Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Scws and Notcs from all Quarter.

Jews ana NOtcS from AL quarters.
Ida lewis, Nmcr1cp's "Grucr Darling 8"
Was received into communion in The
Thames street Methodist church at New
port K. l., SUNDAY.
The Howe rl0bpr WORKS ~ Trenton, y.
j.. wore totally destroyed by ike sun
day. loss $1,000; Insurance. S5OOOO.
Joseph otukesN sNpHs We're prupretOrs of
the works.
No satisfactory confirmation of the re
ported wholesale tragedy in Custer cOdn-
ty, Neb,, has yet been received at Omaha,
and the story is believed to be Il Canard.
striking hatters at South NOrwalk.
Conn, have formed Il cooperative manu-
factoring association and over 5000 was
subscribed to the scheme. 4 building
will be erected ut once. The factories are
still guarded and manufacturers still pro
fess fear of violent outbreaks.
\ atabbing affray which will probably
result Totally occurred in SuncoOk, y. H.,
Sunday afternoon, both parties being
French Canadians.
Freight train No 30 on the Fitchburg
railroad broke apart and the two sections
coilided at Walthan, Mass, yesterday
morning and four cars were torn to pieces
The residence of l.. f.. Currier in Hop
kintown, \. H., was burglarized Saturday
night, but the thieves procured only II
small amount of booty.
EARLY sunday morning +. G. Brooks,
chief of police of WaFcrly, \. y, was fla
tally wounded by Il brother officer, who
miotuok him for Il burglar, the tragedy
occurred in Il store which had been en-
tered by burglars The latter escaped.
Donald Harold, Il member of the
"Dreams' company ut !Iaycrly'~ theatre.
Chicago, was found dead beside the rail
road track Sunday afternoon. 1t is sup
posed he missed his footing in getting Off II
train and va, killed.
Count De Lvsscps and the commission
have approved the plans for widening he
waterway of the SIupH canal.
The king of Burmah contrary to advice
of his ministry, has employed Il French
company to niHuutaCtitrc firearms a! Man
dalay,
Investigation shows there hay, been
thirtY-cight inccndiary tires in Mobile,
Nla., the past seven months. IN" mem
hers of Il fire company are suspected.
At the san loan del sur, Nicuraglta the
report OF the favorable mention Of the
Nicaraglan canal scheme in the American
congress has caused great satisfaction.
William Dickson of Washington mas
written to the Tammany organization
stating it will have Il leading place in the
civic procession at the inauguration of
Cleveland.
Mrs. George Cunningham of Rockford,
H., Two years ago swallowed il needle ana
since that time has suffered most eXcrl-
ciating pain. On Friday she drew the nee
die from her side with pair OF scissors.
In Chicago j scph Williams (colored).
charged with the murderer Minnie Brooks
Il white Courtesan, and her husband, Giles
Hunt Ccolorcdl, was found guilty Friday,
and sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
Harmon Wagner. a resident of Topeka
Kan, was found dead Il few days ago at
. l, e
had gone to the bottom to clean the well
and while there was overcome by gas and
dlcd. TWO Others came near losing theil
lives While reScuing the booty.
in SCAR City. Ark, Col. Joel Thurnbprry
on Friday asked Il question of IA colorcd
man VINO responded by shooting him ia
tally. The negro attempted to escape and
WAS riddied with bullets by a posse. lie
was il fugitive from justice, having killed
man i'll Mississippi.
Patrick Corcoran of Bellmorc, l.. l.. has
during the past month, lost his family OF
seven children from malignant scarlet
fever The disease was brought to the
family by sick Child from "A New York
institution that the family took to board
The child recovered and the Others died.
The case of Sheriff Davidson will be
discussed before Gov. Cleveland on Thurs
day next. 1t is understood that Messrs
John +. Dcvlin and \. j. Nanderpool
will appear at that time ON behalf of the
sheriff, and Charles p. Miller in support
of the charge submitted by the Roosevelt
committee 1t will then be determined by
the governor whether he will send the
charges before a referee for investigation
or dismiss them altogether as bein. with
ont proper Foundations
Through the explosion of IL bottle OF
chemicals placed near stove a passenger
car on the Kingston and Pembroke rail
way, CCanada), took fire on Thursday
evening while the train WAS running al
full sped and was only cXtinguished after
the car, in which there We're thirty people
had been badly burned When the alarm
OF fire was gwen the passengers ruShec
for the platform, and in trying to sigma
the cnGiuecr to stop the bell broke with
out ringing the bell Between the puSscn
ger car and the engine there We're IL mum
Der of platform cars, and it was with grea
diliiCulty that one of the passengers climb
ed over these and made their periluus sit
uation known. Had the fire started in tn,
front end of the car all communication
with the engineer would have been cu
of, and the passengers would either hav,
been forced to jump from the train OF
have been roasted aliyed. The escape o.
all was miraculous.