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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
The Dauntless Returns safe.

NEW YORK, Sept 29.-The schooner
yacht Dauntless arrived at her anchor
age at Staten Island shortly after noon
to-day. She was becalmed most of the
trip which accounts for her coming so
late, Her foretopmast was broken be
cause it was old and had been subjected
to heavy strAinS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

NEW YORK, Sept. 30. - The sale of
orchids and plants collected by the late
Mrs. Mary j. Morgan, and which cost
over 500, 900, began to-day, Erastus Cor
ming. Charles Osborn, and Werlich * Co,
of London, were the heaviest purchasers
at the sale today
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

HANOVER, n. H., Sept, 30.-The fall
meeting of the Dartmouth Athletic asso-
citation opened this afternoon, Following
are winners from this state Standing
high Jump, tied by Hall ana A. b. Veasey,
Rutland, feet, IL inches 2;20 yards
dash, first heat Guy Wilson, Bethel, VT,
"a seconds In wrestling collar and ell
bow contest, f. f.. Smith, Tunbrldge de-
feated ID. j. johnson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
A Thief Captured in Vermont.

MANCHESTER, y. H., Sept 30.-Frank l..
Spiller, charged with embezzlement, was
arrested in Brookneld, Vt, and brought
here tonight, The prisoner is said to
have stolen SO from the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
Professor Agassiz Declines an Appoint.
ment.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-A Washington
special says; Prof. Alexander Agassiz
has found it necessary to decline the Office
of superintendent of the coast survey, be-
cause of the duties already resting upon
him. His decision is greatly regretted by
the President.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
BANKRUPTCY IN THEUNITED STATES
Less Failures than for the Same Period
last Near.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29-Failures in the
United States for the quarter ending
September, 30th,, as reported by r. q.
Dun X Co., number 2l73 as against 2346 in
the corresponding quarter of 1854. The
liabilities amount to S23S, 900, 600 as com
pared with S566, ,000, 600 in the same period
of 1854 For the nine months of 1885 the
failures number Sl6,, as compared with
1876, for the first nine months of 1884, an
increase of 3ll.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
An Indian Raid Apprehended.

Prescott, Ariz., Sept 99-lnformation
of Indian depredations is so alarming that
GOV. Trittle has issued an order calling
out the militia. Gen. Crook has sent out
a notice warning the settlers of their
danger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The warm weather often has depressing
and debilitatng effect. Hoods Sarsaparilla
overcomes all languor and lassitudc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Report of the Investigation of the Brook
lynand New York Postoffices.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The committee
appointed by Postmaster-General Villas
to investigate the postal service at New
York and Brooklyn have submitted their
report. The Brooklyn postoflce was
found far behind the age in the matter
of handling the mails, the system of
distribution being neither modern or in
telligent The committee believes that
the clerks in immediate charge of the dis
tribution are not qualified for the work
The service in New York city was found
to be excellent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

If there ever was specific for any one COM
planG, then Carter's Little LiverPIlls are n
specific for sick headache, and every woman
should know this. Only pill dose
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
Franklin.

The following are the names of the mem
bers of the legislature from this town, who
are now living in this vicinity; Hon. J. II.
Hubbard, representative, 1882 40, Al and
'46, and senator in 1913 and "A Charles
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
Cornwall.

Mrs. Emma Hawes and daughter, Mrs.
Devoe and children of Wisconsin, are in
town, visiting Mrs. Hawes's sister, Mrs,
Edgar Sanford. Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey of
Rhode Island are guests at II. ;. San
i9rd hir s s,..' 49,. Mr. and Mrs benJamin Park
Whitehall Poultney and Castleton, visit
ing friends. , Potato digging is occupy
ing the farmers at present. The yield is
very good, but signs of decay appear, and
very few are being marketed at present.
The apple crop will not be large in town,
but some orchards are looking very fine,
the fruit being very large and fair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
A Long Pending Suit Settled.

