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

many as li0, 900 in day But let the mcr-
curry reach 81, and only 4 handful of people,
1000 or 10 0Go or 50. are to lie seen.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Mar Modesto Cal, FRIDAY, Il tlr,sl.ine
engine blew up, killing the fireman. j. ;.
Dooly, and injuins eight others. one prob
ably fatally.
On SLATE Greek, ". r, SATURDAY, q iicr
fell on the cabin "i Andrew Errkin, anl =
cross cut saw lanrinS ~ beam IN, cu!tlHe
Erckin in two.
The mills Of the Miami Powder Company,
six miles from Ncnia, Ohio, blew m. Friday.
William Wallis was Kiilcd AID th" machinery
blown II atoms.
The 200 striking iron pu lllrIs Of i'il'a-
dclph;a refuse II give in, "a they are r'g'!'-
ed before rrslimiag work Ia sever all c"nl;'"-
items with the trades union.
The prisoners in the Galgnl, l'lih1'iS. j 81
set fire 10 the building in the hope 81 ';'.'?-
Ing during the confusion, hut the Jail r had
gone away with the keys, AMI the l'l'di'rS
were insens.ble when rescued.
\ despatch from Columbus. Indiana. att 3:
In quarrel Saturday night between Nth
OILS and /ci.lcr, the latter WAS strT'S Oval
the head with IL billiard cue AMI Iii ii Ills
morning. Nichols was arrested.
+. l.. Bradley, wealthy and rroH;n' NJ
citizen Of San Jose. Cal, died on the liih
inst, from the effects of bite on the ball 81
the thumb hy kitten, with which he W.
plIyin" four weeks previously. Shortly n
Ter receiving the bite his hand began ia swell
and the poison extending 10 the arm, finally
resulted in death
The Adir0ndIchs may dcvcicp into an ii
Dorado yet. gold having 1ccn discovered III
Fulton and Hamilton cnuntcs, where new
discoveries of th,shinir" metal are constant
~ made, and claims are being filed rs eager
" as in Coiora 10. 1t has been known HAT
gold existed thercahouis FOX years. and al
Wcllstown a Wisconsin COMPANY. which re-
fuses to sell stock, is working a mine that Is
said 10 produce ore worth SlJo Il ton.
Another vein in Worthwhile assays more than
81 900 to the ton, and the region appears 10
he considerably exercised over its new posi-
biliiies of gain.
John Wiltse. living on Son:h Erc:ii Sire, t,
Elizabeth, n. j., dislikcd his wiies mother,
and forbade her visiting his home. lie &C
cupics apartments over Il Jewellers store.
He asccriained lately that his iniuncti,n'
were not nheycl by his wiic's mother, Lat
that SHE WAS in the habit of calling while lac
was ut work, anil of conccliiag herself in Il
closet while he WAS at dinner He there
upon secretly removed the flooring fro;a the
closet on Saturday last. When he neat cn-
tered the house there was Il scr, am and 4
crash Mrs. Wiltsc's mother WAS not much
hurt, but Wiltsc will have ia pay for dam
AGES done to five clocks, and rcrairs to th2
ceiling
A SUNDAY school near Baton Eousc, La,
was broken up the other Sunday hN Il fatal
shooting scrapc Morris Bchrucs, one "i the
attendcnts. had secretly married tie '',i:i
his cousin Charles had fixed his Heart upon
and as Charles had been looking for them
with Il shooting iron, Morris ani his bride
took their shotgun 10 school with them.
Charles was seen coming toward t!:c building
after services had begun, AMI the snp,rnicn-
dent of the school went oni 10 warn E'Iil
away In the fusladc that ioll wed Charlie
and the superintendent wc:c fatally shot,
while Morris and thrco other attendants
OF this model school were more or les
wounded by the bullets from Cllrl,y's rc-
volver.
Sothcrn, the actor, is very III, AMI La lc-
lnqushcd al engagements for 4 year.
Mrs. Spats of Manito ILL.,. had been regard
ell for ten years as Il helpless cripple, unable
to move. Her husband, from whom Sh'
had obtained divorce, was oomrti!ed Il
pay her allmony IN proportion I" hyr ap
parent hclplcssncss Becoming ircrcdul"us
he induced party of neishbors to burst int
her house Unexpectedly, and they fourt
Mrs. Soaiis walking about without exec
ii'hl''iS'
\ letter from the lransv'';.!, Ntiiea
states that the Africans not beng poWN'iu
enough to throwoil british RUE. nave l"f4it'
Il company with capital OF SOB, 'oo, ah'
III future will purchase all goods "i Amerc.
or any other nation except EnalaAi-
An ATTEMPT is now being n.;,l, to stiI,t
up the province of Quebec with English tar
mer immigrants. Two companies, one Eng
lish, the other Canadian, have obtained b,
purchase $50, 0C0 acres ofland in Easicri
townships, and Rev. \. J. Bay, an Eus
lish Congregational minister resident 4
Montreal, has gone 10 England To rromot'
the scheme
A report has been circulated To The ciIgS
| that the stockholders of the Reading Hail
way Company intend to bring s'ut a5d'i.S
! INT PiSSh'i', "''' ""'t4 W
clarinS dividends when ne r,cr'p'S 81
not warrant II. Inc s'ocHh'iurfs a'e "
course, individually resron:ib'e iof til. CON
pany's debts, but they desire, II Is Saih L
make the directors VINO had luii hh1"
ledge OF the company S Affair." Liable Ia
matter, ii Is said, Is beng eAalnihed-
The Bennett family moved in tn rhos
fashionable society in Cincinnati ten yea.
AGO. The father was the Western manas,
for several life insurance companies, WA
worth about a million dollars. and had
princely residence at Clifton, a suburb % ia
cltv. Ills wife was a brilliant beauty, an
the entertainments over which she preside
wcr. notably fine. His daughter. E!arch,
carefully reared and educated. witty an
pretty, was the light OF the house 50
was the remaining member "i The laihiiN
The first change in this household was III
elopclncnt Of The wife. She went To Che;
go, where she died in disgrace. The :"
tel among bad associates, anu iihiliy wei