davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

Details Of the .oss Of the propeller ...
sides Oh Lake Michigan. last TUESDAY.
mcianc. oily loss of lie. Eighteen ..
have been recovered. and two are --i. a.-.
ing. The captain. clerk and frs. engine
Of tic boat. oil OF Milwaukee. ve-. --.
with eleven passengers. four If whom v.H
ladies. and six OF tile crew. The H-ae.-
was considered one OF the -tauucbe-- ha.-
on the lake. She was very heavily a...
with flour grain and pork, and a-ul.-..
iu the terrific gale OF that day. About ID
"a. n. tine port OF Grand Iarea, N.e... ..a-
ia sight. nine miles away. Capt >verar
ordercitle lilc-hoat- O. Dee satiu r.alre-
and launched. The fr>t boat caaa.a.
the ladies but one. The second contained
ten OF twelve OF the crew and passenger
Ia the third was Mr. Watkins. the c.-r. .
the boat one lady named Mis- Nl-l. t.
passenger. and TWO of the crew.
were TWO more boats seen 90 Iclt. .
steamer. The last one did NOT ---
enough from the steamer before She wa.
down. and was drawn into the wl.-.r
and svampcd- The steamer sans SO 1891.
going down stern first. The first boat. el
tanning majority Of the ladie-, was CD
sized. and only one of the passenger
succeeded In reaching the shore The 1-.-
three succeeded in reaching the
but only with the assistance Cd. t.-
on shore who, hearing 1lthc terrible ca.lu
ty, rushed % the beach. which wa- lime.
with people for about two miles As OH.
boats approached the shore and l- n.
overturned IN the surf. strong men anil el-
pert swimmers formed lines bon the water
and IN this manner everybody. dead
alive. that was seen was recovered
terrible was tine sea tha- uo assistance -.-
possibly bereudercd o. the doomed --elm'
The propeller Lake Breeze. which was %
port and owned By the same company. mai.
an attempt TO 20 20 the assistance ut Oh.
boats, but was disabled in the attempt ar-
narrowly escaped going ON the beach.
dropped her anchor and iay there cn,-
towed of in the afternoon
The passengers lost, Whose bodies h..
recovered were G.. H. Deni-ou Of AL.
Mich, John liiles, Lumber Company. Ny.
Dewitt, Mrs H. A. Valentine ami SD .
Milwaukee. Charles Wlmell. New llrs.
Jeremiah Smith Of Grand Haven. T. Do.
Billings and wife Of Albion. Ind, Mr..
Hasselberck Of Port Washington. VS..
The bodies of two persons are Yet ml~-.1-.
named Robson and Henry Ho--eldcr'1.
The little boy Of Mrs. Valentine. who's
body came ashore, was dressed in q sailor
suit Of blue. had light hair, blue eye. ana
beautiful features, and locked a. though a'
had dropped quietly to sleep. lt wa
scene that would have have touched On,
hardest heart TO see the sorrow stricken l.-
band and father, when hc arrived from AI-.
waukoe and recognized his wife and l.'-.
boy, and knew that his whole iamiA ODE
been 50 suddenly taken from him iure' tr.
The steamer was valued at Sl0o.o@, ana
was partially insured. The passcnser~ -''.
the captain and crew credit for their CO..
ness. bravery, and discipline during 'H'
trying ordeal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The panic at the money centres, and the
fall in the price of stocks, of course serious
ly affects many honest people. concerned
only in perfectly legitimate business and in
yestment- But the mass Of the trouble
affects simply the spectators in stocks,
and the brokers who are the mediums
Of such speculations. All the accounts
Of the panic mention the embarrass-
mentS of persons who were carrying
long lines of stocks or whose margins
were swallowed up by the tumble in prices.
These are the terms Of stock gambling. The
persons alluded 10 are people who have sold
stocks they did not own, and bought stocks
they bad no thought Of taking and paying
for Their margins" are the sums of
money they have put up, in bets as to what
would be the price Of a given stock on
given future day. Millions Of money are
constantly going from the country to Wall
street. to be used in this kind Of gambling
money which if kept al home and invested
in manufactures or business, would add to
the wealth Of the community and do perma-
nent good to thousands, as well a, to the
owners. II the financial panic shall serve
to lessen the amount of stock gambling, in
the future, there will he great gain. with
all the loss
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

