Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
stock company of American Capital lists
with capital of sec, OOO, 900, has leased of
the Dominican Republic the Bay OF SANTANA
and the adjacent territory for one hundred
years, paying therefor Sl5o,OOO per year
The Company is known as the . SANTANA
Bay Company of Santo Domingo. The
horse epidemic is following the course of
empire westward, and has made its appear
ance in Wyoming-A woman named
Ann Sheffiin of Brooklyn, n. y, was bru-
tally murdered by her husband, January,
Is. Rum did it.-The leading coal
operators held 4 meeting at New York on
the 10th, at which it was resolved to form
general association (Angllce, ring), and
to advance the price of coal 81 per tom
Over thirty buildings were burned by fire
at Greenville, Penn, Thursday The Me-
chanics' Bank of Lancaster, Penn, was
robbed on Jan Is, of $4,000 In conyerti-
BILE and registered bonds and securities.-
Mr.. G. L. Soule, for 81 years principal of
Phillips Exeter Academy, n. H., has resign
ed his position. far the Tweed trial
has developed little that is new relative to
the frauds of the Ring. Greatly to every
body's surprise, Mr.. Davidson swore he had
nothing to do with Mr.. Tweed IN any OF his
transactions, and Mr.. Carney was only able
TO swear that Mr.. Woodward, with whom he
dealt gave him to understand that Mr.. Tweed
was aware ofthe swindle.-lflong-win
orations could bring about return to specie
payments, greenbacks would have persisted
from the face of the earth years ago. The
latest plan for the resumption OF specie
payments is that of Mr.. Sherman, which
was brought before Congress, January 10.
The Credit Mobilier Investigation Is
disclosing a large and startling amount OF
corruption-or something vastly resembling
| it. DR.. Durant assisted Senator Harlan to
a reelection by giving that gentleman Sl0,-
OOO Durant swore that Harlan solicited
help. and he drew checks payable to his
| (Harlan's) order and sent them to Harlan
| bv mail 1t also came out that 2i7 miles OF
| completed road were thrown in with the
Ames contract, and that the price paid over
again for this section was greater than the
| original cost, and so there was about 49,,
900 900 10 divide among the Credit MObiler
| share-h holders Is soon as the contract was
signed. 1t appeared that Durant put about
| $500 900 in the hands OF two notorious lob
| byists at Washington and that they expend-
ed much of it without taking any vouchers
from the persons or corporations that re-
ceiyed it. He called it a preliminary ex-
pense fund. Col. McComb is reported en-
| tirely satisfied with the developments of the
| investigation. He would be a very unreason-
| able man indeed not to be-By the failure
of the Bowles Bros, the bankers, Josephine
| Mansfield lost Sl2 800, for which she has
attached the Newport Or. ~ property Of
Mr.. Nathan Appleton of Boston, who was
a special partner in the firm-From evil
/ dence heard before the Congressional inyes-
/ tigation committee it appears that Senator
| Caldwell of Kansas, was guilty of the gross
est bribery in obtaining his election a [. ;.
| Senator.-The meeting Of the female suf-
| fragists at Washington came to grief, the
down trodden females preferring to adjourn
sHe de rather than to pay despotic male
| government for the necessary license.-A
battle was fought on the 18th between |,
). troops and the Modoc Indians, in which
| the regular troops were disastrously defeat
! ed.-New York furnishes this week her
usual quota Of murders One took place
Sunday and the other the day following,
both being peculiarly cold-blooded murders.