Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-24


in the navy, and is brother iu-laE Of Ho1
John Rose, Of CansiS His mother now reside
L in Rutland The following sneclote, illustratir,
Capt. Temples coolnafs il danger, Is IL print
At the attack on Fort Fisher his ship took FIR
from q shell in the room next 70 the magazine
One of the little messenger tug boats was ply M
o. about the ship. sni finally coming Slong site
) Capt Temple hsiled her " Aye, eve, SIR, sax
the tug captain. eve are On fire" said Ten
pie. . next to our powder magazine aud
thought it might possibly interes, you TO knoV
E that we are likely to blow up in shout thre'
minutes unless we get the FIRE under. lh'
sudieuness with which the tug captsin rang
four bells, snd the tug plunged away on a be-
line lsughsble, IN spite ofthe critical nature
IF the situation.
; The reported removal Of Rev. Taomls Farrell
, from the St Joseph's (Romau Catholic church
in Consequence Of a letter in-fAvor Of Italian
unity, Is confrael the suspension f. date from
Ash "Wednesday But the members Of his coz
greeaticn have protested agsirst his removal,
and are confident that the pr test viii result ia
bis restoration 10 his pattorate-
In Boston stock market On Friday, Rutland
new scveas advanced from So to IS. Vermont
Central second came oat more freely. but were
really tsken 8; At. The 5000 first mort
gage Seven per cent Bonds Ct the 3l;ssif4uoi
Rlilrosi Of Vermont, guaranteed ~ tie Yer
raou; Central aud Vermont srd Causda Roads,
have al been taken. The loan wss placed upoa
the MARIE. bu, q few weeks since. srd Is sue
cess is an emphatic ind3rseuentof the c5uficace
the public have in the guaranty Of the Vermont
Central and Veru oat and Causia under ihs able
msnsge cement Of Gov. Smith
DEArH oF Hos. JosrPu " Cclnray.-JosepA
Cdburn Of Springfield u, Treasurer OF the
Vermont SAFE Agrsultursl Society, died -t
Springfield Oh Friday, a, TIE age OIL TIE
Vermont State agricultural Society, Ia BIS
death loses anotle- If its earliest ami f,illfll
friends and officers. Keyes Hsum1ui, Col
iurH, c5-lloorers for u.5re tlaa score Of years,
have followed each other 20 tie ilub in rap.l
succession. Judge Cob1,u was one # the four
leri OF the S,-;. Agricultural S5a.stg. vas o.,
offs d.-e..or, from IT'S first d. slnis alton. d 50
twenty ye-rs. aai for The isst ten yesr rs
treasurer Z was SIS president 10 1875 sHd
1866 lie guarded lie interests srI Fun Is With
such care tAatit has never fAiel 70 pay its
premiums, AMI frs- an empty treasury when he
took it, its fual has become one Of more than
,el thousand dollars.
Mr. Co.burn held various town AL county
f Offices # trust. He ras az iudaeatia. reu5er
Of the last Council Of Censo-s, ard an extended
Communication which appeared in the c,lazas
Of this paper. jas. before the meeting q the
Council, siyocauug biennial sessions aud oq-
posing female suffrage. viii be remembered By
our reaiers He ntribu-el st tines = aims,
every agricultural j5urusl IN tle country.
iieny Clark, Esq, Of the Rutland Hsr4N ~
40 extended ami sPpreciative notice Il Judge
Coltgrn. says ofhim:
Our personal associations with judge Cl,turu
fl- the last eight years has been frequent snl
We are compelled 10 testify our rssrect f.r BIS
ability and character. lie vas s. ulsu e eirnss-
thought of comprehensive scope Of mind, 0f
steady AMI unerring Judgment, OF indexib'e In
tegri'y AMI uasServing decision o.: character.
He wss rather marked sc man q large general
powers, than s. sparkling writer or brilliant
,alser, as an honest, independent, fearless pub
lie man. We tear cur enphat.c testimony 20 biz
sterling vo,th.
