Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-03-25
GENERAL SUMMARY.

GENERA. SUMMARY.
A portable boiler in Tyler n. Harrod's
saw mill Oh the Kentucky River two miles
below Frankfort, exploded Saturday, killing
three men and wounding five.
In the Kalloch trial at San Francisco,
argument commenced Saturday. Counsel
are likely 10 occupy three or four days with
arguments.
But little excitement was shown at the
opening sale of season tickets for the Bern
hardt last week in Boston, and Spectators
did not seem willing TO risk much on the
venture
There has been an unprecedented number
of large fires in Toxic, Japan, this year.
The last fire passed over ten streets, consum-
ed 1868 houses and rendered 1882 people
houseless.
From present indications navigation in the
St. Lawrence will be open in few days, a
month earlier than last year. The water in
the river has risen several feet, and with rain
falling the ice must surely break mp imme-
diately.
The resolution admitting women to exam
ination in the various tripos examinations of
Cambridge University, England has been
carried by gu overwhelming vote, and sug-
gests, say the London Spectator that 'the dis
taste for the higher education of women has
almost disappeared,
A despatch from St Petersburg says
The man and woman who kept the shop
where the mine was discovered near the resi-
dence of the new Emperor, have been ar
rested at Cronstadt Ii has been decided to
erect a church where the assassination of the
Gar ocurred A Berlin despatch says
Roussakoff is being tortured.
While party Of American travellers were
visiting the battlefield of Waterloo recently
an iron box was found by one Of them. 1t
contained the will of an English officer, Sir
Charles ONeally, and by it the present heirs
of his fortune suddenly find themselves dis
possessed in favor OF the children of his eld-
est son.
A san Francisco despatch says the funeral
of Gen. Emory Upton, Saturday, was the
largest military demonstration there since the
obsequies of Gen. Candy. Three thousand
sabres and muskcts were in line. Flags
were displayed at half mast on a great num-
Der of buildings, and on the shipping The
streets were densely crowded. The remains
were forwarded East.
An unmarried woman at Cincinnati has
confessed that she killed her infant boy and
threw it into privy vault TO hide her shame.
Friday, by accident, plumber discovered
the body. The unfortunate girl, whose name
is Matilda Streasle and Carl Seibel, the al
legged father, are in Jail. They are reputed
cousins, and came from Germany to Chicago
twelve months ago, and have been in Gin
cinnati only few weeks. The woman is
twenty-one years old, and is servant
The famous insurance case of Col. Walton
Dwight of Biughampton, n. y, Is decided
by the New York court of appeals against
the insurance companies. Dwight obtained
S225, 900 in various companies between Au-
gust IS and September II, 1873. He died
in November, 1878, and it was alleged that
he had purposely taken means to undermine
his health, and, again, that he had committed
suicide. Some OF the companies, however,
paid the claims presented. In April, 1879,
the body of Col. Dwight was disinterred and
jury of inquest found that death resulted
from natural causes. The litigation has gone
on, and has now reached decision as above.
The Alabama River is higher than ever
known No damage to railroads is report
ed.
The Dominion Parliament was prorogued
with the customary ceremonies at o'clock
Monday afternoon.
At the New York cat show lust closed the
prize cat for size weighed 30 pounds, and
the smallest three ounces.
A Portneuf, Quebec, despatch states that
the ice bridge moved of Sunday night with
out doing any damage
The Novelty Rubber Company, at New
Brunswick, n. J. have reduced the salaries
of the employees 10 per cent Five hundred
men and women threaten to strike.
"Buteful grand magnificent :" was the
expression Of Mile. Bernhardt when she saw
Niagara Falls Subsequently she wrote in
hotel album, "llow good God is to have
created such beautiful things With en-
thuslasm, j. Sara Bernhardt, 1881"
Boston is soon to have in her harbor the
largest ocean passenger steamship afloat, and,
next to the Great Eastern, the largest mer-
chant vessel in the world, This is the steam
ship Purirn of the Allan line, launched on
the Clyde l-f November, and now on her
first voyage, b;,ing sailed from Liverpool
the 10th inst. for Boston.
Sunday night, the Bayonne, N. j., police
discovered that in digging the foundation for
another BUILDING, the foundation walls of
tenement on Cottage street had been loosen
ed and washed away by the rain. Fearing
that the building would fall they varied
four families living in the tenement to leave,
but they refused 10 90 and the police had to
remove them by force. Two or three hours
afterward, the building fell into the open
hole by its side.
A party of Canadian emigrants, filling
with their stock and baggage, ninety-one
cars, and numbering nearly 900 souls, have
been snow-bound on the outskirts of Chica-
go ever since Saturday night. About go
come from Ottawa Valley, 120are Poles, and
the remainder arc from Western Ontario
They appear To be of II superior class Of
farmers. and are bound for Manitoba.
A three story brick building, 100 feet
square, on Water street, Rochester, N. v,
owned by the Rochester Hydraulic Company
and occupied for manufacturing purposes,
fell in ruins Monday morning. The cause is
believed TO have been the explosion Of
steam boiler. Joseph Schell, aged 20, was
killed instantly on the sidewalk by falling
wall. Four or five other men were injured,
but none fatally. Loss 100000.
At u royal wedding in Germany it is Gus
tomary for the mistress of ceremonies to cut
up one of the brides carriers into small pieces
which are distributed 10 the guests. Where
a large number are entitled Ia these frag-
ments of this order of the garter. il is not
clear how one garter, or even pair are to
supply the demand At Prince Williams
recent marriage the difficulty was met by
using many yards Of ribbon instead Of the
brides garter.
Bishop Huntington OF the diocese OF Cen
trail New York, when u student in college
was intimate with fellow student named
Bartlett After graduation they lost sight OF
each other, and the Bishop had almost for
gotten Bartlett, when one day his widow
called upon him at his church in Boston, and
presented her two sons, both quite young.
For years after this Bishop Huntington heard
nothing from the boys, till he recently learn
ed that one of them was IL member OF the
British Parliament. and that the other WAS
about TO marry Baroness Burdett- Coutts.
Last Saturday Bishop Huntington received
ut his home in Syracuse. n. y, package
from London from Mr.. and Mrs. Ashmead
Bartlett, containing generous slice Of their
wedding cake.
A Berlin paper PROCESSES TO know that
France will propose that bl-metallc union
be formed at the Paris conference, each
member TO permit the unlimited coinage oi
gold and silver in the proportion OF one to 10