Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-18
GENERAL SUMMARY.


mon converts from Bavaria
Fifty millions Of bushels is the latest csti-
mate of the Iowa wheat crop
There are no new eases OF yellow fever at
Memphis AMI the general belief there is that
the city will escape AN cpidculc.
The convent near Burgos. To which it is
said Eugene will temporarily retire, is ia
voritc resort Of noble ladies seeking the con
sDlatiuns of religion.
\ hippopotamus which escaped from II
mcnagcrie at Rochester a few nights ago, was
subsequently, found standing in the water
some miles OF fast asleep.
The Flying Dutchman, the fastest train
in the world, has recently been accelerated,
and now runs sixty miles per hour between
Paddington and Swindon, England.
\ band OF hostile Indians. said To Ia Sioux,
have killed party nf four whites in Mon
tana. Gen Miles has TOO soldiers and 1875
Grow scouts, aud feels ready for the saw
ages
Paul B"yt0n says he intends to try going
over Niagara Falls in his suit some day, but
he will first go through the whirlpool rapids
below the falls, having already been offered Il
large sum TO attempt the passage
The spinncrs' strike at Fall River has now
been in force more than two weeks The
manufacturers claim that they are gaining
and the strikers losing ground and that new
men are rapidly filling the places Of the
strikers.
The anniversary Of the battle OF the Boyne
passed off in peace in Monteeal The day
contrastcd strongly with the same date last
year, when the city was i'll state OF tur-
moil The Orangemen in other cities made
the usual demonstrations, but no disturban-
ces are reported.
| David Stem anal Henry Muller, pair OF
| Flushing u. | horse thieves were arrested
the other night, and small organ, pulpit
Bibles, carpets, chairs and other property
belonging 10 the Rockville Centre and
Manetto Hill churches were found in their
house.
Edward q. Kelly, the last OF the Fenian
prisoners released from confinement on Spike
Island in Cork harbor died ut Newark, n
j.. Saturday night lie arrived in New
York. February eth, Il condition OF his par
don being that lac should not stay in Ire
land.
Up 10 the end OF the season John +. Ray
mond has paid TO Mark Twain Sl56, 900 for
royalties on the Gildcd Age. The Dramatic
Ners believes this is the largest sum ever
made out of one play by any dramatic author
living or dead.
A butcher at Dies Moincs, Iowa, has list
of regular customers who come periodically
to drink blood for their health. The bever-
| age is given fresh from the veins of the
slaughtered animals and is tossed or by
the patient with the grace of Teuton in Il
lager beer saloon.
Miss Maud Grassland, beautiful and ro-
mantle girl at Victoria, Texas, sang before II
party ot friends the song ''See that nv
graves kept green and then went into an
other room and blew her brains out with a
revolver
On the 30th of last month the total amount
of paper money in circulation was S134 sol,
994. IS, and worth its face in gold, The
purchasing power of this circulating medium
is greater by nearly $4,000, 900 than our
currency outstanding at any one time ever
before had
Bette Kidwell went to meet the young
man with whom she ihad arranged an elope-
ment, at Maysville, Ky, but he was not
there, and the disappointment drove her TO
suicide. The losing Of an opportunity to
elope would kill any Kentucky belle.
A prominent merchant at Laredo Texas
nv va III ms SlAlNt wa
murdered by Mexican who, with a
Ratchet, hacked his head into pieces, and
then coolly went To the river and washed the
blood stains from his person.
Socialists are engaged in spreading their
doctrines among the mincrsof Pennsylvania,
and are making many converts Heretofore
the. meetings have been private. but now they
are held openly, and the demand is made
that tho machines I.,,l in tho mines Sh.n ka
taken out.
Popular siEgrfs ia l.rndun receive large
sums ior performances in the drawing rooms
of wealthy people. Nilsson and Patti charge
as high as 500 for Il few songs for such oc-
casions. Sarah Bernhardt, the French ac-
tress, resorts to the same means of replenish-
ing her cxrhequer, aud gives repitations tor
s50I
1t is reported that the final treaty for the
supply Of the necessary capital for the con-
struction OF an underground railway in New
York was signed Friday by the Banque
Parisienne OF Paris, subject 10 a stipulation
of the railway company 10 raise $500, 900 for
the first expenses, and to establish the valid
ity vi its franchise.
The molders, 40 in number, employed at
the Reading, Pa. hardware works struck for
higher wages Saturday, and the proprietors
notified them that the works would be closed
for n month 1t is rumored that a general
strike has been ordered IN opeu. About 1000
mGulless are employed al The hardware
works and founderieS in that city.
Dr.. Lands of Vineland and homicidal
fame has had II course of down-grade in rel-
gion worthy of note. Il had been first" said
he, "a Presbyterian From there went TO
tue 5iethodist from the Methodist went Ia
the Episcopallan from the Episcopalian |
went 10 the Baptist from the Baptist |
went 10 tho Progressive Christians and from
the Progressive Christians | went to prison"
y mulatto named John Breckenridge over
took Miss Mamie Berry (white) while she
Was on her way To church near Carlisle, Ky,
Sunday, forced hrr into the woods and raw
lshed her. He WAS subsequently captured
and placed in Jail. At an early hour Mon
day morning y mob surrounded the iail,
forced an entrance, carried Breckearidgy out
and hung him oh II tree.
Mr.. Spurgeon, at the annual supper OF the
students Of his Pastors College, said that he
intended to arrange for training fifty addi
tirnal -tidaHts and that h, had confidence in
a divine Providence supplying him with
the funds necessary TO do 50. The next
morning he received by post letter from
lady in Scotland inclosing $50, 900 for the
college and an additional 100000 for the
St:ckwell urphan4gp,
The funeral of ex-tiav. William Allen tuoA
place nj Chillcothe, Monday. Business
throughout the city WAS generally suspended,
and many business houses and private dwell
lings were draped in mourning. Among the
maGy distinguished visitors present from
abroad, We're Gov. Bi.hop, I.t-tiay. Fitch
and most of the State officials. The cor
tege was very imposing. The entire popu
lace seemed to be assembled on the line of
the procession
A singular disclose i,as manifested itself in
Lorlllard's tobacco factory at jersey City the
past week. The .San says that one of the
first symptoms is fainting. frequently follow
cd by commissions, hysteria and colc. On
Saturday - girla were taken sick in one de
partmcnt, and there was much excitement
The girls have been working on some tobacco
stored In New Orleans during the prevalence
of yellow fever last Summer. \ woman
who nurSed the girls attributed the Illness 10 |
excessive drinking of iced water.
Rev DIR. Talmasc preached and lectured |
ten times the past week On Sunday he lee |
turcd at Crystal Palace. Sydenham. Trains |
from London thither took down immense
crowds 1t is estimated that 20, 900 to 80
900 listened To, or nj least saw, the lecturer. |
The Marquis of Townsend presided. On |
Wednesday and Saturday Talmage lectured |
at Exeter Hall. Lord kintore presided, and
many of the nobility We're present. During
the week the Brooklyn divine addressed 10
BOO to 81. 900 people.
There is large family of Bonapartes lv
ng in Romr-thr grandchildren of l.uCien