Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31
GENERAL SUMMARY.


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about some %rass. Twelve of them wcr
killed.
\ child eighteen months old was recent.
, stung to death hy hccs nj Santa Anna, Lo
Angeles county, Cal.
/ In London, Saturday, Cooper, the Amcri
: can forEcr, was sentenced To five years pcna
, servitudc.
! Receiving Teller Bovnton of the Nintl
t National Bank. Boston. indicted for cmhcz
zling 23,O0O, plead guityaud was sentence
to five years imprisonment.
Three thousand five hundred and sevrni,
immigrants arrived at New York last week
; Many engineers, machinists and other arti
; sans from striking districts in England ar,
arriving.
James Sullivan Friday evening. entered ;
station of the Elevated Railroad in New
York, purchased ticket, walked out on thu
platform, drew a knife and deliberately Gu
his throat and jumped from the platform int
the street below. lie was dangerously in
iurcd, though still alive.
= The body of Il man. believed To he that oi
Prof. Wises companion in his 81. Louis bal
loon ascension, was foHnd on the lake shore
near Tallcstone, Ind, Friday. Upon his
clothes and sleeve buttons were BuT's mi
tiais. The body was otherwise unacceptable
on account of decomposition and bruises.
\ French Canadian and his wife arrived
in New Brunswick, n j.. on Monday in 4
queer looking flat hottomcd sailing craft. in
which they have lived four weeks during
their journey to that city from Canada. The
boat was built hy the man with an axe. Il
iacknfr and a saw. The couple were too
poor 10 pay railroad fares, audhcncc the boat
was built.
\ cable special SAYS there was rilmor in
London. Tuesday, that Vanderbilt had
leased the Atlantic and Great Western Rail
way Of Canada.
The horse and man match at san Francisco
closed Tuesday night Horses Pinaforc.
559 miles: Nellie, 5;;6; Dan Mccarthy. 5l1
Men Guerrero. SO; Brodic, 2G2,
1t is asserted that 120. .O00 persons die
every year in Great Britain from intcmpcr-
ncc-i0, 500 dying from their own excess
and 1880 from the indirect consequences of
the excess of others.
y spectral from Bcrca. Ohio. gives the de
tails Of a murder near that place Tuesday
nigm, which resulted in the death Of Gottcih
Muller: wife fatally and son seriously wound
ed. An older son is suspected.
The American Woman Suffrage Associl-
tion will hold its annual meeting at Cincin-
mali. beginning Tuesday evening. Nov. ith.
and conlinun" on Wednesday. Mrs. Rchec-
"a W. Hazard. president H. l.. Blackwell.
| secretary Lucy Stone. chairman executive
| committee.
The Spanish steamer raiaro Del Occano,
| plying between Porto Rico and 81. Thomas.
recently took fire and was destroyed of Cal
BARREN. Ten Of the crew and Two paSscngcrs
arrived at Caiharicn. The fate Of the other
passengers aboard is unknown, Int it is sup
posed they were saved
The north lateral branch of the Suiro
tunnel has advanced during the last seven
days seventy -thrrcfect through an extremely
hard drilling and blasting rock Easier
ground is comm" in, and h'adUay will he
Prop"rtionatrly greater.
Rains the last ten days have been general
in Alalama and have done much damage To
cotton in the fields Some cotton is sprout-
inE in the hullS on account of the dampncSS
The water courses are all up and some dam
ace To property is the result.
\ daughter Of Govcrnor-ccct Foster of
Ohio, was visiting in Atlanta, Ga. when the
news of her fathers election WAS flashed over
III" c"unirv. The Young men Of Atlanta.
probably animated 10y a spirit of cancellation.
sercnadcd the young Lady in honor Of the
event.
y special from Cfay>nn. Ky, relates that
ECO men be into MartinShurg, Elliott coun-
ty, Monday night, surrounded the Jail, over
powered the jailrr. took two prisoners, Jno.
