Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-30
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The ex-Empress Eugenie has arrived at
Madeira, and visited st. Helena on the 18th
of july.
1t is reported that the Turcomars have
captured and beheaded the Russian General
Skobeletf.
An explosion of powder in the artillery
works at kooisk in the south of Russia,
July II, killed eighteen and wounded twelve
persons.
Seven hundred and fifty Scandinavians,
who arrived at New York Wednesday night,
left for Utah, Tuesday morning, being Nor
mon converts.
Henry G. Burd, shoemaker, in II tit of
jealousy on account of his wfe's conduct.
went to the depot i'll Nyack Wednesday
morning and committed suicide by throw
ing himself under locomotive.
On the J. r. Ross plantation in Jackson
county, northwest Florida, Lizzie Smith
plunged an axe into her husbands head
while he was asleep. lie had slapped her
and driven her from the house. to which she
returned at night and murdered him.
The national board of health has received
= telegram announcing that for the week
ending July IL there We're seventy-four
deaths from yellow fever in the city of llava-
na There were probably 200 cases of ycl-
low fever in the city and suburbs.
James Wood. engineer ola stationary en-
gine for the l.ehigh Company, was murder
cd Wednesday night At Bull Run, Penn, by
masked men. Revenge seems To have been
the motive. as the money was not taken
which Wood had with him. The haunts Of
of the Mollc Maguires have been turbulent
for several days, and the murder is believed
to he their work.
In New York Saturday five deaths from
the effect of heat occurred and one case of
prosira;ion. which it is excepted will prove
fatal.
The total decrease in the annual interest
charge on the public debt from Aug. 3lst.
1865, to July list, 1877, was S57,sl., 900,
and 10 July l, 1880, 81, ,34t. 900.
An Indiana man, whose sou was killed by
II toy pistol in the hands of playmate, has
sued the man of whom the pistol was
bought for IS 900 The law of Indiana for
bids the sale of firearms to minors.
| There is young woman ut ST. Luke
Hospital, New York, who six years ago had
her scalp taken oil, and the skin peeled from
the bone. She has had some thousand pieces
of skin contributed by hundreds of people,
grated on her head, which is now nearly
/
The doctors think there will soon be per
manent cure.
The fishing grounds where Senator Conk-
ling, Gen. Arthur and Nicc-President
Wheeler are fishing, are at the junction OF
the Restigouchc and Cascapcdia rivers.
| The property was purchased II few weeks
ago, by about fifty New York Fishermen
| They paid S32, 900 VIM. II. Vanderbilt
and Gen. Arthur were two of the purchas-
ers. The ground has seven miles oi II rver
front from which salmon may he caught,
and also a number of small streams in which
trout and other fish abound.
\ lean little spring chicken, worth about
thirty cents. strayed from the Hammer
smiths yard at Madison Ind, into the
| Smiths yard Mrs llammeIsmith went to
get the fowl. and Smith would not let her
| have IL llmmcrsmith attempted to whip
| smith who rctrcatcd into the house. Ham
mcrsmilh and his wife then threw stones at
the house, and Smith fired out with gun,
killing the husband.
An interview hctwrcn the masters and cot
| ton operatives of the Bolton district Eng
land resulted in the operatives declaring
| their intention to strike Wednesday unless
an advance of five per cent was conceded.
| The masters said they would in such an
| event enforce IL general lockout. The dis
| trict directly affects 1000, 900 spindles and
| 10, O0D operatives Two thousand opera
tivcs are now on strike \ strike at Roch-
dale AID Oldham is also probable.