Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-17
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The workingmcn OF san Francisco have
Nominated Kalloch for reelection.
z.scices from Florida now say that the
.-ansc crop will he nearly rs large as last
year
May Clarke, Is years old, was held at Ian
caster O., to answer the charge OF setting
fire TO j. 5. Sites stable.
Gen. Bushrod johnson, the wcll-known
Confederate brigadier, died at his farm in
Brighton, Macoupin county. ILL.,, last Sa.ur
day.
The grave of Cober; McAuly Of the Otta-
Wa Canada, fire brigade, has been desccratcd,
and the monument over it has been broken
into thousand pieces. lie was an Orange
man.
At Il meeting Of merchants and property
owners of st. Louis on Monday, commit
tee of thirty was appointed 20 obtain, If pos
sible, another enumeration OF the population
by the Government.
A special from Circlevilc. OHIO says:
Mrs. Wilder of Lookbournc left CIrclevillc for
home on the train Tuesday, but got off AT the
wrong station. She attempted to get on
again while the train was in motion, but fell
under the car wheels, severins her head from
her body.
LAFAYETTE Short is on trial at Lancaster,
Penn, for assault, with intent to kill, upon
his mother He attacked her ut a Spring
with stones, knocked her down and broke a
rib beside intlicting other injuries.
A Catholic priest named Kcmper shut up
church at Cahokia, Mo-, on Sunday, because
a man named Bracket. who had been cx-
communicated, refused 10 leave the premises.
Considerable excitement exists there.
Dr. John Buchanan was brought into
court in Philadelphia, Monday, and placed
in the dock. Detective Miller made the
formal return that he produced the body of
DIR. Buchanan in obedience TO the bench
warrant placed in his bands. The doctor
was committed.
The twenty ninth annual session of the
American Pharmaceutical Association Is in
progress at Saratoga. with some four hun
dred members in attendance. President
George W. Stern of indianapolis made the
opening address. The executive committee
reported the names Ofl4l new members.
representing nearly every State and Territory
in the Union.
Eualie Paycttc, a servant girl at the resi-
ience of the Mayor of Montreal, was burn
ed TO death, Saturday, by setting fire to her
clothing while lighting the kitchen fire with
oil.
The Hudson county grand jury has found
three indictments for murder i'll the first de-
gree against Mrs Mary O'Connor, the wo-
man who, one night last Summer, murdered
her three children by cutting their Threats
f. b. Parrow and son and man named
Luster were working at Shawhan's distllery
at independence, Mo-. Friday, when Il large
wooden still full of boiling mash burst and
they were completely cooked by the hot
liquid They lived but few moments.
I.----o5 Dctavcn men ana a..
Chicago the men won the first, fourth and
fifth prizes. The score at the finish Of 15G
hours stood: Men-Byrnc, 51S; krohne,
$50; Colston, $50 IIorses-Betsey Baker,
56S; Rose of Texas j45; Barthman's entry,
527: Dunn's entry, go. The prizes were
$4,000, $1,000, $500, $3.50, $50 and 800.
The Spanish Princess was born at about 0
O'Clock, Saturday night, According TO an
ccnt etiquette, the ministers, marshals,
grandees and diplomats awaited the event in
the ante chamber. The Duke of Scxto,
grand master of the palace. announced the
birth, and shortly after the King brought out
the infant and showed it TO the asscmblagc.
The minister of justice drew up a deed at
testing the birth. \ despatch from Madrid
saws: The infant will be chistened Mercedes
and about dozen other names The birth
was announced to the people by salvos OF
artillery.
Probate of the will of the late Miss Nelson
has been granted in New York. The estate
was sworn under S125 900, but this does not
include ler Chicago property. In her will
she bcqueathes c3, 900 to be invested for her
mother and at her death the amount is to he
divided among other relatives. To Mrs.
Goodall, her companion, she leaves flOO; to
Mrs Stephens, 600; TO her old servant,
Mrs. Brown e100; TO the wife of her thcat-
rcal agent i'll America, e10O: to Mr.. Joseph
Knight. the well-known theatrical critic,
II 900 : to Mr.. Edward Compton, the actor,
II 900 and the residue of her fortune to
Admiral H. Carr Glyn.