Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-12-05
GENERAL SUMMARY.

MAN 'olitA lJiS VIM hlhhN Ntli-'tiCi'S -
from The lamp-po boxes in New York city.
In quarrel Monday, at Edinburg, Ind.
between two butchers named Henderson and
Dunn, the former cut the throat OF the latter
and escaped
Eight weeks ago the city of Deadwood, ID,
r. was destroyed by fire. To-day the place
is entirely rebuilt with better class OF
buildings.
The front and back walls with the root of
the new Baptist church, on James street, in
Hamilton, Ont. fell in Monday. Loss $40,
600
In three years ending 1876 the Methodists
of the United States raised S922, 600 for col
lege cndowmcnts; the Episcopalians, S2Os,-
$40; and the Baptists, ii, O05,9iG.
In splittingop log hauled on land from
the Susquehanna river at Marietta, Penn,
three handsome bass, one weighing five
pounds. Were found inthe cavityin theccntre
Of the log.
Indiana has the largest school fund Of any
State. 1t comprises Sl1 ,00C, 900 in school
property and 80, 1000, 600 in the State treas
ury, a total of $50, 900, 0G0, or SO To every
child in the public schools.
The Oldest railroad official in the United
States, both in term Of service and years, is
George l.. Perkins, aged 80, who has been
treasurer Of the Norwich and Worcester rail
road since its organization.
In private difficulty nj Columbus, Ga,
Monday. H. McCauley, 4 marble merchant,
was shot and killed by j. W. Harris,
farmer Self defence is claimed. Harris
surrendered himself.
McGauvron, Tucker II Co., Montreal,
have failed with liabilities of S2S0,000. 1t is
expected that there will he a..surplus of $50,
900 when the estate is wound up, and only
time is required to pay in full.
The latest developed mushroom mining
town is Eureka. Ark. On July 4th there
were but six persons there, and not house
On the 18th Of November it had 300 houses
and population of , 1000, and the only at
fractions are lead mines.
1t is reported at Montreal that the impe
rial government is establishing reserve OF
1O. 600 men in Canada, composed of the mill
tia of the Dominion, for active service at
home or abroad, if required.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
predicts that the taxes during the present
wear will amout to S115,000,OO During
the year ended June 80, 1879, ll3,449,6 Cpl
of revenue taxes were collected
Three kittens have died of diphtheria in
| Ordensburg. They contracted the disease
from children affected with it. The post
mortem examination showed plainly the
diphtheric membrane in the kittens threats.
The actual cost of cable transmission from
| the United States to Great Britain is twelve
cents per word. The tariff price OF the
cable companies is IS cents per word, leaving
present profit of six dollars and thirty cents
ON every ten-word message.
Sixtv-tive thousand three hundred and for
ty-four persons, including 1918 females,
were arraiEned in the police courts OF New
| York city during the year ending Oct. 81 ;
Al. 900 cases were for intoXication and dlsor-
derby conduct.
The stockholders of the permanent exhibit
ton Of Philadelphia have adopted resolu-
lion offering the use of the exhibition build
ing to the two great political parties of the
country to hold their conventions IN next
| year.
The actual returns of the present years
crons in the south show that the cotton yield
| is larger by G0O, 900 bales than ever before IL
the DAYS Of slavery The tobacco crop is
greater by Il, OGO, 900 pounds than last year
| and the production of sugar exceeds by 2Oo,
OOO hogsheads that OF 1878.
By the accidental explosion of three
pounds of powder at the residence OF VIII
liam Knaps, Point Coupee Parish, La
Knaps and one child were severely burned,
and two of his children, one three and the
other six wears old, and their grandmother,
Mrs. Evarista Faber were killed.
The wonderful Mrs Smith, of Westmore-
land County. Va, is dead She measured
thiriv-four inches across the shoulders and
weighed within n fraction of GlO pounds.
| Before her coffin was delivered two ordinary
men Law in il side by side on their backs
without crowdins each other in the least.
