Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

the ncighbnrhood Of Bruner's about til,
time the men were last seen, and the head
quarters of gang of desperadoes i,
thought to be situated not over fifteen ol
twenty miles from that point The sup
position is, that the three men were take,
and murdered. 1t amounts almost TO +
certainty, as such characters III the Tern
tory are never known TO do things 10y
halves Secrest incurred the hatred "I
some of these rrIilians hy helping to gel
some of their number III the penitentiary
some years ago, and they had sworn ven
geance.
NOTES.
During the wear 1873 there were 210s
medical students graduated front the fifty.
nine colleges of the United States. A.
the statistics show that i'll tins country IN
average of 800 people support one physi
clan. there must be II constant supply oI
over Il, 900 patients, who must pay the
handsome sum Of 81 ,91G. 600 year in or
der to allow each doctor only 81 day.
The King and Queen of the Sandwich
Islands had swimming race while on Il
recent excursion James G. Fair, the
Nevada millionaire, who was then visiting
the royal family says that the party could
not land from their steamer for reason OF
the breakers The King said that all
ought to swim to the shore. The Queen
assented, and the pair jumped overheard
together They buileted the waves with
skill, and soon reached land. They not
only went where no boat could go, but
braved another danger, for the place was
alive with sharks.
Charles Jarrett became Il widower nj
Buena Vista, Texas, and his head was So
turned by freedom that within amonth he
married three women in as many coun-
ties.
Balmoral is very closely guarded when
Queen Victoria is there, though no sol
diers are To be seen. Stalwart gatekeep-
ers attend the lodges. and 25 picked men
of the Metropolitan Police are on patrol
Rev Abraham Wyckoff, of New Or
leans, has arrived i'll Pennington. \. j..
to visit some relatives of his after 10
weeks Journey on horseback. Mr.. Wyck-
off left New Orleans the 1st of June and
has been travelling ever since. resting on
! Sundays only. He came every mile Of the
way on his horse. and has not been I'M
| pcdcd by the heat or the storms he en-
countered. He made it practice to GOV
/ er - miles each day, and then stop for
the night. His only variation from this
rule WAS on the last day of his journey.
when he covered 45 miles. His route Was
| hy the way of Savannah and Richmond.
1t strikes one as almost personally pain
/ full Ia see that which is revered, N has
been, whether intrinsically meritorious or
not, degraded and literally dcmoraized,
AS III the case Of the art treasures collect
ed through years of luxury. and ately
sold nj auction by ex-senator Latham.
The statue Of California" by Hiram
Powers, for instance, which cost Mr..
Latham so. 900, was sold for but little
over SlInO.
\ trained elephant valued at SD, 900,
belonging to II menagerle exhibiting in
St Louis, met with terrible death few
days age. One of the appurtenances of
the show L. an electrical machine of great
size for producing electric light for illu-
mIuatiun. This machine has an immense
armaturr which is made 10 revolve 80
times a minute by means Of n 81 horse
power engine. The machine was left m
attended fur few minutes, when the ele-
phant, Romeo who was luosa, went up To
the machine and WAS shifting at the arInl-
turr when It's trunk WAS caught in the re-
volylng apparatus. and the animal wns
thrown violently to the ground and the
trunk carried away by the whirling mn
chinery. \ tremendous roar was heard,
and when the attendants rushed to the
spot they fnmd the elephant in the
agonirs Of death. with his trunk tornaway
by the roofs The poor creature soon
died
On Tuesday American beef WAS selling
IN the London market ut d per cent be-
low the actual cost in New York. Dealers
ON this side attribute the fact to the I'M
Just rejudice against American cattle
which has been raised abroad and To AN
"vercrow,ling of the market
Cincinnati has society for The Pro
motion Of Marriage" nnI under its aus
pieces a picnic was lately given. at which
it was announced that one hundred con-
pies. bcncticiarics Of F. NJ. A.. would he
publicly given III the banns of holy mat
rImuny, hut instead of one hundred the
society could only induce three men and
three women to go through the perform
ance. Those who went to the picnic to
witness IA gigantic AMI multitudinous mar
rying were disgusted, and uttered loud
expressions of discomfort This failure
of n piece of wholesale yul"arity is de
cidedly encouraging
According to the St. Petersburg Ca-
-cttC, inccndiarism is 10y no means new
crime in Russia, though it has recently
become much more frequent and destruc-
tive. The losses by house burning of
late wears are estimated annually at be-
"a. n e
hlrs, or at the present exchange value of
the rouble, between 6,Wm, 900 and 1000
600 sterling.
At the close Of the war young man
named Crouch hired out to herd sheep
for 81 a month i'll Fro county, Texas.
He now OWLS 10000 acres of fenced
land, 1000 cattle and 1000 sheep
Soiourner Truth, the famous culoreL
woman, who is now lO3 years old. is ut
Chicago, en- route to Kansas, to make
study of the colored exodus Her eye
sight is 40 much improved that she now
does without glasses. Her hair IL like
wise turningblack, and her step is as agile
and her conversing powers as good as in
her youth
Campbell relates the following uncc,lotr
of Turner Once at II dinner where srvc-
raj artists and literary men were assen.-
blcI, poet hy way Of being Factions.
proposed ns II toast the health of the
painters and gia-icrS of Great Britain
The toast was drunk, and Turner. after
returning thanks for it, proposed the
health OF the British y,dpcr stojn,ra.
Rome correspondent says The
f"pcs physicians are renewing com
MIA ,f hI.. =. I
Senator rhurmans wealth WAS once es-
tImatrd at 500, 900, made by real estate
spccnlntions, but it is said to have dwin-
died away 10 IL great extent.
The amount of irregularities of Treasurer
Paine of the American linen company of
Fall River is variously rumorcd Ia he from
SlOO,0OO Ia Sl,j,O0O. The stock, which
consists of | 900 shares at par value Of : 100.
have been sold as high as -, 300. and recent
" at about 500 The last annual statement
showed the assets 10 he 81, sos, l6j, liabilities
S5i3,6Sj. Paine sold large amount Of
cl"tls t" the American print works, aud his
lnlll ~ debtor 10 that corporation 10 the
amount ui Sl2OWO The desire 10 make up
lor tins loss may possibly have led to unlur- |
lunair spcculaii"nS Paine has held many
Important Offices in the city, and has been an
officer in many institutions. He was one OF |
the most active members OF the Baptist I
church, Il former president nf the Young |
Mems Christian Association. and always ac- /
lively engaged in mission work in the ,itv. |
lie has always been considered one ul the .
most upright men in the city paincs ace /
Is between fifty and sixty Years.
These be- duh times, indeed, hut the Amer
can press is always equal 10 II midsummer /
druuih oi news. An Ethiopian is bleaching
from black To white in Little Rock. ARK. .
The identical I'ctiicnat which jefferson Davis
wore when captured in 1865 has been flung
To- the breeze i'll Sheldon, Iowa. \ man who
fell in love with his sister and who did not
lind out who she was until he ha,l married
her, has recently died of Il broken heart in
Garrett county, Md. man in Parma \.
y, who whipped his daughter for accepting
a very nice young ruan has been hanged in
rligy hy the boys in the street. \ Syracuse
glrl, comedy, intelligent and attractive. has
joined the Oneida community. A medical
student in Ohio wears Il pair Of how Summer