Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-08
DOMINION NEWS.

y remarkable trial has lust terminated
at the Court House at St. Thomas. Ontario.
Fanny Betterley. the prisoner, is a labOrer's
daughter, aged twenty and of prepOssessing
appearance, the charge was that of having
killea young man named Alfred Bradley.
The history of the case Is very strange
one. The Betterly family, consisting of
eight persons. occupy a shanty Of two
rooms in the township Of Yarmouth. The
girl. Fanny, however. sleeps at home only
on Saturday and Sunday evenings. On the
night of the 7th inst, the family retired to
rest at the usual hour. after the labor of the
week. but at midnight they were aroused by
loud noises. caused By three men attempt
ing to force open the doors. The father
was confined to bed by sickness. 1t is i'm
possible 70 imagine the terror of that poor
family thus attacked By gang. who, dur
ing half an hour endeavOred to gain admis-
sion. all the time threatening the lives of
the inmates and stating their resolve to out
rage the eldest daughter. IN attempt was
J made to obtainassistance from the neighbOrs,
| but this failed. Meanwhile the gIrl Fanny
| seems 70 have displayed marvellous cOOlness
and courage. and she frequently warned
/ the scoundrels that she would shoot them
unless they left the place Her warnings
We're. however. useless. At length. while
Bradley attempted to raise the window
sash, She shouldered her brothers gun and
| shot Bradley dead After smashing the
windows of the house, the remaining two
men took their buggy and drove off. 1t
was under these circumstances that Fanny
| Betterley was placed at the bar of Justice on
/ a charge Of manslaughter The plain, un-
| vanished tale, told by the inmates Of the
| house ON that terrible night, sufhced to
I obtain her acquIttal and nothing could
| have been more in harmony with justice.
1t i impossible to conceive that any other
verdict than acquittal could be returned in
this case. Instead Of being cOi1-hearted
murdereS~. Fanny Betterley proved by her
| defence Of the household and her honor that
she was a noble-hearted girl.
/ The hay crop will lie an average yield.
Fires are raging in the woods near Stan
bridge.
| \ disease said to be dangerous, called rO-
sioia, Is prevalent in the vicinity Of Cowans-
vile and Sweetsburgh.
/ In remarking that smallpox is still
smoulderipg in Montreal. the Witness COM
/ plains of the practice when member of a
| family is attacked by the disease to conceal
the fact, preventing that isolation of the
sufferer and Immediate attendance which
/ prudence dictates.
John O'Rourke, a merchant on Stan
stead Plain, committed suicide last Thurs
| day, a revolver doing the work.
The Ottawa Cin-eE says The quantity
Of squared pine timber on the Ottawa and
its tributaries this year is, as near as can be
estimated, as follows
White Pine-Old, , 500 900 feet New.
$500 coo feet Total. Il, ,OOO, 900 feet
Red Pine-Old, 25O, ,OCO feet: New. SEQ,
600 feet Total, 20, 900 feet.
1t is more difficult to estimate the guam
tity of saw logs, but they cannot fall short
of if they do not exceed, 100000 stand
ards. equivalent TO 400 600 900 feet of sawn
lumber The streams are full of water, and
with ordinary care. there Is little danger
that any of either this seasons production,
or the old timber or logs, will remain in the
streams This will of course tend TO glut
the market somewhat, but as the timber Is
for the most part Of prime quality, no re-
ducti0n in price may be anticipated. On
the whole the prospects are quite as tavora-
bic as they have ever been before.
\ citizen Of Acton. p O., has written
history of that township, in which he states
that the population of the place Is 200,
thus: People 1900; Dogs 1000.
Hon. Hector l.. Langevin, the new Con-
Seryatiye leader in Lower Canada is not yet
forty seven wears of age, and Is a native Of
Quebec. of which city he was mayor from
1857 to Is6G. lie was bred lawyer. He
has been connected with several papers; the
last, the CGaddieR, he now owns and runs
a. the organ of the Conservative party.
The South Eastern Railway is doing con-
siderable business. The passenger trains
are crowded, and there Is a marked in
crease in the freight and express business.
Col. Foster Is now running excursion trains
every Saturday. from Montreal to Newport
and back Monday Montrealers are avail
ing themselves of the opportunity to view
the charming scenery of the region near
Lake Memphremagog.
The peat beds near St Brigide station,
about four miles from West Farnham,
caught fire on Thursday last. A house by
the side Of the railroad track caught fire and
was burned, and the afternoon tram from
Montreal, was delayed an hour in eonse-
quence, as they were afraid to pass the
burning building for fear of the fire being
communicated to the cars. The smoke from
the burning peat was dense and suifocating
and Frenchman in attempting to cross the
track as an engine was passing, was killed E,
he being blinded by the smoke, and the en-
gineer being unable to see him until just as
the engine struck him.
Heretofore the members of the llarbOr
Trust, at Montreal. have been nominated
by the crown, but in compliance with the
public demand there is to be a new Organi-
zaticn Of :he Trust in the future, and Of the
nine members, four will be appointed by the
government, two by the Board OF Trade,
one by the Corn Exchange. one by the City
Council, and one by the shipping interest
of the city.