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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

WATRRyrILE. The annual meeting of the
Lamoille County Conference of Congrega.
tional churches will be held i'll this village.
Tuesday and Wednesday, June II and Il.
The opening sermon by Rev. j. q. Hale will
be at 1890 "a. m, on Tuesday. At l.30p. m.
on Wednesday sermon by Rev. V. NJ. Har-
dy, of Morrisvile to be followed by the sac
rament OF the Lords supper.
On Sunday morning last Mrs. Joseph Car
penter, of Cambridge near our village at
tempted suicide by hanging. Early in the
morning she left her bed, put u woollen belt
around her neck and was found hanging by
the stair railing Two years ago she did the
same thing and came near dying. She was
alive ut noon Sunday.
Curtis Browd, Of Belvidere the champion
bear hunter, has trapped but one this season.
Over forty bears has been caught by him,
most of them in Belyidere mountains.
Mrs. Myron Wetherell and Miss Hale, of
UnderhIll while riding up the burying ground
hill were both thrown from the wagon. The
horse backed the wagon some twenty feet or
more into the deep ditch at the roadside.
The ladies were but slightly injured but the
wagon was badly smashed.
Several fine string of trout have been taken
from the branch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

The Fire Insurance Companies, through
the National Board OF Fire Underwriters,
have begun crusade against the Fourth of
July fire cracker and like annoying and
dangerous pyrotechnics. 1t is the purpose
of the Board to induce local authorities to
pass ordinances which shall make i email
offence to vend, manufacture or use fire crack
ers or any minor fire work which explodes
with noise and makes itself lively thereat
The Board says that the invoice value of all
the fire crackers imported since January / =.
1865, is less than 81 900, 900. while the loss
of property by two fires which had their
origin in fire crackers, was Sl5,O00. 900
They estimate that every dollar worth Of
crackers imported has occasioned n direct
loss by fire, Of upward OF 800. The Zen
tonnial Fourth OF July cost the insurance
companies alone, SI5i, 57i. while the value
of the crackers imported during tho year,
was only SI66 .O95. The fire works OF
American manufacture during the ten years
from 1876. are estimated by the Board to
have cost s., $50 900.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

RuTLAND-LIQUoR PROSECUTION Bridget
McDonough. who was arrested last Thurs
day night for intoxication and breach of the
peace, and has since been fined for the same
offences, yesterday disclosed on John Cain,
and he was fined $40 and costs. According
to the prisoners testimony, while engaged
in hopping out Mr.. Cain 8 Office, under the
Town Hall, Thursday. she received two
pretty stiff glasses of gin from him, and
third one which was somewhat "stratched"
(dilated) vivid wather.' The liquor. she
said, was taken by Mr.. Cain from bottle
in his private closet Mr. Cain 5 story is
that bottle of some kind of liquor found
its way, a while ago. and without his know
ledge, into hat box occupying shelf in
his office. lie supposed it was a dose which
had been fixed up for him. and had therefore
given it a wide birth. When he returned to
his office Thursday, however, after a short
absence, he found that Mrs. McDOnough
had gained access to the bottle and was
slightly under the influence of the contents
lie tried to persuade her TO go home. but
she refused to do so before he had given her
another sup" This he did by pouring
out some liquor and then splitting it and
substituting water. Mr.. Cain was fould
guilty and fined SO ard costs. lie appeal
ed Rutland Herald, 5th.
The Globe attributes tine prosecution to
petty spite against Mr.. Cain, and claims that
he violated no law, therebeing no proof tend
ing to show either that the person intoxi-
Gated was a habitual drunkard, or that the
liquor was furnished in place of public
resort.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

SwANToN.-il. NJ. Stone aud F. Tarble,
have purchased the lots owned by Long and
Farrar, and are To .eornplete the block al
ready commenced.
Governor Fairbanks was screnaded Thur.
day night, at the Central House. lie was
in town looking alter the interests of the
Lamoile Valley Railroad lie says the
road shall be completed to the lake IN sixty
days.
John Billiard unearthed, while ploughing
few days since, Il stone pipe, supposed to
have been used by the Indians.
The Franklin County and Grand Isle
Union will hold Sabbath School Conver
ton, about the 18th of June.
The pOstoihcc has been removed again,
and this time occupies the old quarters in
Tarble block.
A boy named Tatro went over the dam
last week, but fortunately was not drowned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

