Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-09-29
Review of the Week,

The business Of Investigation into the Tam
many frauds is now progressing. No startling
action has. as yet, been taken. Mr.. and Mrs
Hsggeriy and one Bach are under arrest for
the theft of the missing vouchers. 1t is report
ed that early in the summer other vouchers for
So ,OOO, coo were suddenly missed from the
comptrollers cfice, though the affair has but re-
Gently come to light. son Of comptroller
Connolly was City Auditor ct the time, AID sus-
picion points to him ~, possibly, the thief
this possibility is strengthened by the fact Of MS
going to Europe soon after the transactiOn.-
1t is reported that the four engines IN the
new court house, New York, were built for 81
500 each, by NeEburg firm, who could not
get their pay till they had agreed to make out 8
bill for s32. 900, which was promptly payed
and 81, goo handed bsck.-FerIsndo wool
endorses the acts Of Connolly. u
Rourke, late ccmptroller's clerk was iorcibly
elected from the Tribune office last week ior
insolent ard threatening behavior.-A
deTmsa Waltman, representative Of the super
yisors On the joirt committee with the citizens
for investigating the city accounts. has present.
Ell a report, showing that the net funded city
debt is SCI, 100000, Or SIS .OOO, 900 less than
the investigating committee reported lsst week.
Wsltmau makes the difference by deiucting from
and excluding the estimate Of temporary debt
sni revenue bonds, both Of which he claims
we're mskeshifs, one for local Improvements and
the other for governmental expense, both in fact
are loans Of citizens and in no proper way IL
clulei in the city depar,meat.---Ihe extraor-
dinsry campaign which Butler has been carry
ing on in Massachusetts,. is st An end. lie
made his twenty second and last speech, PIE
vious to the Worcester Convention, at At;le5oro,
Of - cheap jewe,ry'' fame, en- Friday night. It
vas Of The usual cast Of all his speeches
from the drst, teelaing with lies, hum
bug. and the vcriest demagoguism.-Ihe
Grand conceive Of the Grand Encampment Of
Knights Templar Of the United States, convened
At Baltimore. on the 20;h inst. During their
stay in that city they made N excursion doWn
the Chesapeake Bay. also 8 grand banquet was
given theu.-Csrl Schurz IS in Tennessee. lie
male speech AZ the capitol where he was very
enthusiastically greeted He advocated civil
service reform and closer union Of North and
South.-C5rsn, whose liberali;y has given to
Washington several charitable and benevolent in
ttitutioas, has proposed to make the additional
donation Of $4,000 dollars for similar pur-
ose.-The rsnains Of the late President Liz
coin and those Of his two deceased children have
been removed from their temporary yaal. to
permanent one There we're no ceremonies at the
removal -}irs. Juiia Connolly, widow Of DR.. J.
Connolly who murdered his two infant children
and committed suicide, has been sent to the in
sane n.-Arrangements for the eastern
tour Of President Grant have been definitely
szreei upon. The President, together with
memters Of bis cabinet. viii arrive il Boston on
Sunday, October Is, AMI be received snd enter
tanned b. ec0mmittec Of the city counsel The
The ceremony Of laying the corner atone Ct the
new pos, Office will take place on Monisy, the
18th, IN p-esence Of the chief magistrate, cabi-
net, AMI numerous distinguished persons. In
mediately after. the President Will proc5el TO
Join in the festivities incident to the opening Of
the Europe4u and North American Railroad,
which will continue three days President
Grant viii remain unul the closs.-AQar;-
meuts. at the Clarendon ho;e,, New York, have
been taken for the Rasslan prince. Alexis, who
is soon expected il this country Miss julia
W D5ol',ile, a sasmstress in Br ooklyn, died
in s dsnts's chair in tina, city, while u
ter the iul-eale Of caIor1form. and Just after
the extraction Of sc.erai tecth.=Th people Of
Monticello, Arkansas, are greatly excited over
report Of the fuiingof gold mine faar miles
west Of that town. Two similar reports came
from Dallas and Polk counaes, AMI both mines
are said to give promise Of . fine Jisii-AIe'
ter from j. A. V:su. Indian superintendent for
Montana, says tia, the Crow Indians offer no OF
position to the Northern Pacific Railroad, and are
perfectly wiling il should be built. and in fact
have volunteered to the rErty their chiefs and
head men TO accompany The engineers and SOL
diers. 20 act IS scouts, aai TO assist them IL any
way in their power sgainst the Sioux Gov
e-uor Stewart delivered scholarly, przctical
and sound address, st the Franklin County Fair,
the lesson Of which was to make farming as =
pursuit more intellectual, ani therefore pleasant
CT as vel as more proftsble.--The first fair CT
the White River Association was held in Bethel,
Vt, commencing Sept I9th.-A Louion pa
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Amsriosas.-- The first anniversary Of the oc-
cupati1n Of Rome By Italian troops was celebra-
tel with great ceremonies on the 10Th inst.