Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14
PR E ISIS. FRIDAY

A famine prevails i'll Bolivia.


at New York Wednesday.
A remarkable religious revival is in prog
ress at Portsmouth, n. ii.
Strawberries have made their appearance
in the New York fruit stores.
The Western Union Telegraph has declared
lis usual quarterly dividend OF l IL per cent
1t is believed that FIVE vessels Of the
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet have been
lost.
The floods in California have caused i'm
mense damage to property and some loss OF
lie
There was a severe thunder storm in
Western New York and Canada West, Sat-
urday.
Lewis Folger, wife and five children have
died at Fort Wayne, Ind, from trichire
poisoning.
Charles Webster was sentenced to death at
Louisville Friday for maltreating girl ii
years old.
The liabilities of Godschaux Brothers of
San Francisco arc 81 900 900; assets,
$475, 900.
The Boston Bulletin calls attention to the
iaet that oituouRu utHtiuR ~ iOi oiducu oai
ing Lent, fsh-balls are allowable.
1t is stated that large portion of last
year 5 wheat crop is unfit for sowing pur-
poses.
An embankment cayed in at liartzell Orc
Beds, near East Texas, Pa, Tuesday, bury
iDg two men, one Of whom, was killed.
Town elections were held in New Hamp-
shire TUESDAY hut M interest attaches
to the results, as politics did not ente. into
the contests except in few cases.
Jacob OFT, recently convicted at Philadel
phia of extensive counterieiting, was Tues
dag sentenced to ten years Imprisonment,
$4,000 fine and costs o! the prosecution.
Peter Gillespie, patient in the hospital
at Montreal. died Monday night from an
overdose of morphine, administered through
mistake by medical student.
The pilot who was saved from the wrecked
ship Turkish Empire gives some particulars
of the disaster. The vessel left St. John last
Thursday, and that same night was disabled
by the storm and broken to pieces on Grand
Mcnan. OF the crew of 80 only IL are
known to have escaped.
terrible flood threatens to destroy the
homes of 0,000 people in Hungary. Al
ready one village Of 400 houses has been en-
tircly destroyed.
The reports of the plague in Russia seem
to have been greatly exaggerated. and it is
now officially announced that there have been
no cases since February /.
John r. Clay, a well-known broker at
New Orleans. committed suicide, Saturday,
- 81 ,.t
cial embarrassment was the cause.
The importations into Montreal for Febru-
ary exceeded those Of the corresponding
month last year by SlOOO,OOO. The eI-
pected increase in the tariff is the cause.
Thomas Moran, a member of the society
of American artists, has sent in his resigna-
ton because of the rejection of large land
scape Of his by the hanging committee.
John Sharpless, an ex-policcman of New
Orleans, was shot dead Saturday night.
1t is rumorei that Sharpless, while intox-
Gated, insul;ed lady, and was shot by her
escort.
The Harmony Mills at Cohoes, n. Y,
which have been running half time the
past four weeks. resumed on full time Mon
day morning, at general reduction of 10
per cent in wages.
Gen. T. W. Sherman. of the United
States army, Is reported to be i'll of pncumo-
MIA. lie IS very weak, and grave fears are
entertained for his recovery. Ills wife is
also seriously i'll with consumption
A Mrs. Miller, in Portland, Oregon, gave
birth on the morning OF February 20 to her
twentieth child, u girl. weighing fraction
less than two pounds. AT last accounts 1t
was represented to be "healthy and cheer
ful-
Frank Smith, of Hayerhill, N. H., in
charge of a car on the stock train Of the
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railway, was
knocked from the top Of the car by bridge
at Wcirs, on Monday, the blow crushing his
skull.
The ascending and descending cages in the
Victoria coal pit, near Wakefield. England,
eollided SATURDAY morning. The ascending
rope broke, and the cage was precipitated Il
distance Of l20 yards. Eight persons were
killed.
There is one Mississippi editor who OBJ
iects to being STYLED Colonel. lie saws he
was born a cripple, and his only mode Of
locomotion is whecl-chair, and he doe5n't
think the title appropriate to him under the
circumstances.
Rev. DIR. sarles. for thirty-ouc wears pastor
of the Central Bantist Church in Rrooklyn.
beinp unable TO agree with the Trustees of
his church. has resigned. He takes charge
of a small but venerable church in Stclton,
N. j., on the first of next month
Miss Mcdonald a d.p,bter of the nro-
nr;etor of the V;no,ar R;,tcrs has inst
eloned from Vasssr CoIlc,c with n son of
her fathers mariner and treat is the excite
m.nt in Vassar Two c;rIs who assisted the
maiden uere nromn,ly eyre,Ied
I, 10 stated ,b,,u while rho rec,nt massa-
c-ss a, tho instance If tho Zinc If Rprmab
III, anonn,od 10 for,r Tho ki1l;n, was At
tanded bv orcrv noss;bIo a,roritv Women
woro sbamefuilv abused and tho roval |
80. VOC mad. ~ w;,ress tho Joatb Of
iho;r families
, p.,,., c,.
w,a c comtor,e5 NV a verdict Of siO 0oo dam.
.aos awardsJ her bv tho conrt in RrookIyn
far fractured hin and other nermanent dis
~ ;I;,;ss ;ntl;c,ed bv beinc Thrown from a
P,naLIrn c;ty ho-s..c,, hv ,6o c,rclcssness a, |
-, 10 # Tho oo,nrs1r
-,
Inc asnins.1h IoN' .hs s'falsnt peno
:, e'a n., ois"n' - y, I'M u; Va" u, 80.
. ffcos Vii SHARES ao,rocat;nc some 500
000 ner month There are onIS az of these
nlacfs altogether. and about / 900 greedy
Democratic appl:gants for them.
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spnef'cai sieIi vi iha',oi' run winch ,aii 'no
me,eofs Mnisn nPPS 'ne nta. W Int e, snn
anu ~ W.. $500 ,ho s,u O'''' :"
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prove tiu '',,' s.i'i'I pun pioPo1eu AZ. .no
view ,orh III St y" i,Tusi Nm pE -
iih,ha'Ions wi" H. ~ aPp.leu t'iAie , -. IL
ahuerstooa ma al anons W. , MS peisons
suluinohIu "nI ~ 80. a VI ..I c'ii.