Mr.. GLADSTONE RECEPTION, at Biz
mingham, by thirty thousand Englishmen
and their Endorsement of his policy, shows
that if England should 60 to war with
Russia in defence Of Turkey it would not be
with the full consent of the nation and
that strong anti-war party would be formed.
Though the hold which Mr. Gladstone gain
ed by his denunciatiOns of the massacres in
Bulgaria is weakened, it is not wholly lost
His appeal is now made from Parliament
10 the people, and he probably inspired the
resolutions passed by the Birmingham meet
ing, declaring that England should join with
the other powers in demanding of Turkey
better guarantees for the protection of her
Christian subjects
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

BRIsTOL. - Erwin Pullman's child fell
into water tub. last week. receiving in the
fall severe cut under the eye
Mr.. Landon, an elderly gentleman, was
run over at the Hotel corner, last Saturday,
by single team which Julius Hepburn was
driving. Mr.. Hepburn is a cripple and his
team being hard bittcd he could not rein it
Landon was severely bruised.
Mr.. Pierce. a teamster for d. Ii. 0ryis, of
South StarksbOrO, had his skull fractured
by a kick from one Of his horses, on the
road to Middlebury, last Saturday. There is
little hope for his recovery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
TIE New YORK CrsroN HorsR REFORMS


The Albany EreaHg Journal, says:
1t is suggested that the custom service
should be organized on a strictly business
basis. If this means that it should do its
business in business way, it is right. 1t II
means something else, there ought to be
little more definite explanation. When the
President himself is elected on strictly
business basis and without any regard to
politics, when the President appoints the
Collector and other custom officers on
strictly business basis and without reference
to any political considerations, then We can
have strictly business basis throughout
and no politics whatever.
Tho New York World says
Our own impression i. that a good proper
ton of all the actual customs force really is
Woodworking and fairly earns all that 1t is
paid by the Government.
The New York Commercial rather sar-
castically remarks that if the business OF
the custom house is to be conducted as a
merchant conducts his business, it must not
be in the way of the merchants who bride
custom-house officials, nor of those strictly
honorable gentlemen who manage railroad
companies and banking institutions for their
own special benefit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

The expor tation of American butter has
received great impetus. like the e1porta
ton Of fresh meat, from the improved
methods of preservation. The New York
dealers are constructing refrigerator store
houses, where choice butter can be kept for
consumption OF expectation. A reirigera-
tor recently completed is a frame building,
IS by IS feet. cooled by 200 tons OF ice, and
with capacity of 10000 packages. In
another the second. third and fourth stories
of block are converted into Il refrigerator.
with the ice in the fourth story. the floor OF
which is in stats, allowing the cold air to
descend and flow through tho whole build
inc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
NEW ENGLAND NEWS,

AN EABANKAENT CAVES AND BsRIEs FIVE MEN
ONE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS PRoBA-
BLY, DEAD.
BosToN. June 5.-The embankment of the
new opera house at Holyoke. Mass. caved
in this morning burying five men. One
man was taken out alive, another was dead
and fearfully mangled, and three more are
still buried in the dirt.
DEATH OF AN AGED CLERGYMAN
DOVER, N. L., June 5.-Rev. J.T G.
Colby, of the Christian Baptist church,
was stricken with paralysis last Friday and
died this morning. aged 81 Years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

