Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-24
General summary.

A. B. Hagner. lawyer Of Annapolis, has
bench made vacant by the resignation of
Justice Olin.
A meteoric stone is reported As having fallen
near Newton. Ind, , on Tuesday night, kill
ing farmer while asleep in bed, coming
through the roof. The stone is said tokbe
twenty pounds in weight.
The ten ice houses at CoISackie, N. Y,
are being filled as rapidly as possible, nearly
5000 men being engaged In the harvest.
The ice averages eleven inches in thickness,
and is Of the best quality
Samuel A Sherrar, who was arrested
some months ago for the murder of Will
liam B. Walker, in Accomac county, Va,
16 years ago. was tried and acquitted
Thursday at Eastyille, Pa. His plea was
self-defence.
Mrs. Emily F. Nathan, the widow of
Benjamin Nathan, who was murdered in his
room on the 29th of July, 1870, the mys-
terry of which has never been cleared up,
died in New York, on Thursday evening in
her 64th year.
John F. Arnold, of North Adams, Mass,
Butler candidate for Governor,
was indicted for obtaining money by false
pretences. John Hanly. an old man and
now destitute, employe. lent $4,000 to
Arnold, the latter giving, it is charged,
worthless securities.
The New York Sun says that desperately
contested prize-fght occurred Friday
morning 20 miles from Pittsburg between
George Baker, Canadian, and Clarke of
Cleveland, lasting an hour and seventeen
minutes. and Baker was knocked out of time
on the 3Sth round.
Of 800 Troy liquor dealers indicted for
violation of the excise law l3S pleaded
guilty, their fines aggregating Sl,s97.
The committee appointed by the Governor
to investigate the transactions of State
Treasurer Gates, Of Missouri, report deficit
in the treasury Of S343, ,233-
A delegation from the Woman's Suffrage
Convention, and two ladies from Utah, had
an audience with Mrs. Hayes, and urged her
to exert her influence TO prevent the enforce
of the anti-polygamy law.
Gov. Hartranft states that he did not
issue the reprieyes for the two unlucky
Mollies earlier, because he did not suppose
the prisoners would be hanged before eleven
o'clock. and was also under the impression
that the counsel had informed the sheriff OF
the efforts icing made to secure the re-
prieyes.
The Centennial Exhibition building at
Phiiadelphis, known as Machinery Hall,
with all the goods remaining therein. will
be sold at public auction On the eighth OF
February There were used in the construc-
81; Ill tba,
feet of lumber and more than one and half
million pounds of iron.
St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal, has been
sold for Sl05,000
More than a hundred thousand sheep died
in Scotland during the late storm.
Conversations by telephone have been sue
cessiully and easily carried on between Chi
cago and Indianapolis, 2l0 miles.
Charles Greene Came. for some twenty
two years an editorial writer on the staff Of
the Boston Journal, died Thursday.
The Dominion government fish hatcheries
have laid down this season about 25, 900 900
eggs, OF trout, salmon and white fish.
The ear of a man, frozen stiff, was picked |
up in the street il Baltimore a few days
ago. The owner can have it, probably, by
proving property.
Frank Donahue. while uuder the influence
of liquor at Chicago Wednesday night, mur-
dered his sleeping companion and fellow
workman, Martin Houston, stabbing him
With pocket-kniie 26 times.
A St. Petersburg letter says a collision on
the Warsaw railway, 80 miles from st.
Petersburg, on the 10Th instant killed 20
persons and wounded 80; u dangerously.
Miss Anna Dickinson has written for
Mr.. John Mccullough play called Azure
liam, which that fine actor is to bring out
next April. with himself in the title role.
Miss Dickinson is to play with him, taking |
the first female part OF Queen Zenobia.
According to report presented to the
final meeting Of the Centennial Commission |
at Philadelphia. the gross receipts of the |
exhibition we're Sll .l6l GIL .55, and the ex |
penses to date, $40, ,997 $50 so, leaving a
cash balance OF Sl6S $50. 90; SO 1874 .290 |
was taken at the gate.
A despatch from Phillippopolis, Turkey, |
reports the breaking of railroad bridge |
over the river Arda and the precipitation OF |
u train into the water. Over 200 Russian
soldiers. including general and several
other Ufhcers. were drowned. This is the
worst railroad accident on record.
The business failures all over the country
during the past year were. in round num-
bers, nearly ten thousand five hundred with
liabilities Of upward ct two hundred and
thirty four million dollars. This was an in
crease over the figures for 1871, but it was,
no doubt, owing l.: the repeal Of the Bank
ruptcy law.
At the session OF the Woman's Board of
Missions in Boston, the secretary of the Bsp-
tist Missionary Society chained that since
the last report there had been added in six
weeks to the church in India 80 900 relu-
gus. an ancient tribe dwelling in the eastern
portion Of British India, on or near the
Ganxss.