Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-04-14

union men at their work. lhey were sent
away again, and left the city with cheers for
the Workingmen's Benevolent Association.
Scranton was quiet at last accounts, and in
the words of the dispatches, "public conf
dence has been restored But it Is evident
that the matter will not rest here. Private
property has been destroyed, the authorities
have been openly defed, men assaulted and
in some cases seriously injured, and no ring
leader Of the mob which thus outraged the
law, had been arrested, nor had any steps
been taken up to Monday night to bring any
Of those concerned in the acts of violence to
punishment.
The Democrats were badly beaten in Connecti-
cut on Monday That's the "plsin English
Of the matter.
Il is not true, 80 far as Connecticut is concern
ed this year, that you can tell who is governor
after election
shad will soon begin to run up Connecticut
river The Democrats have already commenced
running down.
The Western roads are introducing palace
stock cars" Each hog has berth to himself
and Turkish bsth when he gets to Cincinnati.
The Massachusetts, House Of Representatives
voted Tuesday on the prohibitory law, and re
fused to make it any more stringent than it is.
It is stated that THEODORE Porter, son Of the
admiral, who stood a; the foot Of his class in the
naval academy. has been promoted to be ensign
over sixty-tSree miishipmen Of his class, on
his fathers account Iftbis be true i; is shame
ful fact, alike iisgraeefu to admiral Porter, and
to the navy department
4 VALUABLE PIECE OF HoRsE FLEsH.-The
horse George Palmer, belonging to Erastus Corn
ing, Jr., Of Albany, has been sent to New York
il charge Of his trainer Charley Champlin, and
will take part in all the irst-clsss contests OF the
coming season. 1t is stated that Mr.. Corning
recently refused 900 for him.
FIRE AT SUNDERLAND, Vr-A HERD OF SHEEr
BuRyzD.-A large barn belonging to Judge Pet
tibone, located about three-qusrters of mile
north Of Sunderland, was burned on Sunday
afternoon. The barn contained about two nun
drel sheep, valued at s 600, and some twenty
tons Of hsy. No one WAS present, and the build
ing was burned TO the grouni. making total
loss, anil, sad to say. the sheep were all con-
sumel
Chicago boasts the greatest lumbcr-market in
the country if not Of the world. fer whsryes for
this indispensable commodity stretch for more
than ) miles Thousands Of carloads are con-
stantly leaving for the ives, and south and east,
snd the railroads and lake are as constantly
bearing in their great burdens 70 supply he
increasing demand With sll this array Of al
most endless piles Of lumber and timber. !; il al
most impossible TO furnish it in Sufficient qusn-
titles dry enough for use.
The liquor question in various forms re-
lieves the Massachusetts, Legislature from an
Otherwise unyarying dullness. The investigs-
ton into the habit smong the State constables
Of carrying their hands open behind them,
having shown d considerable capacity for re-
ceiving brides and doing nothing, the force has
taken hold Of business afresh. snd stirred UP the
liquor dealers by several very heavy seizures st
Boston. The result is great Indignation among
the dealers and fresh attempt to repeal or
modify the law. The liquor dealers seem to be
a hard set to suit. They are unhappy if the
constables let them alone, and they are dou5ly
unhappy if they fall upon them.
The result On Governor, in Connecticut, is
still in doubt Yet it il nevertheless a repub-
lean victory, ard is conceded As such by the
democratic papers When it is remembered
that Governor English is personally one Of the
most popular men in the State that he ran
considerably above his ticket; that in 1865 he
beat Jewell by 1894 votes that he was again
elected in 1870 by s43 msjority and that the
democratssfully expected to re-elect him by s
largely increased majority, all must own thst
a result which can only be decided by the Off
cial returns, is a republican triumph, whether
Jewell or English happens to come out ahead
by the few votes which will turn the scale.
The three most brilliant planets, Jupiter,
Venus and Mars, are now conspicuous in the
evening sky. Venus may be seen in the early
evening in the west, before the less brilliant
luminsries have made their appearance. She is
passing to her greatest eastern elongston, and
every evening Increases her apparent distance
from the sun, and adds few minutes to her stay
above the horizon. Jupiter, almost as brilliant /
as Venus, though seven times Is far from US,
appears high in the meridian above cur hesds, /
surrounded by the constellation Of Aldebsrsn |
and the Pleisles Mars, with his rudy light, |
if a conspicuous objeo; il the eastern heavens.
For the next two months Venus will spproach
Jupiter
The birth day Of James Fisk, Jr., occurred on
The first of April Or as the New York T, hume
puts it
On the first Of April. thirty-sx years ago,
the greatest practical Joke Of the age was per
pet rated upon an entire nation by the birth Of
jai nes FIX. j.
The employees OF the Erie presented Fisk
with lowery Offering on his recent birthday,
which an unpoetc newspaper correspondent
describes as boquet d" four feet long and two
Ieet high = it bore beneath the now historic
Of J. F., Jr, the touching and origi-
lal legend, " thirty-six summers gone where
he woodbine tWineth''
The liberal Roman Catholic priest at New
York, Father Farrell, is well appreciated by his
paritbioners They manifested their efteen rather
roughly the other day, retorting upon the edi
ter OF the Frecmaa's Journal for some abuse Of
Father Farrell, with denunciations of his
.' malignant, shameful, cowardly, brutal, ruff
anly snd cllumnious interference, - winding up
thus:
Res0irci. That while we cannot excuse the
malice Of the editor, We are willing to estimate
his guilt by charitsbly sttributing somewhat of
bis rawlings to psroxysmf Of drunkenness or in
.snity.