Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-09-02
News of the Week.
SCHENECTADY, Al

SCHENECTADY huH' ~.
A collision occurred last night on the
Schenectady g. Saratoga Railroad from this
place. Daniel Ostrandcr was instantly killed,
a passenger was severely hurt, and several
Others were more or less injured.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 80.
New Orleans papers Of Wednesday last
are received. They speak hopefully of a
slight decline Of the fever.
,,t- NEW OnLEAHs, Aug. %.
! Accounts from Natchez, state that tho great
est alarm was prevailing there. More than
half of the inhabitants had left the city in
consequence of the ravages of the yellow fever.
None of the Authorities had left. Quarantine
was no longer enforced.
lNDirENDE1CT, Aug. y.
The Sante Fe mail has arrived. Consi Ter
able difficulty prevails throughout New Mex
leo, on account of the Mcsilla Valley affair,
and the Mcxicans were bold in their express
siOns of dissatisfaction.
MONTREAL. August Goth, 1898.
Mayor .ARRESTEp.-The vigilance COM
mittee ON Saturday last. arrested the Mayor,
Hon. Charles Wilson. for murder on the 9th,
of June. lie was held in hail in the sum of
5000 to appear on the l4th Oct. next, to
answer at the criminal court ofQuccn's Bench.
ACCIDENT on THE GRAND TGrNK RAILROAD.
An accident occurred on Saturday near the
Upton Station. The locomotive. Coaticookc,
one of the most powerful freight engines. was
on the road with a heavy train of lumber and
fire wood when her fire box fell in and AZ
explosion followed. bursting the engine int
fragments and sending her sixteen feet W
the cmbankmcnt. som Of the heavy pieces
being blown fifty feet into the air.
The engineer, Richard Scelv. the fireman
and q section man We're with difficulty dug on
of the ponderous mass. Surgical aid was pro
cured from st. IIyacinthc, but the lives of TIN
first two were dcspaircd of. The Coaticook,
was built by Bailey, of Manchester. y. II.
BosToN, Aug. Goth.
There was n severe tornado in the yicinit
of Winchendon, Mass, on Saturday evening
Many houses were unrooied and blown dow
crops destroyed and trees Frustrated. Nun
e. uock : IdIpc INJURY was ,"h'h ilol IL
foundation and carried upon one side.
BUFFALO, %.
: Ward meetings Of Democrats to choose de
cgates to the State Convention, were held
this city On Saturday. A fierce contest too
. place at Inc polls an the issue of the policy
the Administrations appointments, when Il
Administration party was eatire'y routed, ca
rying only two wards. In the 9th ward
Custom house official attacked the ballot bo
which was broken in pieces, when a gener
. fight took place.
\ great excitement was raised yestcrda,
Mt the Cataract House, Niagara, in cons
1uence of the arrest Of a negro waiter. on Il
charge Of murder. committed sometime a.
in Savannah. The walters rescued hi
and an attempt was made to row him aero
the river. Assistance was sought by t
officers from the Irish laborers on the ro
when q pitched battle ensncd between b
latter and the negroes. Many were injur
but the negroes were finally put to flight a
the criminal secured.
NEw ORLEANS, Aug %.
The deaths on Thursday LIST were 2l9,
which 300 were from yellow fever. On FrId
Is3, of which l5i were from the fever. "
eIday Isl, of which $50 were by the fever.