Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-03-12

put stop 10 all negotiations for an alliance
between Russia and France.
Charles Nccbcr.er Freedman, aged 81
died Saturday evening of hydrophohia, at
Chicago. lie was bitten in the right forearm
about two months ago 10y a dog supposed at
thu time 10 be- r;.til.
The scarlet fever is raging at Grcensburg.
Indiana. Is an epidemic. Several deaths
have occurred amcng children, and now
grown people are dying. Red flags are hung
out, and the place looks like yellow fever
town.
Two children Of Ahner Wcthcrington were
playing with shotgun at Newburn. Me-.
when the boy. aged nine years, playfuly
pointed il 4; his sister, aged six years, and it
was accidentally discharged, the load enter
i'm her brain.
The news from Ireland is of the most en-
couraging character. The work Of the re-
lief committees has succeeded beyond the
most Sanguinc expectations. and there is
GOOD reason 10 believe the point of the
greatest danger is passed.
John Hickman, one Of the Colorado eat
t'c kings. ran through a sleeping ear on the
Kansas Pacific Railroad the other night,
Sl;.Shing at tEc passengers with a long knife.
The millionaire was temporarily insane, and
had to be- bound hand and foot by the train
men
The Slr.hc AT the Harmony mills, COhocs,
Is ended. The company posted notices to
the effect thai fifty minutes would he allowed
wurkmcn for dinner, and an advance of 10
per cent in WAGES lie paid after April 1st.
The strikers m,dialcly decided TO return
To- work.
Col. Reuben Stccre, AGED So height thirty
fnur iuchrs one of liliputan troupe was
married at the Nhilcomh House. at Roches-
ter, y. Y. Sunday. TO Miss Rcbecca Meyer,
AGED -. height thirty-thrcc inches, another
IN mhcr of the same troupe.
Commodore Garrison gave his wife as
Christmas present the largest solitaire dia-
mond of equal purity ever brought to this
country. Il is nearly an inch square and
cushion shaped Ii weighs over thirty carats.
II is worn H. a pendant and the earrings
worn with it, also diamonds, are valued AT
II uub.
William VI. Cooper, founder Of the Cooper
shop rctrts!mcnt saloon in Philadelphia,
where over 600. 600 men were fed on their
way 10 the 'front.' and tcndcrly cared for on
their return, from the battle field of the war
for TIE lniun. was buried in that city Satur-
dav, leaving his family destitute. and fund
for their relief has been started by the Phil
aiiphia H,r"yd.
An inspection Of the ship war COnstela-
ton has been ordered by the secretary of the
navy. in order To send her TO Ireland with a
cargo of provisions. The Constellation was
the second vessel finished when the navy of
the United States was organized and was
launched n Baltimore, in | i91. II is said she
is perfectly scaworihy now, however, and
can h. mt in tnulit ion in "A week
TIL, California ''lIoodlums," of which
Denis kcarncy is one Of the leaders, are
warning employers of Chinese To dcs!st from
that practice, and vaguely limiting at the ter
rihlc consequences in the event of refusal.
In cons, qucuCc of the demonstrations of
these lIwlcSs men Uritcd States troops have
been ordered 10 guard san Francisco.
The details Of llc explosion at Santiago,
Chill state that on the 2,ih of January
tremendous explosion took place in the artil-
lcry barracks killing twenty-four men.
Fragments Of shells and grenade arms, and
portions ol the buildings were blown in every
direction. CaUsin" many wounds to people
and much damage Ia houses in the vicinity.
Fifty workman we're in the buildings nj the
time, lcs',l,S scntrcs and messengers.
The great crater of Vcsuvius is now almost
filed up by the scor;e and lava emitted from
the small cone Of 1873. which has reached TO
a height of more than fifty feet above the
outside rim Of the Old crater. Moreover, its
force is distinctly greater than it was year
ago. NilsScS OF glowing cindcr are projected
tc Il height of several hundred feet and twice
within the last two months sufficient lava has
been emitted iu run over the lowest edge Of
the crater in continuous stream.
y llavauah despatch says: All reports
fr,m the interior coincide that the sugar
crop is about 10 per cent smaller than last
year
Eurs,afs opened the safe of Johnson
Rp-'rrS ~ Go. OF Mariona. Lee county. Ar
kansas Monday night. and carried off So
0OD in currency and State and county war
rants.
The strike of mill operatives nj Clinton,
Mass, promises To result dislStrolSly To the
strikers. as the mill owners are rapidly Sc
curing outsiders 10 ill the vacant situations.
The announcement of the immediate dis
solution of Parliament has caused great eX-
citemcnl in Great Britain. The new clrc-
tons will lc held the last Of this month.
Mcmhcrs Of The Cincinnati school commit
tee ar. charged with fraudulent Transactions
in their official duties.
The Citizens Protective Union of san
Francisco has issued manifesto warning
the huodlum element. led by Denis kcarncy,
that the laws will he strictly enforced, and
addn. Significantly Whoever would be
I'm not, violence or cunllagration, here let
him first count the cost" The manifesto
declares that in san Francisco there are
lar.r organized bodies of armed men,
/ whose declared purposes are riot and
po>sihlN massacre and general contlagration,
II -. I,t ,l,I
liberty of unlimited pillagc Therefore the
citizens have determined To intcrpoSe their
power and declare that this contemplated
tragedy shall not he enacted, and that the
public threats nt such wicked and inhuman
dc-i sus will not he longer tolerated. The
non is said 10 represent the wealth and
hu>in .,- Interests Of the city, includin. some
men V hu have been prominent in times past
in measures for the preservation Of the city
from tho designs of the disordcrly AMI crlm-
iual Il 'mrui.
TUT hicaen Convention ought not 10 he
IN any sense a Ja6id convention, To execute
the plans of tho-r who make a mere trade
of politics and many Of whom live upon the
spoils II ought 10 hc representative in the
true and proper sense Of This term and al
Ter ihy dcl,rl'rs fairly chosen 10y the people
.hnll have compared views and aScrrtancd
who, nu rI,. whole. best represents the pre-
yalcnt preference of the Republican party,
and Ter this reason IS most likely TO hc elect
ed, thea that preference sh"nld he registered
in formal nomination whether it falls ON
,;,n,r.,I CRAM. or Senator Blaine, or Sccrc-
tar, Sherman. or any other man Ii II Re