Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-14
GENERAL SUMMARY.


ened in England
1t is said that Lcadville has already Weld
ed 1000, 900 in silver
decisive battle has been fought in South
America, in which the Chilians were vic
torious.
Near Fairburn, Ga, a drunkcnman named
Adams drove his horse into ditch, killing
himself and little son
Rev. DR. Bellows, the well known New
York Unitarian minister, is announced to
preach on Thanksgiving Day in the Jewish
Temple of Emanuel
One-third of the thriving village of Napo-
Icon, Ohio was burned Sunday, and it is
stated that but for the rain the whole
northern part of the town would ha 5e been
destroyed.
y large box shipped on a railroad at Clevc-
land was found to contain a live man, Il flask
OF whiskey, some sandwiches and kit of
burglars tools. 1t is supposed that he in
tended to rob the express car.
As the steam tug Dauntlcss was towing
two vessels up the ST. Lawrence at Montreal
Saturday. the boiler exploded, scalding to
death n fireman named Norbert Bergeron.
The unfortunate man wasa native of Canada
and unmarried.
The National Christian Temperance Union
of the United States and Canada closed its
session at Fort Wayne, Ind, SATURDAY. Gov.
st. John of Kansas was elected president for
the ensuing year, and Francis Murphy frs,
vice president.
An association of ladies in PENNSYLVANIA
have succeeded in purchasing the house
which General Washington occupied as his
| headquarters at Valley Forge, and have be-
! gun movement TO buy the two thousand
acres adjoining, in which the old breast
| works are still in good preservation and
erect soldiers home there
| Statistics for the year 1S13-thc last
which is completc-are said to show that
| the number of letters written in the twelve
! months throughout the world was 3 300
| 600, COO, or nine millions and quarter per
day. The total number of Geographic de
| spatches for all the world in 1877 was 130,-
600, 600 in round numbers, or 1858 600 day.
The whaling schooner Petrol of New Bed
lord, fuundcrcd at sca in a squat, and fifteen
persons were lost. From the 2Jth of October
| until the Bird of November, six survivors
chung to the wreck, exposed TO the cold and
storm, and kept continually wet by the seas
that swept over them. They had some food,
but little water, and were barely alive when
picked up by vessel that brought them
TO New York, Saturday.
DR. Craik, one of the most prominent ply
sicians in Montreal, is thought TO be dying
from blood poisoning About two weeks
ago h. cut his finger badly, and, in some
way, while in disscctng room the wound
came in contact with the body undergoing
dissection. Nothing was thought of it at
the time, but it turned out badly Two fin
gers have been amputated. with hopes of
saving his life.
Further particulars of the accident to the
steamer Arizona show that if Il proper lool,-
ont had been maintained the iceberg must
have been seen in time to avoid or to dimin-
ish the force of the collision. The sailors on
the lookout admitted that they were not at
their posts in the PROV of the ship when the
collision occurred. Ii was narrow escape
for over 300 people.
Terrible suffering and dcsttuion among
the people of Ireland seem inevitable. The
potato crop is everywhere deficient and in
ferior, and there is Il scarcity of peat fuel
owing TO rain. These are the leading causes
of the distress expected to eliminate during
the winter and spring, and pauperism is
greatly increasing. An appeal for aid is made
TO the people of America,
In Todd county, Minnesota, few DAYS
ago, the house in which John and Michael
Moede lived was burned, and John charged
that a ncighbOr named Coldall did it because
he had induced Coldall's wife TO leave her
husband and live with him. suddenly Cold |
all and man living with him were missing,
and in the house signs of foul play were
found. John Mocdc was arrested on srls-
picion and lodged in Long Prairie iail On
saturday becoming frightened at the threats
OF the crowd from the surrounding country,
he confessed that he had helped his brother
10 murder the two men and bury the bodies. !
During the night MOedc was taken from the |
Jail by mob and hanged Michael Mocde |
was arrested Sunday at Lake Henry and |
taken to Long Prairie, where the mob waits |
to serve him the same as his brother.
The revision OF the Bible, now nearly COM |
pletcd, has been Il very expensive work. |
There are tifty-two members Of the commit
tee, and these meet for five days in every |
three weeks. No salary is paid to any one |
of them, but they are allowed their travel |
ling and inn expenses. These, with other |
items. will bring the cost of the first edition |
of the Revised Bible as estimated by the |
University Press Company, which is respon-
sibe for it, to about 100000, and conse-
qucn,ly it has been determined TO sell the |
first few copies at high price. The new
Bible will receive no authorization" either
from Parliament or convocation. 1t has
been discovered incidentally during the sit
tings of the committee that the so-called au-
thoriZed version never was in fact authorized |
either enthusiastically or politically. 1t made
its way by its own merits, and the revised |
Bible is expected TO do the same.
1t being generally conceded that the read
justers i'll lrgnia have carried the State by
Il small majority in the recent election, the
leaders OF the party are preparing for grand
celebration.
During the last year 9, 33}, ;}j3 acres of
public lands were disposed of, and ., 4S4, 800
acres were surveyed in addition to 13i, SOL
236 acres previously surveyed. The total
number of acres of the public domain still
unsurvcyed is about ,OSl ,O00, 000 acres
\ special from Arkadelphia, Clark county,
Ark, reports the cold-blooded murder Of a
negro named Bill White by desperate named
James 7. Hicks, at Hope. Hicks entered a
restaurant where White was playing cards,
and deliberately shot him through one of his
lungs. Hicks escaped, but was pursued 10y
the Sheriff.
Some of the shrewdest business men in
Montreal have been Swindled thus: Two
strangers with glib tongues and dgnified
demeanOr introduced themselves rs capitalists
seeking To invest 5000 900 They lived at
leading hotel, were accompanied by lady
like alleged wives, opened an office and adj
vcrtsed money to loan. Those who applied
for it were obliged to submit the collateral
for examination. The sharpcrs thus got
about SEQ, 900 into their hands, and sold the I
securities and fled
Political and social circles in Great Britain ;
are profoundly aglatcd on the movement ,
against the law of entail Lord Carington. +,
youuu ENGLISH uOhpmau b,lnnuinOr IN vhot !