The long pending law suit between the
Ottaquechee Woollen company of Hart
land, Vt, and ID. H. and j. c. Newton OF
Holyoke, Mass, brought to restrain them
from erecting dam at Summers Falls, on
the Connecticut river, in Hartland, hay-
ing been decided in favor of the defend
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The second day of the Union Agncul-
tural society fair at Tunbridge Wednesday
opened under most favorable auspices with
the largest attendance since its organiza-
ton. Seven hundred head or STOCK are
entered for premiums and the number of
articles in Floral hall is the largest ever
rappiVn1
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Several old time baseball players of
Randolph, styling themselves the Ring
bones" have challenged the "Spavins' of
this place to play them at Bethel.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
South and West.

THE annual convention of the National As
sociation Of Cattle and Horse Growers was
held i'll ST. Louis.
SLEIGHiNG has already been enjoyed in q
portion of Maryland.
AFTER bitter and exciting canvass Full
ton county, Georgia, in which Atlanta is
situated, has been carried by the Prohibition
lists by Dps ma iority. Party lines were ig-
nored in this remarkable canvass, and on
election day the Prohibitionsts and anti
Prohlbitionlsts were out in strong force,
working for their respective sides.
THE Chicago Columbus Centennial Worlds
Fair and Exposition company has been in
corporated, with a capital of 81, 0O0, 900, to
hold an international exposition in Chicago
III 1892. In that year it will be 400 years
Since Columbus discovered America.
a TRAIN was thrown from the track by an
immense boulder near Asheville, n. c., and
plunged into whirlpool eighty feet deep.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman were
killed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
sketch of AlphonsO's Life.

Alfonso MI. was the son of Queen Isabella
II. and the Prince Consort Francisco de AS
sis. her cousin. He was born November Is,
1851, and bore the title of prince of the As
turias until his accession to the throne in De-
cember. 1874. The revolution of 1868 drove
his mother from power, and the young prince
was educated in exile partly in Austria. part
" in France, and in England. On the over
throw of the republic by military conspir
acy led by Generals Martinez, Campos and
Paviaf in 1874 Alfonso was proclaime king,
his mother having some time previously alb
dictated in his favor. A regency was pro-
claimed on December 81, under the presidency
of Senior Canovas del Castillo, the present
premier, and Alfonso made his triumphal
entry into Madrid January II, 1915 The
country was rent in civil war, the partsans
of Don Carlos being still in possession of
portions of the Bisque provinces and
large bodies of troops having still to
be kept in the Southern cities to overawe
the Intransgentes. whose formidable insur-
rection had just been suppressed. The boy
king was brought to the front and assumed
the nominal command of the armies operat-
ing against the Carsts in the North, but his
first battle was a disastrous defeat, and for
time it looked as il his tenure of the throne
was doomed to be of short duration Finally
after much sanguinary fighting the Carlists
We're put down and from that time till his
death there was no serious in>urrecton, al
though Carists and Renublicans ne yer ceased
airy %, 1875 to the Princess de las Mercedes.
daughter of the Due de Montpensier, one of
the sons of Louis Philippe, the deposed king
of the French, but the young queen lived
only few months after the marriage. The
present queen his second wife, Marie Chris
tina, is a daughter of the late Archduke
Charles OF Austria. By her he had two chill
dren, both daughters.
The king has not been in good health since
the spring OF 1854. At that time he began
to show signs of catarrhal fever. and in the
summer he took the waters of Beteln with
complete success. Last summer he was again
recommended to take a second course of the
waters, but he declined to 90 to Beteln and
separated from the royal family, as cholera
was raging but two leagues from his summer
quarters in La Grania. Since September he
has suffered from catarrhal fever indiges-
ton and diarrhma. The kings condition has
been greatly impaired by his utter disregard
of his physicians advice TO take care of him
self
During the prevalence Of cholera in Spain
last summer King Alphonso visited the in
fected districts and by his action greatly en-
deared himself to the mass of the Spanish
people.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
COST OF GRANTS FUNERAL,
The ndcrta'>ers viii Unpaid Some
Items of Expense.

