The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday. Feb. Is.

was held up at Brceville, Mo-, and
fobbed-Six deaths have resulted from
the Turner Howard feud in Kentucky-
several persons were made sick by eating
canned rhubarb in boarding house at
Lynn, Mass 49, General Edward w.
Hlncks died at Cambridge, Mass. after a
long and painful illness resulting from
wounds received while fighting for his
country. He was the first volunteer of
the war. He was born in Bucksport, Me-,
May 30, .1S30--A mans arm was torn off
by dynamo in the engine room in the
Exchange building, Boston--A naval
officer says Roncador reef is not charted
within 20 miles of it's exact location--It
is alleged that the Republican SEN
ators will vote solidly against the
confirmation of Peckham-Gladston
is quoted as saying that the po-
lltlco ecclesiastical reforms proposed by
hungary are too precipitate men
think the senate committee will give them
a hearing and will eventually place
small duty on wool-The Boston school
board, after an acrimonious debate, voted
against legislation looking to minority
epresentation-The supreme court
commanded the Old Colony railroad to
abolish the grade crossings over Broad
way and Chestnut street in North Attic
boro, Mass, as sued for by the town
Senator Hill is confident that he has Sc
cured enough votes to defeat Peckham
The will of Annie Pixley was pro-
Dated in elphia-Officers and crew
OF the kearsarge are on their way to new
York-There is small hope of rescuing
the miners entombed at Plymouth, Pa.
Myra Bradwell, the Oldest woman lawyer
in the country, is dead-The Paris bomb
thrower has been identified as Emile
Henry-The bill reported by the judici-
airy committee to abolish Fast day and
substitute therefor the 18th of April was
passed to third reading in the Massa-
chusetts house of representatives by
vote of 109 to SO.
Friday, Feb. 16.
}. B. Fenno, well-known Boston mer-
chant. is de:,d--Tmothy Leary was ap
pointed postmaster of Waltham, Mass
-Colored train robbers were scared by
passengers on Chicago train-Jones,
Writer 81 Co., dry goods, Columbus O.,
were burned out-India rupees have
reached the lowest price ever recorded
Agitation prevails in Japan for revision
of the treaties with foreign powers-A
receiver was appointed for the American
Curled Hair company of New York
Cornelius Herr has been ordered to pay
S120, 900 to the Panama Canal company
Several persons have given about As
acres of land for a new park in Newton,
Mass--The London News says that the
house of lords has brought condemnation
upon itself-Ths public library given to
the town of Essex, Mass, by the late T. |
o. H. P. Burnham, was dedicated !
President Vasquez of Honduras offered to |
surrender to the rebels, but they refused |
his terms-A message found in bottle |
says that the steamer Horn Head struck |
an iceberg and foundered in mid
ocean--Petitions demonstrating against
the increase of capital stock of the
American Bell Telephone company to
CSC, 900 900 are being circulated about
Massachusetts and extensively signed
Rev. Wilbert L. Anderson was installed
pastor of the First Congregational church,
Exeter, N. III - Brown seniors bonn
barded lecturer with rubber chair tips
and snowballed the military Instructor
John Y. McKane was found guilty
Of conspiring to violate election laws
House further debated the Bland seignior-
age bill-Rev, John K. Chandler died of
cholera in India--John Wanamaker ia
thought to have violated the alien con-
tract law-General Jubal A. Early was
seriously injured by a fall in Lynchburg,
Va.-An anarchist was killed by an ex-
plosion at Greenwich, Eng.
Saturday, Feb. IL.
A German farmer living near Toledo
lost 5000 by the gold brick swindle-A
committee for the promotion of inter
national bi-metallism has beer formed in
Boston-The French chamber of depu-
ties is discussing the proposition to raise
the duty on wheat-A receiver was ap-
pointed in the United States circuit court
for the New England Printing Telegraph
company - Negotiations between the
United States and Great Britain over
the sealing regulations in Behring
sea are about completed The
gold reserve is now sos, 900, OOO-The
tripartite control of Samoa is said to be
usatisfactory-Silk weavers struck for
increased pay in New York-The mis-
sions of Hawaii were greatly injured by :.
the revolution-A train was ditched by ,,
robbers and looted at Roscoe, !
Cal-The death of Lobengula, King j
of the Mntabeles, is confirmed :
Farrand, Williams g. Co., drug
gists, Detroit, were burned out ..
Rev Robert e. Williams died at Amherst,
Edwin /. Morrison was
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Mass-Abner d. Thorne,
The Paris Hill (de) burglar, was indicted
Tor murder-The New York and New
England cars and engines in East Hart =
ford have been released from attachment t
(Mass.) schooner Edward =
?. Boynton is ashore at St. Mary's,
Y. F-The Lewiston and Auburn t
Me- street railroad was bought by 1
/ Wakefield (Mass.) syndicate - !
President Dole declares no insult was in t
ended in his letter to Minister Willis and Q
lie has nothing to retract - May t
Brooklyn, the actress, killed herself in San i
Southern Pacific railroad U
rain was ditched by robbers near Los :
Angeles. and four men shot-George o
prominent citizen of Peaks n
sland, Me-, dropped dead at his home
lie was a VIII olesale fish dealer-Aynsley S
Iook, well known English barytone q
niger, died at Liverpool from bronchitis il
fiom Rio de Janeiro say that T
admiral da Gama's sailors have captured
he stores OF guns and ammunition at c
Fort Armaca,-Ana ttachm ent for $207 p