Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-07-28
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His son swore that the father had frequentl
! whipped the girl until she became insensible
; that he very often denied to his family the foo,
necessary to sustain life, and that it was no IN
in the most shocking manner. The boy ais
stated that his mothers death was caused by in
human treatment from the husband, and tha
when his sister was killed his father threatened
to kill him if he mentioned the affair. The citi
zens here are greatly excited and at las account.
there appeared to be no doubt that Handel
passed over the town of Milton, Maine on Wed.
nesday afternoon, during which Eben Averil
and his sen Willie, who were at work in a hay
field, were struck by the lightning and instant
" killed Another son of Mr. Averill who was
with him at the time was knocked down, but
soon recovered from the shock-A violent
hail storm passed over western Iowa, Wednesday
night, doing much damage. At Atlanta the
post Office building and several houses we're des-
troyed, and two men fatally injured The
jury in the trial of J. II. Buckhout, for the muir
der Of Alfred Randall, st Sleepy Hollow, on
New Years day, 1870, returned verdict on
Wednesday, guilty in the first degree, with
recommendation for mercy. The court SEN
fenced the prisoner 10 be hangel on Friday, the
LIST OF September Buckhout retained his Gus
tomary frmness throughout. Ii is understood
that from the commencement Of their delibera-
tons, the jury stood eleven for conviction ard
one for aequittal. The jury IVES out all night.
deaths in New York the past week, So,
and in Brooklyn $40, both showing heavy in
crease. None Of the deaths in New York re-
enlted from typhus and typhoid fever, circum-
stance unprecedented in any previous week since
the organization Of the metropolitan board of
health in 1866. The number Of deaths from
the riot reported 10 the board of health in New
York up TO Wednesday is &c all but two of
whom have been identified. "A storm occur
I red st Memphis, Tenn, On Wednesday night,
which surpassed in fury anything ever witness
ed there. The telegraph poles north Of there
were Frustrated, trees uprooted ard vast damsge
done to crops. the night express train on the
Memphis AMI Charleston railroad, hence for
/ Chattanooga, when near Grand Junction, run
through the Trestle washed away BY the food
and engineer Gibbs was killed, and twelve or
fifteen passengers wounded "A NJ. Lover
ide, formerly general agent of the National
Benefit Insurance Company, vas shot in bis
Office on Wednesday at Pittsburg, Pa, by Nor
lis X Henry, Of Utica, Michigan The parties
are married TO persons who are related, snd
difficulty hiss grown out Of 8 tuit brought
through Loveridge tn recover money from Hen
ry. Henry came to tie .oilice and asked Lover
idge il he was ready to make reconciliation,
which Loyeridge declined, when Henry immedi-
ately fired upon him. The ball struck Loyeridge
in the side and lodged in bis bowels The wound
is supposed to be mortal Henry attempted to
shoot again, but WAS oyerpowered, arrested and
lodged in jail--Ad'ces state that Sir VIM
Logan and party. who left ST. Johns, Newfound-
land, on geological surveying expedition On
the 18th, were entirely cut off on their route by
severe storm on the Nth inst, which swept
sway bridges ami flooded the principal parts Of
the only road they hal to travel upon. 1t is
probable that the horses aud baggage attached
10 the expedition hsye been either lost or badly
injured. The party SIRE believed te be safe, mas
much as they were provided with portable beats.
The storm lid considerable damage in sud
around the towns Of Topsail and Hollyrood,
Newfoundland. 1, is said to be continuation
Of the hurricane which blew over the coast Of
Of Labrador some weeks ago, destroying three
bundled and twenty-five fishing vessels, twenty
three dwelling houses, over ;orty stores, and
100000 worth Of dried fish Snd other property.
The number of lives already ascestainei as lost
is niueiy-thrce. The horse disease hiss made
its appearance in Portland, Ne, and two Of the
most yalusble horses At the city farm we're At
tackled On Friday and will probably die.-Po-
liceman Smith Of Bradford, Mass was shot in
the ankle, Friday night, by burglar who WAS
attempting to enter the railroad depot The
wound is severe. There we're two burglars, snd
IS they ran ioSn the track Smith fred at them
and hearl one e1claim, d" an IA mes
senger Of the National Bank Of New York, was
knocked down by two men Saturday afternoon
at the corner Of Broadway and Warren streets,
and robbed Of $4,000 The thieves escaped
On Monday evening at six O'Clock dis
turblnce occurred 8; Elysiaa Fields, above Ho-
hrEn .s.fr u
ed, some Of the men having drawn knives and
revolvers. He arrested one, when the others,
numbering about dozen, set on him, rescuing
the prisoner and beating the officer till he was
inseusible. His skull was laid bare in several
places, AMI he Will probably die "A terrible
FIRE occurred in San Francisco on Saturday
among the lumber and planning mills on Mar
kct street, near Fremont The flames being
driven by high wind spread very rapidly To-
tsl loss, $4,000 Small insurance. One hun
dred men are thrown out Of employment "A
series Of terrible earthquake shocks recently &C.
curIei in one Of the PHILIPPINE Islands More
than two hundred persons we're swallowed up
snd every one Of them almost instantly killed.
sixty dead bodice have been recovered The
rest Of the inhabitants hsye dad from the island
1t is again rumored that Fayre intends to
resign the ministry Of foreign affsirs.-Tle
moderate Republicans in the Assembly sre nego-
tiatiDg for union with the radical left-The
Spanish government in a friendly reply to Gen.
Sickles has declared its willingness to adhere to
the neutrality laws az laid down in the treaty at
Washington.-A very destructive fire occur
red on Friisy in Lisbon. Several persisted in
the flames. --Advices from Buenos Ayres Of
June 25th, Represent that the yellow fever has
entirely DISAPPEARED from the city.-Geo. F.
Train ecturei at Cork Friday night, and ex-
planned his plans FOR the invasion Of Germany.
- The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia has
arrived in England. - The Pope may leave
Rome any day. Great preparations are being
made st s chateau at Corte, in Corsica, for his
reception. Mr.. Valery, the owner Of the chat
eau, has placed it at the disposal Of the Pope
There is great excitement in the Vatican. The
persons Of the Pope's immediate retinue observe
great secrecy. Gloom pervades the whole pa
psi household as if some dreadful event was
emminent. All present indications point to sn
intention on the part of the Pope to leave the
Vatican. The French clergy have set all their
influence in motion, in order that France should
guarantee the temporal sovereignty Of the Pope
in Cofsis. The age Of the Pope, and his grow
fua, farf 8
the prelstes. The College of Cardinals have
represented to the Pore the proprieiy Of the
election Of a successor to be ready for sppre-
hended emergency. Measures have already
been taken for the choice of the next Pope, and
several cardinals propose member CT the COL