Undertaken stephen Merritt, of New
York, was shown copies of Western newspa-
pers containing statements that his bill for
the funeral expenses of General Grant had
been refused payment by the war depart
ment accounting officers 1t is alleged in
these dispatches that the total expenses for
the funeral amounted to $1,000, of which
$1,000 was charged for carriages. The state
ment is s. ma ie that an Objectionable item
in the funeral charges is the $50 asked for the
carriage used by certain naval Official. Gen
eral Hancock is quoted as opposing the allow.
ance OF these charges on the ground that
they are exc,s i've 4Ir. Merritt and his son,
who is partner in the firm, expressed an
noyance and surprise over the matter ''Our
bill is very moiera'c,' they stated, and
amounts to 81 liS. - only. We don't know
where the other Sl4 1000 comes in, Our bill
includes all expenses at Mount Nc
Gregor, wh're we had five men working
day and night for sixteen days, railroad rare
up and down from New Ork, the cost OF the
caSket, the preparations of all kinds before
burial the gloves and trimmings of all con
cerned, the carriages, horses and indeed
everything required for the burial occasion,
The largest charge for any one carriage was
s35. This was for President Cleveland, and
was drawn by six horses; the Nice-Presi
dents carriage had four horses, and the
others two each. No charge of $50 for the
carriage of naval officer is in our bill,
and we made no item of G,0O0
the largest item being $3.50
for more than 800 carriages. This is very
reasonable when it is considered that the
New York owners Of carriages put up a
corner on us as soon as General Grant died.
1t required much tact to do anything with
carriage owners and we only broke the
corner prices by securing vehicles
from Brooklyn and Jersey City, Even
owners out of town put up prices" Refer
ing to the statement Of opposition to his bill
on the part of General Hancock, Undertaken
Merritt said: Il can scarcely believe it.
Why Colonel Hodges and General Perry,
commenting on my bill when it was pre-,
sented to them for auditing said it was sur
prisingly moderate. The whole trouble or,
iginates, think, over the lack of money in
the war department to the credit of the con.
tingent fund out of which the funeral ex.
penses must be paid
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04

Large crowds viewed the procession, anc
every building along the line of march was
draped in mourning At Il - the doors Of
the court Rouse were thrown open, aud an
apparently endless line of spectators hegan
TO enter for last look at the dead Vice
President Only the bust and face Of Mr.
Hendricks were visible through the heavy
plate glass. The body was arrayed IN even
ing dress Of black brualcolh, high collar
and white silk tie, and plain shirt front
with gold studs. Tho features
were remarkably natural and liie,ike with
the exception of n slight discoloratlon lust
under the eyes. There was no look If pain
or suffering, but rather Of quiet relic on the
face. The first to pass through the cata-
ialquo and look upon that countenance,
with which, in life, they had heeu
50 familiar, were the various
committees and organizations that part.ci-
pated in the parade. During the dav and
evening and on the following day the
body was viewed by many thousands Of poo
ole.
Owing TO the requests of many prominent
men of both parties President Cleveland
decided on the 18th not to leave Washington
to attend Mr. IIendrcks' funeral 1t was
generally argued that as Congress was not in
session to appoint a successor to MIR Hem
bricks, it would lie unadvisable for MIR.
Cleveland, the head Of the government to
leave the city, as in case of accident the
country would be without chief magistrate
and without any one to officially take thu
place Of President.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
PIRATES ON A STEAMER.
The Captain Stable and Ehro - !,
OIerDOard by Pnssengrrs.

The British steamer Grey hound, Capt,i-
C. w. Sieder, trading hetwcon Hong X ong
and Pakhoi, left tho former port recently on
one of her regular trips with 800 passengers
and a general cargo When the steamer was
about seventy miles southwest OF Hong X ong
about forty apparently innOcelt passengers
who were scattered over the vessel suddenly
opened fire with revolvers on the unallSpe Il
ing officers. The captain attempted to reach
the chart room to arm himself, but was met
with volley from the pirates and was stab
bed AMI thrown overheard. Tho only
other white officers on board We're the first
and second mates and the chief and assistant
engineers. The chief officer and thu assistant
engineer were forced at the point of a re-
Vulver to work the vessel while the others
with the remainder OF the passengers aud the
Chinese crew of twenty-five men, were pla ccd
in the hold, and the matches batteued down
The pirates then ransacked the steamer
The vessel was turned about and
when about forty miles from Hong
X ong three iunks came alongside. tool, off
the pirates and their plumber, valued at $40.
900, and sal ell away. The pirates were in
possession of the vessel nearly nine hours.
Tho Chinese authorities have captured two
lunks containing property taken from the
Greyhound, and six men who were concerned
in the outrage The prisoners have been
taken to Canton, where they will probably
10 beheaded.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
LYING IN STAT.
The ROdy Of 'Ir. Hendricks Carried
20 the indianapolis Court hEOuAe.

