Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23
GENERAL SUMMARY,
News ana Notes From All Quarters,

AT Cincinnati, Ohio, Edward Madden dur
Ing fight set fire to his wife and She burned
to death. Madden was arrested
The secretary of the British Embassy al
Iehcran and u native escort have been Mt
lacked on the Turcomin Stcppes. Eleycr
OF the escort were killed and nine wounded
The citizens of Newport, II. l., have sub.
scribed the $4,000 necessary to complete the
Sl5,OOU iund Tor monument to Commodore
Perry the hero of Lake Erie, who was ua.
tive of Newport. The State voted $1,000
and the city of Newport 5000 of the
amount.
At Red Bluff. Cal, incendiarics. after
saturating the school house and court house
with kerosene, fired them. 1t is supposed
they Intended 10 burn the town. One per.
son has becn arrested on suspicion and others
are Being watched. The citizens talk of
organizing vigilance committee.
At Richmond, Virginia, while dispositions
were being taken in the contested Congress.
iona election case Of John +. Massey ys.
John 5. Wise, an alteration ensucd, Wise
slapping Masscy's face The parties were
arrested
California paper notes the application of
q resident of the State 10 the United States
District Court for copyright vi letter said
to be written by Jesus Christ and found
twenty-five years after his crucifxion, under
stone on the face of which was written,
blessed is he that shall turn me over" The
original letter is said to be in Hebrew and
signed by the Angel Gabriel.
Stanisclaus Kulinski, who has been a low.
eller and matchmaker ut Charleston, S. C.,
for several years, claims he is the son If a
Russian nobleman Of high rank. lie left
Russia in ls4S against the laws of the conn.
try. lie has prepared petition asking the
Gar to grant him The rgut in Russia courts
Tor ancestral estates valued at several million
roubles. The late Car pardouod Kulinski
for leaving Russia, Kullnski has been mai.
uralized The pctititi III las been sent to the
President with the request that it be for
warded 10 the American minister in Russia
and by him presented TO the Car.
The cases of Garrett 5. Bocc, Edward b.
Shaw aud John N Beach, the defaullipg
| officers of the deiunct City Bank If Jersey
City were called Monday morning in the
Hudson County Court. After long con-
sultatlon with The counsel, they decided 10
place themselves at the mercy Of the court
and pleaded guilty. Judge Garrctson sen
fenced them To terms OF hard labor in the
STATE prison, as follows; Boicc ten years,
Beach fix years, Shaw four years. The
prompt action gives geu,ral satisfaction.
Reports from various parts Of New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, New York and Mic6i-
gan are to the elect that the prospects are
good for full crops Of peaches
| The crop prospects in Europe this year is
not cheerful, No part Of The continent, east
or west, has escaped the rains and inunda.
tons. The immedielo destruction OF prop
er'y has been widespread, but is Insignificant
as compared with the damaged prospects OF
the year,
In Dakota last week, n woman being
caught out in blizzard, threw her blanket
on the snow, covered herself with robes, and
began ruboiAg her wet and chilled limbs,
soon the winds covered her with snow, thus
keeping her from freezing. For fourteen
terrible hours she fought the elements, and is
now able to be about AS usual Only her two
little fingers were frozen