Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-05-14
GENERAL SUMMARY.

Discoveries of gold and silver have created
quite an excitement in Wisconsin.
II is intimated that the attempt To remove
Mayor Kalloch in san Francisco ia aweak affair.
Michael Davitt is coming 10 America To
organize land leagues.
Upward of 1000 iron workers are on II
strike in the north of England against dive per cent
reduction awarded bs the arbitrator
The Landesgemsudc of the Canton of Ap-
pencil has voted by large majority. for the re-
siorat.on of capital Punshinenl for murder and for
incendarism resulting IN death
Whitaker. editor of the LeedHt Heyud,
has been sentenced to seventeen months imprison-
ment Tor publishing new number Of his l1arna
notwithstanding It's recent suppfes,lun
From the statement of the New York city
debt issued by the comptroller 1t appears that the
total amount is sl3d coz, s5O.oo less So I5gs5 - IN
the sinking fund. leaving the net ,ith scS li@y9s
~ Bonds To the amount ofS. ,sJsso" have been Is
sued since the beginning OF the year
The corner stone Of Wesley Hall, of Van
derbit University. was land al Nashville ON Tues
day afternoon, with imposing ceremonies. Bishops
and other digniIaries Of the southern Methodist
church participated. Wesley Hall will be ihe theo-
logical department OF The unlS ersN and Is the yif
Of Wm. II. Vanderbilt.
Gov Wilt, Of Louisiana, has established
4 rigid quarantine against all infected ports and
against all vessels from or touching HAVANA, vera
Cruz or Rio Janelro.
Six Of Brigham loung's daughters have
been turned out OF the Mormon church because
they accused the saints OF defrauding the heirs
out OF n million dollars Oh the !aie prophet
money.
There is great excitement in Lawrence,
Mass over the discovery Of young woman. Eta
Ward aged ~ iu the cellar VI = boarding house.
where she claims to have been imprisoned some
time. without proper clothing terribly beaten ana
otherwise naltreaied by the proprietor OF the
house. Mrs kenna. The latter Was arrested She
denies the charge.
There is great freshct AT Restigouche, n
r. An lee jam has caused the rivers Restlgoucht
and Metapel 10 overflow, the wales rising - or "
feet.
A St Petersburg despatch says that in
stead OF amelioraiing the position of the Jews the
police measures against them are enforced more
strugenfly than formerly. Persons III business are
required 10 quit the capital On "a hours noiire.
Sewsh strangers arriving are ordered To depart III
the same summary manher
A fire, caused by the explosion of oil
works in Pennsy anna, Thursday. destroyed an I'M
mense amount Of property. Besides the machinery,
etc AT many mills AN entire village OF 800 houses
was swept away. The losses amount |" over
$4,000.
Captain Potter, in responding TO the pre-
s.ntaton of the freedom Of the city OF Dublin,
gracefully alluded 10 the help given by the city I" 4
struggling little colony In Massachusetts BAY,
and sad Il very much uubt II the whole amount
| rnutributrd by the United States ami her people
would equal the value of that contribution OF over
| Two hundred wears ago had II been placed al IN
t.rc-f.
The Chicago Times says that Il few weeks
ago An engine started on the Lake Shore and Mich
Iyan Southern railroad for the locality OF wreck
with Superintendent Parsons III the cab, the us
lance To he run being six miles that the engineer
! ope,iri the throttle wide, and the superintendent
took out his siOp-wach and timed the run, and that
the sIeed was the rate "f II miles per hour The
engine of The best on tue road rocked ana
rolled about frarfully Thai the men were iiin"sl
seasick, and the engineer. one "i IN" "lh'-i ana
hruNcst III the service, >h""fd a shaS'N pii' 'a'r
| Al the end ut the run.