The Indians are depredating the country
100 miles of FL Paso, Texas. Parties OF
white men who went in pursuit were fought
by the Indians. of one party of 10 all but
one or two were killed. A strong party
which went to the scene of the massacre was
fired upon and IS We're killed. A large force
has been organized TO go in pursuit.
Three lives were lost by the burning OF
the Toronto opera house-a Mr.. Wright and
his wife and child The loss by the fire was
| 5000, 900. Daniel Bandmann' the TRACE
dian, valuable dress and appointments were
all lost. lie suffers to the extent OF $1,000.
Oxford. England, is complaining of the
] Ditl llllltS. Ut NNlAt - t'.@-i'
derived from land, and real estate is very
unproductive The aristocratic set in the
university is also complaining because 4
poorer class of men are now in the colleges.
Five hundred Freshmen have joined and the
aristocratic few are likely 10 be swamped by
men of humble means.
Corn is cheaper in Iowa this Fall than in
any other place on the globe, selling at IL
J IN L., I.NntS and III anil H.,
cents at places distant from the rail
roads. /, is reported to be very ripe,
sound and sweet. and there will be $50, GEO.
/ 900 to 200, 900. 600 bushels, not onc-sixth OF
which can be shipped out of the State
A terrible explosion of the boiler of 4 port
able saw-mill occurred at Rush Creek, In
diana, the other day. Tie mill was blown
TO atoms and Joseph Hanson, the engineer,
was killed being horribly mutiliated. Three
school children, near ut the time, We're cut
and scaldcd, not fatally. Most of the mil
hands were absent.
A Dubuque Iowa despatch says that Gen
eral and Mrs. Grant and party reached there
Monday, and were welcome by the firing oi
cannon and the ringing of bells. The party
was received bv all the civic and military
societies. In the evening an invita-
ton reception was held. General Grant
attended charity ball and returned TO Galena
by special train.
A despatch from Mount Sterling, Ky,
saws: Elliott county regulators last Saturday
visited Morgan county and proceeded to reg
ulate some of the inhabitants They took
out and whipped Il man named Cassidy, also
William PRAY, John Edwards and three
others They went further and visited the
houses of seven women, five of whom they
whipped, and then returned TO their homes.
The steamer Waubuno of the Geogian Bay
! Transportation Line left Collingwood, Ont;
last Saturday, and has not since been heard
from. Ii is feared that she fOundered dur
ing the gale of Saturday and Sunday. The
crew consisted of seventeen men; there
were also thirteen passengers and a valuable
| cargo. Great excitement prevails at Col
| lingwood, as the crew and most OF the pas
sengcrs belong TO that town.
Some wretch enclosed number OF small
box scahs in an envelope several weeks ago
/ and sent them by mail 10 Mr.. COmstock the
treat prosecutor of vendors of obscenity.
| The latter, on discovering his danger, repair
| ed Immediately to physician, and by u
thorough system of vaccination was saved
| from having the disease, the only evidence
of his narrow escape being four large bolls
upon the arm
| Rev. Daniel s IIclton, II Baptist preacher
| of Roane county, Tenn, is IS years old. lie
says: Il can sight u rifle gun AS well as
| could 80 wears ago. and can bring Il squirrel
nearly every time, and only for IL slight
tremble of the hand would not miss one shot
! in hundred" In reply to the question,
ION which side were your sympathies during
the late r." he replied: II was always Il
Union man | had sixteen sons in the mon
army, and two in the rebel army, and my
sympathies were with the Union by II
majority" When asked If he knew which
of the boys were right, he said, Il know
which think was right, cap'n. There war
IL majority in that M family including mt
| holp the BOYS ON the Mon side" lie has
been twice married, and is the father "t II
/ children.
TN the 9nth OF Novcmbcrthe sudden death
Of Mrs. Ann Maria, wife of Franklin Chacc,
AT Wcstport. Mass. was reported, As she
died in a lit, the physician expressed doubt