Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-09

= An Ottawa despatch SAYS a clustering
r snow storm prevailed in the Ottawa valley,
$ Thursday.
. The Massachusetts Legislature finally adj
/ lourned Wednesday evening, after session
, Of 100 days.
, The British steamer Nile, from Elva for
Newport, with cargo of ore, is lost, and
twenty OF the crew perished.
, \ great fire RACED in Orenburg, Rus
sa' all day and night, Tuesday, laying the
hest part Of the city in ashes.
The recent flood at Grand Lake, Texas,
drowned six children and drove the people
OF that town to the hills for safety
A child of John 1uttlc, at lockwood
Mimi, drank milk, Wednesday, into which
spider had fallen, and died in commissions
Adyices from Griffin, Texas, bring the in
formation that the kiowas are killing herds,
driving off stock and numbering the farmers.
There is a great flood in the Connecticut
valley. The damage cannot be estimated
until the water subsidies, but will be very
great.
\ fire at s.. Jean Baptiste, village in
the northeastern suburb of Montreal, We'd
Eesday, rendered 20 families homeless The
loss is :j0,000.
lie is in Jail, John Brown Smith, Of
Belchcrtown, Mass, is, because he will not
pay his poil-tax, amounting to the cnor-
nous sum of 81
burglar who broke into house at
Brooklyn, one night last week, was irighten-
cd away By parrot, which called out to
him "Get out OF there" lie fed, dropping
his Jimmy in his flight
Inc Baptist Weekly states that Sl36 900
have been donated to the Rochester Theologi-
cal Seminary by j. B. IIoyt, +, B. Trevor,
Charles Pratt and the brothers kockafellows,
of New York.
Mr. Mccdy has returned to New England.
lie spoke IN the Central Church at Hart
ford Conn. Thursday evening, to a congrcga-
tion Of sixteen hundred, over one thousand
| OF whom were converts.
Cypfen Thiblult fatally shot Michel Oui-
lettc, at Rimouski, F. q, while returning
from church in a carriage. the other day,
and Pierre Thibault, who was riding with
him, was dangerously wounded.
The house of Michael Butler at Grand
Rapids. Mich, was destroyed by fire on
April -, and his two girls, aged, one three
years and the other eight months, persisted
/ III 'nc ntilc.. Mr'' bu'ier mas Deen crazed
ny thiS iatAIi'y'
y trcnchman named Lltrlmouile, sus-
rccted of being the murderer Of Cathariue
Dunshach, OF Cahocs, n. Y, was captured
in Willsboro, y. Y, Wednesday. He is2j
years old, and has l wife and two children
living near St. Johns, p. z.
TL, DaI,Uara Iootouapno ,rJ lVo-,or,,
Company sold 100 coo tons of coal at auc-
ton, in New York, Wednesday. at prices
ranging from 10 to 10 cents below last
month rrleeS' and below the prices obtain
III 9''' ''''N
S'e'' sur r'7 h'th caused IN baltimore
~ Nv t'., I,'1h 'ntn 'ne isha'ins Loyola
i,'nii', 'A'''.''T '1'ur'h '' pr' "ahS, pastor
y. y. '"' i' i'''"'n ni'i '"uicn III the eily'
ms WE TWO -'i'N' ana a daughter with
TWO former m'm''r7 "l pr. "ans c"ngre-
;ha->Athu-fu7 mas ah1ishei her State
ponce. In the'r pace the "oyernor may
appoint nor more 'hah Two detectives TO
"'S'7t c'''' u'''Ilct attorney oi the state, anu
.2NhS can employ ponce "iiierS from other
f'ac'9 'or Slccial "ork.
y brutal outrage was perpetrated on May |
u1F upon woman named harriet liorsan'
Va OSSuI"Spure, G Ill .he WOODS horth OF Inc
'o"u 1' Ie,co't' l. w.; ny thTec rnihahS'
i''','t ,-oe' N"iI'' N'iu i1euii'oi'u' Inc un
i "o1''l = not eA Aiec'eu 10 I'VE Ice
'''- i'14''0"' "'i' "'ie7'ea
lhe contention OF representatives from the |
state board OF health OF Michigan, Illinois,
kentucky, LOUISIANA, Texas, Arkansas and |
~ ii'.t "' helipniS, "euhesuay'
~. I'J'.t "' 'ie cohNc cn'ion Is 10 nave con-
- H''ioi' III PiI'eh'ihS H 'ne Introduction
anu sl''"u VI WIN" le'er IN 'he Unlteu !
Superintendent Oakman of the Utica d.
vision of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad and Miss Bessie &. Conk- |
ling. daughter of Senator Conklino were
married at tea. Wednesday evening". Mrs.
CJnkling, with Gov. Seymour, gave away
the bride, Senator tonkling being detained
IN Washington.
Fortynine failures were reported in New
York city in April. in which the total liabili- |
ties amounted To 81. lgq. .SS3. and the assets.
S'G@i, l3l Compared with the preceding
month, this shows a large increase in the La
bihtics, March having forty failures. with
al, and the total liabilities $500, 900.
Hugh l.. Shvin, driver of the truck which
came into collision with AUGUST Belmonts
carriage in New York a5out week aco.
throwing the lattcr ont and severely iniurinc
him. Wa tried in the Special Sessions Gourt,
Wednesday and fund gniltv nj rcylirence
and carelcssness which capscd the accident
lie was sent to the city prison Tor ten days
anu hhei Sl""-
The estate Of Caleb Cushing Is not so large
as was reported, but Is relatively small and
chiefly in unpaying property in wild land-
at the Mississippi Falls ut st. Anthony,
which in taxes and costs have exhausted his
income Tor fully twenty-five years, and in
uuproductive lands and other property in
Virginia and the District OF Columbia. His
library will shortly be sold in Boston.
The American man-of-war at Sitka, carry
ins one gun, ti.cd salute in honor of the
British man-Ji-war that went up to Alaska
10 uycrawc thirteen Indians who were rais-
ing thunder in that part Of the United |
States. The captain of the British ship sent |
over to the American and borrowed powder
enough 10 return the salute. lie had started |
away without any powder
universal rat,Io,uc or all b,,l. nr;nteJ
in tho InitcI E;nr1nn fr,n, rho ;,rcn,;,r
Of the arts to the present day is about to be
prepared in England Such IL catalogue
would contain the titles of about 80 900 |
volumes. and as it would be necessary TO |
surplemcnt the title entry with MANY cross
references. the whole work would comprisc |
between = 900 600 and > 900 900 entries.
-,
Inc average annual expense o, ne ,he o CITY
government ol iari7 Is ABOUT - '-oV,"uo'
Mhr~e,'leS mas annual expenses 'l s-'-u"'-
w" Lyons, S-'"o -. hotueauE' -
"-N'"-o Li'o' S'-o''to houeh, S'o''-
30 linen come IN "ruer oil wealth or cA-
travasance' 9r'hI- "a h'lehhe, Soooo'-' lia'Ie'
S2.u'to; iuHlouSt' S'-o'u'o Nantes
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