W. Kendall and Wm. Mcmillan. to a tree
near lay and hanged them until dead The
men hanged were known 10 belong TO a Gang
If outlawF
\ Il
in height and nearly eight feet long. appear
ct in the neighhorhood oi Torrcsdale. Pa,
near the city Thursday morning. and was
killed hy the residents. II Is supposed 10
have ESCAPED from travelling mcnagcrir
The vote cast in Ohio. oct. II. for State
officers and mcnhcrs Of the General Assem-
hly was officially counted Thursday. Total
vote for Governor G6S GG1. divided as FOL
lows: Foster Rep. 336. POI: Ewing nam.)
30, Stewart Pro- l. lIj: Pratt Ma
li"naL) 9,l2n, Fosters majority over
Ewing, l., ,l29.
The Colorado Indians have renewed hos
tiliics, and the Governor has tclcgraphcd to
Secretary Schurz making vigorous protest
against the policy "f military inactivity.
He says the fighting mcn Of the ties are
hostile and flushed with victory that they
are sayagcs that they take no prisoners rX-
crpt women. and that unless the troops move
against the Indians, the Indians will move .
AGAINST the settlers.
The jury in the trial of Joseph \. Blair
for the murder of John Armstrong at New .
ark, y. j., on Wednesday returned verdict
of not guilty. Mr.. Blair gave a cry and fell
on his knees beside his wife while the court .
room rang with applause Mrs. Blair and
most OF the audience wcpt and chccrrd in
spite OF the rcprmandS of the court. The
jury stood ten Ia two in favor of acmittal
until the last vote They had been out nine
ty-scycn hours when they returned the yer
dict.
Al Bulls City, Kansas, on The 1lth inst.
Gen. II. {. Bull was attacked hy an angry
elk in his park and killed. Robert Brick
nell, a hired man, who was with him. WAS
also attacked and killed, and two other men
who went To the rescue wtlc tossed upon the
intTacd animals antcrs, one Of them over
a fence and the other upon it, Finally the
village had to he summoned tu subduc the
creature. Forty-four wounds were found
upon General Bulls body.
At the session of the congress Of the Eps-
copal church, Wednesday. bishop Hunting
don read paper on Positive Christian Ed
ucaiion." Rev. f. T. Bartlett followed on
the same subject. Addresses were alsum made
hy Rev. W. q. Andrews. Bishop Bcdrll Of
ONO, and Others, The general sentiment
expressed was against the Introduction Of
religious training in public schools The
evening topic was communism in its rcll-
tons 10 Republican institutions. The meet
ln%s were largely attended hv members of
other religious denominations. and much in
trrcst was taken in them.
One Of the mnsi encouraging signs of in
crcasng prosperity is found in the sale, of
public lands tu actual settlers aud entries
under the homestead law. II is said that
dur'n" the first three years after 1913 there
VAS little movement to the public domain,
ana The land Office reports possrs-gd little
information "i an encouraging nature. In
~" however the purchases covered S.GJn,-
ID acres, and the entries under the home
stead and timber culture laws embraced
:, ,O:G,6N1 acres, the Numbers in either case
hem" nearly treble what they were in $50.
The public have no i,l, ui the extent of
me lottery huSin,ss. The postmaster at
New urk SidlrS thai some OF the lottery
agents IN that city receive ~ many as !. 900
Icli'rs containing murcy in one dav. and
hat the sale of tickets is carried ON openly,
although il is unlawful 10 do So and renders
he parties engaged in it liable L. criminal
prosecution. The subject viii be- called TO
II" attention OF Congress, aud il will hr no
auli "i the postuilicc authorities If tho mails
"nlinur to hc used t"cirry un the lottery
business.
NhE-l'rt-rnFNr Wurtrrrs ENnnr:-E-
"fNr OF Nh. Corvrrl The Hon. William
\. Wheeler, Vice President of the United