Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-20

| w. hpfd hns received the appointment oil
Governor vi Montana Territory.
Cotton crop reports from the South are
very favorable.
Awcalthy Canadian is in Jail on a charge
OF stealing 3 horse blanket
Gen. Beauregard. who il now in New Or.
leans, Is very poor and with little prospects
OF bettcring his condition.
The New York grand jury refused to in
diet Rev. Mr.. NlcCailrey, charged with kiss
ing lady in his congregation.
Two children OF John Price, OF Harris
burgh, Penn, poured kerosene on the stove,
recently, and were burned TO death.
Dubuque, Iowa. is gossiping over the re-
cent adherence to MormOnism Of lady,
formerly of high position in that city. She
has lived in Salt Lake City for some years.
The fight at the South, it is asserted. is to
be between the Methodists and the CathO-
llcs. the prize being control of the colored
population.
The derrick-barges 10 he used in sinking
tne first caissOn for the Poughkeepsie
bridge were anchored Saturday, and the
calsson tOwed to its place.
The White Star steamer Germania, which
arrived Friday night. made the quickest
ocean passage on record, days | hours
and - minutes.
Tennessee is making its name Infamous
by refusing to levy taxes sufficient for the
payment Of interest on its debts. North
Carolina IS running race with Tennessee
to determine which shall the more shame
lessiy plumber its creditors.
At West Rocky Hill, Conn, Saturday,
Robert E-py murdered his wife. lie had
been drunk for several days. Her body
was found on the floor naked. and beaten
and trampied into a shapelcss mass.
The St. Louis GiObe-DemocrH has a hero
on its staff His name is Clifford W.
Saunders. and ne rescued eight servant
girls from 4 sixth story window of the
Southern hotel.
The English steamer John Bramall. is
about to load 10 ,000, 900 cartridges and 700
rifles at New Haven for Turkey This is
the seventh similar steamship cargo taken
out for Turkey from this country.
John Malone, pupil in Troy, n. Y,
school, had fallen INTO line with tho rest of
the pupils at the sound of the hell closing
recess, on Saturday. when he dropped and
died of heart disease.
The Welland canal opened yesterday, and
a number of vessels were locked through.
Kansas farmers are iubilant over the fact
that the grasshoppers' eggs are declared
unproductive, and large crops of everything
are looked for.
The graduating class at West Point milit-
airy academy, this year, Numbers - mem
bers, being the largest class ever graduated
from the institution.
John MOrrissey tried, but unSuccessiully, |
to get the New York Senate to amend the
poOl-selling bill by making 1t prohibit all
forms OF betting on elections.
The st. Nicholas hotel rents for SI2O, 900;
the Fifth avenue for 5000, 900; the Wind. |
sOr, Sl2j 900; Metropolitan. $500 st. |
James, $4,000, and Grand Central, $780,
900.
A classical precedent for Anna Dickin-
son s attack on her critics has been found, |
Michael Angelo threw n handful of marble |
dust into the eyes of man who dared to |
critIcise his - David"
A Baptist minister. in Iowa, who wrote |
pleasant paragraphs about himself and got |
them printed in the local paper, has been |
found guilty of IAN attempt to gain reputa-
ton as minister by means unworthy |
Christian
The Saratoga Street Methodist Church,
to Rev. ". K. Clark, who was appointed its |
pastor by the Conference. The church |
wanted a minister from New Hampshire.
A Cambridge (Eng) theologue, when he
told the story of the Good Samaritan, after
reciting the benevolent mans promise to
the host, And when come again will |
repay thee, wound up with This he saiG,
knowing he should see his face no more
ance business was 50 safe AZ it now is All |
that a man wants to do after he gets in
sured il to die right quick, before the COM
pany does. But he doesn't want to be
fooling around. living and having a good
time burlington Hdwkcyc.
A company of Springfield Spiritualists.
who have already laid out several thousand
dollars and just bought 200 acres of land in
Blandiord, Conn, claim to be working en-
tirely under the spiritual guidance of "Oid
Hill, California veteran. Those who
have seen the shaft at BlandfOrd doubt
somewhat the practical mining skill of the
ex-llill.
A woman in Omaha recently swallowed a
CATER button and was choked nearly t.
death and I'VE have said thousand
times. says the Burlington Hdrteye, that
some serious trouble would yet come Of this
custom of Omaha women unbuttoning their
shoes with their teeth
The latest case OF English clerical intol-
GRANGE is the expulsion OF seven-year-old
girl from public school near Leeds for re-
fusing to ''curtesy' to the neighboring
Wears wife, her folks, sturdy dissenters,
having forbidden her doing So The master
refusing to expel the girl at the wears re-
quest. he too, lost his position after 20
years service.