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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
Centennial Celebration at Chelsea.

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Nv vi ''''
ON ihr flh INST the one hu""feuih ANN
Ncr~arN ut the settlement %. the town.
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and L.,,,.ri.. ,rd ,r .,r,.h f., r.i ,..ft.
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nest WAS 1l Hm'giiWl wagon covered
WIN green '"dGi~; 'urh la" -rti.rl bog
cabin u,%l soldiers IN o.. costume oi
Miles ~lan.'l-h: incu the i1Nrr aud h,
VIE GONG u l"NH "1 rlr. tur "arri'
cut irum los. Au"iG -..IrHiFsu imr ruoW
came next. with l"ad' ANA housewife
hllchrHn- lax, "Udu, toW and spinning
linen, and lastly modern drawing room
filled with Wril-IrrS-cd ladies 0ni gentle
men, with the Ornu-" county veterans,
Gen. stephen lHomas commanding.
fire companies and citizens, with three
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
VARIOUS SPORTING NEWS.
BICYCLE RECORDS AGAIN LOWERED.
Sc nd Day of the Springfield Tournament
- Grand SuccrSs---12, 900 Poop q
prcScnt---Rrac"e at Mystic Park
other sporting Interest.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Sept i.-i =
second day of the Springfield bicycle to, =
nament ha, been even more succpSst
than tine first. The absence OF Jaw
breeze was great help to fast time an 9
the records We're broken in the lO-mile pr,.-
fessional 5-mlc tricycle.. half mile dash
and 5-mile races, while Prince equalled
Seliers's record of 2:39 in the one mile pro
fes,ional. open to all. Hendee was pitted
against sellers, the English CHAMPION for
the first time and was beaten. There
were about l2O0J people present The
first race was the lO-mile professional, open
to all, purse $500 The starters were
Nelson, Howell, James, Prince, Wood
side and Ashinger. Howell spurted on
the stretch and won easily in
thirty minuteS.seven and one-half seconds
Noodslde was second and James third
Frazier, lllstOn, Roberts. IIendee. Dolph,
Gaskell sellers and Brooks started in the
two mile race. Interest centcred in Sci
lcrS and llendcC. Frazier led to the home
stretch, with Sellers second and lIendee
third. Upon entering the stretch Sellers
spurtcd timely and was followed closely by
iicndce Sellers crossed the line the win
ner III SIX minutes and three seconds
llendee one second later and Fra
zler third. The one mile race with
out hands was won by Wool
isun of Pittofipld in 3 minutes and
- seconds Chickering second and Finley
third. The three mile, $50 class called
ont Norton of Springfield, BidWell of
Hartford, WooliSUn of Pttslield Wait of
New Haven, Miller of Meridian. Hunter OF
Beverly, Rich of New York, .trnnrss of
Rye Beach, y. H., Powell and Chickering
ui NmihNlllc. Norton won in N:533-5
BiGWeIl second and Wuulison third.
The five mile tricycle. race was won by
Chambers of Birmingham. Eng Burnanl
ui Newton. Mass. second Time l1:l+
The hnii-mlle dash was won by sellers in
l:lN l-1: ''aSlrll second and Frazier third
Inc cone Iulic professional race was won bv
Prince in 2"@: Howell second in 2::i9 81
France received AN ovation of applause
upon thc accomplishment of hls feat The
1lNr iliic amateur r"COlr, race was won by
'rd~hr.l in 1881 Chambers second and
cphcr thlrd. The TWO mile tandem race
was won 10y Miller and Brown in G:jj -:
the ~tlhl brother, Of Boston second Thi.
ended the days sport.
Racing at Mystic Park.
Bp~rpN. Mass, sept. li.-Thcrr was a
good attcndanccat the Mystic Park race,
to-day. The ?",3 class, purse $1,000, had
six starters. Kitty patchru won the first
heat. Onward the second and Frank cap
tursd the ucNt three uul the race Time
".:I -:-I B.. -:'!.i !::i. and 2..@ Five
horse, started IN the -, class which wa,
unfinished. George Il. won the first heat
Nellie Bryant thc second and third and
l'lc~ tlc fourth, when u,Niu- to- darkness
l." iucv Nn~ postponed 'li. Tomorrow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