.Kitty Pearl" the second and osn'''
the third. and
This closed the exercises Of the ram anu
bv seven o'clock the grounds were almost
deserted. The day was very ui7,'s -
being extremely windy, and clouds Of u aus.
blew in and about the track; indeed 'ne ~. -
seemed better fitted for sailing an
than horse race. About three 'i'"-'. ~
persons were on the ground during ,n'
races. The general opinion expTeS,7'u :
that Chittenden County never saw po''o'
fair. and we rejoice that IT has been ~ '''-
/ nn.sflll
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26


I'd. !, Mrs d E Slater.
Pair Everlasting Bouquets-lst- s., Mr.
j Smith.
VEGETABLES.
E ; Brownell, Essex Junction, best col.
$40. n : Landon. South Burlington, "a
g. ri White. shelburn, best beam
W 4 Crnmbic. Burlington, 81 best water
melons. 80 cents, "a best parsnlps, % cents,
ii hest celery. 80 cents W ID Munson.
Colchester. best beets. 81. ID best tomatoes,
"a cents; II Il. Perciyal, jericho,
hest string seed corn, g SIa-
RI;ss Colchester, best peas, 81, u
bee+ souashes 80 cents, George dipp-
So1tb darlington. 81 best turnips 80 cent?
-oLboge 80 cents, onions 80 cents Patrick
P,,der Darlington. best muskmelons 81,
80 celery /. best caulif0wer !, q best pea
n ,ents. Ii / Land0n, South burlington,
Isl carrots 81. best turnIps !, "a best
-rsmmoth squash 30 cents. - best Deet- 'N
ecnts. best sweet potatoes l. nest parSnip-
John Williams, South bur-'HT''l' as7'
a,,;o-,s = hest seed corn II Miller.
Wiliston. p best beans % cents '.9' "-'si-
melons II u best muskmcion- ~ cents.
~ - sr-ee- corn 50 cents Z : Browne..
Fssex Junction. gratuity lor -eel-ln-
-,-,+o+oes ..Brownell's Beauty >, 81
Collection Of potateS ,, best t1mat'e- ].
80 s,rcct corn I best squash ]. oe-t cab
boreI Walter Hoy. South Burlington. Fl
he's pumpkins 80 cents, ID Hil-.a--
Jericho. best pumpkin : Il lsinu' i---.-
Tnnetion best collection of r't1i'e- -.
best mammoth squash J.
,c,1r1TTrEaI IMPLEMENTS ANr At. 'N..'-
uANUTACTt RES
~, rt.rr;-. Valley Falls. T. ] Woo.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

THE NEW FIFTY CENT STAMPS NoT COUNTER
FEIrED.-Mr McCartee, Superintendent Of
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, at
Washington, authorizes a contradiction Of
the statement that the new fifty cent stamp
has been counterfeited. lie say- the ab-
sense Of the lower portion of the letter &c p
in the signature e F. f. Spinner, which IN
some of the notes appears like q small half
circle. Just above the border line. l. no in
dication Of anything wrong. In cutting or
separating the notes. all excepting those
bearing check letters 4 and II will have the
bottom of the Sc p" alluded to cut from the
signature on the preceding note, and show
ing Just above the border line in the upper
right hand corner Notes A and Il, being
at the top, no such mark appears on them,
and hence one note out of every seven Will
appear without this mark.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

In Wisconsin. as well as in several other
States. liquor sellers are compelled by law
to give bonds for the payment OF all DANA
ges that may result from the trafhe. These
bonds provide, in addition, that any party
sustaining damage from the acts drunk
ard may recover the amount thereon from
the party who sold the liquor. Dealers
have been very FESTIVE under the law, but IL
has been generally maintained by the courts
In Iowa several very heavy verdicts have
been rendered. In Wisconsin a case has
lust been before the courts which Will settle
the matter as far as that State Is concerned,
permanently. The Mayor of Milwaukee,
sympathizing with the dealers, declined TO
recognize the law, and refused TO require
the bonds in question. lie was prouSh.
before the court, where his counsel urgeu
a. his defence that the law was unconstitu,
tiOnal, in that it first made selling lawful
act by licensing it, and then punishlng II :
and that if it were criminal 1t should De
prohibited The point was also raised that
the law made the seller responsible for the
remote consequences of his acts, which was
in contravention of the common law; ana
also that the drunkard might be able TO reap
an advantage from his own criminal acts.
The court, however. ruled that the state
had the power to prohibit the traifc or 70
allow it In the former case. 1t could afnx
such conditions as the law-maklng power
might deem proper and requisite to the IN
terests Of community. The law, therefore,
was declared constitutional, and the Mayor
compelled to substitute the Judgment OF
the court for his own.-BostoH GLOBE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

