Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-26
In Brief.
The Hawaiian treaty passed the Senate
by vote of 81 to IL.

Trinity Church, New York. has an IN
come of seven per cent on serea 'aH'0n .
fire hundred thousand dollars.
Parepa-Rosa has a monument which cost
5000, and her husband didn't ask any
one to contribute.
Mrs. Hahn, of Baltimore, mother Of the
quartet Ct babies, has lost two OF the llttie
ones. and another Is not expected to live
The office-seeking roll of the last Con
gress comprises fty-one names up to the
latest date.
One hundred locomotives and eight hun
dred men are idle in consequence Of The
destruction of the Erie bridge at Port
Jervis.
\ Quebec despatch says the railroads in
that section are very badly blocked by snow,
and in many cases mails are forwarded ny
seighs.
The cold weather of this winter has caused
great destruction of live stock in Oregon.
One man in Linn county has had $50 sheep
frozen to death.
The lower house OF the Austrian Reichs-
rath has appropriated $4,000 for the ex-
penses Of the Austrian representative at onr
Centennial.
The Marquis he Lafayette is at the head
of committee to make arrangements Tor
French PARTICIPATION in the Philadelphia
centennial.
4 Huntersyille CTenn.) negro gil, about
Il years old, poisoned two little children
of her own race to death, the other day
because she was tired of tending them.
Gov. CASTOR, Democrat, deemed it deros-
atory to the dignity Of the executive oil
the commonwealth to review the proco'-
sion, on ST. Patrick's Day, in Boston
Epitaph on the late Emperor Of China
An China mourns the loss Of one 50 young, ..
In speeches .orrow-she has lost her Iur-
British trade with South America Is
likely to receive quite shock IRON the
present commercial failures in that line,
three large firms having been carried down
this week.
That Minneapolis postmaster WHOM bi.l
King wanted re-appointed, has been :e-al-
pointed. Pains are taken to inform the
public. however. that it was to oblise Sen
ators Ramsey and Window.
Rev. T. D. Talmagc telegraphed TO Mc--r-,
Moody and Sankey in London "Cannot
come great awakening in my church n'
time for evangelical ministers t. leave
America.
Sbarkcv. the murderer, Is still in Havana
\ New York detective Is there watching
him. and Consul General Hall Is awaiting
adyces from Washington a. to whether 70
cause lis arrest or not.
The proportion of the married among
the insane i smaller than that oi the uu
married" Undoubtedly. \ man who has
to scratch around and make u living tor ms
wife and eleven children couldn't be insane
if he wanted to. lie hasn't the time.
There are so 900 at Liverpool that they
don't know what to do with. This sum Is
the Surplus of what was collected to relieve
the poor Of Chicago On the occasion 81 the
great FIRE 1t is proposed to inves; l'. ana
20 keep it together "f,r the next great IRE
in America
The Dominion government has pr1te-tel
against the imposition of q duty on canned
l6bstcrsb by the United States, whi'n. il j.
claimed. is in contrayentiln " tie treaty u!
Washington.
The south Carolina legislature saturday
night refused TO adopt the address demand
iur the removal of State Treasurer CArdoza.
which j. regarded a a vindication OF Gov
Chamberlain administration.
party of Sioux Indians stole Q patent
ice-crcam freezer. surprising il T. he q hand
orcan. and their 'big medicine nan turned
the crank a week before he would confess
his inability 10 get music oat Oh H.
The Union League Club, of New York.
bas ra,-ed resolutions condemning the ap-
pointment of Fitz-John Porter. who was
condemned of traitorous conduct. rs Com
missioner of the City WORKS.
Longrellow. in declining to hec1mea mem
Der Of the British Association of Spiritual
ists. SAYS that he has never seen any mani
festati6n- that convinced him OF the pres
ence Of spirits, and should deem It almost
an act of dishonesty ~ accept the c1mni-
meni offered.
Two freight train, on the Grand Trunk
Railway collided on lachnc cana, hank,
Point Il. Charles. Friday night, -ma~hins
both locomotives. killing a numter of cattle
and seriously injuring one OF the engineers.
The accident was caused by an error of the
telegraph operator, who ran away.
The largest sale Of fancy cattle ever held
in the Northwest viii come OF at Dixon. H..
on Wednesday, when William Stewart
herd of Short-horns, numbering -, Wi! 20
at auction. and large gathering OF people
from all parts Of the country Is expected.
Albert Moliter. said to he an illegitimate
son of the car Of Russia, has been arrested
at Lansing. Mich, and taken TO Detroit on
a charge Of Kidnapping Norwegian girl,
whom he had seduced, to prevent her from
appearing against him. lie was at Ian
sing rs a lobby member Of the Legislature
Charles P. Lands, well known As tie
Father -.ineland, y. J., took offence
/ an artlc in the local paper containing
no Names, however,, and Friday morning
went to the office and shot the editor, Mr..
/ Carruth MORALLY wounding him. lands
was locked up, and there are threats of
lynching.
From the dark recesses of the forests of
| IIawley, Mas, comes the terrible rumor OF
the probability Of a spruce gum famine,
caused by the severe winter and grasshop-
per plague School children who are
short on gum will govern themselves ac-
corlingly.
The cable announces that Oxford has
beaten Cambridge, in the annuSl boat race
between the University crews. From 1851
to 1869, Oxford won every race between the
Varsity crews from 90 to this years race
Cambridge was the winner. The time of the
winning crew last year, was twenty-five
MINUTES, thirty five seconds, the race being
over the regular Thames course. from Put
nev to Mortiake.
1t was Lady Mordaunt, You see, and rrt
the Prince of Wales, who was guilty Of
adultery. Here Is precedent for Plymouth
Chicago Tr.juae.
Everybody in the " est will he rejoicei Ia
know that Redpath, of Boston, has been
dragged into the Beecher business. Red |
path, who has year after year prosecuted !
the unfortunate West with tine stalest, |
stupideS;, trashiest lot of lectures that ever |
bored much-enduring people, Rodpath, the |
remo>cless lecture tiend, Redpath has been
oyertaken ut last with righteous retributi1a, |
and the West may attune its harp to psalms
of rejoicing Tol, de riddle oil, tum di day |
Break down, by rejoicing lecture goers.)- |
Burlington (id.) Hdickeye.
The Art editor of the New York Asde-
pen5ent declares It to he certain that If |
LEONARDO, Michel Angelo, and Raphael |
were living now they would not employ
their time in painting suahs pictures as
they have lett for mankind IT, wonder at.
Michel Angelo would mot paint a 'JGdg-
ment Day inow, nor Raphael Trans
fgura.ion. If they painted at all, they
would paint after the manner Of Geromc
or Meissonier; but the probability j that
they would employ their talents in some
very different manner-in writing novels
or building railroads" This is qrite posi-
tive Bnt how does he know
William Cnllen Bryants new hymn, wit
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