Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-26
GENERAL SUMMARY.

Railroad ties Of toushcncl glass are in use
in England
/ Iord Lorne will not visit England in the
immediate future, hut the Princess Louise
will probably visit her ROYAL mother in the
spring.
Whitehw Reid is said to be engaged 10
Miss Huntington, daughter Of C. p. Hunt
ington, the president of the Central Pacific
railroad.
\ san Francisco man was caught altering
the figures on his mothers tombstone, his
object being To make The date suit' his pur-
pose in Il lawsuit.
DaniloiT, the eminent Russian engineer
has commenced work to unite the Black
and Caspian seas hy connecting the various
rivers.
The forthcoming reunion Of eX-prisOners
of the war at Toledo promises to be very
large. Most Of the prominent general Off
Gers of the army have been invited 10 he
present
During the pn-t three years l32 American
railroads, covering nearly seventeen thou
sand miles, and representing AN invested
capital of e12S iG3 900 have been sold under
foreclosure
Count LOdochowski, cx-Archbishop of
POsen has been condemned 10y II Prussian
tribunal TO fine of 1000 marks or seventy
days imprisonment for communicating un-
lawfully II Catholic priest Who had obeycd
the MAY laws.
Building is remarkably active in Paris al
the present time. Two hundred and eighty
thousand masons are in constant work
houses are rising on all sides. and when
sc;uccly finished hills announce that they are
n' Longer to lci.
The German bishops decided to open lri
mary schools rs rivals 10 the hcnccforh sccu-
lar State schools in the parsonagcs, sacristics
or churches, but the minister of justice de
fcatcd the scheme by lorbidding the diver
sion Of those buildings 10 foreign purposes.
The people of Portland Me, mistakenly
believed that the steamer Great Eastern was
10 run between that city and England, and
wharvcs and storchouses were built at
cost OF $50, 600. These have now been
offered anew as an induCcmcnt for the own
ors to usc the vessel in transporting grain
from that point, connecting with the Grand
Trunk railroad.
/; The death Of Violet Lr Due the distin-
gushcd French architect. drprvcs France at
the same time Of her greatest architect and
of her greatest teacher in the art of building
stately and substantial ediiicrs Among the
cathcdrHls which owe much df their present
excellent preservation 10 his taste aud iurlr-
mcut are those of Notrc Dame in Paris uf
Lapn and If Amcns The works Of l.r Due
are indispensable To the student. and many
pf them have been translated into English
peculiar design has been made hy
Utica artist for the proposed bronze statue
of General llCrkimcr To I've erected on
Orskany battle field The figure in heroic
size of the General, is represented as seated
and leaning AGAINST tree stump, one ankle
resting upon the knee of the other leg,
pipe IN his mouth II was in this position
that hc gave orders to his men after hcing
wounded in battle. The pipe will be re
rnarlahlc artistic innovation.
The sensation at Newport, Thursday, was
the great stCcplc chase meeting, gotten up
to ape the style of English sports No horses
or men were killed.
\ Scotch lass was rcccnily sentenced 1"
prison for twenty days for cheating three
Glasgow lawyers an unprecedented feat.
She was a domestic servant, twenty three
years Of are. and representing Ia each one
IN turn that she would inherit Il considerable
fortune, givlng each Instructions how Ia dis
pose ul hcr prospective fortune, she lndnc
ed each "l the asiutc gentlemen 10 advance
h'r small Sums for present necessities. But
tins sorl ui thing could NOT 90 on long among
lawyers rs the domestic servant of twenty
three, with great Expectations, found out.