The body of Mr. Hendricks was carried in
procession from his home to the court house
in indianapolis ON the 18th. At 1880 A. NJ.
the local military companies under command
OF AdJutaut- General koontz and the govern
Ors staff, formed in line, mar ched to the Hen
bricks residence, and were drawn up in line
in front of the gate, the crowd pressing
back in the side streets The hcarse had pre-
coded them. 1t was drawn by four black
horses, caparisoned in emblems of mourning.
with black plumes nodding from their heads,
at which stood uniformed soldiers The
hearse was covered with silken flags, festooned
with Grape. Promptly at II o'clock the burial
casket was placed in the hcarse, and the pro-
ce-sion slowly moved toward the court house
in the following order;
Metropolitan Police force. in full dress uni
form, wearing Grape on badges and arms
Tho Adjutant General of the state and the
Governors military staff, in full uni
form and mounted.
Military baud from the Columbus Ohio,
barracks.
Local military companies, with guns reversed,
drums muttied, and wearing emblems of
mourning, in the following order: In
dianapolis Light Infantry, is men;
the Emmett Guards, 30 men;
the Rice Zouaves, 30 men;
The Streight Rifles, young colored men, Al
men; the Richardson Zouaves, - men;
three companies Indianapolis Light
Artillery.
The hearse, with pail bearers and a detach-
ment of police as guard of honor.
The Mayor of tue city
Members of the Common Council and Board
of Alderman.
The various committees and citizens gen-
orally.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
A GREAT STORM,
Much Damage Done Along the Allan
tic Coast.

great storm which ragged in New York
and vicinity for two days spread devasta-
ton in its track. The tidal wave
created by the easterly and northeasterly
gales rolled up over the coasts of New Jersey
and Long Island, running property to tho ex-
tent of tens of thousands of dollars. 1t united
with the downpouring rain to inundate the
streets of New York and the adjacent cities,
wherein there was also serious damage to
property. In New York the tide was the
highest ever known, and many cellars were
flooded.
A full rugged ship was wrecked on the Jer-
sey coast at Ocean Beach, and one sailor was
drowned. The stranded schooner Peacedale
went to pieces, The roadbeds of nearly all
the railways leading out of New Yorl. were
more or less damaged. Coney Island was
cut in two by the high tide. Several bad
washouts, are reported. The passen-
Newark meadows became panic stricken
when the engine of their train was derailed.
They had to be rescued in rowboats from the
surrounding waters. Among the New Jersey
summer resorts the destruction was heavy,
many cottages and bathing houses at Long
Branch Seabright, Asbury Parl, and other
places being washed away.
Travel was delayed everywhere: tclegraphic
communication was impeded; business was
brought almost to a standstill; loss, trouble
and discomfort were the order of the day.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
THE PENSION BUREAU.
Figures from COmmIssiOner Black.
Annual Report.

