Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-01
GENERAL SUMMARY.

Twenty sudden deaths in New York
city were investigated by the coroncrs Satur-
day.
Jefferson DAVIS is now rapidly recovering,
and is aole to sit up IN chair part Of the
time.
Walter Evans, the new commissioner Of
internal revenue will assume his duties Oh
next Thursday.
Senator Anthony was able to ride out, Sat.
urday, and his friends feel much encouraged
about his condition.
There are twenty-five cases OF small pox
ut Ut. Michaels, Mimi, and several deaths
have already occurred. There Is great in
dignation among the neighboring towns
over the negligence Of the auth rites in
providing means to prevent the spread of the
disease.
The London Timess correspondent at St.
Petersburg says the rumors that rupture be-
tween France and China was imminent are
confirmed. Ii Hung Chang has been sum-
moned 10 take command of the Chinese
troops in the provinces bordering on Ton.
quin and he is daily expected at Shanghai
on his way TO his new post to begin opera-
lions. 1t is believed that the French minis
ter at Pekin and the Chinese minister at
Paris will soon receive their passports.
Farmer Merrill, while ploughing in field
| near Button, Yell county, Ark. was assus-
sinatcd, and was found dead in furrow
with tullet in his body. There is TO clow
to the murderer.
| A train on the Northwestern road. near
Manksto, Mimi, ran over COW, and pas
senger coach and two freight cars loaded
with wheat were ditched. The conductor,
Jerome Baucer, was thrown OFT and covered
BY wheat and smothered to death.
A conspiracy against the Armenian gov
eminent has been discovered at Van. Tnret
hundred persons have hesn arrested for con
nection whit.
A telegram from Bucharest asserts that
plot to shoot the King of Rn,nanis at III,
opening OF the session OF Parliament ha
been discovered. A number Of persons i'm
plicated in the plot are said 10 have been ar
rested.
Senator Rollius's successor will be electe
. BY the New Hampshire legislature that is L
. meet on the 30th inst.
At Lancaster, Penn thirteen prisoners i
the county prison are now i'll with the slna
pox, ami humber of others are afflicted wit
= with symptoms. There is no danger that th
con,agon will spread into Lancaster.
a In Clarendon, Ark, at the execution {
n Taylor Friday, negro woman with tw
: tables 1t her breast stood near the gallows
~ there were 6O0 spectators. An cxcursio
"a train was run from Helena, fifty miles Ill
= tant, by an enterprising negro. When II
y, sheriff notified him that the time WAS near
i hand Taylor remarked that he would not 81
" change his place with bridal couple. I'll
~ gallows was situated In the woods, one ar
=" half miles from the Jail.
| Al tho COOLING main ~ Captral;a Darr
IN Thursday nigbt, Nike Ceary aud Edwa
10 Dillon, the Owners OF rival birds, had a f1gh
A gen, raj row eusued. and knives and plst,
were used. Finally the crowd was eject
~ from the saloon. Dillon followed Clea
lis homo, and the fight was renewed. MI
ne Cleary and four men went to Ceary's ass
:. lance and beat Dillon numerically. Two
10 his friends rescued Dillon, and Ms they VT
3; carrying him home Mrs. Cleary split the la
lin OF his bead with q large stone. Dillon
he dying. There have been no arrests.
en- The Cologne GdsettS has published an
If ticle which attracts much attention, point
ny out that G'rmany, Austria and Italy can
Of grther muster 1918 baitslioDs Of infant,
zee 740 squadrons Of cavalry. and AGA d,
us- guns, wnio the foroes Of France and Rus
me tog' ther, amount to 1889 battalions Of
di- fantry, $40 squadrons Of cavalry, and Al
A. field guns, but, 1t says, the last two Sta
,el, can only operate with divided forces.
Iud tipartite alliance can thus outweigh
md whole remainder Of Europe.
nal The grand Jury ct Montgomery, Ala,
oi returned six additional indictments agal
Paul Strobach, United States maj sh
his eighteen indictments against Thomas JET
ton Scot, Register United States Land
fec; nine Indictments against Samuel
Oliver, Marshal Strobacli's chief depu
e" and four indictments against W. b. Jacks
hog a deputy Of OK Marshal Osborne. All
hen above indictments, except one Tor peri
God against the marshal, Str0bacb, are for
to deripg false, fictitious and fraudulent
Who counts. 1t is represented that the pI
tho against the accused Is of the strongest pr
the bio character.