Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-14
GENERAL SUMMARY.


ger car was thrown into the river. 4 nun
. her Of people were injured, bot none seriou
Il "
+ Six hundred Bulgarian orphans, who 10
II their parents during the last Turco- Russia
war, were taken TO Russia. where they wcI
= instructed gratuitously at the expense of Ii
l. government.
$ During the last week of October 100 mile
J. of new railroad have been built in the Unite
States, making for the year 2,739 mile:
IL against ,635 for the same period in 1878 an
Il 3,015 in 1872
II The will of the late Louisiana st. John
i. spnster owning large amounts of real estat
, in New York and st. Louis, aggregaiing i
:. value nearly S1,00O0 900, is to be contested
: The contestants are six nieces and ncphews
a Miss Yocum. school teacher of Kittita
: Valley, Oregon, has taken up a land claim
- fenced it, built house. and this year raise,
? Gle bushels of grain, besides teaching he
" school. She SAYS she does not mean to mari,
a :. until she can support a husband.
= 4 house-to-house inspection has been be
gun at Memphis under the auspices of tn
National Board of Health, with view to as
/, certaning what sanitary improvement is nee
essary for each dwelling within the limits o
t the city.
\ resident of Lynn, Mass, recently pur
= chased number of empty liquor casks il
Boston, intending to fill them with cider
One cask into which cider failed to run wa
5 found to contain fur capcs valuodat upward
, of 1000.
= The disproportion of women to men il
: criminal records is sirikingly cXempificd il
! some statistics published by the Italian gov
ernment During the past year the court:
sentenced Il, 55j persons, of whom 81, 80!
were men and only 3,5jG women, and the
police assizcs condemned 1,544 men and only
:iS3 women.
\ project for railway through Ccntra
Africa is now said to be well under way, the
route to lie from the river Zambesi through
!; Livingstoniana to the northern coast Zani
bar. Mr.. Stanley, it is said, started the idea.
Manchester merchants have taken it up, the
government approves it, and a company with
e, 900, 900 capital is about TO be formed.
Gen. Adams, who did such good service
in rcscuing the Meeker ladies from the In
dians, says that he thinks about twenty-five
head men will he convicted of having in
duced the young men TO enter into the war
and massacre, and that they will be executed.
Chief Ouray has organized a commission TO
detect the guilty ones, has ordered the hos
clares that if his summons is not obcycd he
will join in the war against the utes who
resist.
The liquor register, otherwise known us
the Moflct bell punch, has gone into opera
ton in Texas, much to the disgust of
the dealers in alcoholic beverages. The
dealers have resolved to test the constitution
. ality of the law in the courts, hut they have
nevertheless, taken advantage Of it, both to
raise the price of drinks and To refuse credit
| for them. The prohbitorY sentiment, which
/ is very strong in parts of Texas, favors the
register, as tending to lessen the consump-
/ tion of intoxicating liquors.
The original Pnafore in the persons of
Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert. arrived
! in New y ork on Tuesday.
I A crisis has occurred in the Bulgarian
assembly, and the ministry has resigned.
Everything has been thrown into confusion
and affairs are IN Il critical condition.
The Spanish government proposes that
when the slaves in Cuba are set free, they
shall he compelled TO remain for Il time in
the service Of their old masters
a despatch has been received in London
from the cable steamer Faraday, which states
that, having successfully completed her
present operations in laying the new French
cable, she will proceed at once TO Halifax.
The leading social event Of the Fall in
Plttsburg, lcnu., was the marriage of Miss
Amy llosictlcr. daughter of DIR. llOstcttcr.
tie patent medicine man. The presents of
the brides father were worth over Sl00,0 900,
and, beside this, it is reported that he has
given her Il million in bonds.
Letters have been received from Henry VI.
Stanley, dated at Banana Point, Congo Riv-
er, September H. Stanley is now going up
the Congoto explore the broad lasIn of the
Congo and its ailluents. 1t will, he says be
a long business, probably an affair of three
years.
