Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-20
GENERAL SUMMARY.

A Clare Morris, Galway, despatch says
1t has been reported that Mr.. Levin, Jus
tice of the peace, has been fired III While
returning home from Tuam. Three bullets
! struck him in the breast, but with out nvali,
as he wore Il coat of mail.
The Aurora at Rome announces tie form
alton of new association for cciie' ing
money for the necessities OF the Pope Ut
amount of daily tribute demanded iioni al
Catholics being one centime, or six 81 us. pei
month.
A mechanics in Paris aged &c years, con-
demned to four years imprisonn sni al
Cusano. Italy, has starved himself 10 death
in thirty days.
The Cincinnati chamber of commerce has
appointed committee to investigate the
census returns Of the city, the belief having
been expressed that mistakes have been
made, and that the returns are too small
The official statement of imports and ex-
ports of specie shows that last year the net
| imports of gold amounted to ST, 153, ,333l, a
larger gain than ever before in the history OF
the country. The United States exported
much more silver than gold.
The marriage of Lady Burdett-C Cou!is and
Ashmead Bartlett will take place on Tuesday
at thS NhapNA Apy
The Grand Trunk railway receipts for the
week ending August show an increase of
| SOL 200 as compared with last year
A person who formerly stood very near
to Gen. Grant says the latter will take no
notice of McDonaid's allegations as u his
connection with the st. Louis whiskey ring.
Under recent effcrts made by the treasury
department lively demand for standard
IL. l. Ill. l,., oil q
country From the South there is constant
demand for fractional silver to be used in
paying off the cotton pickers.
A Paris despatch says: A mass of earth
fell Wednesday and crushed two houses at
Nieuxport, near Portiers. Ten bodies have
been recovered and ten more are said TO be
under the ruins. The fall of earth was occa-
stoned by an immense Landslide, which des-
troyed some large lime kilns
The United States Consul at Guaymas in
forms the department of State that work on
the Sonora railroad is progressing favorably,
and it is expected the line will be opened as
far as Hermasillo by the first OF next March.
The enterprise has so far been cordially sup
ported by the State and municipal authori-
ties, and the road will probably give an
impetus to the mining industries. Several
purchases of mines by United States capital
lists are said to be now in contemplation.
Jack Ince lad jus; fitted up his saloon a.
Arkana. Texas, wi,ha fine black walnut bar.
Tom Dolly, desperate, took drink at the
new counter and began 10 carve his initials
with a bowie knife on its polished surface.
Ince protested without avail, and then CON-
minded Doiy to stop. I'm going to cut
this bar or you, and don't care which, was
the retort. "Iou won't do either" said
lnce, and shot the bully dead.
A large monument was recently erected
over the bodies of the murdered Spencer
family at Kahoka, Mo. Its dedication with
elaborate ceremonies, drew together so, 900
persons. So great had been the excitement
over the crime. Bill Young, a notorious
criminal, although acquitted by jury, was
hung by mob for the crime. His last
words were: Il am as innocent Of this
thing as the angels; but the leader of the
lynchers replied: You're a good man TO
hang, anyhow" His wife now sues the
county for $4,000 damages
1t is stated that the South Carolina census
returns, as returned by the enumerators,
show gain of 1Si, 145, or more than thirty
five per centum since 1870. The Republi-
cans are preparing to maintain that these re-
turns are fraudulent. The county of Ker-
shaw is returned as having increased eighty
per cent in ten years. The Republicans of
South Carolina allege that they will be able
to prove in ten days that the entire census of
that county is fraud, and that the growth
of the county has been backward for the last
fifteen years. A similar analysis is making
of the returns from other counties.
A despatch from Paris SAYS: Baron
Harden Hickey, editor of lie 7'ri5oulet, ex-
PEELED from France for political offences.
though an American by birth, has made
France his adopted country, and possesses
considerable property in and around Paris.
He was, however, not naturalized as citizen
of France. and therefore the authorities
sS:-se-- :fc,'y within 80 Nv. @nicn cio~-
them TO cxpe any foreigner lie 1ri6oulet
will no. cease to exist The French press,
except the government organs and few So
cialist journals loudly protest against such
a high-handcd attack on its rights and liber-
critics"