Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-23

whose period of service expires in May next.
The Imperial government have under con
sidcration the question of recruiting in Cana
ia for the British army.
Mr.. Northcotc chancellor Of the eNchcquer,
at II conservative banquet at Stroud, Eng
land confirmed the announcement of the in
tention TO issue loans in Ireland and said
the government authorized various boards to
overslep their powers if necessary. On the
assembling of parliament the government
would present II bill of indemnity for all ex-
penditures thus incurred.
The n;mor that Charles OConor is about
TO marry Mrs. Ilicks-I.or is denied by Mr..
O'Conor's friends.
A Young man at Bozral, Conn, owed his
death, last week, to the would-be pleasantly
of A companion, who pulled away chair
that he was about to sit upon.
Walker L. Brown, aged -. son of n
wealthy New York broker, shot himself
through the heart on the stOop of his fathers
residence, Friday evening. No cause is as
signed.
Colorado has uncommonly big avalanchcs
this Winter, and one Of them covered 4
house with so much snow that the men inside
were ten hours in digging their way out.
The card spccdcrs, all females, OF the
Auuidncck and Perry cotton mills Newport,
X. l.. have struck for higher wages. Help
engaged from other places undertook to go TO
work, when one was outrageously assaulted
by the old employees of both mills.
Nat. Smith, a negro confined in Jail at
Jonesboro, Georgia, for N attempt to rape
Mrs. Gay, Was taken ont by party of un-
known men, carried five miles and hung on
tree When found he had gun shot wound
through the breast.
At New York, Saturday, the jury i'll the
case of policeman Nugent, charged with
completely in the Manhattan bank robbery,
after being locked up all night, rendered
verdict of acquittal. Nugent was discharged.
Commander Gorringc telegraphs from Al
exandria announcing the discovery of Mason
ic cmhlcms in the foundation of the obclisk
there, under the pedestal on which il was set
upbv the Romans. Drawings were made and
the cmblcms were preserved SIS found.
The right Of Il man to marry his aunt is
now before the New York courts for de
cision, on an appeal from verdict for $40.
900 given by New York jury TO Nancy '.
Campbell, against her nephew Or. Champion
of Mobile, for breach of promise.
\ woman has died of starvation in Kill
kenny, Ireland There is large influx of
tramps in Kilkenny from the depressed dis
tricts, and in consequence of the iusufii-
cheney of the police numerous turglaries are
committed.
The directors of the Catholic colonization
society have been in session at Chicago sever
al DAYS Twenty-Five thousand acres for a
colony in Nebraska have been purchased
and will be open to colonists on the 10Th of
February. The colony of the association in
Minnesota is flourishing.
Annie Martin was found dead with Il
wound in her temple and a pillow case tied
around her neck, in disreputable house on
Prince street, New York. sac was last seen
with an unknown man, who called to see her
Saturday The object Of the murder is a
mystery, as valuable diamoncs and jcwelry
in the room were not touched. 1t is not
known who the man was or when he left the
house.
Mayor Prince OF Boston has lost beauti
full daughter, and two of his SOILS are serious
" ill. The board of health have been exam-
lining his Beacon street residence, and find
that pipe from the refrigerator communi-
Gated directly with the sewer the gases from
which tainted the family supplies in the re-
frigerator Medical gentlemen are Of the
opinion that the death Of Miss Prince was
due to blood poisoning, the primary cause oil
which was sewer gas.
Mary Num-, a coloreu domtstic in the
family Of Samuel Montgomery, IF Oberin,
Ohio, was discovered in petty theft and
severely reprimanded. In revenge she put
a large quantity of arsenic into dish of oat
meal preparation family supper. Seven out
of nine at the table ate the poisonous food.
They were only saved from death through
the fact that the girl had been too liberal
with the poison, so producing nausea. The
girl was arrested
All the children, - In number, from the
New York institution called the Shepherds
Fold, were before the court, Saturday, on n
charge by the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children, that they are half starry
ed, have improper and insufficient food, no
medical attendance, an, "' t''7 T'aoo III
sci appeared for the Sheperds' field, and the
Judge rcmandcd the children 10 the care of
the Anti Cruelty Society. One child is dying
of starvation.
At New York, Friday. when the passen-
gers Of the steamship Greece from London
were leaving the vessel there was a terrific
| explosion. and Il column Of fire and smoke
shot up from the hatchway, setting fire to
the rigging The fire was soon cNtinguishcd.
and il was discovered that two longshore-
men had been instantly killed and six others
terribly mutilated and burned. The ex.
ploson is believed TO have been due to coal
gas general ed in the hold during the voyage.
One man was blown through the timhers 10
feet into ih, air. AMI his clothing torn from
his body while the other was blown 30 feet
through the hatchway, and fell on the bridge
with his clothing on fire.