The LAKE CuwrL,ly Fralr.-on Thurs
day the bin repeating the permit for the Toaa-
ieIoga Ferry was considered by the NY. Assem-
By Committee on Commerce and Nayiza-.o1 q
large delegation Of interested parties vas present.
Hon Robert s. Hale and the oH,ers Of
the Whitehall and Pa,tsburgh Railroad Com
pauy spoke ir favor Of The ferry. AMI Judge
Po.ts- Of Whitehall, Judge Gay q Pittsburgh,
Mayor Gilbert Hon. james Forsyth an Hon.
Thomas B. Carroll Of Troy made Arguments in .
opposition TO the project
The proposed structure IS tiis. Attha p1izt
selected f3- the ferry the lake is about three
thousand Zee: vide TIE la1e VIII be piled from
IT'S shores TO the edges Of TIE nayigabls channel;
upon these piles rai,ro,l track vill be la;l. In
the gap and across the channel huge f5s,.
operated by steam. IS 90 he placed, which is 70
be three hundred fee: eng. This aoat vii A.7e
q railroad track. and viii swing Ike r,te on 3
hinge
SHOCKING HOMICIDE IL FEASEus-A DrrsK-
Ey FATHER SHOT BY HIS SOFA FAMILY RUIZ
HrIL-Tbe s. Adams -W,us7gsr gives the
io,loging particulars Of a shocking tragedy
About OF O'Clock Tuesday morning Alvin
Slower, u Franklin, who had teen On drunk
'lr vecs, began TO quarrel with enc OF his
oaE Al older brother, Lewis g., - years
ID. being in the chamber, went down aud
skei his brother to 60 out, IS The sarest way Z
O end tie qusrrel, and the boy anl bis mother
Ia Accordingly The old man then began TO
uarrel with Lewis and threatened to shoot J
im o. many former occasions be hal made
he same threat, ani once las; fall he attempted
B, bat the young man wreuchei the gun from e,
i'm aud broke it. This time he 10 sooner made -
be threat thar he started for bedroom .
he.e gun, enc Of the Eeaisa rifles, stood Il
le son sprang after his father and wrenchei .,
le rifle from his hsnis Just as he was in tie p,
ct Of raising it. The old man then spranr
sck into the kitchen, where a loaded ,hot--un T.
GOD il a corner, At the same lime keeping up
IS threats. Just As he was reaching for the a.
IN the young man drew up his rife and sho; e.
n through the heart. killing him almost IL il
antly. o;
The young man made no effort to escape, n,
aiming that he had sciei only in self-defeuce IL
e was held by Justice Temple upon charge
murder and was taken to St. Adams snd pu. c.
iail, where be will swat the action Of the az
and Jury. Of which special panel will prob in
" be summoned in April. TIE Messenger II
rs;
The deceased was aged about So is said to tn
We been good hearted man when not under m,
E influence of liquor, but those occasions were
rare and he was so brutal and quSrrelsome III
len intoxicated, that he was generally re- 20
rded as decidedly hard character He was Ito
! father Of twelve children, eleven OF whom
> now living, the eldest about 40 snd the
1nrest IA. One son committed suicide some pr
.rs since, OF sccount it is said, Of the fear Sc
his father in which he constantly stood he,
r the same cause Mrs Glover once left her =,
sbani, but afterward, as 50 many crushed On
/ vet devoted women have done before, re- thu
ned to him, to maintain, if possible, & fam cal
home The home was 50 unpleasant, how
II, that none Of the children stsid there any
re than they were obliged to and as gene tro
thing were there only when sent for by their in
Their as protection when the husband and IN,
her was on his sprees. It is said that this
5 the reason of the prisoners being there ai'
IN this fatal occasion. Whether the homi- bit
e vas jnstihsble or not it is not cur pro- frs
ce to inquire and we would not pre-judge sb,
case. It is melancholy fact, however, and
int to be an instructive one, that wherever att
1t will rest, none others were 50 guilty as as
Sc who deliberately, and for gain alone, fur mo
he'd depra7ei man with the means Of :,
denrsyitv well knowing that II would Int