Tux DIFFIcrLTIEs N THE WAY OF REsuN-
ING SPECIE PArMRNTs-U. :. Treasurer
Spinner in a letter to German hnancier,
recently given to the public. says.
More than seven years ago ! urged by let
ters then written and otherwise the enact
ment of law compelling the resumption OF
I specie payments on day In the future to
/ be fixed. say three years from the passage
/ of such act and think this 10 be the SAT
/ est and the surcst way of any that has yet
I been proposed to bring about the much de-
/ sired result.
Under the operation of such q law the
/ whole volume of paper currency. that of
the national bank a. well a. that of the
Government. would Immediately begin TO
appreciate in value. and would continue 10
do So gradually. but certainly, until ar the
time fixed for resumption the paper curren-
cy would become the equivalent of coin.
Many obstacles have thus far been. and
they continue 10 be. in the way Of resump-
ton of specie payments. The friends OF a
sound currency have themselves retarded
the return of specie payments by insisting
that the only way 10 bring about the desir-
ed result j. to reduce the volume of the
paper currency that the first duty of the
government L. 10 return To specie payments,
and that the exchange of loans bearing
/ high rate of interest for lower one should
/ be- deferred until after that event. This has
enlisted the opposition of very large class
/ of our citizens who are otherwise sound on
the main question. but who contend that il
/ is better and more economical withal 10 re-
tire the loans on which high rate of inter
e~t j. paid than a loan on which no interest
whatever j. paid.
Then come the real opponents of the
measure per sc. Chief among these l. the
debtor class. which in this country l. large
ly in the majority. The persons constitr-
ting this majority desire 10 pay their debts
with cheap money Next come the manu-
iacturers. These have learned that the suS-
pension increases their protection against
the importation of foreign fabrics by the
amount that the paper money Is deprecated
below that IN which import duties are collec-
ted. Iheu come the national banks, which by
suspension are relieved from the 10 them most
Irksome duty, the redemption of their CIR
culating notes in coin. There are many other
interests that naturally combine with those
named. all acting in the firm belief that the
suspension OF specie payments Is beneficial
10 them. Our government being strictly
representative, of course large majority of
the members of Congress are elected 10 re
present and to carry out these views ef
their constituencies Thus resumption
has been. and | think viii continue 10 be
put of. until the time you speak Of. " when
the balance of trade shall be in our favor
When that time arrives, resumption will be
easy in truth. it will from that cause come
10 its own accord
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

AUTOMATICALLY iddiehury eorresponl
ent informs Us that council of doctors NJ
decided that the death Of Mrs tredaFi'A !.
Leland, of East Middlebury, was a ei'e =.
heart disease and not Of suicide, a al H.
reported
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

Vermont loses one of its largest woolien
mills and one of it, most enterprlslng man
ufacturers by the removal of Thomas Green-
bank mills from L.sysyille on White river
TO Andover. Mas This establishment was
burned about dozen years ago. and was
rebuilt upon a scale that enabled IT. owner
10 pile up great fortune during the war.
lie is man Of great eccentricity, q native
of England, and 50 neglected IN hi> early
education that writing i not among his ac-
complshments He i great worker. goes
into his mill daily, and in appearance Is
quite undistinguishahle from the busiest
weaver in the mill. lie moves 10 Aassa-
chusetts. it is said. on account OF the dis
advantage of being obliged to freight ms
wool up from Boston and his product back
again. The great mill, stripped OF its ma
chinery and windows, presents very Tor
lorn aspect We believe 1t has been bought
but what it will be devoted TO we have not
heard. Among other wild stories OF Green-
backs eccentricity was one that he also IN
tended to remove TO Massachusetts a new
$50 200 residence in which he took great
pride OF course, such removal l. great
blow to the village of Gaysville, where SUI
remain the mills founded and still owned by
the Gay family. of which, we believe, MI
Gay of LiffeH's Liring Age Is son.-Cor-
Springfield Republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The Boston Journal says : 1T seems to
be settled that the President has made his
selection for the Chief Justiceship, and the
probabilities are that Mr.. Eyarts is the man.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

