Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-22

house in the suburbs Of Binghampton' Ne"
York used as temporary smallpox hosPIiai'
wa. burned on Monday. Loss 81 .oOO--A "e'-
man merchant named Stephnis has absconde1
from Havana, lelving liabilities amounting ~
$50 OOO.-In fght in the Piegsr camp on
Tebcr Mountain. recently, the chief oil the re
,o,, and three Indians we're killed, and Noun
tain Chiefs son mortally wounded.--ihe muir
derer Foster has been granted ne" t'iai' anu
the murderer MsNevins has been sen'eneeu u
Il ,,oDtha inprisoument.- young Nan
named Joseph Newman, with two comPNniohs'
went to Breeze Lake. Illinois, recently, 70
sboot ducks. After dischArging ere oafrei u
hi, gun at duck. and the other barrel NOT uisI
charging when snapped, he blew into 1t 10 see !,
il was loaded, when the barrel discnarsei snu
blew the ton Of his head off, killing him infant
ly.-Wm. 4. Swift Of Boston, aPpeared AZ
Albany LIST Friday, and hsd his wife Sarf1' hsI
servant cir, usme1 Georgia J. Clarke, oeofge L
Casmew, who Is married and has vile IL -
ton and young man named Power arr, - -
charge Of grand larceny. The auso@nu 'I'es
tb.t lr, wife Thursiav drew from a Boston tank
5000 of his money and elopsd Win O19 -i
subsequently,, Swift Withdrew the charge anu
while Casmew and Power returned TO New / oIA-
-Arizops dispatches say that William NC
F.rI.nd WAS found murdered and horribly null
lated. The American residenls went aIter
Mexican. who vas reported to have thresteaei
McFarlspd's life. and having found hin, shot
him on sight His Mexican friends retaiiaiel Oy
killing one Of the shooting party, on Whi'h inc
Americans made a general raid on the -aezicAls
and killed four. \ 9Th inIeaehed himteii N
an adobe house. on which thu attacking force
blew I'd the house and shot hin s.so---An
attempted revolt in the Missouri penl-enuary H.
Jefferson City wss discovered and illustrator On
Thuraisy. As the prisoners were gong rom
their cells to breakfast in the morning, Pat Dui-
f., a murderer, broke from the gang ran lnlo
sboe-shop. sscendel to the roof, and, armed Win
a knife and iron bar, defed bis pursle1s- lie
wac .hot in the arm and captured Charley
CLARK. A nulstto. who waz S-meI with huge
knife, ATTEMPTED TO assist Duly, but vas ieieu
with bluIgeon and secured. About 40 con-
yicts were 10 the plot, snd their contem p-i'eI
plan was to overpower the guards, nre the var
GUS shopp force the gates, rcb the oihces ana &C.
cape.--Kennedy bakery, Foster IS pFlnuaB
office. Conrai's shoe store sud dwelling, the
Monroe house and stables, Heller's store anu
dwelling, ODD Fellows hall, Miller store howe
thoe store, Baker Brothers store Snd tnree laN-
yers' Offices at NIonroevlle, Ind, were burned On
Thursday night loss $4,000, uninsured
A fire at Mansion, Wis, Friday afternoon des-
troyed property to the smount OF S1O,ol3---
A barn valued at $50, 900, attschei to the res
dence Of Myron P. Bush on Delaware street,
Buffalo. n T., was burned Friday night. ght
FLOODED horses we're savei.--Ihs Ccngr ga
uopal church At Fort Scott Kan, one Of the bet
in thu West. Wa burned on Thursday n snt--
IRE at san Berusrdino. Cal, Ihurstay, de-
srroyed Weus, Fargo 8 Co.'S office lose : ~
OOO--Ihe Harvard school-house' in thAT.es-
town. Mass. caught FIRE fron defective nls
Friday afternoon, while some 30 clliiren were
in the building, nanny Of taem IN the upper
rooms There wsss great panic and rlsl Tor
the st.irTsys, which were old-,sshioned ana
marrow, bat, owing to the self possession Of the
teachers and the prompt pretence OF the ponce,
who opened passage through the ex'iiei crowd
outside and broke out the windows Of the lover
story, thus at5riing additional means Of exit
all Of the children escaped from the oullIlns'
Several we're considerably injured IN the rush,
but none seriously. The tch1ol-houte WAS des-
troyei Loss, so, O00.--Ihe cotton waste
warehouse Of Jonathan Lodge, at H1.msourg'
Penn, was burned ThurtlAy. Loss, --j,o'y
no insurance FIVE lives we're lost BY boil
or explosion in Cincinnsti--A fatal aoorton
case is reported Al Ogiensturg - Baltimore
merchant is under arrest for forgery.