Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-01
GENERAL SUMMARY.


street.
At Castle Garden, New York city, Wed
nesday, 1880 immigrants arrived. mostly
Germans.
The foods i'll Nebraska have subsidized.
Three bodies have been recovered, and others
are missing,
The plague has appeared at kufa, ninety
miles south of Bagdad The mortality in
Nedjib is increasing.
The Land League is said to have received
crushing blow in Ireland, from the result
of recent local elections.
An imperial manifesto has been issued
which appoints the Grand Duke Vladimir
regent OF Russia in case of necessity.
The number of persons who persisted al
the fire at Nice is now known to be over 100,
and many more are reported missing.
Serious riots have taken place between the
Greeks and Jews, at Alexandria, Egypt, and
the military were called out to quell them.
The Connecticut Legislature has repealed
the law of last year requiring an examination
of railroad employees for color blindness and
defective vision.
The Greeks and Turks are preparing for
war, and ii is believed that hostiities once
commenced would not be long restricted to
Greece and Turkey.
The English and French ambassadors, at
the COnstantinople conference, require that
Turkey shall cede to Greece the whole of
Thessaly aud part of Epirus.
The bill for the removal of the State cap
itol from Harrisburgh to Philadelphia was de
feated in the Pennsylvania House, Wednes-
day by vote of 1872 TO As
teacher, aged IS, eloped last week with one
OF her pupils aged Is. named Charley Duke,
the son of prominent merchant.
John | Davenport has visited the Presi-
dent TO confer on the proposed abandonment
OF proceedings against Philip and the Morey
letter forger, whoever he may be
The Canadian Minister of Agriculture has
| addressed memorandum To the British gov
| eminent, proposing an extensive organIza-
ton of Irish Immigration to Manitoba and
| the Northwest territories
A hasty inspection of the books of the late
secretary of the Diocese of Ontario shows a
discrepancy in the funds of the diocese
amounting to about $50, 900, and an invest-
cation is to be instituted Immediately.
A bill authorizing the refunding of S10,-
600, 900 of the Pennsylvania State debt at 4
House Thursday. Efforts were made to
refund at and 81 per cent, but they failed
Albec, the defaultng treasurer of the Win
chester n. ii. savings bank, when arraign-
ed, pleaded not guilty He waived exami-
nation and was committed to jail. His case
will he brought before the grand jury April
9Th
Work on the Hudson River Tunnel, from
IN No ia aatI
gress One hundred and twenty men are at
work in the tunnel, on the Jersey City side,
and shaft is to be be begun at once on the
New York side,
At trial in London it was elected that the
Telegrdphs circulation was 10000; its
| advertising produces $500 to 1900 daily its
sales over f600. Its paper mills, besides what
they save to the proprietors, make aprofit of
flo, 900 yearly
By the Pope's authority it is said that the
alleged relics of Christian martyrs, purport-
| ing TO have been excavated from the cata-
combs. anil rs such, shipped to America,
| are bogus. No bones have been taken from
the catacombs for 80 years.
Thirty five years ago only ten Russian I'M
migrants arrived at New York during whole
year. Last year, 2431 Russians landed at
Castle Garden, and this year there will prob
ably be large increase if the Car does not
| check the movement.
The Governor of California has called an
extra session of the Legislature for April 4,
to enact Il general appropriation bill, levy
| taxes, pass q deficiency bill and an appor-
tionment bill, enact road law and to CON
firm appointments. The session is limited
TO twenty days.
A despatch to Gen. Sheridan from the
commanding officer at Fort Bliss says re-
port from reliable authority has reached
him that Indians had massacred 80 persons
and burned 10 wagons at Puerto del Choco-
late, near Janos, Old Mexico, shout 60 miles
south of our territory.
The speech of the King Of OF Greece at the
opening of the Chambers. is regarded in Lon
don as distinct declaration Of war against
Turkey, and has made great sensation.
The Kings boldness is ascribed TO e1pecta-
ton of English support.
William Sexton, farmer, living near
Alma, La, was sitting with his family
Saturday, when shotgun was thrust
| through the window and discharged, the
contents lodging in his breast, killing him
instantly. There is no clue TO the assassin.
Advices from Old Calabar, under date of
Feb. 2, state that the missionary, Mr.. Mi
lum, who recently visited Abomey, found
that the custom Of making human sacrifices
still continues. Several hundred natives
were barbarously sacrificed during his stay
at Abomey.
A. Z. Stone has purchased for SEQ 900 a
beautiful site at Bath, l.. L., called bath
Park" for the Children's Aid Society. 1t
contains four and quarter acres with many
trees, several nice pavilions, ninety bath
houses, ard many conveniences for a sum
mer home for the poor children of the tene-
ment houses during the hot weather.
The first train from San Francisco over the
new southern route arrived at Kansas City
Wednesday, bringing 200 passengers. The
train started on time from the Pacific ocean
and left every station on the whole of
the 1900 mile line on the minute set
down in the schedule. The opening of
this new route is an event of national
| importance
Secretary Evarts, replying to letter
recently addressed to him and signed by 100
prominent New Workers, rendering him a
dinner in recognition of his public services,
writes that nothing could be more gratifying
| to him than this mark Of regard but that the
| circumstances in which he finds himself
placed during the brief time left him to pre-
pare fay his departure for Europe, force him
to decline the honor
Sara Bernhard has given afternoon exhibit
| tions of her pictures sta.uary and self in
nearly all the cities where sho has acted.
Yet her agent. Jarrett, says she doesn't like
to show herself anywhere but on the stage.
she is sensitive, and don't like TO he stared
at She thinks the American people very
impudent, and ii she were in any other
country she would consider their staring at
her an insult worthy of slap in the face
A few years ago the greatest steamers did
not exceed $50 feet in length, IS feet in
breadth, $500 tons in tonnage. or 1000 horse
power. The City of Berlin, Of the Inman
Line, is ass feet by Az feet, and their new
steamer the City of Rome, building at Bar
row, England, will be still larger, viz
Length OF keel, SAG feet length over all,
$50 feet breadth, SO feet, and gross regis
tered tonnal, Of 5000 tons
A handsome and elegantly attirei woman
of %, said tp be the wife of very wealthy
Chicago physician, was arrested in New York
Thursday by Chicago detective on the
charge of stealing $3.50 worth of diamonds
from diamond broker of that city. Sheob
tanned the diamonds Feb s, ostensibly for II
friend, who, she said, would pay for them the
next day She pswned them the same even
ing and disappeared, not even her husband
knowing Of her whereabouts.
In Jack county, Texas. Monday. two stock
men, Leonard and Doyle, met by agreement
to settle difficulty, bringing another man as
witness, the men to fight a duel al 100
PAGES with rifles. Leonard started to step
OF the distance, when Doyle attempted 10
shoot him, but his gun hung fire Leonard
then turned and fired on Doyle, who fell NOR
tally wounded. Leonard then walked up TO
Doyle and shot him three times in the head.
Then taking Doyle's gun fired and mortally
wounded the only witness 10 the tragedy and
! escaped.
At New York, Sunday night, two burg
lars entered the house Of Thomas Egan, l5S
East Forty second street, gagged and bound
Miss Nellie Cunningham. aged ~, MIR.
Egsn's niece, who was alone at the time.
Then they demanded to be told where Mrs.
Egan's Jewels and money were, and, on the
la1y's refusal Ia inform them struck her in