Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-24
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Florida orange crop will be nearly as
large as last year.
There was 20 deaths from yellow fever in
Havana, last week.
Dr. Tanner had an audience of 10 men and
one woman at Springfield, Mass, Monday
night. lie declined to lecture to So small Il
house, and refunded their money.
At Minneapolis, Sunday morning, a fire
destroyed a small house occupied by a Grip
pie named Purdy and wife Both were
burned to death.
Larkin G. Mead, the sculptor, has Just
shipped to America, from Florence, the mod
die for the two remaining bronze groups for
the Lincoln monument at Springfield, Ill.
Rev. F. p Adams of Dunkirk, N y, was
deposed from the ministry of the Presbyter-
ian church by the presbytery of Buffalo, on
Wednesday, for heresy in preaching against
the doctrine of eternal punishment.
Mrs Rcbecca Lyon, the bearded woman,
for many years travelling with Barnum and
other shows, died, Friday, and was buried
At Liverpool, near Syracuse, n. \. Sunday.
Hon. G. Il. Williamson of Waycross, Ga,
Il lawyer and a prominent candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court at the next
election, committed suicide Monday by tax
ing poison.
At san Francisco, Monday, |. NJ. Nal
loch, charged with killing Charles DeI Dung,
before the Superior Court, pleaded ''once
in jeopardy" The plea was entered on the
ground that an information charging defend
ant with the murder was set aside in May
last.
The Maine election was celebrated at Fl
mira n. Y, Wednesday night by the Demo
Gratis and Greenbackers. Speakers of the
respective parties claim the honor of the
victory. The result was much ill-feeling.
The speakers of both sides were hissed and
che;.rcd alternately. Finally the democrats
retired leaving the Greenbackers in posses
sion of the field
\ California salmon was caught with
spoon in the waters OF Lake Geneva. Wis,
one day last week. In 1874, y. X. Fair
banks of Chicago planted in the lake several
hundred thousand of these fish, and the one
Just caught had grown to nearly 30 inches in
circumference, and weighed about thirteen
pounds.
The work of changing the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna river at llavre de
Grace from II wooden to an iron structure,
which has been gong on for SIN years, is
now nearly completed. The bridge is mile
and a quarter long, and has cost 100000
\ scion of one Of the first families on the
west sid, came into this office To request that
a notice Of his coming nuptals might he in
serted in the paper. Don't say, however,
said the Young man earnestly, that | am
about To lead To the hymencal altar the
hcantiful and accomplished daughter of Mr..
Snand-so, because that kind of slush is too
4 all luRyN that uNl,D.l
lead woman, and then again its leap year.
Better make it read that | have consented to
hr hrl'n." Ciicdgo Iri5UHc.
During the bush fires near Montreal. Ell
ward Rui put his mother and sister into a
wagon and lrd from the llrmcs, which over
tutk Them on Il bridge The frightened
horses upset the wagon and ran away. Roi
called upon the women to follow him, and
all Three entered three foot tunnel under
the. ,nl OF the hrid..r. Packed in that small
space iLrv waited The fire passed ovei
aud i.nitc,l the bridge. Happily for them,
II burned slowly, and when the fire ate into
their refuge Rul stuffed the opening with
mud. Thus they remained, the man fight
m. lL' fire. and the women, rosary in hand.
ptaNiu. for dear life. They were there five
hours, hut finally escaped unhurt.
Two sons OF John Henry Wells, promi-
ncut citizen ul Rivcrhtad, l.. l., aged l5and
Il years. were playing with an old revolver
generally believed not 10 be loaded, in the
house, SUNDAY evening, while the family
were at church The youngest son snapped
the revolver fourteen or fifteen times. aim
in plavfully at his brother, but there was
nr explosion. The youngest boy mounted
the horse block in front ni the house. and,
as the Older boy approached, he said, 'llalt,