Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-07
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The remains of Major-Gencral JOSEPH
Hooker will he taken TO Cincinnati fol
burial by the side Of those of his wife.
A fire at Mound City, ILL.,, Sunday, de
stroyed onc-third Of the town. From sixty
to eighty houses were burned. and the loss
is estimated at $4,000.
A Cincinnati man who quarrcled with hi,
wife Sunday, tried 10 brighten her by pre-
tending to hang himself and succeeded in
strangling himself to death
Eleven Afghan prisoners have been exc
cuted for participation in the massacre Of the
British embassy, and sixty persons have been
examined since the trials began.
The Libcrian Exodus Association, which
proposed to take negroes to Africa from the
United States. is Il failure, and their ship
has bccnsod by the sheriff.
James L. Fitch, who recently murdcaed
his wife and 4 year-old daughter at Ilud-
ley, Mich, has been convicted and sentenced
for life at the Jackson penitentiary.
Steamer Enrique, at New Orleans from
Mantanzas, picked up in the Gulf two men
from the wreck Of the brig Sally, which had
capsized. Sin others of the crew were lost.
The largest increase in bank circulation
for the last two months was in the New Eng
land States, amounting 10 81, 300, 900, being
nearly half "a million more than the Middle
States.
\ Buenos Ayres despatch, dated October
10, says the hostile armies on the southern
border of Peru were then advancing to meet
each other, and great battle was believed
10 he imminent.
Wild ducks arc more numerous at
IIavre de Grace Md, than for fifteen years
before. This is attributed TO the Canadian
game laws, which prohibit the gathering Of
the eggs of the birds, Canada being their
breeding ground
A CAIRO Egypt despatch says the opposi-
ton 10 the removal of the obclisk ceased ON
Lieut.. Gorringe paving small sum for the
use of the ground for his machinery. The
khcdve and the American Consul ridicule
the idea of the ohelisk being seized by any
body.
The English astronomer, Prof. Richard
\, Proctor, says that the discovery by DIR.
Draper of New York of the presence of
oxygen in the sun, as shown by the bright
bands in the solar spectrum, is the most i'm
portant OF recent astronomical discoveries,
and great achievement for science.
Alabama has had July weather and April
showers during October, and both there and
i'll GcorSia il is feared that heavy rains have
seriously injured the cotton crop. In many
fields the ground is white with cotton, aud
in other cases, where the balls have cracked
they have filled with water, causing the cot
ton to rot.
Gen. Shcrman's annual report states that
l / generals, 1859 officers. 20 5G6 men and
23i Indian scouts, with such officers Of the
stall as are assigned by the War Department
to duty with the troops, constitute the entire
cOmbative force. The various dctachments,
aggregating 8, 463 enlisted men Of the highest
grades, compose about onc-siXth part of the
enlisted men provided by law for the whole
army, leaving hut 20, 10 for actual service.
The General severely criticiscs the manage
mcnt of Indian affairs.
The indications are that the mission of
Secretary Schurzs special commission 10
the ties is Il failure, and that the Indians
will not cease their raids upon the settlers in
Colorado. The hostile ties seem confident
that they will be able 10 stand of or clude
the troops should the latter follow them up.
They say If Merritt makes a forward move
mcnt they will make war in earnest. They
threaten first to strike for the Uintah agency,
burn il as they burned Mcekcr's agency, and
kill all the employees there. They say others
will raid for stock and dcvastate every val
ley within their reach.
A disease locally known as the ''black
tongue, but which probably is IA very VIC
lent form of diphthcria, has appeared in a
section of county surrounding London, Ont
Mr.. VIM. Wcathcral has lost five members of
his family by it, three SONS and two daush-
lers, and two more daughters are down with
The disease. Several eases are reported from
Lobo and West Williams The disease
battles the skill of medical men. The SYM
toms are, first. severe pain in the stomach
gradually ascending to the throat, accom-
panied by vomiting and before DEATH which
is attended by great agony, the tongue
assumes black color. Much fear is felt
ii and medical men are in consul
tation.
Since Friday the principal railroad lines
pf ArraSon, Catalonia and Navarro, Spain,
have been interrupted by gales and floods,
chiefly in the valley of the Ebrn, where the
water has risen several inches above the or
linnry level, and destroyed the line httwccn
Saragossu and Catalonia for fifteen miles, !
Hooded the valley of Turtosa, carried away
houses, mills and bridges, and caused damage
10 the extent of several millions of pcsctas. |
In upper hrragOn the River Alcanadrc i'll |
Vaded several villages cut the railway en- |
Iankmcnt and carried away an iron bridge |
II Sarirena. The governors OF Malaga and |
hlmcria report that the gale extended over |
he whole of Andnlusia, and caused very |
disastrous flood in the rural districts and in |
he town of Malaga. The river Almanzora |
loOded its valley and destroyed forty houses. |
Sixty persons were drowned.