Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-17
DOMINION NEWS.

Montreal policemen receive IS week
| after they have served year. Until that
time they receive 81.
Forty cases OF small pox arc reported at
| St. Johns.
Fifty cents day is the pay Of laborer
in Quebec. Living is proportionately
cheap.
Waterloo was last week scandalized with
another bisamy case. Onc Lairguc. hailinr
| from Massachusetts. where he was married
only last fall. recently eOurtod and wed n
| Miss Garcercau. of Waterloo. The dual
| character of his domestic relations coming
| to light, he was recently brought before \
magistrate and rcnanded to Jail Tor further
| enquiries.
An American gentleman OF some capital
| and large experience speaks iavorably of
| going TO 81. Johns 20 start large cotton
factory.
y resolution was introduced at Il recent
meeting Of the bar of Montreal that the
present system of appointing Judge, i III
IurlOus alike To the bench and 10 the inter
| ests oil society that the bar Of the Pro
vince should indicate to the Government Of
| the DOminiOn the names of those uf its
members competent to discharge the duties
O! Judge, and that from persons So indica-
ted judges should be- cho-en. The rc>olu-
tiOn did not pass. though it seemed tp meet
general apr rrOval. for the r,aS1n tilat the
Canadian Government has recently relieved
the C0ur; of Appeals of several JuIs.-,
alike di,ta>teial - the bench and the pei
pie
Lord Dniicrin is said to be au:oerati, in
his language, and speaks of the Domi1iun
Government a. " my government"
Hon. Ilamil on II. Killa'y, formerly Com
missioner Of Puh'ic Works. and an old pi-
litic;an Of Canada. died recently ~ rirtnn.
Nova Scotia.
\ tragedy occnrrcd in q h.u-e Of III iim,.
at Toronto on the night ot the l.; IN;
John Kelly -ct fire Ia the rl.tiic- OF un~ 1t
the iamateS namri Mary Slatirrly Sic
was burned - severely that She died De- the
hosr.ti. the next day. Kelley Wa arrested
Dr. Tuppcr i about 90 tax. ;ie l..,,ie7-
ship 1i the Cdnadila Parliament lie l.
Saii To- Pee a distant relative->nmc three
Thousand miles di-.ant--Of Martin FIrquar
lupper. th' iayofiic poet Of the Bread and
Iter-bri-aGe.
Calixn Layalce.a Young Cana Ian pianist.
l. now in Paris, where he has exhibited re.
Markuh.c Talent rs composer ~ sell a.
an artist. IL j. >aii nt him tiat hr has
what ctunct he icarn,d-in~pir..ii.'n
\ despatch 'r,,n Fort curry. ulpit,hl,
-al Jhrro va ir'ru-.. y .; ..ucnt finer, .,u
receipt oi the int, li-cii.c l..,,r ltr ,,.,- ia
Ottawa. aaj AaJ taken the o..tt The
large HAS meeting ever held ia fii, p.n,-
iace assembled ia ;hc .Ica air and l'.l~-''l
resolutions expressing unqualified irdi.ra
tlsn ~ t..c ATTEMPT ai kici t. take h.- ~4.:tt
in the House uf G1-nm1n~. aud de,nariing
that Parliament perform it. duty and purge
itself ot hI- presence. cau-c his arrest a.Ii
Transmission To Manitoba. to s:Ini trial on
charge> Of treason and murder. TIE city
council Of Fort Garry al, held a meeting
and passed equally strong rc-aiatiaus.
! man cannot be member Of the New
Brunswick Legislature who docs no; own.
really or rnninally, real estate OF the value
of t200. Ii is now proposed II abolish tie
property qualification.
Hon. George Brown. formerly prnminen;
mcmhcr an minister 90! the Canadian gV-
cramcnt, ard oditnr ot the leading daily
paprr ut Turfnro. Jas iecn appointed by
the D1uiuiuu government commissioner %
aii IN negotiating reciprocity treaty With
the government Of the United States. Mr.
Brown Is a man Of decided character and
abilities. terse and vigorous writer, thor
oughly posted about every body and every
thing in Canada. and, when opposed. very
'' usiy customer" lie has had something
io do with nearly every provincial Fight that
has taken place dIriug the last fve-and-
twenty ycar- and seems now - he entering
upon q irc-E va OF popularity and useful
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