An INJURED HUSBAND CoMPELs HIS WEES
PARANoUR TO MARCH BACK TO VERMONT
WITH HIN AT THE MuzzLE OF REVOLVER.
Mrs. Wi lillian Wager, widow lady, resi-
ding at Boyntonvills, in the town of Pitts
town. Rensselaer, county, N. Y says the
Troy Wing. was called upon at her resi-
dence, last Friday evening, by brother,
John S)uthworth, whom she had not seen
or heard from in four years. He stated
that he was living at Pownsl, Vermont,
and accompanying him was female whom
he introduced as his vile. The couple &c
cepted an invitation to pass the night with
Mrs. Wager. Just at the break of day Sat-
urday morning, Mrs. Wager heard rap at
her front door. lnduiring who was there,
the gentleman rapping replied, Mr.. Carr.
This was the name of q neighbor, mer
chant, and she unhesitatingly opened the
door, when two men, entire strangers, met
her view. Greatly surprised, she inquired
their business. when one of the two request
ed to know if Southworth and female friend
were not in the house. Upon being answered
in the affirmative. he demanded to be shown
to their apartments. Here he found the pair
of whom he was in search. occupying the
same room. When we state that the
woman WAS tue gentleman vile, anu tnat
she had eloped with SOuthworth the day
previous, his feelings may be imagined.
With drawn pistol he compelled the
twain to don their apparel. and after ex-
planning matters to Mrs. Wager, he directed
his iaithless wife to occupy seat in the
wagon with himself and friend, for the
purpose of accompanying them to Pownal.
She at first demonstrated but this was of no
avail and she was compelled to acquiesce.
The trio started for their Vermant home,
the friend driving the team. and the
husband with pistol in hand. covered
the man Southworth, who was directed
to follow after the wagon until they
reached Pownal. under penalty of
having his brains blown out. In this man
ner they left town, Southworth following
behind the wagon like whipped cur. 1t
appears that the husband had applied to
justice for warrant for the arrest Of South
worth, returnable before justice at Pow
nal, but rs that was out OF this State, he
adopted the novel method above mentioned
to get him into Vermont, without the delay
a requisition upon the Governor would
necessitate. lie stated that never before
had there been the least occasion to suspect
his wife's fidelity. She lett an interesting
family of four children, and her psramour
deserted his wife whenithey fled from Pow
nal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

AFTER Alexis departed. brief Russian
manuscript, according to the GrdPhic. was
found in his stand drawer at the hotel. 1t
was apparently addressed to his valet, and
ran as follows;
"0watl jolitlmiv ad
Slnci tOUKlayov miOldadt
Owata merricovive bin
Iyespenta nswlul pll0vtn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
News by Telegraph.


WINDSOR, Vt, June 6.-Chas Ii. Potter,
sentenced to State prison for ten years from
November. 1869, was pardoned out yester-
day by Gov, Fairbanks
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

MoRRIsvILLE.-A party of young people
attended picnic at Moss Glen Falls, Sat
urday last, and returned we'll repaid with
their visit.
Ten cars Of railroad iron recently passed
west o7er the Portland and 0gdensburg
railroad for johnson, which argues the
speedy completion of the road.
Rev. Miles Grant, of Boston, has return
ed and is holding revival meetings nightly.
lie administered the rite Of baptism to sever
allconyerts last Sabbath. The meetings are
held alternately between the different
churches.
The "Modoes" played match game of
ball on their grounds, Friday. with
picked nine from the village, and defeated
them IL scores. 1t is understood they are
to play at lrasburgh. July 4. with the
Derby Line club, for purse of IS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
VEGETABLES POISONED BY PARIS GREEN.


George Brown and his three sOns-George,
jesse and Josiah-have been arrested, in
Cook county, Texas. charged with com
hitting fourteen murders in connection
with gang of desperadoes that infested
the Texan frontier Their arrest was due
to the fact that the wives of Jesse Brown
discovered the secrets of the gang. Barns
revolted against this order and had the
whole party arrested. George Brown, Jr.,
has been tried and sentenced to be hanged.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

DR.. Gray, of the Utica IN. " Asylum,
takes the ground that. while suicide is an
unnatural act, it is not necessarily an evil
dence Of insanity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
Ell lIOPEAy NEWS.