General John c. Black, commissioner Of
pensions, in his annual report says there were
at the close of the past fiscal year 3i5,.
1875 pensioners; during the year there
were added 35,7Gs new names
and 1885 reinstatements; during the
same period the names of IS, 233 pension.
sioners were dropped from the roll for va
rlous causes leaving net increase of q, 8j9.
The average annual value of each at the close
of the year is no., SO, and the aggregate an
nual value of all pensions il So, $50, 9S5.
The amount paid for pensions during the
year is S6i,91S, 49,. Claims filed on account
of disability number j55,OSS and on account
of death allhged to be due to causes
originating in the service. 335 POO
The acts of 1871 and 1878 provided for a
pension on account of service during the war
of 1872. Since 1871, n, 800 claims of this
class have been tled-34 G73 by the surviving
soldiers and sailors and l3, sS3 by the willows
OF those who served in that war or this
numher-war Of lsl2-59, sos have been al
lowed, %, 6i6 to the SUI vivors and "a, 1872 to
the widows. In the aggregate, since 1861,
o6S,Si0 claims have been fled and $50, S9i
have been allowed. The amount paid tor
pensions since 1861 is S744 O4O,5Il.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

LAWRENCE BARRETT will write biogra.
pay of the late John Mccullough
Mrs. LANGTRY has lately met with unus-
ual success on the stage at Nottingham and
Liverpool
ADELINA PATTI is to sing at Bucharest
and Constantinople, in Lucia al Bar
biere," and LA Traviata."
NINE SOPHIE MENTER, the famous pianist,
is now enjoying the possession of a fortune
OF $4,000, 900, left to her by Russian admirer.
MARGARET MATHER celebrates her one
hundredth performance of Juliet at the
Union Square theatre, New York, January
TO-
MADELEINE BROHAN, having permanently
retired from the stage ON account of failing
health, will presently publish a volume of
personal recollections entitled "UnGer the
Clock in the Foyer
VERDI, the Italian composer, now in his
seventy-tifth year, doubts il he will finish his
"lago." He says it is uncertain work to at
tempt to clothe in musical notes the passions
one Is too old to feel or to imagine
THEY have been trying to establish a school
of acting in England, but the institution
closed its doors after a very short season.
An English review says such a school can
only succeed in connection with subsidized
national theatre
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
VICTIMS OF THE FLAMES,
Tragic FcsuIts Of Z; New York Zen.
enpn. L5O.ySc Fire

cmcht L5OISc Eirc.
Tho New ork papers give the following
details Of fire in a large tenement house on
East Sixty-fourth street, at which widow
and her two little children were burned to
death:
An alarm of fire had been sent out and the
engines arrived promptly, but the stairs
Were soon ablazo to the sixth floor, and
escape by them was impossible Not more
than dozen persons reached the street
that way. The others either went TO
the roof or to the front and rear balloon.
les Although tbore was much excitement
and the women were screaming and the
children were crying, there was ample time
ana opportunity for every one in the house
to have escaped. When the fremen arrived
they got out life-saving apparatus, and
nine persons were taken down from the
balconies OF the second and third
floors in this way. No report was made
at that time that any one was missing. The
tenants at 40 4OD escaped easily to the
street. many. however, in their night clothes.
The homeless people were cared for by the
netshbors and in an diacent saloon, the pro-
prictor of which made a number of them as
comfortable rs possible.
The fire spread out OF the third floor of
No. 404, and above that destroyed every de-
partment TO the roof, which fell in and ex-
tended TO the rear apartments on the sixth
floor Of No. 4O6 and the roof OF NJ p. Breslin's
cigar mandatory at No. 4J2 When the
fire was completely under control and COM
panies began to overhaul the wreck
of the three under floors of No 404 a
rumor was started that Mrs. Mary Fialka and
her children-Mary, aged seven, and Annie,
aged sx-Were burned. The woman, who
was a widow about forty years old, lived and
made cigars on an apartment on the front of
the sixth floor She was not seen by her
neighbors when they escap ii, but they sup
posed she was safe.a they heard no cutlery in
her apartment. The firemen began search
i'll the week of the sixth floor which had
fallen to the fifth floor, and came upon the
bodies. 1t was evident Mrs. Fialka had been
surprised by the flames, as she had only one
of her children near her, and she appeared to
have fallen while endeavoring to reach the
fire escape balcony The other child was
found in another room. The bodies, which
were shockingly charred, were taken to the
morgue.
Henry Kohut, a young Bohemian cigar
maker, was arrested Oh the charge of having
st fire to the building for the purpose of
getting the insurance upon his furniture. The
other tenants We're 50 Infatuated at Kohut
that they wanted to lynch him.