Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23
GENERAL SUMMARY.
News and Notes From All Quarter

a The Herald Ohio focd fund now amour
" to S4S, 7l5.40
Montreal is just recovering from anothe
4, still born Fenian scare.
England does not propose to appoint
n British resident at the Vatican.
L The Missouri House of Representative
has passed bill fixing railroad passengt
iatcs at three cents per mile.
y Otis Randall Boston broker rcputed t.
a be worth 81 100000. has been arrestc
charged with purchasing stolen postag
stamps from office boys at low figures.
: Elizabeth Lewis of Marion, N. G., kisse,
her husband goodbye, and five minute
afterward shot herself through the heart.
The police force of of London is to be in
, creased by five hundred men. Until thei
the military will protect the public build
ings
Catholic bishops in Ireland condemn III,
government system of extending relic
through the workhousc as IN outrage OIL
humanity.
In the county Of Dorchester, Que, tire,
children were burned to death through the
house taking fire in the absence of their pa
rents.
MIR. D'Oyly Carte proposes TO prevent
hereafter any representation of Gilbert.
comic opera with full orchestra,ion exccp,
by his own company.
| The Hudson river is partially open to IIud
son City, and will probably be clear TO ALBANY
before the end of the week All the trans
portation lines are ready to resume business.
Failing TO get rcpricved by the governor a
convicted murderer in Texas has sold his
body to doctor for $25, invested his money
In applejack and is now reconcied to his
| fate.
The number of counterfeits has increased
many fold since the metal currency resumed
circulation and the amount of base money
now current is much greater than before
resumption.
George w. Cushman, who last Summer
obtained money from members of the Con.
cord school of philosophy by means of forg-
ed checks, has been sentenced in Boston to
hve years in State prison.
During the year ended March last 4, 223-
QUO hogs were packed in the Chicago mar
ket, decrease of S7S, 900 as compared with
the preceding year. The average weight of
the hogs was 2lS pounds each, against 231
pounds In lSS1-S2, and 234 pounds in 1880
81.
Carlton b Curtis died at his residence in
Ell, Pa, Saturday morning. He was u
member OF the Thirty-sccond, Thlrty-third
and Forty-thlrd Congresses, and was
Colonel of Pennsylvania regiment during
the war.
=, Tine whole country on the border of the
iransvaal is in stnte Of anarchy The ma
lives are armng against the Beers Chief
Mapoch has just defeated the Beers, inhict-
ing severe loss.
l,Or INT
present session OF Parliament motions in
favor of legislation on behalf of Irish labor
ers, and Tor large scheme Of emigration, in
order to prevent recurrence OF distress in
Ireland.
DIR. William S. Forbes Demonstration of
Anatomy in Jefferson Medical College, Phi
ladelphla, charged with completely in the DIES.
cecraton OF graves in Lebanon cemetery, was
acquitted in the Court of Quarter Sessions.
The ship Dunstaffnage, from Calcutta, by
way of Dundee, for Liverpool, has be en-
wrecked on the coast of Aberdcenshre. Fiji
teen men, besides n number of women and
were dro Sned.
The Scientific american SAYS that The
haulagc of our railways employs over II, 900
locomotives, and that the aggregate cost of
running them, such as fuel, water, repairs |
and engines, is about 100000, 900, or rather |
more than 5000 for each engine. The |
item OF fuel alone is s33 600, 900, but the |
waste in fuel is enormous.
President Arthur has received letter from
Berlin enclosing a contribution of 1000 |
marks from prominent bankers OF that city |
Tor the relief Of the flood sufferers in this |
coronci's inquest has established the
TACT That Inc two spnstcrs named Judson,
whose charred remains were recently found |
IN the ruins of their home at East Hartford,
Conn, had been murdered, and the house set
Oh fire TO conceal the crime.
A Toronto telegram having stated that
lianlan expressed n desire to row Wallace
Ross, this year, aud is willing to make the
stakes $1,000 side, Ross issues challenge
70 iianlan Offering to row a four or five mile
race Tor the amount stated the winner to re-
,eive all the money received from railways,
.tc. Koss Will give $500 expenses provided
u anlan VIII row at st. John, or will take
$500 and row at Toronto the race TO take
place on or after the list Of July.
Bonanza Sharon has COMPROMISED with
Mrs. Lizzie f. Raston, and the famous Rails
on suits have been settled, One intimate
friend of Mrs. Ralston states that slGO. 900
n cash and large ranch in the northern part
)f the State was handed over by Mr.. Sharon,
rs well us 900 in cash and lot of land
IN California street, as II fee for her lawyer.
A Washington inventor has patented a new
elephonic transmitter which it is expected
Will tend still further to revolutionize the
methods oil electrical communication. The
who proposed to introduce the in
'enion have great hopes that it will entirely
,upersedc the present system of telegraphDg
Ihey claim that the voice can be audbly
heard in whisper at 100 miles distance. The
electricians of the Western Union Telegraph
company are said to be well satisfied with
The experiments which have been made
There is great excitement in Canadian fin
lncal and commercial circles over the fact
that the bank of Montreal has taken out "A
warrant for the arrest of Thomas Hoigson, II
great produce merchant, for obtaining adj
vances from the bank under false pretenses.
The accused has absconded II is said that
several other local banksare also badly struck
by the defaulter, who was supposed to be
one OF the richest merchants there The
stock market is completely demoralized,
owing to the losses the banks are likely to
sustain by the delinquency.
On Thursday afternoon, Herman Klohu. A
farmer Of Erie county, Ohio, left Kettle of
coal tar on the stove in his house, and went
out. The tar boiled over and Mrs. Klohn
attempted to remove 1t, and dropped the
kettle Her clothing caught fire aud the
flames were communicated to her child.
klohn returned in time to drag his wife and
child out and eXtinguish the flames The
child died the same night. Mrs. Klohn has
since given birth to Il still-born child. Her
death is inevitable.
AT Bridgeport, Ct, while Mrs. Ann Bolaud
was kneeling in front of stove saying her
prayers, live coal fell on her clothing, set.
ting il on fire and burning her so severely |
that she died the next morning. Her three
daughters were badly burned, in irving to |
smother the flames. Mrs Boland was about |
FORTY five wears olI and had o;,,h, ,,b;IIa.