Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-05-31
NUMBER 40.
CURRENT NOTES.


with rape on a white lady, was recently taken
out by five men and hanged to a tree, and sf-
terwsrd shot with pistels.
The recent steamer exclusion on the Great
Salt Lake is enthusiastically spoken Of by those
who participated in it, and will be often repeat
ed during the summer for the benefit of tour
lists
The Secretary Of War has recommended an
appropriation Of Sl20,000 for the erection Of a
fve-compsny military post near Beaver City,
Southern Utah, 200 miles from Salt Lake
City.
The New Orleans Chamber Of Commerce Ias
rescinded the resolutions passed at former
meeting proposing to memorislize Congress in
favor Of reciprocity treaty with Spain, based
or a reduction Of the duty on sugar
WI. A. Bell, farmer living ,ix miles from
Bartlett, Penn, was wsylsid and murdered on
Monday night while riding home There ia no
clue to the murderer.
Mrs. Boyce died on Monday al the Louisville
City Hospital, while being under the influence of
chloroform for the purpose Of Strengthening her
leg, which was slightly bent from infamu.a'ory
rheumatism.
Two o" most worthy and highly respected"
farmers in Michigan quarreled about sheep a
day or two ago and one Of them stabbed the
other with jack knife, INJECTING mortal
wound.
One Of the delegates to Cincinnati expressed
apr roysl Of the compromise made, &" since it
embraced Greeley, who believes in everything,
and Brown, who believes in nothing"
The prime minister % the FIJI Islands h4s
I gone to Aut;rali. for the purpose Of negotiating
loan. The tecurities offered are $500 fat prs
oners in prime condition for eating.
A man in Georgia recently received letter
enclosing thirty cents in fractional currency, &C
companied with the following words " stole
feed Of corn from you during the war
The State authorities and managers Of the
South Carolina lunatc asylum are st variance,
and in the meantime the inmates are starving.
One day, recently, they had nothing to eat At
all
1t is saii that second stratum Of valuable
block coal underlies El the Brazil cosl felis, In
diana, and that this deposit Is much more free
from sulphur than the upper stratum.
A western paper thus heads an article a. Sad
scene in Soda shop. Population nearly
Blasted hy Ssrsapsrilla Singers Sn2rtness.
After thSt We could not read the article.
District Attorney Davis Of New York is about
to prosecute certain persons who. claiming to be
marshals, have swindled jurors ont Of smsl
sums Of money under the pretence Of getting
them excused from duty.
About eighty members of different German
Schuetzen organizations Of New York and vicin-
ity have organized for an excursion TO Germany
or the 2Jth Of June, 10 attend the Fourth Ger
man Nationsl Shsrpshootinc Festival.
II tie neghborhool Of Colevilie, \ J the
h.v q are
past, and three dwelling-houses have been des-
troyed. The damtge TO timber, fsnces, etc. in
ths; vicinity is estimated at $4,000
The teyenteenth annual report Of the super
intenient Of public schools Of Brooklyn, shows
that there are l02 033 pupils, including 1870
colored children; the sversre register is 4O,93j,
ani the average arteaiauce, 35.044 and the
snnusl expenses have amounted to Sis, ,s00,
H.
\ negro in MissiEsippi the other day climbed
tree to s.w of s limb upon which a swSrm Of
bees we're settled. When the limb fell the whole
swarm settled upon the head of the unfortunate
man, and stuDg him 80 severely thst he diei in
ten minutes.
Quite sensation was crestel in Henry Ward
Beecher's church, Brooklyn. on sunday morn
ing. by the loud attempts Of crazy woman in
the congregation TO olt-Beecher Bsecher in the
orstorical way. She preached and swung an old
gingham umbrells over her head until the ushers
succeeded in getting her cut Of the hurch.
4 ehoris,er Of AZ Atlanta. (G.) church. re-
turning home the other evening. took draught
from the " Cd oaken buckei, when s m0ccA-
sin snake, that was c1ilei around tie pail,
bit him 10 the forehead before he sEw him. Two
quarts Of whiskey saved bis life.