TIM UNIoN TRUsT CoNFANY.-New \ ok
specials state that the failure of the Union
Trust Company j. much more serious than
was supposed In addition to the deialca-
tion of Carlton. which l. probably a total
loss. call loans TO the amount Of more than
$50 900 had been granted 30 the Lake
shore Railroad. and this that company po-
siti7ely refused to pay back when asked te
do 50. Friday. The money was loaned to the
Lake shore Company to pay lis last dividend
ifour per cent?. They had only S25o.ooo,
and had To borrow the remainder 10 pay ont
the X 600 600. which the dividend called
for. Augustus Schcn pleaded with tears IN
his ewes to Vanderbilt on Friday To repay
this loan. which had been made TO one of
his companies. but Vanderbilt was deaf 60
his nlea. There seems 10 be strong I'M
preston thar the Lake Shore Company Is
coming 20 che relief of the Union Trust Co,
and thar the later Will resume bushes, no
later than next saturday. \ call loan
of $500 600 which was thought TO be
doubtful. was paid Saturday MI
rockingham the president OF INT NUN
Trust Company. sailed from Liverpool on
saturday he l. supposed to be ignorant
of the failure of the institution No inier-
nation If Carlton whereabouts l. obtain
able He Is an extremely young man anu
is said 10 be wholly untitled for the position
which he has held. A director of the bank
state- that be was largely interested u
Western Mon stocks. and their sudden de-
cline placed HIM In desperate circumstances.
Envelopes picked up in his office show that
he was also specializing IN Union Pacific.
He had made loans TO relatives and friends
on securities. which are regarded as very
doubtful. One loan of 10000 was 70 hiS
father. the Rev Dr. Carlton Of Methodist
Book Concern notoriety He had ms favor
iteS among the brokers and loaned large
amounts To- them on securities that II Will
be difficult to realize on.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

WHY CLEws 4 co. FAILED

WHY CLEws CO. FAILED.
The earlier part of Tuesday was Of more
promise in financial circles than for nearly
week, and there was not ripple OF any
thing of startling nature up to half past
two O'Clock. Another half hour Of such
continued quiet would undoubtedly have
given increased confidence that Wednesday,
there would have been taken the initial
steps for full resumption of business. At
that hour, however, and just a the street
was beginning to feel that the end OF the
panic had been reached, the painful rumor
started at twenty minutes to three O'Clock
that the house of Henry Clews & Company
had suspended payments. Street rumors Fly
without the aid Of carrier pigeons. and as
soon as the announcement was mace that
the doors of this banking house were clos
ed large crowd collected in front of the
building. and the curious spectators ask
ed for all sorts of information. That the
house had suspended was true, but that the
! entire panic and the fearful run upon them
had been fully met until twenty minutes to
three O'Clock that afternoon was also true,
and the immense demand upon the house
/ had been met uutil the throwing out Of
| their checks at the Fourth National Bank
| Tuesday afternoon. The amount of the pay
ments made during the last few days was
over 81 200 600, and they had then in the
/ Fourth National Bank securities 10 the
amount of $500 900, against which they
had drawn only $500. 900. The word that
their checks were refused payment at the
| Fourth National Bank reached the banking
| house about go, and the closing OF the
/ doors followed the announcement. II Is
stated that an arrangement Will be cOnsnm-
| mated by which an early resumption Will
be effected. as there are abund-
ant securities in possession OF the
house. Immediately after the closing
Of the doors number OF prominent
capltalits were eagerly seeking Mr.. Clews,
who was not in the Office Assistance nee
essarv to pull through the day would IN
doubtedly have been given had there been
any suspicion that the bank would refuse
the payment Of Henry Clews Co. 5 checks;
The effect in the street was ASH IRE brand
had been thrown into a mass OF shaylngs-
] Inc suspension fFtdltu u mANA tA1AAl
ment a. that Of Jay Cooke d Co., and even
more for the reason that the firm OF
Henry Clews a Co. had bravely withstood
the storm until the last, and had ,uccumb-
ed TO the immense pressure by the sudden
and unexpected action of the bank.
Tie firm has successfully placed the bonds
of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota Railroad Company, and this con
Germ was paying splendidly IN trathc -
enough To earn the interest on its bonds
The suspension Of Tuesday Is not traced t,
advances on this class of securities, but l.
entirely due TO other causes. The main one
j, the difficulty of rendering available, II
the present condition Of the money market
their various securities. The refusal OF TIT
bank to certify or clear their checks wa
the immediate cause of the disaster. il J.
probable the house will be able TO resum'
steu.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

