The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-12-20

Obituary: Frank M. Pixley, veteran jour
nalist at San Francisco.
~ Fire: factories, IA dwellings and other
properties burned in Philadelphia; loss,
100000. a
Obituary: Lucien Napolesn Bonaparte Wyse'
French explorer and engineer, in Paris.
49, Obituary: DR.. william Dean, noted Baptist
missionary among the orlenlais, al 0ah
Diego, Cal aged 50.
nyentions: The first national convention
of commercial lawyers opened In Detroit.
The seventeenth conference OF the Amerl-
can Library association began in Denver.
The National Association of Newsdealers
met in Brooklyn.
IA culinary: Baron Christian Bernard Won
Tauchnitz the European publisher, at
Leipsic; aged 70. Thomas Hovenden, IA
nous artist, at Norristown. Pa.
American Pharmaceutical association opened
at Denver.
"Battle of Gettysburg" and other celebrat-
ed pictures at Linfield, Pa. Gen. John ID.
Imboden, famous Confederate cavalryman,
at Abingdon; aged rs.
| 49, Obituary: Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey, Con-
federate veteran and ex-U. s. senator from
Texas, at Eureka Springs, Ark. aged 3D.
| The thirtieth annual reunion of the Broth
| 1 erhood of Locomotive Engineers opened at
Pittsburg.
1s. Obituary: Ex-Justice William Strong OF
| the U. s. supreme court, at Lake Minnie
waska, N. Y; aged 81. Leonard W. Volk'
the sculptor at Osceola, Wis.,: aged W.
Disaster: people drowned at Ocean Guy
Md, from an overcrowded skiff.
| a. Disaster: Boiler explosion and fire destroy
| ed the Gumry hotel Denver; rs deaths.
| g. Fire: The Union steamboat dock and ware
house and other property burned in Mil
waukee; loss, $500, 900.
| Obituary: Ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris OF Con-
| necticut, at New Haven; aged 68.
| g. Fire: At Rosendale, N. Y, 20 buildings
burned loss s125, 900.
Obituary: Il. o. Houghton, head Of the Bos'
ton publishing house, at North Andover'
Mass. aged 70.
A. Obituary: Patrick Gavan Duffy, formerly
police Justice and known as the "little
Judge" at Toms River, N. J.
81. Obituary: Gen. Ely S. Parker an indian
who served on Grants staff, at Fairfield,
Conn.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Obituary: Marshal Mcdonald, U. S. com
missioner of fish and fisheries, in Washing
ton. $500
MISCELLANEOUS: Sedan day, twenty fifth ami
yersary of the French surrender celebrat-
ed throughout Germany. Earthquake
shock in the eastern states.
2. Disaster: runaway locomotive dashed
into crowded train on the Coney Island
railroad; 70 people injured.
8. Fire: Phoenix Flour mills burned IN Evans
vile Ind. loss, $4,000
l. Fire: Boston and Albany wharf and freight
sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; loss
s5OOO00.
Obituary: Sven Loven, distinguished Swed
ish naturalist, aged 81. William Henry
Hurlbert, the American journalist, at Ca
denabbia, Italy; aged 68. Gen. A. V. Kautz
u S. A., retired, in Seattle, Wash; aged o.
s. Obituary: Peter Styers, a locomotive engi
neer who had been on the rail 46 years, al
Bethlehem, Pa aged 70.
Z. Obituary: Henry Bentley, father OF tine
! local telegraph, - near Rhinebeck, N. Y.
aged 81.
Disaster: 35 miners entombed by fire in the
Osceola mine at Houghton, Mich; 81
deaths
3 Sporting: The American yacht Defender wo1
the first race against Valkyrie Ill by
minutes and 40 seconds.
g. Fire: Bowler's brewery burned at Amster
dam, N. Y; loss, $2OO,OOO
; O. The G. A. r. met in annual encampmen
at Louisville
; 10. Obituary: Harrison Willard, popular sonl
writer in New York city; aged s..
Sporting: Valkyrie III fouled the American
= Yacht Defender and won by AZ seconds.
IL, Obituary: Henry Lindenmyer, well known
paper dealer of New York. in that city
aged 60.
l Disaster: killed and many injured in
head end collision on the Great Northerl
near Melby, Mimi.
r. Obituary: Rev. DIR. Charles Fl. Hall, prom
inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn; age'
rs.
snorting: Lord Dunraven withdrew the Eng
fish Yacht Valkyrie III, giving the race 10
. the Americas cup to the Defender.
a. Obituary: Prof. Sigismund Lasar, promi
, nent instructor and composer, in Brook
Ign; aged 70.
!, The Mora indemnity of $1,4l9,0OO paid b.
, Spain.
. II. Fire: The business portion of Dodge, Neb.
!; DESTROYED by fire; loss, $1500O0.
>, | 49, Fire: A $750,000 blaze in the business poi
ton of indianapolis. l death and prop
, erty loss of $375, 900 in a fire at Oshkosh
"a Wis.
!. Obituary: Marian Seton, one of the oldes
/. actresses in America, died at Navesin
Highlands N. j.. born in England in 1910
d Miscellaneous: A storm destroyed severa
lives and $4,000 worth of property i
|. Michigan The Atlanta exhibition formal
opened.
a 49, Fire: 6 lumber dry kilns burned at Wash
ington, N. c.; loss, $1,000
r Obituary: Charles lie Clercq. well know
}. actor, in New York city; aged ~. Alex q
n Richie formerly well known as an arts
If and engraver, in New Haven; aged 70.
Disaster: The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Bar
d caiztegui run down and sunk in the haI
Dor of Havana; officers and 80 sailor
II drowned.
%. Fire: At Green Bay, Wis, s1250Oo lost b
n fire.
FL Obituary: Prof. Abraham Victor Rydbere
II Swedish author, at Stockholm.
l. %. Fire: Lumber yards and mills burned q
d Fon du Lac, Wis. loss, $780, 200.
i g. Fire: Paper mill and dwelling burned
Newburg, N. Y; loss, SIPS, 900.
n "a. Convention: The Catholic Young Mems Ma
: tional Union league began its twenty-hrs
annual convention in st. Louis.
D. a Obituary: Hon. E. W. Bull, prominen
d agriculturist, originator Of the Concor
10 grape, in Concord, Mass aged SO.
d a. Obituary: Prof. Louis Pallens OF Dar1
mouth, noted scholar in French and Gel
l. man, at Hanover: aged 81.
|: The French army entered the capital OF Mad
agascar.
II g. Fires At Superior, Mimi, the elevator
:; the Daisy Flour mill burned. A sl8oU
factory fire at Woonsocket, X. /.
OCTOBER.
,; l. Fire: 3fires in Philadelphia; losses, s26OOu
Obituary: Charles E. Brown, the first NAL
g. schoolteacher in Chicago, died at Glenest
Ills.
l. 2. Fire: At Cambridge, o., fire destroyed Lii
den hotel, Taylor block.
Obituary: Gen. Orlando NJ. Poe, Z. s. eng
neers, at Detroit; aged 62.
r Personal: Mai. Gen. Miles ordered to CON
mand the army in place of Lieut.. Ger