Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-18
NEWS NOTES.

Centrars passengers and through freight
traffic, IL is estimated that the cut will
tcause loss of 81 900, 900 year.
Extreme suffering is reported among Pol
ISL Jews at Buffalo. Hundreds OF families
in one building are huddled together in small
and unclean apartments that are almost
destitute Of furniture. Very few Of them
can afford fuel, and during the recent terri
BILE cold many have lain in wretched beds,
scantily covered, trying in vain to keep
warm. Hollow checks and sunken eyes, the
effects Of hunger, are met at every turn in
the diapidated structure. The only article
of food they can obtain is brck bread in
small quantities and some families have not
even had loaf of that for two or three days.
The crew rof .the schooner Adrianna,
wrecked off Block Island, chung to the rig
ging for many hours the waves breaking
over the vessel necessarily, and when
rescue party reached them the cook, Frank
Jones Of Holly, Pa, was frozen in the rig
ging anu completely encased in thick mass
! of ice. The mate, John Coleman of Gardin-
err, Me, had became benumbed, and falling
| had been killed. The others, Captain Ne
brega and one sailor were carried through
| the breakers to the island shore, and will
probably recover.
Six of the new pension schemes intro
duced into Congress together call for about
$275, 00O 900, it is calculated.
The woman who accompanied O'Donnell
| to South Africa, and who has been eulogized
as "the Irish Jeanne Deans" was not O'Don-
nell's wife at all, but woman whom O'DOn-
nell met in Donegal after he had separated
| from his wife in America, he having enticed
her to 20 with him 10 the cape by a promise
of marriage.
The salaries OF New York postcfflce en-
ployes, exclusive of letter carriers, are $500,
| 900 year, sum greater by 800, 900 than
| the aggregate annual salaries of the employees
| in the government postoffice department and
IN the Washington postotfice.
The secretary Of the treasury has accepted
an offer to compromise the judgment against
the New Pallz distillery company of New
York for $76l5.
A new thing in convicts is the Sing Sing
guest who before arriving took Oft all bis
outer clothing on the train and handed 1t 10
| a friend, saying the State should not have it.
| He walked from the railroad station tC the
| prison, more than mile, in his under gar
mcnts only.
| Indian Inspector Gardner, who has recent.
ly returned from Indian territory, reports
that the Usage Indians are advancing rapid
| ~ lOWhTu u ClVlIlZeu sldlc. utf baNC IOu
piled and printed constitution, passed laws
for their government and maze oenencia
changes in their tribal relations The Sissits
Indians in Dakota aud the Quapaw ant
other tribes in Indian territory are also re
ported to lie moving in the same direction.
| New Orleans, where burial in the grounC
has never been practicable, furnishes a gooC
nelu LOT cEenlaIon, uuu ',Ious C, ,ith ~
Eli p,merto 40 nroeident The last grant
irr,, raconmonded cremation for the dead ot
no cbor;tv bnsnitsl oe a sanitary necessity
ond thn Isyisb CLERGY and neonle are stronpl,
~ foro, ~ II
Thooo,ne,s hrorobt nv tbo Southern Paci
40 ro,lrood for service in Arizona have nj
hooo honnht hv on Australian farmer named
| Sbjr,a,, 3ho w,Il uee them for carving mr.
nosos On bis cattle ranches There are about
S0O Of ,bn animals
Tho nosto, authorities are moving AGAINST
,ot,or;os ;n t.onisyiIle and Two men concern.
~ ~, ~ IL, oniio,-o Iottorv IF tbat citv
and ~ Tho 'n ogant IF tbn ionieiana concern have
boo, "rr.s,nd for n.;nr Inc mails in their nm.
io ,,TrI hnsiross
A, o,.o.,,,,. ,ril ho ,,odo 70 oot the New
Lao, 1on;rtIo,,,ro 10 caIi convention as
tharo is a-rea, raed ~ rcforming the Judiciary
.,,ot. s,J nro,,i,in, for frea 1egislation for
cites Hi,s in nr t'i'v must have some sort of
liz il H. Ubon no 9e now govornment but
Hn ~ ,h ',' ,trosat constitntion If ia limos.
oHIo -, 'A' dp,oIatn for II without Including
Newark which helonps in the same class.
The southern and western part of the state
will oppose the convention from fear that it
might make change in the senatorial repre-
sentation to their disadvantage.
I,,,o p,,n1ir of tgor,,and bes oiven 81
oii'S n'ani,i ~, r;,rht If sbinner If
ne Tni, g. ro 49, Nicbgan south
eC = ~, sar,o rahota a. ia aiyen 70
S,an rJar ~, cnnnony uo sta in the
comnoI nInas court and the case will 90 to