Fort Dodge, In., Sept. ia masked
man about o'clock yesterday entered
the house of William Jcnnison, school
treasurer of Washington township, and
demanded of Mrs. JcnniSOn the school
money She replied that ii was in the
bank Whereupon the intruder drew Il re
NolNerand shot her dead Another woman
who was in the house appeared, when the
robher He'd. \ large party at once com
menccd search for the murderer, and four
persons have been arrested who i'm part
MnSMpr U The descriptiOm Of him
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

NEW LONDON, Conn, sept. i6--iu the
Conunt Mcclellan murder trial to-day cvi-
denCc was introduced which tends To sub
stantiate the claim of the defense that
Conant was insane when he killed Me
Clcllan, and was made 50 by the adultcr-
Gus acts of his wife, Jerome Cuuunt,
brother of the accused, testified that he
knew of criminal intimacy of Mcclellan
and his brothers wife since 1858. At that
time he was boarding with his brother
Jerome had bitter feeling towards
Franks wife and resolved 10 tell Frank
of his Wite's ntidclity. On the 18th of
August, lNN3, jerome unbOSOmcd himself
and Frank went home broken-hca
man. lie charged his wife with unfaith-
fulncNS and she confessed her guilt which
had II terrible effect ON Conant, 50
much So that his tortured and
changed COuntenanCe was noticeable to
| his acquaintances NcighbOrs testified to
unusual noise in COnants house ON that
| August night. They heard the groanS of
the husband and cries of the wife together
with disjonted sentences of mutual re
proaCh. jerome COnant's evidence was of
Il revolving character, Public opinion has
! been strong against the accused since the
| time of the killing, but now ii is on the
! wane. To-day was the first time it was
| really known that COnaut had the slight
est cause, real or imaginary, to take Me
Clellan's life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
John q. Whittier Declines to he an EI.c.
toron Account of Ill Health

NEWBrWPORr, Mass, Sept. lG.-John
q, Whittier declines the nomination ns
Presidential clector in the Seventh dis
trict ON account of his health and convic-
tlOn that the nominees for member of
Congress and elector should he from diff
that mo lack of interest in the Rppubli.
can cause has induced this decision. >
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
New Hampshire congregational and Pres
byterian Churches in Council.

CoNrooCooK, n. H., Sept. 1.-THE State
CONGREGATIONAL and Presbyterian associ-
alton of churches continued its session mt
Newport to-day, Hon. j, j, Bell of Exeter,
moderator The devotional meeting was
led by Rev. Allen Folger of Concord. The
report of the ministers and widow charl-
table fund showed sl9o2 received during
the wear. The report of the home mission
ary society showed Sl7O.ll received during
the past year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. lin every
county south and west Of Jersey hog
cholera is raging. Its spread is rapid and
thr mortality large. Some of the dressed
hogs show symptoms of plcuro-pneumo-
mia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

Rev j. r. Bartlett, has issued circu-
lar to the prohibitiOnlsts of Vermont, SuE.
gestng II convention for the nomination oi
Presidential Electors, to be held at Mont
pelicr October ID. An effort is also being
made to secure some prominent st. John
and Daniel speaker for the occasion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

LNIII NEW SERIES. VOL. XXX.
NEWS FROM OUR owN STATE.