Vermont Central first mortgage bonds
sid in Boston on Tuesday, at 22s to 20.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
panv are erecting a splendid building to
cost about million dollars, at the corner
of Church and Cortlandt streets, New York.
lately the site occupied by the Western
Hotel, and work on the foundation of the
new structure has already begun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

terments since the first OF September sums s
up aa6 the number OF SICK Is estimated
variously. at from 500 TO eoO.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

spy. 49,. ...'---------
Tlly Mas,--.----- --.---------------..-
Tme-4.5s. III. rs
Nh Joseph Bacon colt Spruce is
worthy q word of praise. He is not four
vcar- old until October and his first appear
ance on any course was az this fair lie
showed admirable gait. and took the second
money. and IL i- said BY the knowing ones
could have won the race. The skill Of his
driver. the veteran Mills. was especially
noticeable.
4 most exciting and closely contested
race now took place for the
sor,r-v,s srrr,,f rrRsr OBJ $50.
s-,t, first sjo Fl, -..,nd.apd - ,otbirl.
4. r., N. f,-,,e- -acc Ne-.-~ Crane BI,d-
..,... and r,-rs-,r acted n. ip5re- The or-
I-,-;,.. ..--,.. ,r,-e made.
rs Appls,ar. b-. 2. Billy BavIe-s
G. Z Freamore. b n u. h h .il. Pea
J. Williams. T. z. Gen. Grant.
First H.G.-A most tedious Performance
of scoring opened the sport. "Gen. Grant
being little rank scored for some time,
but Kitty Pearl " played Ike lady.
Attbe word eo. Kitty had the pole and
all four went well together until the first
turn. when the mare broke badly and let
ten. Grant in at the quarter pole. They
rounded the home stretch nearly abreast,
and &c Grant took the wire only a neck
ahead of -' Kitty go. Bowles- being third
and d. General nowhere. The judges,
however. set " Grant back for running
and gave the heat to Kitty Pearl, in
2.i3
N,oHd Hal" Kitty Pearl led but soon
broke and was passed by ' Gencral- %
" 0rant' Gaping ham closely on the home
stretch but " General easily took The
heat IN lbs "ran' beng almost up TO
time al the wire b'Nless was 'hifu'
ana hitty lar IN Tue Instance
I"''a Hedi-' GENERAL shot ahead
followed by NIFTY who went ahead OF
nm on the thiFu tnTl'' "heh II Heeiheu iitiIe
"orA log her 10 l'Ae 'i'e neat "h''n she
d'd III ~ "'nera was second
''rani third' ana bo"iess behind
f"nrA Hea'- hitiS sped away al
hrst' nut Grant I'iIo"eu heI cioseiy To Inc
home-stretch' when ne passed. her' after
"nlcH ne ana "'"ei'. i'au some llsn'
'io''iHs ''' i'''i'''''O1- VI 'N' N''..' Niii'N
'i"u, 'ooA !" - eIeia Oeins
u, D'"''7 anu N'''' an
i'- 0' '-i.7 i'' ,'''' d ''i'e' winch
caused d ueiaS Oh MAJ an nour-
fyfA Hfai- hl''y fearl made another
hne daSh AZ tue starr 8, ou' was pa 'sed oy
Urant IN 'ne second turn on The homo
stretch VINO won 'ne neal III -'i''
SiIth and Last Heaf--Ihe excitement
was now intense u7ant evidently having
the iaFOr OF the spectators. though tne. little
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The national Spiritualists' convention IN
Chicago, Friday, elected Victoria c. Wood
hull president, and listened to lecture by
her. IN which she euuuciated her peculiar
doctrines In such plain language that the
local papers refused to publish it, Eighteen
members Of the convention protested against
committing the convention to Woodruff 5
doctrines and seeded.