Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-02-14
f F. B r u A R.Y Il. 1879.


Gardner Railroad, Saturday, one man vi
killed and two Others seriously injured.
A Troy, n. Y, man, made insane by ii
elopement of his wife attempted to murder h
three children with poison and then cut b
own throat.
1t is reported that Z. j. Brydges.
Montreal, late Of the Inter-C Colonial Railwa'
has received an appointment from Vande
bilt at Chicago.
Henry Hardwood Leech, journalist an
author, who, some years ago, was Phil,
delpha millionaire, died in New York Nor
day, OF consumption, aged &c years.
A burglar, who lately entered the hou-
OF MIR. Ledslinger, of Georgia. found hi
such in fact as well as name and went ava
with two bullets in his body.
At Kalamazoo, Mich, one Ward conspre
with two burglars to admit them to his hous
to rob his wife Of $500, but her vigorous re
slstance with an axe foiled them. One ha
been arrested, bat Ward end the others ar
as yet unfound.
John Schofeld and his adult son Henr
and two horses were killed at South Charles
ton, o., Saturday, the wagon from whic
they were unloading corn at the grail
elevator having been accidently backed dow
an inclined plane.
Thousands of sailors and coal-heave.s ar
on strike in Liverpool, and the whole bust
ness OF the city is suspended, except tn
ordinary purchases of food and absolutel
necessary supplies. Serious riots are feared
and the military has been called out
Manchester, N. H.. , has been enforcing tn
liquor law, and the liquor dealers hay
thrown up the sponge, paying fifty dollar
and costs for selling, one hundred dollars ant
costs for second offence, and the court ha
deferred sentence in cases of common selling
Miss jackson, daughter of the Alexandria
hotel-keeper who killed Ellsworth, was KEEP
in treasury department place at Washing
ton by Mosby until he left for Hong Kong
Since his departure it is said that Miss Jack
son has lost her place.
DR.. Tyndall, the electrician, gave a lee
ture on the subject of the electric light il
London the other night. in which he sale
that while it is certain to co me into gen
eral use for public illumination, its adopt
ion for domestic purposes is ''possible' only
Capt. Paul Boynton, who entered the
Allegheny river at Oil City, on Thursday
morning, arrived at Pittsburg at $50 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. lie was greeted by
nearly $4,000 people. The weather was
bitter cold. with occasional snow storms, and
considerable floating ice was in the stream.
A plucky little boot-black in Osdensburg
had deposited $40 in the Judson bank, and
hoo Of Tho fail I'd Gnl;,,, H.
bank closed, went to Mr.. Judscn's house
and demanded the money, which was re-
fused. He then sat down and informed the
family that he should stay till he did get the
money 1t was finally given to him, and he
departed happy.
terrible and overwhelming defeat has
been suffered by the British army in South
ern Africa. An entire column with coo
native auxiliaries were utterly annihilated
near the Tugela river by 10000 Lulus, who
captured valuable convoy of l02 wagons,
900 oxen and an immense amount of yalu-
able supplies. 1t is estimated that 5000
Lulus were killed and wounded in the bat
tie, and over 500 British troops and many
officers.
The st. Louis Journal of Commerce. publish
es interviews with about 100 leading business
men regarding trade in January, this year,
as compared with the same month last year.
A large proportion of those consulted report
a material increase OF business, particularly
manufacturers, some of whom show as much
as IS per cent more in amount OF sales.
Nine-tenths of those interviewed express the
belief that business during the present year
Ill hn rph Iztt L. a.
past.
Fairmount. West Virginia, has long been
infested with gang of petty thieves, and
suspicion has fallen on family named Wal
ton. Last Friday Thomas Walton quarrelled
with boy named Watkins, shooting him
four times, probably fatally. Watkins
brother fractured Walton jaw with hand
spike and knocked him into the river
Watkins was arrested, but the indignant
citizens visited the residence of the Waltons,
forced the inmates to vacate and then burned
the house. 1t is feared that Thomas Wal
ton will be lynched.
Margaret McElhair, native of Ireland,
died at Montreal, Monday, at the age of los
years and 10 months. She leaves two
daughters. aged respectively IS and SO years,
four grandchildren. % great-erardohiia-o.
anu ole gfeat-great-grandchild. 10 years old.
Deceased, whose first child was born in
Ireland in 1877. remembered the events of
the great rebellion in that country most
wildly up to within two years of her death,
when her mind began to succumb to the fee
bleness Of old age. She enjoyed uninterrupted
good health up to her last moment.
The first through train on the Quebec.
Montreal. Ottawa and Occidental Railway ar
rived at Ottawa Tuesday.
The remarkable trance case at Fort Ed
ward, n. Y, turns out to have been an or
iinary death from heart disease
There was heavy snow-storm in Wiscon-
in Tuesday, which will cause great activity
n the lumber region. this being the first
leavy snowfall there this Winter.
An embankment at Zieglers's ore beds,
fifteen miles from Allentown, Pa, caved in
tuesday, burying fifteen persons, instantly
llling one man and seriously injuring four
In n railroad cut in Kansas City, Missouri,
tuesday. the almost perpendicular walls, |
ninety feet high. cayed In and buried the |
forkmen and their teams under the falling |
arth. Six persons were killed outright and |
everal wounded.
Christian Moller, a wealthy retired sugar
elmer committed suicide at Hoboken Tues
ay night. He was worth Sl,000,000. No |
aused is assigned for the act, except that he
as laboring under q halucination that he
as becoming poor.
The Tennessee Legislature reassembled
uesday after q recess. Gen. Roger 4.
ryor, legal representative OF the Tennessee
has arrived from New York to
anew the offer OF the bondholders to COM
romise the State debt by a reduction OF 10
er cent, or u reduction OF interest.
A well dressed polite man walked into the
dice detectives Office in Troy, n Y, and
iked to See some novel tools that had been
sed in trying to break open safe, The
lings brought out he examined them with
-eat care. Much obliged, he said, Il
ave just finished five years in Sing Sing,
Id | wanted to see what progress had been
AIDE IN my profession
There is great excitement in England over
10 reports of the disaster to the army in
,uth Africa Not within the memory of the
esent generation has England been SO NOR
lied and chsgrined rs she now is The de-
at will reflect very unfavorably upon the
saconstield administration, and may lead to
rIous political consequences. There Is
arcely a town or village in the United
ngdom Ill which there are not mourners
r soldiers slain in u contest which will be
scribed by the opposition as wholly I'M
cessary and wanton war.
Mrs. Bertha Burger OF lGl East Twenty
Senth street. New York, was arrested Tues
y for malpractice, her victim being a young :
man named Cora Sammis from Northport,
l., who was ruined by Frank Cosgroye. and
10 died Tuesday night. Cosgrove was also
rested and confessed his guilt. Another :
tim OF Mrs. Burger was found in wretch =,
hovel. occupied by Mrs. Rister. mother OF
S. Burger. in the person of Mary Steele U
o was almost starving. but her life is in NO t
mediate danger. She is about 20 years r
J. and stated that Mrs. Burger operated $
her on the 18th inst
W attach no consequence to Mr.. Weeds
'ulpatory statement that proaers came Y
m membera of the South Carolina return ,
board. The confessed fact that he en- \