,sntri.s and pr.uiu,us ,t the Caledonia
County Fair.
The Caledonia countN thlr opened at ST. |
JohuSbury Tuesday. II ralhcd haru dur- |
ing the forenoon, Which leSSchpu the en- |
tries materially. or cattle ANA horses 3bN
cntcrlcS were made. In nndrimrllhphl Is ;
the show a~ Large ~ last year lhere
were town strings "l oxen. ~ l"hlS- |
bury entered two strings. Iht average
weight of the oxen in one of them is $3.50 J
uninds urr l,1ir The heaviest yoke en-
irrrJ bI + A. r Fuirhnuks. weighed
5000 pounds Barnct's string averaged
400. the heaviest yoke. hv James RAY.
weighing $3.50 These two vukcs are the
heaviest ever exhibited here. There is Il
! line lot thoroughhro stock present. J.. y.
i,,f'rI ~ c,, ,d tn'rIim,, hiiI rni,,ht
| 100 pounds: he also showed fifty native
| cows with grade calves by their side.
/. \. YAH OF Lyndon showed herd OF
Aberdeen cattle that ATTRACTED nuch at
tehtloh' ana NearlihE Pun "hlcm "hl,c,Im, WelTn-
| ed over l2oo pounds. IL. d. mn OF ri,
more made me eNnlDlt OF 'otSWolu
sheep Premiums on town teams of oxen
were awarded aS iolloWs lNhupn Ilra'
| fifth and Waterford fourth. There was
| large exhibit of Jerseys, which are grow
| ~? ~ ,",oi 49,, .'Via ,, Hi Nv
,,. c,,.
The second dav of the Caledonia county
| falr brought out NOoo or looOo people
| There was IA good exhibition of driving
horses in the forenoon. The races in the
! ,ctr. ,,..,r -. f,lI,,,.. e. t,I,.. on. h,d
'''','i ~ H,, /,
| three entries ana was won ny W f. Ieck
| Bad Boy Best time :@;4b. CLASS TWO had
! five entries and was won by H. Brack's
Howard =. in BOO In the last races open
| to all horses. there were five entries. 1t
| was won by II. Peek Black johnnie Best
| time: ?:3l",. \ game of hur ball was
PLAYED between the Clippers of St Johns
bury and the Pracham CLUB ON the fair
grounds. score. Clippers, ,4G Prachams,4 !.
rr,i,,i., ,,,,,t,. ,,,rrt
II. Il. start has been appointed 10y the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
MR., BLAINE IN BOSTON
GRAND RECEPTION RENDERED HIM.
Enthusiast" Demonstrations along the
Route from huguStn-t Dcmonstra-
tive Crowd III wait at eBoston
Nj. ISlninc'S Address.

BO,rDN, sept lt.-Nt +:3D o'clock Mir.
Blaine drove to th" statiOl i'm Augusta ac-
by hi, private secretary. Mr..
sherman. where upon the arrival of the
train Postmaster MInlry AMI senator
Hale joined the party. There was no
upon his departure. At
Portland Congressman Reed entered the
Pullman car and engaged Mr.. Blaine in
until the train started
Owing to the delay on arrival of Mr..
Blaines train at Portland, the regular
as an extra This, perhaps, ac-
counts for the small crowds at the stations
along the route. At Portsmouth crowd
gathered about the car, called for Mr..
Blaine and followed him to the dining
saloon, where he sought lunch No re
marks or intrOductions occurred there.
At Ncwburyport fully 1000 people had
gathered, but no stop was made and a
faint shout was all that was heard of
the intended welcome. At Ipswich, Il
small crowd had gathered and
the instant the train stopped the
station agent entered and escorted Mr.
Blaine to the platform, where he was in
tuduCcd to the crowd as tine next Prcsi-
dent of the United States" lntruductions
followed, Mr.. Blaine, simply say
ing in reply to their Salutation-. II am
glad to mnct you" Cheers were given as
thc tram departed At Salem IA throng
assembled to greet Mr.. Blaine and gave
him Il hearty welcome. Cries arose
for Il speech, but the cheering had
lasted 50 long there was tinc
only for word OF thanks tor their cordial
reception and the cars passed on Of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
Isle La Motto.

Farmers are busily engaged pulling
their beans, cutting corn and harvesting
buCkwheat. All these are an average
crop There was II hard frost here last
Saturday night, which damaged the late
crops somewhat ... There are bushels of
nice grated apples decaying on the
ground for want OF market .,. Mitchell
La Bombard died very suddenly of paraly-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
sis Tu 'Sday. sept. ath. He vas arpare 1t
ly well the day previous to his death.


The report that Il boy who was injured
by the runaway at our county far had
died, appears To- be without any fOunda-
tiou.... Thc sheep trade is becoming aC-
tive again and shipments will now he irc-
quent. Present shipments are rs follows:
ON Friday, Herman Perkins and '. l.
Spear started for Montana with 80 rams.
yrHrlings and tWo-Near-OilS. Danicl
'Twitchcll of Wcybridgc has also started
for Montana with car load, in all about
one hundred mead. other gentlemen are
preparing To make shipments to various
parts of the West. RcV. \. f.. Carpcn-
ter has returned to town and resumed his
duties rs rector of ST. stephen Episcopal
church. Saturday afternoon the Red
Stockings of East Niddlpbury came t" the
village to play II game of ball with the
Middlcbury nine. 1t was Il noisy and
balky game SO far as it went but was
broken up in the last half Of the fourth in
ming. as the East Mddlcbury nine did not
like the umpire and wanted to do the UNI
piring to suit themselves. There was II
great deal of disorder while the game
lasted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
General Term of the supreme Court.

