Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31


A Pennsylvania chap of % has married
his step-grandmother, aged GO.
Thomas Lynch, a deranged old man, was
frozen to death at Brinton Range, \. j.,
Sunday.
A tornado struck the town of Lockport,
| Texas, Sunday evening, demolishing forty
buildings.
A guard is still kept over the grave of
Brigham Young, day and night, in small
building erected near it.
Dave Anderson (negro) fatally cut J.
Moore (white) in dispute over ten cent
piece at Louisville, Sunday, while gambling
According to the London Publishers Cir
cular, j,3li books were published in Great
Britain and Ireland during the year 1873.
A Montreal despatch says the House OF
Bishops has elected Most Rev. Bishop Med
ley, OF Fredericton, to be Metropolitan Of
| Canada.
At MontvIle, Me-, Saturday evening,
farmer, his wife and granddaughter were
killed by an insane man. The lunatic was
shot and killed by a neighbor.
novel marriage has just been celebrated
stood in Nevada and the groom in Utah,
while the minister straddled the line.
War has again broken out between the grea,
railway lines that carry most Of the freight
between the East and West. The Eist-bouni
freight pool has broken, and the roads are
again cutting far below schedule rates.
1t il estimated that Jay Gould, in bis
settlement with the special partnership of
Me>srs. Belden II Co., recently dissolved,
has not only lost his special capital Of
$780, 900, but Il large sum in stocks lodged
with the concern for his individual or joint
account speculations.
One evening last week private dinner
party was given in New York to a certain
professional vocalist, who, when solicited to
sing later in the progress CT the entertain
ment, said her terms were 800 for three
songs. The party broke up rather mystcri
ous,y.
Marshall S Pritchard, town collector of
Cherry Valley, was mysteriously murdered
at Rockford, Ill.,, Sunday His body was
found in the outskirts with pockets rliled,
ball in the head from = revolver which lay
beside him, and a deep cash in the temple.
Several parties are under suspicion.
Hon. John Cadwalader, Judge of the
United States District Court for the East
ern District of Pennsy lvania, died of typhoid
pneumonia. Sunday. after a weeks illness.
aged Il years. lie was the son of the late
Thomas Cadwallader and grandson of Gen.
John Cadwallader, of revolutionary fame.
In the United States court at Albany.
Saturday, Asa I. Soule, Of Rochester
pleaded guilty Of sending through the mails
obscene literature. 1t was in the nature Of
an advertisement of "A medicine. in which he |
had no interest, inserted in a pamphlet he |
Published. lie was fined ! 900 and 800 |
costs, which he paid.
A special IRON Tuna, Arizona. says thirty |
miles Of the Southern Pacific Railroad track |
has been laid recently. and a station will be |
opened on Monday at Mowhawk Gap, co
miles east OF Colorado river. The graders
are approaching Marecopa, 100 miles ahead
of the track-layers, which point will be
reached by rail in 20 days.
The increase of population in Kansas is
estimated by her Governor to BIO about lO0,
900 per annum. The rcccipts into the State
Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1873, we've 81 .jSi ,Syl. including a balance
on mana OF 80 o,-l1 anu inc expenditures
were 81 81. 9l0-leaving Il balance in the
treasury of $3ll $50. The bonded debt is
only 81, lSl,975
Mrs German died in Philadelphia. on
Monday, OF hydrophobia from the bite OF u
Spitz dog last October.
A little girl at kenton, Ohio. who was
bitten by dog six years ago, has Just been
taken with hydropbobla
Bret llartc lectured at the Crystal Palace,
London, Tuesday evening. and was well re
ceived.
In West Virginia the revenue officers have
Just destroyed six stills, 1000 gallons of
mash, 3 300 gallons of tub, 80 gallons of
whiskey and other material. The party
had a fight with moonshiners in Mcdowell
county, in which one moonshiner was shot
and one Of the raiding party wounded.
A writ Of attachment has been served ON
J. l.. Cassidy, wholesale clothier, of Mont
real. Liabilities about $500 900, chiefly
secured by real estate.
The Appellate Court. of Illinois. has de-
,ided that the act Of 1877. providing for the
collection Of back taxes is valid. The decIs-
on involves from $4,000, 600 to 1000 900
taxes due the city of Chicago, and is very
important aid to its revenue