1erched, in order that they might
,njoy perpetual spring.
The kings servants thought they
lad come among village of fools.
ind, having reported what they had
een, John formed the same opinion,
ind troubled himself no more about
What he considered their incivility to
lim. Hence people have talked about
Iuka reporter., 1894-05-03
HORSES IN BURNING STABLES.

The heart-rending news of the burn
ing of nearly one hundred and fifty
horses Imported and home bred per
cherons) at Elwood, in Northern
Illinois, has been spread all over the
West. This was as fine drove as was
ever owned in this country, and as
valuable. 1t included also three very
fast and valuable trotters, and the loss
can hardly be estimated.
1t is almost impossible to get a
horse out of a burning building. II
possible, the harness or saddle should
be thrown over the back of the horse
or he should be blindfolded by sack
or an old garment thrown over his
head and eyes, and then he can be led
out. Strange as it may seem, if he
can, horse will rush back into q
burning building. The loss to the
owner, in this instance, is immense in
a pecuniary way, but irreparable to
his breeding stud and the vicinity,
which availed itself of the nearness to
the stud and SO large choice from
which to breed. Doubtless new i'm
portations will be made, but there is
some drawback in breeding from
horses the first year Of their importa-
tion. Iowa has some large droves OF
imported and home bred animals of
the same highly improved breeds, and
perhaps would be glad to dispose ol
dozen or two.
1t is not that men are SO care.
full Of their horses as to keep fire il
stoves in the barn. Only day o.
two ago Rockford man lost two very
valuable horses by being stranded ts