Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-12
GENERAL SUMMARY.

Robert Bonncr's stable OF thirteen horses is
said to have cost him over three hundred
thousand dollars.
| The handsome Boston Globe Theatre is
owned in sections by several persons one OF
! whom disguised with the others. is putting
up wall at the edge Of his portion which
cuts off third of the stage and part of the
auditorium.
\ boy swimming along the New FORK
shore in the East river the other day, was
attacked lv sWOrdlish which struck him on
the lrs, inilictng a deep and painful wound.
lie struck out for the shore and landed in an
exhausted condition.
The Norwegian bark Columbia, from
London for Quebec. while under full sail one
day last week, felt a sudden shock, and the
captain and crew saw the water dlscoorcd
with blood and either a fish or sra monster
making away rs fast rs he could The vessel
began To fill and sank in half an hour, the
crew taking to the beats. They were picked
up bv Il steamer and brought 10 New York.
\ new line of steamers is soon to com
mcncc running between this country and
Europe.
Ting amount of bullion imported into this
country last week was 5000, 600.
Secretary McCrary has decided that he has
no authority TO furnish ralions Ia the persons
now in camp at Memphis.
The general conference of Christians, which
assembled in Ba-c, Switzerland, closed on
SATURDAY. and Il farewell service was held on
Sunday.
\ married woman and mother, of fourteen
years, IAN away from her husband and child,
l,lf mil, ~.
young Frcnchman of seventeen.
lncnusc won first money in the seventy
five hour go-;is-y Ou-plc;lsr match At Boston.
lie made 2Sl miles, heating llarriman's
scvcnty-iivc hour record in Providence by H
mile
According TO the London Torn TAX, a
petition has been filed in the divorce
court by Mr. Langiry. His Royal llighncss
the Prince of Wales and two other gentle
men are mentioned as correspondents.
The excess of receipts of the Patent Office
for the fiscal year ending June 30th, over
expenditures, was $50, 49,. This amount is
the largest in the history Of the office, with
the exception of 1860, when the excess
amounted to S2nn0uO
\ locomotive and thirteen freight ears
Illl.'l b''N II mo Il fI''Ns I''di ~ i"'ll7s
Sunday, on the Wabash railroad The en-
ginccr and fireman were killed The disas-
ter was caused hy a misplaced switch, he
licvcd Ia have been maliciously fixed.
The August report of the Agricultural
Bureau will show that cotton has been some
what damaged 10y the cold nights and rains
The crop prospects, however, are excellent
The corn prospect has ho'm wonderfully inn
proved hy the recent rams The crop will
far exceed the average.
Four boys playin" ON the track of the Iron
Mountain Railroad, in Missouri, one day last
week. were run over 10y n switching engine.
Two Of them lost both Irgs and will die.
Another had both lrrs crushed aud another
one lrg badly maurIrd.
T. Il, Potter, NJ T., hroihg: in-law of
John BRIGHT, arrived at Montreal, last week,
having come t" America I" pru.uTr Il moditi-
cation of thr United States Tariff and de
vcop the trade h,lwccn ENGLAND and the
nilrl States. lie viii visit the larger
cities of this country. He is 80 Years old.
At an ahrti"n sale of The effects of Henry
Clarke, deceased in lcnuafoll"wn, Md, the
other day. a bidder ON - roll al carpciing
suggested that il hr unrpllrd for inspection
MS wiz uihh, anu III llh' it'itlN WIS bl'b'N-
erred package cunlainin" 81 no in nird
States Treasury nulcs The bidder now
wishes he had waited til Ia god the carpet
home before hr mrollcd ii
\ ncrro named Elijah lately died at
Oxford y. e., Who WAS ~iN lrrl l'ur inches
h.h, and weighed two hundred and thirty
pounds. lie could TAN" up q barrel contain
ing forty gallons, stand c,rcl and drink from
the hung could throw an ordinary sized
anvil twenty five yards and has been
known {" lit three N,ar-"ld colt over an
eight rail fence.
Miss Nellie Thurslun made balloon as
c"nsi"n from the fair grounds Al taIllm"r,
y. Y, saturday afternoon. Nolhin" was
heard OF her until SUNDAY evening, when She
came ont of the woods. hivin" spent Salur
day ni"ht seated on a log Miss IhuTstun is
the only part of the ascension heard from.
The balloon got away from her and carried
everything else with il. Her clothes were
badly tore and she somewhat, though not
hurt,