A convention Of the Metropolitan Catholic
Total Abstinence Uaion Of New York was held
in St. Bridget's Church on Sunday afternoon.
A large number Of the Catholic clergy were
present, and gave utterance 10 their feelings II
regard to the question OF total abstinence.
/ Of the twenty-five St1;e delegations which
have been chosen FOX the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, twenty-five have been formally instructed
TO cast their votes for Grant, and talee-from
Connecticut, Missouri and South Carolius-
while they are not pledged, sre understood to
favor the same nomination. This gives GRAFT
4l2 OF the IA delcgstes, ard, Of courte, IS
sures his nomination.
another japanese commission arrived n New
York on Saturday from San Frsncisco The
party conNsts Of Gen George 3. Willisms, for
merly of The United StStes Treasury Department.
and now in the japanese service Kujonore
I Yoshiis. special treasury commissioner ; four
secretaries and eight subordinate Jspsnese ON
cisls.
4 suit is pending in Albany wherein a mer-
chant sues a druggist for $4,000 tamagts
csuEei By the insanity AMI death OF bis wife.
which resulted from lAuiSnum sold 70 Eer By the
druggist with q knowledge Of the Gscs she in
tended to pat it to.
Very many Of :he lsrge cities Of the country
are suffering on sccouEt Of the quantity or
quality Of their wster supplies At Baltimore
it hss Just been decreed that no water shSll be
used between eight 2. II. and SIX P. u., for
washing pavements or hose-spIinkling the streets.
/ The penslty for violation is the deprivation Of
the use Of the water at Ail.
The hnest grain and the most raised this year
in America, will be on the vast California fields.
/ The eastern crops are not Of average quantity.
The California papers say that if spark from
/ the engines th2J pass through the fertile fe!s
should set the ripe grain On FIRE in the fall the
damSge would he incslcu,Gbie. The danger is
regarded IS great
mammoth century plGnt, 40 eet in height
and weighing three sni half tons, has teen
shipped from near jacksonville, Florida, to par
ties in New York. The plant is on the eve Of
blooming the second time, and is consequently
nearly two hundred yeArs old.
Among the numerous peculiar institutions Of
. Philadep phis is fCe savings society, which re-
ceives on deposit small sumt Of money from poor
pertons the aggregate Of which will secure fuel
to more than its full value, coal and wood being
procured for The depos,ors at about a dollar less
per ton than the standard price. The principal
object Of the society g to encourage poor people
to save their money ard secure the means Of
comfort in winter, and the discount referred 10
is the iniucement TO lay up their money Over
3lO0 persons were depositors, last year. = gain
Of 100 from the year before.
The Wslworth '' Convusionists, - Jumpers or
Shakers, are making considerable noise IN Eng
land They are led by Mrs Girling, large
bony Welsh woman who says the has, ike the
| MagiAlen, been cured OF seven devils Ih5
principal feature Of their meetings is the holy
dance which begins something like that Of or
dnary Shakers, but ends ia contOrtions and con-
vulsions similar TO those Of the hOSling der
wishes Of the East. Persons in this state lose
their consciousness and are then believed To g die
unto sin - Some Of the devotes remain seven
hours IN the comAtose state, and arc supposed to
obtain a sevenlold ssnctty.
A remarkable story comes from Bombay,
which suggests the propriety of employing mon
KEYS a. police detectives. Madras man max
ing Journey took with him seme money and
Jewels and pet monkey. He WAS robbed. muir
dered srd buried by party Of Asssssins. The
monkey witnessed the whole affair from tree
TOP, and as soon ss the villains had departed, be
went to the nesrest police officers station, at
trscted bis attention by his sighs and groans,
and finally led him to the grave Of his master.
He then ensbled the officer to recover the stolen
property from the place where it had been con-
cesled, and thea went to the bAEAs= and picked
out the murjerers one by one, holding them fast
by the legs until secured. They have confessed
the crime, and ere hell for trial
The large clock at the English parliament
house is the largest one in the world. The four
dials Of this clock twenty-five feet in diane
ter. Every half minute the point OF the min
ute hand moves nearly seven inches. The clock
will 20 eight and half days. but It only strikes
/ for seven and a half fkus indicating any ne