Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

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composed of one Senator and two Represen-
tatives will make minority report in favor
of submitting the question of striking the
! word ''male" out of the Constitution to
the people of the State
Further particulars of the accident on the
All hany Valley Railroad are received.
The rain of six oil cars and one passenger
Goa, i was thrown bya broken axle down an
embankment thirty feet and into the Ale
ghany River. The oil in the six cars, 20, 900
gallons, caught fire, and those of the pas
sengers who could not escape, were literally
boiled in oil Those who escaped were
burned, some of them quite severely, while
scrambling from the river through sheet
OF flame. The passenger coach was an iron
/! one. 1t made several turns going down the
\ embankment and sank in six feet of water.
| Those who got out of it had to wade through
! water, on the surface of which the petro-
! leum was burning furiously. The ground
was covered with snow and ice. The official
! report makes but three killed, but 1t Is
| thought there must be more.
| St. Paul has had a lively sensation over
the old question of the negro at the hotel
table. The proprietorsof the two principal
| hotels refused to entertain Fred Douglass
on his recent lecture trip to that city on ac-
count of his color, whereupOn the town was
beside itself with indignan. excitement.
! The legislature Immediately went TO work
to cOntriye some punishment for the hotel
/ proprietors, and proposition to remove the
capital on account of the insult was received
| with loud cheers. Legislators boarding at
! the unlucky hotels left en- masse, and took
! up quarters at Minneapolis. The whole
affair, however, proved splendid adver-
tisement for Mr.. Douglas, whose lecture
/ on = Caste " was attended by an immense
l crowd that manifested the widest enthuSI-
asm over his remarks.
The Albany Eresiag journal denies, APP
/ parently ON the authority Of Governor Dix,
| the statement that he was mixed up in the
Credit Mobilier. 1t says Governor Dix
never had any money placed in his hands
A. a fee or otherwise for the negotiation of
/ bonds, that he never had any stock or inter
| est of any kind indirect or direct in the
| Credit Moblier, and what Union Pacific
stock he ever received was either purchased
or received in part payment for services as
| first president of the company.
The trustees of the Children Aid Society,
who contested the last will Of Horace tree
[ ley. being benefited 10 the amount of Sl0,-
600 under the Will of 1871. have yielded to
the pressure ofthe friends of Mr.. Greeley'S
daughters, and resolved to relinquish all
claims to the legacy. if it is established that
the estate has been materially impaired
since the will of ISL was drawn.
4 fire broke ont at Goderich, Ontario,
| Tuesday morning whith destroyed Naddle's
exchange office, Knights hair-dreSsing
tablishment, McMullen's restaurant, War
mock 5 fancy goods store. AtchesonS general
dry goods and Montreal telegraph offices.
Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance IN
known. 1t l. supposed To have been the
work of an incendiary.
An explosion rs was an explosion oc-
CURED on the South Carolina railroad, the
other day, when a locomotive boiler explOd-
ed. Every portion of theengne was com
pletc wreck One of the large driving
wheels was torn from the axle and buried
deep in the embankment on the left. One
Of the heavy driving shafts was hurled over
the emhankments of the cut. and in IT.
career struck the top of telegraph-pole,
which it snapped of like a stick Of glass.
The dome of the engine was thrown far
above the cut. and fell about 300 yards to
the left The bell started with similar yeloc-
ity, and crushed in the gable end Of ne
gro preachers house. about the same dis
tsnce on the right, causing the sable clergy
man 10 tremble with fright. The rest of
fragments Strange % say. a ear contain
ing several persons, though but n few feet
from the engine, was untouched by any of
the flying fragments There being no other
persons near. NO injury was done 10 life.
The conclusion was 80 great that the tum-
blerS and bottles were thrown from the
shelves and counter of bar-room in Lewis
vile. nearly half-mile distant and the det-
onation Is said 10 have been distinctly
heard nj distance of ten miles
Portland i, somewhat disturbed over the
discovery that three of her leading bushes,
men have been extensively engaged in snug
Cling nutmegs. alcohol and ardent spirits
These were. with the exception of the nut
megs, taken out Of bond in Boston, carried
about on the sea for a time. and then landed
on Long Island, whence they were brought
to that city The nutmegs We're directly
smuggled. suits have been commenced
against the offenders.
new bank was in contemplation at
PoughkeepSie, y. Y. and the stock was all
subscribed for, but one Of the stockholders
saw the proposed cashier enter a billiard
room, one day. and that broke up the whole
arrangement.
'' I'll the boys are going to get bounce
was what Murderer ShankeN. in the New
announced
There have been 2000 complaints entered,
this winter, against the good people of New
York for not clearing their sidewalks
There Is considerable talk in religious and
literary circles over the refusal of the Young
Mems Christian Association of New York
to let Rev John Weiss, a Unitarian clergy
man. give his lectures on Shakespeare in
th,ir ho N an tla evr,re-- ,rr,uuI of his nm
sound religious views Mr. Beecher says in
his Chr4StiaH tHoH That Mr.. Weiss
should be denied access to the hall for the
purpose of propagating opinions at war
with the evangelical theology would only
be natural but that man of the highest
moral and social standing, of elevated and
cnnObling tastes, and beloved in many an
orthodox circle. should be thought unfit to
enter its walls as a lecturer on thejgenius of
Shakespeare does not seem to usquite credit
able to the intelligence, discrimination and
good sense of the association.
The newest New York fashion is cake
cutting which follows wedding reeep-
tion. but is distinct from it and on another
day. None are present but on special invi-
tation. and the invitations are very select
Few Of the common herd get invited. The
cake is daintily divided. placed in elegant
boxes and borne by the fair recipients to
their homes.
Melen Phinuey OF North Turner, Ne,
thought he knew how to do it, and yaccin-
ated himself from the arm of one of his
children, and the results have been very
serious, his blood having been so poisoned
that his physician fears that he will not re
cover.
Mr.. Mitchell of Charwell. Pa. went
1 sfrbt 10
." how came you 50, and having no night
KEY sought an entrance through the CHM
ney lie stuck fast, near the bottom, and
as there was fire burning very little re-
mained of Mr.. Mitchell when his friends
discovered him next morning.
Those amiable sisters, Catherine and Mar
garet McCarty of Chicago, who were ar
rested some time ago for throwing hot lye
over one Fennan. GATHERINGS lover. because
he wasn't loving enough, were brought up,
the other day, and Maggie was fined $500
and Katie sent back to jail.
Salt Lake City has put near million dol
lars into new buildings the last year, and
the coming season promises to witness a still
larger growth.
Saturday was a red-letter day for the New
York fire department, not a single alarm
being sosnded anywhere in the city during
the entire day.
To sell to a shopkeePer for 50 .5Oa cement
receipt taken from book you have Just
bought of hm for 81 l.50 is considered sharp
practice in California.
The Marlboro, Mass, Journal is enter
prising. 1t publishes an obituary of
young man of the town who has Just died,
| and above it places his photograph, taken
! in the ordinary way and pasted on