ROUAANIA BECOMES RUSSIAN PROVINCE
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE State Depart
ment has received cable despatch stating
that ROumania has made a treaty BY which
she places herself under the entire control
of Russia.
FESTIVITIES IN ROME-ILL HEALTH or THE
FORE.
ROME, June The Pope had to be with
drawn yesterday from an audience on ac-
count of exhaustion. The doctors have de-
clded that Populations in the future be con-
solldated, to avoid the excitement and IA
tigue to the Pope OF receiving them in dc
tan. Twelve thousand troops of the garri-
son were reviewed yesterday in Rome by
King Victor Emanuel, who received large
crowds OF senators, deputies. sc The city
was Illuminated at night and the streets
thronged to late hour.
TERRIBLE CATASTRoPHE-SINTY PERSONS
DROWNED.
LONDON. June 6.-During the Centennial
agricultural show. the bridge. at Bath, over
the Avon river, gave way, drowning sixty
persons,
LATER-TwRNTY DEAD BODIES RECOVERED
Advices from Bath say that twenty idead
bodies of victims of the suspension bridge
accident, have been recovered and several
are still missing. 1t is now said that 200
people were on the bridge when it fell.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

EssTN.-Large hunters were in attend
ance upon the ball playing at the Centre,
on Tuesday OF this week, and all enjoyed it
greatly. There were few of the "old
boys" present that played the game forty
and fifty years ago, but the younger ones
were the majority. After choosing sides"
in the usual way, tossing up the club for
the first inning, and duly numbering the
chosen ones, they pitched in, in right ancient
style. The agility of the throwers, catchcrs
and knockers, and the "fugling" for the
victory on both sides, reminded one of the
Jlden times. though some of the colder
boys" thought it was a little Overdone.
The tally by uotched sticks was duly observed
In contrast with "Old fashioned" playing
there was also an exhibition of the modern
starch and buckram, straight Jacket play
ing by rules and regulations. duly laid
down in the book The old and the new,
the ancient and modern. playing were thus
well exhibited to the present generation.
Everybody seemed to enjoy it and promptly
at "chore time the crowd dispersed.
We noticed quite number from other
towns. and also that the different portions
of the town were well represented as they
were in former times. The ring Wrctie
did not come Off. Those who used to par
ticipate in that exercise, most of them have
long since passed away.
The dinner at the Chittenden House,
under the auspices of the new landlord, Mr..
Parker, was splendid, as every one says
who had the pleasure of sitting down to
the richly loaded tables, The house has been
newly fitted ur and everything about it is
as neat as pin. Mr.. Parker purposes to
keep FIRST class house" and designs to
merit the patronage of the travelling pub
lie.
The people of Essex are enthusiastic over
the new railroad. and are watching its com
pletion with eageruess, postpOning their cele-
bration OF the event, till the regular trains
shall be running over the entire route. Essex
is not behind her neighbors in her appre-
citation of the opening of this neD avenue of
communication with the world. But Essex
naI NV u .h Doen Snu' on nom I;n
and therefore did not greet the onening of
the prison doors with quite such an outburst
Oh reJoieing as they; her time VIII CONF
strong
HE VERMONT NuMIsMATIcAL SOCIETY held
G. IT.. A. Ekb
It's hrst annual meeting on tuesday the 'th
inst., IN the reception pariors oil the Amer
oan iiU'ei' anu was oaiieu " ofuef W d.
~ mayer VIM was nau' chairman p'o
'ein' anu a. ~ 'p"uiui"s' VI o'ii0uo'
rotary. Inc chairman read the consIltu-
tion and bylaws as adopted by a preliminary
moot;ro .,d r,or not;o, Of NJ n Gil.
- U.I:.
mai, Vi Moh'peiief' 'ney were reierreu u
DR.. c. p. Thayer, to be revised and reported
nnon at the nert m.eting The societv then
nroo,od,, :. III. g. - -.
proceeueu 10 oaiiol ior us oihcers LOT the en-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

POPULAR feeling just now dictates that it
(the war; shall be put out of sight as far as
possible. -NeU York Tribune.
THEN Popular Feeling is cowardly dog !;
worthy only to be kicked out of every
cQuntry.-Hartford Ceursnf.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