\ general term of the supreme asurt is
ordered TO he held at Montpelier, October
2s
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

Mr.. Maloney of the Richford Guzcftc
appeared in Orleans county court on We'd
neSday and gave bail in $1,000 to answer an
indictment charging him with libelling
Judge Royce. At Maloney's request the
case was set for trial September %.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19
Chester.

Saturday night this section was visited
by IA heavy frost, killing all unprotected
vegetation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

Addison !. Brcmucr's cider mill in the
west part of Bennington was burned Tues
day afternoon. The fire caught from
the engine, Loss 5000: no insurance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

II. r. start has been appointed by the
court aS counsel for Fills, in the train
wrcckng case. Mr. Start urged his short
motto" and inability To prepare the case in
oncr, and requested Il continuance. In
the case of state ". Oscar Meyer MIR.
Buck appeared for Meyer. Tn" same uh-
icctiOuS We're urged substantially lay Mir.
Back a, NI Mr. START in The iiii., case.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

which had been appointed, met in the
Baptist church and the young ladies meet
ing was called to order in the hall. The
Young ladies carried out Il programme
especially arranged for their meeting,
when final adjournment was taken TO
the evening session.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25
BoMBARDINe THE ARSENAL.
The French Win the Fight in
Three Hours.
SEVEN GUNB0ATS DESTROYED.
The Loss Of Life Insignificant In Num-
ber---0etails of the Battle
Generally Lacking.

SHANGHAI, August 24.-The Foo Chow
arsenal was destroyed yesterday after three
hours bombsrdment BY Corbets squadron.
Seven Chinese gun boats were sunk and
two escaped. The European settlement
was undistarbed. The French fleet sus-
tanned no damSge.
Unfounded.
PARIS, August 54.-The hombsrdment
of Foo Chow began at , o'clock in the
afternoon and ceased at p. M. Only one
Chinese battery replied. The report that
two French vessels sunk during the engage
ment Is unconfrmed.
PARIS, August Alt is hoped the Chi
nese trouble may be vet arranged under the
auspices of Bismarck. 1t is regarded as a
noteworthy fact that Baron de Courcet,
French Ambassador to Germany, was sum-
moued to Paris on Friday and returned to
Berlin on the same train with Ii Fong Pao
the Chinese minister. Baron de Courcet
was overheard to remark to member OF
the Chinese legislation atthe depot, Let us
hope this journey will be favorable to each
of US.
A Fresh Circular.
CoXsrAHrINoPLE, August 2i.-Recent
cabinet councils have discussed the ques
lion Of sending fresh circular to the pow
ers concerning Egypt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25
ARCTIC RELICS STOLEN.
Visitors to the Bear and Thetis Appropri.
ate Some of the Mementoes.

Visitors to the Bear and Thetis Appropri-
ate Some of the MementOes.
NEw YORK, August 2i.-Since the ar
rival OF the Greely relief feet at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard Commander Schley has been
very courteous in allowing visitors TO inspect
the ThetiS and Baar without having to 90
through the formaiity of obtaining pass.
Yesterday one ofthe officers found tnat sew
eral relics of the North which had been in
his g; hin were missing A thorough search
WIS made, but without success. Commander
Schley said yesterday that two walrus tusks
a ksyack (or Esquimaux boat and a num-
her Of other curiosities which he priced
b ghly from the fact that he had gathered
them himself, had been stolen Capt
Coffin lost two nurwhal horns and a dog
harness, and Dr. Ames, Lieutenant Colyille
and other officers also met with losses
No watch has been kept on the boats
since tley have been at the yards, and it is
believed that the visitors. taking advantage
of the absence Of guards, have stolen the
relics. An order was issued Yesterday for
bidding visitors to the vessels % the feet
except on a pass from the commaulant Of
tie ward or Commander Schely
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25
THE IRISH VOTE,
\ Great Irish-Democratic Mass Meeting
TO BE Held Next Thursday,