Track laying has been resumed on the
Southern Pacific. eastward from Casa Grade,
Arizona, the present terminus. 1t is intend
cd To reach Shakespeare, New Mexico. by
March l, 1850, and Mesilla, ON the Rio
Grandc, ;146 miles east of the present tcrmi-
nus, by the end of 1850. Mcslla is about
forty miles north Of Ell Pasu.
\ certain man in Northern New York was
found dead under his counter, where he had
been lying for two days. lie was accidental |
ly discovered by small boy who went in to |
get nickle changed. As he had never ad- |
vcrtised people had forgotten where his store |
was; and nobody happened TO discover the /
Mrs. d. Z. Smith, the largest woman in
the South, died recently in Westmoreland |
county, Va. She measured sc inches across
the shoulders and weighed 610 pounds. The
coffin in which her body was placed was
necessarily immense, and when it was
brought 10 the house it could not be carried
through the doorway, and the corpse had to
be carried out and placed in it.
a disgraceful scene occurred at Il funeral
in Henrietta, y. Y The widow of the de
ceased and SONS by Il former wife differed
concerning the place OF burial. Graves were
dug at Bloomfield and at Mount Hope, in
Rochester. The corpse was forcibly trans
ferrcd from one collin to another in the
street, aud the burial proceeded at Bloom
field 1t will probably bcnecessary to guard
the grave.
The British have unearihcd eight lacs of
rupees, mostly gold, buried at Cabul and
contiscatcd the same. They have also hung
eleven persons for participation in the mas
sacrc OF the British embassy and increased
the guard of The Amcrr. There is evidence
that he was concerned in the recent revolt.
is Ia be divided into several
provinces, without Il king.
The Ohio river, which is mile wide at
Louisville, Ky, in ordinary stages OF water,
is now reduced 10 the width of a stone throw,
and is in fact but little more than a success
sion of great puddlcs Where the river
usually stretches out broad and rough no
thing hut bare white rock is Ia hr seen. and
the people Of Louisville ihrong the empty
river bed seeking Tor shells or pretty stones.
Last Saturday three Indian murdcrcrs con
fined in the Jail at Yakima, Washington Ter
rilory, assaulted the jailor with slungshot,
L ~.
IN adjoining room used AS an armory The
Indians seized muskets, and bayonrtcd him.
when the jailor got revolver and shot all
ihrrr. One was mOrtally wounded; the
Ithcrs will probably live TO bc hanged on the
I'D inst The jailor will recover.
\ cable despatch says that a surprising
Improvement has taken place in the mental
condition Of the Empress Carotla, widow
II the eX Emperor Macmillan, who was slain
N Mexico. Her mental faculties, which
nave been 81 long derangcd, appear to have
iccn almost mirarulOusly restored. She
'onverscs with perfect lucidity, her memory
Ias returned and her long night of Oblivion
md insanity which has ovcrshadowed her !
seems To have given way 10 the return of
'cnson and memory
The American WOmcns Suffrage AssuciA- {
ION met at Cincinnati Wednesday 4 rrso- p,
utlon was adopted To appoint committee 5
rhn shall, IN II proper manner, present me 4.
MORALS Ia all church organizations asking I
lat equal rights lie granted to all members,
Irrespective of SEA. A resolution was
'doplrd in mcmcry of William Lloyd Gar |
lson, who signed the call by which the ,
association was formed Auxiliary societies /
we're urged To circulate petitions asking for q
chool, presidential and municipal suffrage, G
mi present them I" their respective Lcgisla- :
uTcs. /
General sherman, in officially announcin" q
o the army the death of Gen. Hooker. re- '
crs I" the gallant veteran honorcd with the I
hanks Of Congress for skill, energy and y
ndlrancc, and recalls To the memory of I
he army the distinguished service rendered g
" Gen Hooker through the war with I
lcXico as well as in the late war His gal L
lntry in the former gave promise of that
uprror courage, vigor and skill in action
Issl. Hay.