Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-13
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The crops in Minnesota have not suffered
at all from the grasshopper scourge this sea-
son.
Benjamin Heacox died at his residence in
Brazil, Ind, Friday, at the age..of 1O3 years
Roscoe COnklng, who has been fishing in
Canada, passed through Ogdensburg, N.
V Satrr lay af.erEaSn, route for Lotle,
much improved i'll health.
Admiral Farraguts flagship, the Hart
ford, is being entirely rebuilt at the Charles
town navy yard, so that in effect the will be
a new ship on the old model.
Postmaster General Key has returned to
Washington. He expects Mr.. Maynard to
arrive the latter part of next week and as
sumo the duties of postmaster general, and
he will himself proceed to Tennessee.
There is a great scarcity of laborers in
Chicago and the Master Mason and Build
ers' Association has passed resolutions in
viting bricklayers and laborers from other
cities to settle there, and promising them
steady employment.
Two little boys at Whitewater, Wisconsin,
were melted to fight for the amusement of
street crowd. The spectacle delighted the
spectators until one Of the little pugilists fell
dead from heart disease.
At Savannah, Saturday, Sallie Moore
(colored), while in charge of constable
from the Jail to obtain bonds, was met by
Tom Golden, well known colored barber,
the temple, killing her instantly. The wo-
man had had a difficulty with Golden. The
constable arrested Golden.
Judge Henry Hilton and Mrs Stewart, in
administering the estate OF the late Alexan-
dor a,.t hntr a
be made that will aggregate probably S3.-
600 900, to bedevoted 10 building, equipping
and furnishing collegiate building, where
it is intended to educate both sexes for
charge less than 800 per year.
The dory Little Western. with her crew of
two persons passed the Scilly Islands ON her
way TO England and probably is safe in port
by this time She is the smallest craft that
ever attempted to cross the Atlantic. She is
simply small boat, with mainsal and jih.
She sailed from Gloucester, Mass, on the
l2th of June.
A shrcwd farm hand bought for SlG0 the
biz meteor which fell in Emmet county,
Iowa, last year, and was laughed ut by his
comrades for what they considered his
idiocy. lie has now sold it 10 the British
Museum for Sc, 800.
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respectable family at Montreal, met with
sad end on Sunday night. She had been
given to somnambulism, get up in the night
and in attempting to come down stairs was
precipitated TO the bottom, breaking her
neck. She was dead when found.
The Rev DIR. Talmage visited Leadville,
in order TO lecture few days ago, and signal
lied his stay there by taking nocturnal
tour of the gambling dens and dance houses
of the town 10 get material for sensational
sermons.
1t is satisfactory to learn from such high
authority as Mr.. Dillon, NJ. p, thet the
Irish people have no further need of obtain
ing relief from abroad, and that the coming
harvest promises 10 be sufficient to place all
who are not inherently improvident far above
the possibility of suffering
The New York aldermen have adopted a
resolution for providing for the capture and
drowning of vagrant cats The Mayor is
TO appoint regular cat-catchers. MIR. Bergh
was before the board and suggested the use
of scOop-nets 10 catch the animals.
Some members of Ilibcrnia Hose Company
of Paterson, n. j., having INDUCED in waltz
ing, after Father McNulty had preached Il
sermon against the dance, he forbade them to
enter the church, and even refused to Off
ciaie at the funeral of fireman, till Hibcrnia
Hose who were present, left the church.
A special from Fremont, Ncb., says that
old John Bender, the head devil of the gang
of murdcrers in southeastern Kansas, whose
butchery of DIR. York and a dozen others
created SO much excitement seven years ago,
was arrested hy Sheriff Gregg at Richand,
81 miles west of Fremont, some days ago,
=, In.I,r in ian Ia. We wi n
woman travelling eastward on foot.
A company of capitalists, the stock chief
" owned in Cincinnati, Is negotiating with
the cable companies for the lease of Il line
for eight days for the purpose of testing ex-
pcriments for the transmission of telephone
communication with Europe. 1t is believed
that the new French line will he secured.
The Arrangement, il is thought, will be com
plctcd in few days.
The Russian Prince Demidoii lately lost
three millions of dollars during single
sitting at baccarut, Count Schouvaloff being
the winner The Car heard of the affair,
and at once decrccd that Schouvaloif should
return scvcn-cights of his winnings to the
lucklcss prince, reducing his loss to some
thing like 500, 600 This is probably the
biggest gambling transaction on record
Two Thousand people witnessed Span
ish bull fight in New York on Saturday.
Mr. Bergb WAS present with eighty officers
prepared, if called upon, TO aid him in the
prevention OF any cruelty TO the Texan
steers Eight bulls IN all were introduced,
hut nothing approaching fight was wit
messed The most exciting event Of the cx
hilillon WIS caused hy Il bull, which cleared
the fence Surrounding the arena five times
The men were not armed, and the steers
were made comparatively harmless by hav-
ina the tips OF their horns padded Neither
men nor steers were harmed