Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-01-12
Review of the Week

L-e 'Il-t event winch Las trtuep l:ei since
TIE issue Of last weeks Taper is the murder Of
Jsrsr Fisk. j.. whi-h cccurrel las saturday
p n- 10 ;bc Granl Central Hotel, Nrw io-k
city, The principal spe,e Of an the newspapers
"a The a.untry have teen taken up with eTe.y-
t1iug -ransp.riug in connection With ,le all sb-
sar5.n- .ou.o and tie utmost esreraess is e1-
hlit-d On t5e pnrt Of the public to obtaio,
every I,su in recsri ;oit Fisk's bold aul uu-
scruqai1us operations IN stains Of business and
pleasure have secured fJr him prominence
amos. w0r.t wide His course Of life, hosever,
must be taken as q warning that even the great
est success in the world q business i Of li;tle
yslue Theu CAMEL At the expense of honor and
principle - The feeling in New YORK is in
tense against Stokes sud the demscd .or his
punishment viii hardly be satisfied with any
thing shost Of hsnging Fisk wss buried at
Bratde5oro Oh Tueslay wish imposing cereno-
MES s-d sn immense crowd s;tentei.-A re-
port ;hs, Laurs D. Fair, the murderer of MI.
Criteulen, had died in prison is eonusiictel.
--Joseph elliott the celebrated steel pen mar
rfscturer il ieai.-The bulletins .rom SAN
lriu-hsm f-r tie last three days show steady
sad satisfactory Improvement in the cordition Of
tie Prince Of Walss-The following SUITS, in
which ,be Erie Railway Co is concerned, we're
on Monday discontinued BY Judge Brady, by
consent Of couusel-Whe.her as result Of the
late tragedy or not is doubtful They ere the
Erie Railway Co. V Joseph Il Ramsey ct al :;
Albany Susquehsuns Railway Co. vs.. Joseph
H. Ramsey ct all AFRO Chase VS.. Albany
Susquehauua Railway Co, ct al, two suits Jay
Gould vs.. Albany and SGsquehana Railway Go.
ct a. David Walker We. Albany and susque-
hams Railway Co. ut al. two suiJs.-Ihe gas
works connected with the Glasgow bingham
Mil. a. South Hsiley Falls, Mass. blew up
Monday forenoon, sey5rel J injuriug Dir. Nich-
ole and Charles Eenway .-Napoleon on New
Years dsy, Is reported to have said Sc l will
give Theirs six months Of the presidency Of the
French republic, and al that time Gambetts viii
tie in hls chair snd the change will be favorable
to the imperial cause. "A FIRE atthe railway
depot, Halifax, " s, Sunday night destroyed
the engine house and eleven locomotives, ten OF
which we're owned BY the Dominion government
and one by the Windsor and Annapolis railroad.
Il is reported thsi one man wss buried in the
ruins. Alexis visited the merchants Exchange
s. Louis on Monday. lie received U. s. officers
from the arsenal 90 Monday. The ball and
banquet Monday night we're brilliant. An an
nouncement appears in the Washington Chroni-
Gle that Efforts are nov being made to secure the
Republican nomination Of Vice President for
the Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Boutwell,.
[ Il is stated that such step meets with the ap-
probation Of the President, and the names Of
I Grant and Boutwell, al the head Of the Republi-
can ticket, will, it is thought, secure favorable
/ opinions in the Eastern and Western States Il
/ II added thst the authorized statement Of Vice
/ President Colf4x, published Monday morning.
from whioh it appears that he is not averse to
I having his name used again in connection with
! this high office, will not interfere with the plan
I laid out. - Rumors Of war with Spain are still
! afost aud many Of the leading newspapers de-
mand that Spain shall be made 10 apologize for
1 her conduct There is great deal Of sympa-
! tbv for the Cubsns exhibited, and on Monday
/ Mr.. Cox introduced into the House of Repre-
ssntatiyes a bill to recognize the belligerancy OF
/ the Cuban insurgents.-A dispatch from New
/ York On Tuesday says: Unusual activity is
manifested in military and naval depots in the
vicinity At the Brooklyn navy yard an addi-
/ tional force of laborers was employed yesterday
/ in transporting munitions Of war from the
| foundery and m&chine shops 10 the storehouses.
I On Thursday Gen Humphrey. chief Of the en-
I cheering bureau, summoned Gems. Gilmore.
| Barnard, Wright. Tower and Cullum tae Board
/ Of Engineers for the Eastern diEision, TO Wash
/ ington, where prolonged consultation was held.
/ and upon their return unusual activity WAS
manifested at headquarters, in Houston street.
( Gen. Gilmore made an inspection OF one Of tie
forts in the hArbor yesterday, AMI his associates
will make thorough inspection of the others
during the week--A special to the New York