Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-29

PJstmas ster-General Key has ordered the
Spring Garden postt flee, IN Alabama, ,discon-
unued, on account Of riOtous demonstrations
and threats made by sJme Of the inhabi-
tants against special agent ot the depart
ment who had discovered gross frauds in the
stamp sales Of the postmaster, ard procured
his arrest
Charles W. Angel, deiaulting secretary
OF the Pullman palace car company, has been
arrested at Lisbon, Portugal, and $50 900 OF
the money taken by him was found on bis
person. 1t is believed that there will be
little difficulty in securing his extradition,
though there Is no extraditiOn treaty between
the two countries.
1t is stated that the application Of Edison
icr patent upoA diyIsIble electric light
has been rejected by the examiners OF the
Patent Office on the ground Of infringement
upon patent Of J. W. Starr of Cincinnati,
which was taken out in England as long ago
as 1916
Mrs. William llallisy, of New York, is
dead from a stab wound il the breast. in
ficted on Friday by her step-son, John Hal
lisy, II years old 1t appears that on the
day she was il jured, she slapped the boy :
face because lie refuse to 60 on an errand
for her, and be suatched table knife with
a sharp point aud threw it at her with
such precision and force IS to bury the toint
three inches in her breast The ncighbors
found the boy knceling beside her weeping
and accusing himself OF having murdered
her.
The members Of the special committee of
til New York bar ASSOCIATION to investigate
the >uerifi, county clerk aud register, have
been investigating into the manner in which
Ludlow street jail has btcn carried on. They
questioned the cleik and bOukkeeper. who
Is ii nephew Of the sheriff, anu were met by
the txeuse that al. the records ard books
were DESTROYED when the books and records
were demanded Of him by them. Frauds
have been di-cJveTcd in the pay rolls, and
charges against the county which have been
audited and paid, which amount to thou
sands Of dollars. The committee I.adc a
searching inquiry INTO TIE way persons are
fed there without sporns, knives or forks.
The committee found the cells as dirty and
unwholtsome as they well could he. The
absence of towels. soap, sheets, pillow cases
(these are given cut in tie i,mt,) WAS re-
marked uIon.
Missouri, at the late elec;i n. refused to
adopt the constitutional amendment making
the payment Of = Ioll tax qualification of
the voter
Passanante, who stabbed King Humbert.
says he had no personal feeling against the
King Or Government. He only desired to
help on the universal republic.
A twelve-ycar- old lad, John lIalliSsy, flung
table-kniie at his stepmother in a fit OF
passion. The blade was buried in her breast,
and she died of pneumonia from the wound.
l. A farmer OF Washington county, Pa,
aged eighty, married girl of twenty. IL.
The brides elder brother had previously
espcused the groom only daughter. Ill.
The old gentleman, therefore, is his son-in-
laws brother-in-law, and his wife is her
sIster-in-law's stepmothcr and her brothers
stepmOther-in-law, etc, etc.
One Ilackett, brother of the Orangeman
who was murdered by Montreal Ribbonmou,
July IL, 1877, has been made private sec
retary 10 Mr.. O'Connur, IL Catholic member |
of the new Canadian Cabinet, and to complete |
the n0litlcal millennium, 1t is believed that |
Mr. Bowel, another Minister and Grand |
montane as his private secretary.
James Forsyth has taken charge. as re-
ceiyor, OF the broken Merchant and Mechan-
les Bank, OF Troy, n. Y. Before the fail
urc the bank claimed 500 GOO assets, but
the Examiner reported that the assets
amounted to only $500 600. 1t is now said
that they will not exceed 100000. ID.
Thomas Vail, the President of the bank, has
been Ill ever since the failure, and is now re-
ported to be bankrupt. He has been sup
posed to be Il millionaire. Some stockholders
have threatened criminal proceedings against
Vail, as it is believed he has speculated and
lost heavily in Wall street.
Col. George II. Batter. the nephew of
Gen. Butler, and former COnsul-Gcneral to
Egypt, is now undergoing sentence of thirty
lays in the Washington workhouse, in lieu
Dl fine which he was unable to pay in the
Police CJIrt Daring the past your Butler
has been of dissiFated habits. and has been
either in jail, the hospital or the workbouSe
Ine-hali oi the time. Ills relatives, friends
md wife have done everything to induce him
10 reform, but without success, and they
have all abandoned him to his fate. not one
coming forward to pay the small fine for the
JffeneG Tor which he was committed, which
was that OF being drunk On the street and
being vagrant.