Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-02
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ANY other candidate have.-HoTersffF spy.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Jessie RAYMOND has left Washington, hay
iu. COMPROMISED with senator Ben Hill for $3.50.
lie denies that he has paid her ANY money hui NO.
body believes him.
The steamship Gordon Castle from Shang-
hal arrived at New York on saturday encased IN
an armur Of Zee from to eight Inches thick on
r sides and from ten 10 sixteen inches thick gu
her decks. Her rigging was Ike columns oil crystal
Two hundred and seventeen negroes, in
ciu,lin. ihiriy-tw0 children have arrived at New
York. from Arkansas, IN destitute condition, de
SIrin. 10 90 TO Liberia 10 escape alleged itrcitt-
rienr in the South Appeals for help are made.
Instead of the concessions confidently ex
p,ricd before the anniversary of The Cars acccs-
son regarding The position of the Jews there Is In
creased severity towards thtili- jews are driven 10
represent themselves as Protestant christians I"
escape EXPULSION by the police from St Petersburg.
Ia the governments of Tula, orel AMI kharhoi', Jews
established III business for many years are ruthless
~ expelled.
A letter from Birmingham, Ala, SAYS
while workmcn were engaged digging well near
the rolling mills sudden current oi gas began Ia
dow, aud immediately thereafter petroleum started,
.iud i flowing at the rate Of 90 barrels day. The
widest excitement prevails. 1t is believed there
Is Il large pool Of petroleum under that section OF
A!ahalIi
The strike Il, Harmony Mills. Cohoes n.
Y. has not We, become general. although IT is eN
pccted 10 do so. The Harmony Company gave the
strikers notice Ia vacate the complnyS houses, and
refused to permit the strikers 10 eat NJ the COM
pany's boarding. house. The striking spInners are
using every endravor 10 induce the wcavrrs and
other operatives To JON them and serious trouble
Is anticipated. The strikers AT Clinton, Mass. have
gained no concessions from the manufacturers. and
most of them have lost their places, amt must seek
work elsewhere or starve.
The decision of the British court of ap-
peals that siOOO 600 deposit in the Bank of Eng
Land To the credit OF the Bolivian navigation COM
pany shall he distributed among the bnndhoiders
eNingushes the last hope OF success for the grand
enterprise undertaken 10y Col. Church of New York
idassociales. which promised 10 open splendid
channel of trade vita the interior of South America
The steamship Metropolis, employed 10 carry out
Iborcrs for tile new railroad. founcred at sea and
over $500 900 worth Of materials sent To the head
waters Of the Amazon river still remain there nv
u>el
Large meetings were held in New York
sunday, looking to the establishment OF an Ameri-
can independent Church. At which addresses Were
made by Rev. Fathers Quinn, Wood. BrodericS and
others, formerly Roman Catholic priests 1t was
stated that many priests We're at present engaged in
the work, and that Father Quinn, president OF the
organization, was daily IN receipt OF conmunica-
tons from priests who Were preparing To abandon
Romanisnl, and who Were most anxious to labor for
the henrht oi poor people and the extension OF the
true principles and practices OF Christianity. Let
tiers, with lanes omitted, were read from several
priests about the country. saying that their whole
heart was in the movement and COMMUNICATE
Were presented from Methodist Baptist and Pres
byierian conferences III Baltimore. Philadelphia
and New Jersey hearty endorsing the movement.
Gas shares have fallen eight per cent. in
Montreal within week, owing to another
Edison scare.
The hurdle handicap plate at the kempton
park meeting in England, on Tuesday, was
won by James Gordon Benefits five-ycar-
old horse Muscadin. Five ran
Two Toronto boys, Samuel Price and Ed
ward Palmer, playing in small boat on Sun
day, were carried into the lake. The boat,
containing their dead bodies. was found neal
Niagara Tuesday,
Two tinsmiths were blown by gale from
the roof Of the seventh regiment armory in
New York IN Tuesday one was killed and
the other fatally injured.
The arrivals Of immigrants at Castle Gar
den continue to be very large. Since Satur-
day iour steamers have come in, bringing
o,442
Upon the application of Ti!dcn's counsel,
the trial of his income tax suit has been
postponed until November In the mean
time the Supreme Court will probably de-
eide Tllden's appeal from the decision com
pelling him 10 answer the questions pro-
pounded
In the New York Board of Aldermen a
motion was made to purchase twelve gon-
dolas for the Central Park This was op-
posed by member. who moved as an
amendment that they purchase only two
gondolas, a male and female, and trust to the
future for increase.
A gentleman who SAW the sons of the
Prince of Wales at St Thomas, two or three
weeks since. says there were then no tattoo
marks on their royal noses. and that they
were palc-faced boys who looked as if they
had been brought up in Il hot-housc
Adam Dagenkolb's insane wife recently
disappeared from Northport. Mich. Suspi-
which was lately filled up, and found her
body with the throat cut, While the neigh
bors were digging Dagenkolb went into til,
house and fatally cut his throat.
\ few weeks agothc wifeof Mr.. J. Spencer
of Burlcigh, p o., blessed her husband with
tripleis. An application was thcrcupon
made in her behalf for the Queens Bounty OF
Is. and reply was made by the authorities in
England, L. the effect that such cases occur.
ring in the colonies, do not come within the
Queens rule on the subject. which is to give
Il donation to poor people on the occasion OF
triple births, 10 assist the parents in provid
ing food and clothing shortly after the brit
of the children. 1t was added that thu
money is given by no means rs reward
but simply rs an act of charity.
The Rockland Me-. Courier relates thai
about year and half ago Michael Foley, 4
hard working Irishman, drew 500 from thu
saving bank, the savings of years of hard and
honest toll lie took it home for safe keep
ing and from that day the money was ;
source of constant anxiety, and Mrs. Foley,
never left the house without taking the
whole sum with her. Thursday afternoon
she did this, pinning ii inside her dress waist
When she returned to her home, the money
was gone, having slipped through the loose
waist of her dress.
Letters received from the missionaries OF
the American Board in Eastern Turkey re-
port the suffering from the famine 10 he APP
palling. The missionaries are dividing
their living" with the poor about them. Rev.
II. NJ. Cole writes from Erzroom, Feb. 2lst
that they had tried to visit and relieve tht
villages about Erzroom, hut had to retreat
to avoid the throngs. In some cases the peo-
pie were living en- the flesh of horses that had
died DIR. Parmelee writes: in one village
of twelve houses they found only two hand
fuls of flour. People are living AS best they
can on roots and leaves. Can You not raise
something for us 2" About 81 900 have
already been contributed and forwarded 10y
telegraph by l.. :. Ward, treasurer of the
American Board, who will remit any fur
Their sums sent him, at Boston.