Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-15

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the conditions of amalgamation with the
Grand Trunk railway to arbitration. Five
chairmcn of important railways are nomi-
mated as arhiraturs The fusion of the cap
ital Of the two companies l. not contem-
plated.
Some of the Connecticut papers are again
speaking Indignantly of the neglected and
untidy condition of General Israel Putnam's
grave at Brooklyn. The last reported viola
ton of it is the breaking off of a large piece
OF the slab and part of the inscription by
some relic hunter.
A locomotive of the Boston and Albany
Railroad exploded al Grcenbush Thursday,
killing the fireman and Two maclinists and
severely injuring the engineer and two other
men. Onr of the men killed WIS blown $50
feet.
The executive committee OF the New
York State Freethinkers' Association have
invited the Freethinkers of the United
States and Canada to meet in general con-
vcntion at ChautauqrIa Lake, September Il,
Is 10 20 and 81.
Two lusty roustabouts went out from a
Chicago barroOm to fight on balcony that
extended over the river. They struggled
long and hard, each trying TO throw the
other over the railing. until they went over
together They would not relax their hold
after falling into the water, and both were
drowned
The quarantinng of the railroads leading
out of Memphis has been taken advantage OF
by all the little country stOrc-kecpcrs who
are charging fabulous prices for all the ar
tices of merchandise needed by the farmers.
Corn meal is selling for so barrel - miles
south Of Memphis ON the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad.
\ genuine queer fish was caught in the
waters of the Pequot river, Conn, few
days since. The fish was three or four feet
long and flat like a founder. 1t had no tail.
hut a good deal of scolloped work decorated
the place where IL ish's tail usually is. In the
water it maintained a vertical position.
large round hole through the sides Of its head
formed its mouth.
\ steam catamaran is now being built at
pnughkeepsie, y. Y. The two half hulls
are about Il feet apart giving deck 80 feet
wide and 20 feet long y % horsepower
engine is To be placed in each hull. each
operating two wheels Of eight feet in diam
cter. with what is known as feathcring
blades. The vessel will be launched in a
few days. It has been asserted that she will
make 10 miles an hour.
Dir James l.. Roberts, highly respected
citizen of Millville, Ray county, Mo, while
sitting in a store on Monday evening, was
accosted bv DIR. j. l.. Reyes and charged
with talking about his (Kcyes) family.
Roberts denied the charge whcrcupon Reyes
called him ii liar drew a revolver and shot
him twice through the body, killing him
He then mounted horse and escaped. Rob
erts was over 80 years old, while Reyes was
about 30.
Wednesday afternoon the boiler of the
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valve guaged in the Boston and Albany
roundhouse, at Grcenhush, \. V, exploded.
The engine was hurled 40 feet, turning Il
complete somersault and landing upon the
turn-table, which was shivered Thomas
Smith and Frank Murphy, machinists, and
John Mcintyre. fireman, were instantly kill
ed, anil William Horton, foreman, Wynant
Crannell, engineer, and Rober Il. Miller were
bruised and scalded.
The sheriff of Palapinto county. Texas
and posse had fight with the Jones gang of
horse thieves while attempting 10 arrest
them. l.arkin Jones was killed and John
Jones was wounded EnOch and old Jones
and two other thieves were captured. Jack
Morris who was left to guard the wounded
Jones, assisted the latter to escape. Morris
was arrested and jailed Early Wednesday
morning twenty five masked men overpow-
cred the four guards OF Palapinto jail, OBJ
tanned the KEYS under threats of burning
the Jail, and shot Morris dead in his cell.
\ farmer found a board placed 50 rs 10
cover an opening in a hillside at Raynham.
Mass Removing the board and crawling
through the aperture, he entered an under
ground room, which was neatly boarded on
all sides, and contained all the apparatus
necessary for making counterfeit coin. The
spot was secluded one in the woods, remote
from roads ans pathways, and the secret
would not have been discovered if the wind
had not blown covering of leaves from
the board. The room proved to be the work
shop Of several young men of good rcputa-
ton. who had never been suspected Of cOJIn-
terfeiting yet they had used it for years.
The police of st. Louis found an old and
wrinkled woman picking her way about the
streets the other day in search, as she said,
of her lost child Inquiry elected the fact
that the child" was 70 years of age, and the
mother, who was searching for her, certainly
looked To be the III wears of age that she
claimed for herself The old woman said
that Becky was good girl. hut would go
on sprces." She further stated that Becky
worked out and made y Il month. and went
on spree almost every time she was
paid off.
\ family applied TO Long Island poor
master for help, and the oversecr made
charge of vagrancy against them. Their
names are Foster and they live in cave six
feet wide and four feet deep near Little
Neck. The occupants of the cave are Thomas
Foster, savagc-looking dwarf, 30 years old,
with long hair; Catharine, his wife. who
could not rccolect her age. hut appeared To
he about 80 son named William 10 wears
old and two daughters named Elizabeth and
3 4 a ix-.slxs
Nearly all of them were without clothing.
The family have occupied the cave for the
past three wears, during which time Foster
and his sou have refused all offers of employ
mcnt
\ great fire is raging in the Great Dismal
Swamp in Virginia and extends from the
neighborhood Of Suffolk TO eight or ten miles
below the North Carolina line. Ii is. of
course burning in detached spots. hut an
immense area is devastated. \ good
deal Of lumber. cord-wood and
railroad timber have been DESTROYED.
amounting To three or four thou
sand dollars in value. but the greatest dam
are is in the destruction OF the growing tim
her and the actual hurnin" up of soil which |
might he reclaimed for agricultural purposes.
| The fire began in Pcrquimans county ON the |
22d Of May. and has been burning ever
| since.
Ten Wolselcy is to he Ia, ncNt Com |
man,ler- in Chief of India.
Only l6O. OOO shares OF the Panama canal .
stock has been subscribed in Paris.
\ man named Collins is now walking from
san Francisco to New York on wager of |
: 500 TINT ht can do it in 100 days. lie has
been reported al Davenport, Iowa.
Andrew Iindeman, aged TO- stepped uti
ihrcc-stnrv hunst. in BROOKLYN. Wednesday.
while living kite and fell, striking an iron
picket fence. lie was almost instantly kill
ed
The Arctic ic,. company of Boston is now
turning out between III, 1000 tons Of artificial
ice per day. which it is under contract TO
deliver at half a cent pound The cost of
manuiacturin" is only - cents ton
Thomas f. Bccvor eldest a.u of Sir
Thomas Bccvur. Baronct of Norfolk, Eng
land. committed suicide in Denver, Col,
last Friday hv taking morphine. lie left a
letter saving he had lived misspcnt life
lie was 6ycars old and had been away from
home about wear
Sarah Root of Reading Pa. became an
exceedingly dcvout Lutheran. and finally a
.cligiu,s mOnamaniac She believed that
food was polluling. aud refused to eat de
claring that she would fast forty days. She
had nearly starved To death, when i Physl-
elan forced food into her stomach through
II tube, and in that way She Is being Kept
alive
A Socialist named Sowoll. imprisoned At
Odessa. has lust died in the hospital from
the effect of terrible burns, inflicted with the
intention of sclf-dcstruction. lie was found
in his cell sitting over a petroleum lamp
The flesh Of his fingers was consumed, and
his hack up To- his meek was horribly burned
lie wa, removed The hospital, vhcr" he
died.