Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-02
GENERAL SUMMARY.
New, and Notcs from all Quarters.

News and NotcS from all Quarters.
The virginia Democracy viii recon-
mend ext Congressman Goode to Cleveland
for secretary OF the navy.
GOV. sherman of iowa Is being urged to
call an extra session Of the state lrgiSla-
turc 10 consider the question OF railway
freightS.
At Athens, Tex, Christmas night, some
unknown person attempted 10 HSsdssinutc
KEY. Mr.. BROOKS. Presbyterian clergy
man.
Commander Gror.t, Dewey will he given
the command al che United States steamer
Pensacola.
.Twenty-onc little waf, who persisted in
the lire at the BrOJklNn orphan asylum
some days ago, were buried Saturday
morning in the Holy Cross cemetery at
flathuSh The funeral services took place
at the Church Of Our Lady of Victory.
On the Jersey Central railroad, between
Fanwopd and Wcstlield, and internal ma
chine was placed on Friday. hut was dis
covered and removed IN time to prevent
perhaps, terrible accident.
The Russian government has closed nu-
mfrous Catholic converts managed by
sisters Of Charity in Russian Poland be
cause they favored Polish patients and
tired To make prOsclNtcS.
At Lamontc, NO, while Joseph Robin
son ana Il party were treating newly
married couple to an old-time Charavari
Robinson was accidentally shot and killed
~ one Of his friends.
DIR. George II. Atkinson. prominent
surgeon Of brooklyn, is dying of blood
poisoning. He recently performed an Op-
Grafton on a m1n who was suffering from
Il pOlSunDdS disease and had Il slight cut
on his hpnd through which the poison
entered hi, system
Nellie Lynch. daughter of John Lynch,
samuel j I.,den'~ gardener, at Grey
stone. ~aWa runaway horse approaching
hrr Al fun speed Friday. as she was cross
M street in Gonkers. She succeeded in
getting uut of the way, but She had re
,VlNcd such shock from fright that she
tainted and died i'm Il few minutes.
Joseph \, CoonS cashier of the hotel
Nluscr 1T st Louis, cloped with one of the
female bourders Of the hotel Friday. He
took with him $500 of the hotels money,
together with 800 belonging to his wife.
She Is thus left penniless Coons went to
st Louis from Chicago and commenced
as Office clerk in the hotel, and in this po-
sitinn he gained a reputation for honesty
and square dealing which led to his pro-
motion as cashier.
The coroner claims to have discovered
that It. John home, Brooklyn, was fired
by one of the inmates named John
q tirlrn. q Brieu admits having set fire
10 II" building, but claims it was an acct
urnl. ur coroner l. not satisfied on that
point II" VIII make ii searching iuveSti-
cation ana he thinks there l. a possibility
ne was punished and fired the building
ont Of revenge O'}ricu j. fourteen wears
o'd and assisted in the laundry ON wash
days.
The later details of the earthquake in
spain show that the damage to property
and the loss Of life were both much great
~ than was ut first believed. The PROV
AIIlDtrl
scenes of the sevcrcSt disturbances Srv-
erai places were partially destroyed. The
mayor reports that many parts of Albu-
queros are in ruins. and that as many rs
100 persons are believed to have persisted.
At Arenas Del Rcy 20 persons are killed.
Disasters are likewise reported from other
towns. Sh-ht shocks of earthquake have
been been feIt III many places i'll spain since
In the chapel Of tn" Mission of the Holy
Cross OF the Protestant Episcopal church
III New y "rk, ut recent private cclebra-
ton of the Itoly Communion, Rex. James
O. ;. Huntington, son Of Bishop Hunting
ton. took ON himself the VOWS of the order
of the Holy Cross. Assistant BiShou
Henry {. Potter received the profession.
lhc dress of the members of the order
consists OF Il black bcrctta, and Il long. dark
mOnkl>h looking gown. confined at the
waist 10y a black cord passed three times
around the body. From Il black string
about the neck depends Il black CruciiiX
II Is said that the cruciliX worn by Rev.
Nh Huntington was blessed ON the altar
when he joined the order He passed
through uuvitatc of two years. There
are but TWO members of the order in
America They are Rev. Mr.. Huntington
and Rev. K. :. Dod, and they live in a
plain and plainly furnished house in Thr
teenth street between First and Second
avenues much of the time of the two
members OF the order" said clergyman
yesterday, is spent in praying In fact
prayer is their life, and 1t is their theory
Much OF their time is spent IN doing good
among the poor ON the east side. Prayer
drives them to this work. The ORDER was
founded in England. but this i not Il
branch of the English Order of the Holy
Cross.