Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-16
GENERAL SUMMARY

Stanley las begun The ascent oil Inc oilgo,
well armed and equipped with all kinds OF
provisions and boats.
The San Francisco Irish Relief Committee
have telcgraphcd 81 900 to Dublin for relief
of sufferers.
| The waters of the river Nistula have risen
50 high that twenty villages in the Cracow
district have been inundated.
At Bellevillr, Ind, Elmwood Millikcn IA
tally stabbed Henry Crane, on Sunday, in a
quarrel about dog. Milliken fed.
Small pox Of malignant type prevail, in
Ottawa The city board of health is taking
stringent measures for its suppression
The New York Board of Regents have
elected Erastus &. Benedict chancellor and
Henry X. Pierson cechancellor.
President Winston of the New York Mu-
tual life insurance company denies the pub
lished statement that he is about TO resign.
Capt. Wilkinson, leader of the band at the
National Soldiers Home, in Milwaukee, shot
his wife and then himself, Sunday night
Both are dead.
The will of William Ripley Of Columbus,
Ohio, devises Si5, 900 to Wesleyan univer-
sity to sustain chair to be called the Ripley
| Profcssorship.
Collector Merritt reports that the duties
collected at the New York Custom House
in December were $4,000. 900 more than in
the same month of IS, aggregating Sl0,-
| 000. 900.
At New York Thursday Hamilton Fish
was elected president of tine Union League
club Among the vice presidents are Peter
Cooper, Hugh McCulloch, and VIM. NJ.
Evarts.
At New Orleans Thursday the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated
by IA solemn mass at the Cathedral, parade
of military firing salutes and flags displayed
throughout the city.
A white woman named Emma Foster was
raped by four negroes near Thorold, Ont,
Wednesday night Two were arrested at
Clifford and confessed their gdilt, giving the
names of their accompices.
Connecticut already has been put to
cost Of 81, 900 for the one item OF witness
fees in the trial of the Rev. MIR. Hayden.
The case has kept the court running for IS
days, with the end not yet.
Much anxiety is felt in New Jersey over a
threatened failure of the ice crop. The ice
houses on the banks of the Delaware river
are entirely empty, and it is feared that
there will be no suitable ice this winter.
Capt. c. l.. Pierce, young lawyer of
Erie, Pa, formerly clerk of the courts,
choked TO death at dinner, Sunday, while
trying to swallow a large mouthful OF meat.
A bottle of brandy was found i'll his pocket,
and it is supposed he had been drinking.
A Berlin despatch says Austria and Ger
many are about to communicate With ST.
Petersburg regarding the concentration OF
Russian troops in Poland. If the reply Is
unsatisfactory they will adopt defensive
measures.
The startling statement is made in Dublin
that the number of paupers in Ireland IS
about 400, 900, or about s per cent OF the
population, while fully double that number
will need assistance to prevent being forced
into the work house and charitable instltu-
tons.
II. 4. Holt, superintendent of the New
York Children's Aid Society, arrived at
Petersburg, Va, Saturday, with large
number OF orphan boys, for whom homes
have been assigned in Prince George and
Sussex counties. So great is the demand for
these boys that 900 more can easily pro
cure homes.
For the forty eight hours ending Saturday
morning snow storm ragged in the Sierra
Nevadas along the line of the Central Pacific
Railroad, Snow fell to the depth of eight or
ten feet, and drifted the cuts full. Snow
slides occurred, crushing the sheds and
blockading the track so that trains were de
layed.
| The murdcrers of young IIarth, the man
who was waylaid murdered and robbed i'll
the evening at Washington, Wednesday last,
| have been caught They were discovered by
one of the murderers Offering ring he took
| from the dead mans finger to his mistress.
She became frightened and told u friend,
and the man was captured.
The Congress got to work in earnest Mon
day The Senate disposed of considerable
| business. In the House a large number OF
bills were presented and a resolution adopt
ed ordering an investigation of the Pension
Department. An attempt was made TO pass
bill abolishng the duty on salt, but il failed
by tic vote.
\ Dcs Moines, Iowa. despatch says the
| Legislature convened Monday with Il full at
| tendance Gov Gears biennial message
shows n State debt of S51j, 3i5, payment OF
which he recommends ut maturity, July l,
| 1881. to free the State entirely of debt. He
also recommends Il change in the date Of
| holding State elections to coincide with the
| National date for Congressional elections
Sir Francis IIincks publishes aletter on the
questions of the annexation Of Canada to the
United States and its independence. He
maintains and asserts that annexation could
only be accomplished after civil war. He
thinks the present position of Canada an en-
viable one, and any attempt to give effect tc
the principles Of independence or annexation
would lead to Il civil war.
| A Toronto desratch says Hanlan has re
ccivcd Courtney's articles. In week he
will decide what course to pursue, and has
So tclegraphcd Blaikic. Hanlan will un-
doubtcdly row Courtney, but probably will
insist upon an amendment 10 the articles,
making the race distinctly play or pay.
Frederick W. Kelley, assistant cashier Of
the Mount Holly { y. j. National bank, ar
rested Friday last, and committed 10 Jail
| charged with defalcation to the amount of
| gel 900, is still in Jail, having refused to
leave on bail, which has been offered him.
| He has turned over his property To the bank
authorities.
The Honest Money League at Milwaukee
adopted resolutions to continue their orsanl-
cation, demanding n repeal OF the legal tender
quality of the United States notes, indorsng
the resolutions of Mr. Bayard, and appoint
| ing committee of five to 90 to Washington
and advocate the cause before the finance
committee of the Senate.
In the Democratic caucus at Annapolis
| Thursday night for United States senator
A. u Gorham received "a votes; Whyte, the
present senator,22, and Wallis 3. Gorlam
| is a member of the State senate from How
ard county, president of the Chesapeake and
| Ohio canal, and chairman of the Democratic
| State committee.
Adyiccs have been received at the Navy
Department from lquiqu, Peru, stating that
| an American citizen named \. l.. Gordon,
who has been held prisoner at lquique since
| .June last. has been received on board the
| United States steamer Alaska. Gordon was
| arrested on the charge of being [ lillian spy
and held close prisoner by order Of the
president of Peru.
| The coal miners of the Bellevue (lll.)
District held a secret convention at East ST.
Louis and unanimously resolved TO dig no
more coal until paid four cents per bushel
for digging They also resolved to work hut
| eight hours per day, so that all pitmen IN
the district may have an opportunity TO Ia
| Dor under this action. The men i'll this
district about |, 700 in number are now on 4
strike.
The reported movement of the Russian
army toward the Austrian frontier is begin
nlng to excite attention throughout Europe
| The German organ declares that the peace oil
Europe is threatened by Russia only, aud
Germany and Austria are determined to hold
Russia in check, and is remarkable for its
violent and threatening tone towards France
and hostility TO Russia. From many sources
| there come limitations that Europe IS IN
danger of being plunged into bloody strus-
gle.
A despatch from Jerseyvillc, Ill, states
| that Clement Rowdcn, a mail carrier living
near Roscdale, Jersey county. was called oul
of his house on Monday night, and shot
dead, it is supposed, by Benjamin Spry. ac-
companied by two brothers and Peter "rns,
lean. between whom and Rowdon an old
grudge existed. After the killing of Row
den his wife followed the murderers short
distance, but they mounted horses and fed.
New trouble has arisen in the tarloita
Patti troupe at San Francisco, the result OF II
| personal encounter between DcMunck, PATHS
husband and Ernst Fischofl. her financial
secretary On Saturday night the parties
| l,,ap,,. involved in a uunrrpl in The Palace