Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-17
GENERAL SUMMARY.

FRIDAYS transactions on the New York
stock exchange. a@grcEIting 535.OOO shares,
exceeded anything ever before recorded in
the New York Market.
Mrs. O'Ncil, at Stockton. Cal, was too
| drunk to escape from her burning dwelling,
and persisted in the flames. Her husband,
drunk and leaning against fence outside,
was unable to aid her.
/ About 5. $50, 900 acres of public lands were
solids TO actual settlers during the last fiscal
year This is more than double the totals
for either Of the five years previous 10 1877,
and nearly a million and half more than
in 1873.
! Fifteen missionaries sent by the American
| Baptist missionary union sailed from New
| York, Saturday, bound for different parts Of
Asia. This the largest number ever sent by
| the union at one time
| The san Francisco Bgll,tiJs states that in
the inventory of the Mark Hopkins estate
United States bonds To the value of about
1000. 900 and $500 900 in gold to the credit
of Mr. Hopkins in the Treasury at Washing
ton were overlooked. The heirs are agrcca-
bly, surprised 10 find themselves 5000, 900
richer than they supposed they were.
In the series of naval battles between the
Chilians and Pcruvians. the latter have been
heretofore almost uniformly successful. The
report now comes that the CHILEAN fleet has
won Il most important victory, having cap
tured the ram lIuascar that has given the
Peruvians some Of their greatest successes.
There is great rejoicing in Chill.
Capt Nye, an old whalcr estimates that
over thirty thousand walrus have been killed
in the Arctic seas this season, of which only
eleven thousand were secured. They are
f,.
numbers few wears ago, have been reduced
So that Capt Nyc thinks two or three years
more will leave only an occasional stray
specimen.
Frank ID. Haywood. Of New York
city, handsome, educated AMI highly
connected Young man of -. with Il
$4,000 income. who has been drink
ing heavily for several months, committed
suicide with revolver Monday night, after
being found drunk in 4 liquor saloon. He
leaves wife whom lac scdUCcd, married and
deserted, with her child.
Tarhoro', n. C., has a colored woman who
was raised Is Il hoy 3; DOES not rccollcct
when she began Ia wear male clothing still
dresses and acts like man; does mans
work and bears mans name. She has an
aversion to being with women or dong their
Kind of work. AMI says she would 20 To the
penitcntiary before she would wear a hon
net She is a mother hut not at all mothcrly,
and her child calls her papa.
The Irish land question is the live issue in
British politics. An address and appeal is
issued to all whom evil laws have driven
from their native land. addressed to thoSc
men and women of other nationaltiCs the
world over who can symphaiiIr with
wrongcd and impoverished people y icle-
gram has been ~rnt 10 Ireland from New
York. at,arantecing S2j0060 if an Irish
member vi thc advanced party viii visit the |
United State Mr. Parnrll will probably |
come.
The Paris Exhibition medals have not 4
been 50 highly priced rs was expected. since |
nearly 1000 hroIZcd medals remain un- |
claimed. also 300 Of silver and % of gold. |
Some American exhibitors, too. are grumb- /
ling over mistakes in their diplomas. Thus, the |
diploma intended for the Gardner Gm Com /
panv is granted for Fusil pour Ia 'lardiu-
icre," the Waterbury Button company re-
ccivcs its award in the name OF Waterbury,
Button n Company" and, the Providence
Tool Company becomes the providence
Fool Company.
The population Of Kansas has increased
since the end Of the war from 49,. 500 to
9an. 900 the assessed valuation Of property
from SO lei. 600 tn ~l4i g:'n. 80 the miles
of railway from 1870 tn more than 1000 the
number Of school houses from 6O3 To nearly
: 900 the number of newspapers from b
So 20; the number ui acres fmdtr cultva-
ton from 2i3.903 Ia ;.169, 926 the annual
production ot wheat from 1871 .5lg to more
than 3, 0O0, 600 bushels, and the annual pro
,lurlon of corn from = 200 OOn tn NOR than
| M, Goa, 900 bushels