TuE debt statement for May shows that
the principal of the public debt has been
reduced nearly 100000, making an ag-
gregate reduction for the eleven months
past of over SS6,0000OO.
The result of the trial of the Ellenton, ).
c., rioters was as thoroughly foregone con-
clusion as that of the Electoral Commission.
The Jury, of six white men and six black
men, stood exactly six to six. There was,
of course, no hope Of ending their absolute
disagreement and when the rioters are
tried again we shall all know it. As long
as not a single trial and conviction for
murder has followed the fifteen undoubted
murders committed at Ellenton, there seems
little need to waste regrets over this fall
ure to convict the murderers Of conspiracy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
FROM NEW YORK,

TANSANY TO PAY HONOR TO GOV. ROBINSON.
NEW YORK. June 3-Tammany Hall has
decided to tender serenade to Governor
Robinson, on the occasion of his visit here,
June llth.
VEGETABLES POISONED BY PARIS GREEN.
1t is stated that large quantity Of vege
tables received from Long Island, West
chester county. and New jersey contain
Paris green which the farmers sprinkle on
upon them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

THE MEXICAN BORDER TROUBLES LETTER
FEOM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO CEN.
SHERMAN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

LONDON. June 4.-The Times Vienna
correspondent sends the following eonfr
nation Of reports from Paris: Count
Schouyaloti Is supposed to be the bearer of
an answer to Lord Derby's note. Ii seems
that Russia has taken advantage of the oc-
casion to declare that she is still in the
position previously held by her and has
only taken up arms for the amelioration of
the condition of the Christians. Besides
these general assurances, the answer is said
to contain special assurances about Con-
stantinOple
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
LATER INFORMATION


says thatit four more bodies have been found.
Two of the wounded have since died. The
ruins OF the buildings are burning. threaten
ing total destruction of the town.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

A Constantinople special says that the
capture of Fort FIJI. near Sukem kalch by
the Turks is confirmed, the Russians. s coo
strong, leaving tents and;war munitions be-
hind in their flight.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08
HIGH WATER IN THE DANUBE.

The News Bucharest dispatch says the
Danube is still impossible. Rarely has the
water risen so high at this season. Snow
water from the mountains is still to come,
and experts estimate that it will scarcely be
possible to cross for four weeks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

: The insurgents and Montenegrins have
: destroyed the village of Stozzsr. The Turks
; lost l4S killed. The Montenegrins lost Ill
| killad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-08

The Telegraph's story of the destruction
of Mousss Pasha's A, 900 Circasians by
night surprise is gross exaggerstion. A
Russian official account says the Circassians
were dispersed, losing SO killed out of the
4. 900 engaged.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-15

We presume that Mr.. Pcnnybacker, OF
Pendleton county, had really no serious
intentions whatever in introducing his
resolution into the House Of Delegates on
Saturday looking to placing the militia
Of West Virginia on war footing. Some
innocent and unsophiSticated people have
expressed the opinion that he really
means "blud" and "Wah" by bis reSolu-
ton. They are persuaded that it is in.
tended TO have effect at Washington; that
a marked copy Is to be sent to Grant, and
likewise to Speaker Randall.
We trust that nobody will sacrifice his
pEopriety and make haste to leave the
State on account Of Mr.. Pennybacker's
resolution, II comes under the head Of
theatrical thunder, and is entirely bogus.
Pendleton county got all the war she
wanted from 1861 to 1865, and her peo.
pie do not banker for fresh ex-
perience. Her present representative
should read what the Chairman of the
National Democratic Committee says in
this mornings paper on the subject Of
war. Mr.. Hewitt proposes to resign his
position rather than be privy to any
scheme looking to violence on the 4th Of
March next. Ho says further that in
thus expressing himself he is OF the
opinion that he represents "the Democ.
racy Of New York, New Jersey and Con.
necticut."
We are otthe opinion that he repre-.
sents ninetenths OF the people Of West
Virginia who have anything to lose by a
revolutionary movement. He is in this
respect truer representative Of the peo-
pie Of PendIeton county than their dele.
gate in the Vest Virginia legislature.