Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-07
SUMSIiEY OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC.
Thos, newly arrived Italians are begin
ming TO make their mark in the criminal
records of of New York One of them has
got into the Tombs because he INDUCED in
the amusement Of stabbing two little boys
whom he met on the street.-ln a further
hearing Of the Greeley will case at White
Plains, on Jan. %. testimony was given by
4. J. and Oliver johnson, showing that Mr.
Greeley mind was affected before the De-
tober elections The case was settled Feb
3. by the withdrawal Of Mr. Greeley's
daughters. Of the rayages Of
the late ice does and floods in the many trib-
utaries Of the Delaware river, show that
large amounts of lumber have been carried
away, dams destroyed and roads DISTRACTED
BY immense deposits of ice left by the re-
ceding water--The directors Of the At
lantic Mail Steamship Company have decid-
ed TO put the company in liquidation. The
liabilities Of the company, it Is stated,
amount to about $500 200. and the assets to
about $3.50, 200. 1t is understood that the
company will shortly be recognized
Woman's Suffrage Conventions were held
ut Boston, Jan IS, and At Augusta, Maine,
Jan % aud 3O-An incident character
istic Of the present condition of southern
society took place in Forsythe county, Geor-
gia. Jan. p, where melee took place be-
tween several United States marshals and
number Of citizens charged with violating
the revenue laws. Seyenty-fve shots were
exchanged, and several persons were seri-
ously wounded or killed.-It is proposed
to erect monument to the memory Of the
late Gen. George G. Meade.-The bill for
the admission of Colorado, As i State of the
onion, has been killed, 50 tar as the present
Congress IS concerned The Detroit
Board Of Trade has adopted a resolution
favoring petition to Congress to permit
the bridging of Detroit river as near that
| city a. practicable. There are one thousand
/ cars on each side Of the river waiting tran
/ sta startling fraud has lust been un-
| earthed at Topeka. Kan The auditors
registry of bonds was discovered to contain
] entries Of 5000 600 in bonds purporting TO
| have been issued by cities which have no ex-
istence. Talk about Credit Mobilier.--
| The National Theatre at Washington, d.
| c.. was burned down Jan. Is Loss, 800,
900. An extensive fire is reported at Jack
son, Tenn, causing loss of 800 600 and
one at Green Bay, Wis. loss Sl22 200 /;
one at New Orleans, La, Jan. 30, loss
$50, 900 one at Mortified, Vt, loss $780,
900. Also at Nashville. Tenn, loss $50
600 A.; Kingstree, 5. c., the second confa
grafton at that place within day or two.
loss $4,000 and smaller fires At several
other places.--A serious coal famine pre-
walls in Memphis, Tenn There is not n
bushel of coal for sale, and many families
are burning oil cake as Il substitute
Commissioner Davenport has rendered de-
cison in the Woodhull-Claain libel case,
brought By Challis. The commissioner holds
that the article in Woodruff a Clahin 5
Weekly, on which action is founded, is OBJ
scene, and therefore holds the accused to
await the action of the grand iury.-A
terrible explosion occurred Feb. 3, in the
American iron works. belonging to Jones x
Laughlin OF Pittsburg. Four boilers ex-
ploded simultaneously, shattering the works
to atoms, spreading destruction and death
in the neighborhood. Seven bodies have
been taken out and over thirty wounded
men have been rescued, many of whom NAV
de-ln the Tweed case the jury failed to
agree, and were discharged A motion for
a new trial will be made as soon as practi-
cable--In the case of Mrs. Wharton, on
trial at Baltimore, on charge of murder
by poison, the jury disagreed Feb. s.
Senator Pomeroy of Kansas, has been ar
rested on charge Of attempting to bride
members of the Kansas Legislature. He
telegraphs to his friends that the whole
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he will come out all right in the end
Poughkeepsie seriously contemplates the
construction of railroad bridge across the
Hudson river This would afford mean.
of direct communication between the New
England States and the coal-felds Of Penn
sylvania.
FOREIGN.
The Pr Wales, the Shah of Persia
Kaiser William, the Gar of Russia, anC
other celebrities, will be present at tht
Vienna Exposition. A number of mem
bers of the international were arrested il
Paris Jan. 2s-The Queen of Spain CAV.
birth to a son Jan. 29.-By order of tn,
Court of the Queens Bench, Tichborne, tn,
contestant in the great baronetcy claim
case, has been summoned to appear befor
the court to answer to the charge Of con
tempt The charge is founded upon Ger
tain circumstances in connection with tn
case as it appeared recently before the courts
The claimant has announced his intention
: of personally defending himself.-Th
: Pope threatens to leave Rome if the estab
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