Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-12-27
The IcE is eighteen nches thick in ST.
Adams Bay.

The Icz is eighteen nches thick in
Adams Bay.
News from St. Thomas to the Tth ms
G says that 500 earthquake shocks bad oe'
/ felt up to that date. Many large building
must be taken down. being dangerousl
shaken and cracked.
The ceremony of transferring the islam
to the authorities of the United States wi
probably take place on NeF Years day. a
though that day Is not as Jet officially de-
ignated.
HIGHWAY RoBnEsY Peter McGowan.
dry goods peddler, was robbed on the 6'
inst, while on the road from KnOwlton {
Sweetsburga' p. @, by three men in
sleigh, who seized his goods to the value o
81 800, and a few dollars in silver \ re
ward Of $500 is offered for the apprehension
of the thieves and the recovery OF the goods
+, lrHQUAxEs-One Of the writers who
have given most attention to earthquakes
defines their Efficient cause to be "A wave
Of elastic compressi,n produced either by
the Sudden fexure and consIaint Of the
elastic materials forming a portion Of the
earth's crust, or bs the sudden relief Of
this constraint hy withdrawal Of the force, OF
by their giving away and becoming lraetur-
Cd"
Which we suppose mean taa' some
thing shakes the earth.
TnE NoRTHFiELD ShucurgR.-Bat We
think those most responsible must stand. up
on the balance Of the testimony, suhstan-
italy as this statement leaves them. No
bunter to stop the tram. DO bell rope for
signal to apply brakes. no warning whistle
from the engine, no effective signal or COM
mond from any body seen IN time. Tenney
holds L9cklin responsible for the tgain, Lock
lin Loids Abbott, and Abbott puts the re-
splnsibihy upon Tenney.- Wat0n's JourH-
a.
\ woman named Martha Meyer, ami
man named Thos Burns were found frozen
to death, in West Brooklyn, on Friday last.
Tie woman while going home in the snow
storm Thursday night became benumbed
and fell. \ man with her was barely able
to hasten on for help, and when be re-
turned with 1t sho was dead. and they rad
to leave her body IN the snow. The man
Burns was turned out of doors by the ami-
ly with whom he lived, and vas found Head
next morning in the area.
Coau rioN N THE NATURAL WoEID.-Ihe
las, two months have givea evidence Of an
u-ual agitation amid the forces IF nature,
As Il, following list shows.
Oct. Gale IN Labrador; 80 vessels lost
and many lives. Oct. 29th, hurricane in
Tortola. Oct. Both hurricane IN san Do
miugo. Inagua. etc. Nov. lst huTucene IN
Hong Kong. Nov. 2nd hurricane at Cal
cutta Nov Bird Eruption Of Nesuvius.
Nov. sth Tornado at NIatamorls. Texas.
Loss orS5 OO0 Geo Nov l4th Volcanic
oruption in Nicaragua. Nov. 2).h Elrth-
quake at Iortola, ST. Croix. ST. Thomas
etc. Dee 1t Earthquake at Porto Rico
FoREIoS News Another attcmp. has
been made to blow up prison IN London
in which q number Of Fenians are confined,
the Milbank Jail the powder was set and the
train fred without attracting attention, bat
IN slme way tie fuse failed TO fire theVow-
der. and before the aticmp; was repeated.
the plot was found ou.. No arrests have been
made. Nothing satisfactory has been di-coy-
ered about tie Clerkenwclle explosion.
While tie police were removing a qulnti-
ty of ni,ro-glyceIine, at Newcas',e-on-IYne,
Euglsnd, which had cen seized as Fenian
property, i; exploded, blowing three men to
atoms.
FRENCH CAxADIAN MEETISc-Thc Third
Annual Meeting of the French Canadian
Association Of the United States wls held
at 10y, y. Y. on Sturdy evening,
Dec, lber Il, nearly every State in the
Union ieiag Represented. Mr.. \. Nous
settle Of St. Albans, was President Of th.
evening. The Mayor Of the City, Hon
John L. Flagg. addressed the Convention,
responded to by Joseph Le Boeuf in
speech advocating the annexation of Canada
TO the United States. \ series Of resolutions
were adopted. favo-ing a union Of the Fren-
ch Canadians in the United States in
favor Of benevolent societies among their
people; declaring against the late Con
federation Of the British Provinces, and in
favor Of annexation and in favor 1f i'm
mig-ltion. Mr.. \. Molssettte, # St.
AlJ,ns. yt. is the President of the Ex-
cen We Committee for the year to come.
/ VI BrRGIARY.-The tempting array Of
pou ~ hanging in the window OF the meat
m ct of Mr.. f. A. Towsley on Church
su opposite City Hall, proved to be too
muca Tor the easy virtue of Mrs. Mary Sor-
agan, who lives in .'Psttee's building" and
during the snow storm on Saturday night
she made a raid on the same. Breaking
pane Of u by II glass III a small window
/ in the passage way on the side of the build
ing. she crawled through the opening
feat which could probably not be done by the
majority Of fashionable ladies-and helped
herself to a dozen turkeys, three or four iat
geese. chicken OF two, couple Of hams
and some 40 pounds of pork. The theft wa:
discovered by Mr.. TOwsley, Monday morning
and that day most Of the stolen property
was found by Sheriff Munson, in her pos
session and in the premises Of dryers indi
yiduals residing in SINNERS Lane and OF
Champlain street, to whom Mrs. Sorragan
with ,iberality worthy of the season, ha,