\ Great Irish-Democratic Mass Meeting z
to BE Held Next Thursday.
New YORK, August 24-The gentlemen
who control the dynamite market, and those
who though not dynamiters are enthusiast
cally and permanently in favor Of wrench
ing the caudal sppendage OF the British lion
whenever opportunity presents itself, have
been persistently announcing that the Irish
vote was going in one big chunk to Blaine
and Logan.
The Irish believers in the Democratic
party have at last become tired of hearing
this dinned into the public ear aud have de.
termined to show its falsity. A big demon
strstion is to be held in the Academy of
Music on the 18th, at which Senator Jones,
Of Florida Mr.. Patrick Collins, of Boston;
Mr.. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, and other
representative Irishmen are to show why
the Irish vote has been and will continue to
be given for the Democratic candidates.
Commissioner James S. Coleman, Colonel
0'Beirne, Eugene Kelly, Emigration Com
missioner Lynch, Algernon S. Sullivan
William and James o Brien and other well
known lrishmen are actively engaged in the
movement, and several of them we're very
busy at the New York Hotel yesterday ar
ranging the preiminaries for the big meet
ing.
II have every reason to believe" sid
Commissioner Coleman last evening, from
the way in which the idea has beeen re-
ceived, the number of callers We have
already had, and the number of lettess aud
kilograms we have received from cut Of
town, that the meeting will be very great
success"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25
A NEW WAY

OF MuIcting Government Employees for the
BENEFIT of the "God and Morality"
Party.
WASHINGTON, August 2+.- Exclusive =
A large number of clerks employed in one
OF the Government departments in this city
received yesterday at their offices circular
mailed in New York, signed by B. F. Jones,
Chairman ofthe Republican National Com
mittee, soliciting subscriptions for an Illus
trated campaign paper The paper is ex-
pected to be published for thirteen weeks
and the subscription price is 81 per copy. Ac-
companying the circular is blank form ad'
dressed to the proposed publisher, guaran-
teeing a number of subscriptions to the
newspaper, TO be stated by the signer. The
circular bore New York postmark. but its
delivery at the departments was made by a
messenger, who called the clerks to whom
they were addressed to the door of their
rooms and delivered the envelope in person.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25

The JACKSON and MILLER crowd are de-
te-uined to force the issue of their own ere
a::on upon the people for decision in OctO-
Der. The people may decline to entertain
the notion. If they do entertain it, ho"eT,
er, there is no question as to how it will be
decided. 1t will be no eight to seven affair,
brt nine to one viii more accurately de-
scribe the result. The people understand
pretty clearly about what is the correct
tl;ng-especially when their pockets are at
tr:yf. Just about the time OF the October
election the voters will be comparing their
new tax receipts with their old ones. That
Is a convention in which there will be no
Loni.ng down opposition. The call Of the
F,a.hen will ne drowned by the silent ballot.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-25
MOUNDSVIILE,
Marshall County Politics in n Much Mud
died Condition.

Marshall County Politics in n Much Mud
died Condition.
MOUNDsyILLE, August 2t.-T Exclusive
The political aspect over county affairs is,
to say the least, perplexing one. The Re-
publicans and Independents have each a
full county ticket in the field, and each are
confident of victory. But since the conven-
ton ofThursday Democrats have been but
ton-holeing each other by the scores and
from their business-like appearance one
draws the conclusion that their opinion is
that the nomination of ticket means over
whelming triumph for the Democracy. The
late convention was very Independent in
deed; so much so that certain boiling Re-
pubhcans who burned the bridges after them
in their retreat from their first love, set up
a ticket to suit themselves, placing thereon
one of the regular nominees, to draw
strength, perhaps, from the regular
ticket, and also for the Offices of County
Commissioner and Assessor of the Second
district Democrats were recommended. pre-
suming that in return the whole Demo
cratic party would support their ticket
Some rather prominent Democrats are
agreed to that kind of a sell out, while
others think that their 1886 votes entitle
them to more of the spoils than the above
diminutive slice. The kickers, however,
are more numerous than the majority Of
the straight-out Republicans think or are
willing to believe. Extensive preparations
are being made for grand Republican
rally at Cameron on the 30th inst. Max
we'll, Goff, Hart. Dovener and Hubbard are
expected to be present.