Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-23
Crimes and Casualties of the Week.

Crimes and Casualties Of the Week.
The assassination OF the Earl o! Mayo causes
intente excitement throughout India ---A large
greenhouse of De.nd King S Co, at Allegheny
City, Pennsylvania, vas burned Thursday morn
ing, destroying a great amount Of flowers and
shrubs-An accident on the Albany and SuE-
| quehsnns Railroad injured several persous. -
Disastrous fires are reported from Toronto,
Nashville. and Frankfort, Ky.-A yourg
man named Good, while adjusting belt on
hy-wheel in a saw-mill al Milton, 10 miles from
Cincinnati. on Wednesday, wac caught by the
arm and whirled around the wheel st rapid
rate until literally torn in pieces.-Arrests
last Seek in New York City, $780, births Ss7 ;
marriage, 1872; deaths, SOL; loss from 80 fires.
S43.795; insurance, S79,0O0-The resi-
dence of David R Gould at Quaker Hill, Dutch
ess County, was burned on Saturday. Loss
! SS000--The tobacco manufactures Of Wolf
and Helieisch in Springfield, Ohio, were closed
on Friday, for non-payment of taxes.-A fire
in South Arlington, Mass, on Friday night,
destroyed 4 shoe factory, dwelling, and stable
belonging to David Guerney. Loss. $4,000.
On Thursday night train on the Mis,iss
ippi Central Railroad struck a tie that had been
placed on the track near Widen. throwing the
train Of, demolishing the engine baggage, and
express cars. Fortunately no one vas hurt It
ia 81 -
the tie on the track vas to rob the train -The
Rothssy Hotel at ST. Johns, N B.. was burned
Saturday samuel G. ! md of Boston, con-
yicted Of receiving and ncealing smuggled
goods, was sentencei to p-y fine Of 5000
Three young sons Of Mr.. Aiilor Of Sharon,
Mass, were drowned by breaking through the
ice in pond Mrs. Elizabeth Dousherty, Of
Paris, Ky, who was shot by her little grand
child, died on Sunday -Edwsri Bransfed Of
Portland, deaf and dumb mute, while walk
ing en- the railroad track at Hartford Weines-
day, was run ever and kiled.-The Mccall &
Black Water, Cure establishment Of G.lesburg,
H., was totally destroyed by FIRE large mum
Der Of patients we're rescued with difficulty
Loss, $4,000 to SIS, 000-The Montgomery
House in Warwick, R l., was burned Weints.
day. Loss, $4,000 fully insured Ia the
town Of Jefferson, Winona county, Mimi, On
Tuesday morning, the residence Of julia HSu,
with three children. was burned -Catherin
Mccormick. OF New York, while intoxicated,
fell from third story window and was killed
William Manney Of New York, had tue
bridge Of his nose broken Sunday by his sister
in-law, witd whom he was qusrreling
bsra Dreschler, age 7. fell Sunday into bon
FIRE. which boys had kindled in the lots, in
Brooklyn, and was fatally burnsi- solomon
Arthur, age e. Of n. l., was run over By d pair
Of horses and truck, and had an arm and leg
broken. The driver escapel.-Nstbew Hule
hAn, died from injuries received by being c7esh-
ed between two cars which he was coupling.-
W. Osborn, resident Of western NeE-York,
was found desi in bed Sunday, at the ST. Charles
Hotel, New iork. -Over 20 additional deaths
are reported in Nebraska during the recent e.
we're storm.-Two vessels have been sunk in
the Delaware River by ice.-Mrs Dougherty,
Of Kentucky, who j0culsrly gsve a loaded pistol
to her grandchld and .o.d him TO shoot, was
surprised TO find herself dead Immediately after
Ward.--A Davenport, lows, couple los: FIVE
children by scarlet fever last week Day.
SprSgue q Co, Providence. dealers in -four and
grain, have recently lost $1,000 ty shonett
cerk.-Alrs. Mary ann Mellor, g. years Of
age, committed suicide by hanging, Thursday,
II the house Of her s5u-iu-laE, H. Shepard, AZ
Valley Falls. She had been subject 20 frs os IL
sanity.-Ihe body Of Wilson, the murderer,
IS still visited and viewed ST Providence, Being
plscei IN an sir tight coffin With q glass cover
Mrs. Etgsrton, whore husband war PAL To-:
his has it in charge, and vii. bury il in the
spring. Irish lah1rers we're tunEt-ucs,
last week, At the bottom Of we'll 10 Iowa. Tae
rays Of the tun are supposed to have been de-
fectei and conveyed to focus above their heals
Oh Wednesisy the l4,h, Toronto. p e..
was visited by S5OD,C 600 dre-Jchn ST.
Clair, engineer in az irou-mi.l, vas fatally .l-
iure1 Thursday, by the bursting Of 80 immense
hy-vheel, al Cairo, ll.-A burglar broke the
window Of pAwnbrlker's shop, Pusburgh,
and sbttracted diamonds valued at : 200 --
One rpsn Of 81 iron bridge over TIE Big Muddy,
on the Illinois Contra Railroad, near Carbon
dale, fell. Thursday, with four cars II a wreck
ing rsin. Three men were injured, none fatally.
Henry Hefner, the Germsn who shot bis
son Henry dead 10 Grand street. New York,
January 18th, and shot himself 10 the head,
died Al Bellevue Hospital Sunisy Z A.
Whitney wife Of 2 farmer in comfortable cir
cumstsuccs 10 Lewiston. Niagara county. hung
herself with clothes line IN The s,tic Of her
resiience on Friday. sud when found Was itai.
-LoWery aul his gang made rad On Lum-
barton, the county seat OF Robe county, ", G.,
Friday night; twenty-five thousand dollars
were taken from NcLf0l'E safe and 4 number
Of valuable papers from the Sherif's office were
destroyed The sja;e government offers S35.-
900 for L9wery dead or alive. B. Barth0l-
ouew killed Charles Z. Slower Of Chelsea, Mass
Saturday nigh, by stA5hing him twice in the
bresst With large knife, on sccount Of jealousy
Of a womsu named Susan D. Gilbert. Bsrihol-
new was little intoxca;ei-A Sioux City
dispatch to Chicago says that ten men, in siii-
ton 10 the two heretofore reported, we're frozen
20 death OF arc missing in Dixon county sui the
Winnebag1 Indian sgency The bodies Of some
OF them have not been recovered. but the MIST
ing men have undoubtedly perishei