Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
A Hasty Glance at Occurrences in Ever,
Direction.


Direction.
The Grant monument fund now amount 5
to Sll5,SSO.
Mary q. Terry persisted in the burn
ing of the lighthouse at Sand Point, Mich,
Friday.
Poundmaker and eleven other braves in
the Northwest who co-Operated with kiel
have been released.
In the chess contest at New Orleans,
Saturday, Steinitz resigned at the end of
the sixty-sixth move,
Charles G. Maple, florist, of Gloucester,
y. D., shot his daughter Thursday night,
installing her for a burglar.
Early yesterday morning 1875 Chinese
were driven from Mount Tabor near Port
land, Oregon, by masked men.
Gen. II. NJ. Nogle who distinguished
himself in the Mexican and civil wars,
died yesterday at Santa Clara, Cal.
A negro was lynched in Monmouth
| county, n. j., Saturday morning, for com
hitting an outrage on young girl.
Miss Lizette Harbig, a school teacher at
Tiflin, Ohio, accomplished the unparalleled
feat of whipping 81 boys in 80 minutes.
Republican legislators at Albany favor
submitting Il proposition for constitu-
tional amendment TO the popular vote
next fall.
The Akron, Ohio, oatmeal factory was
burned Saturday morning. The loss is
estimated at S3OO,0OO; insurance not yet
known.
Ex-Governor Frederick Smyth of New
Hampshire, and Miss Marion II. Cossar,
were married at Edinburgh, Scotland
| February %.
A teacher in Marcellus, Mich, punished
a child shortly since. The father attacked
the teacher with a razor, cutting him So
as to expose his heart.
Last night at Portland, Oregon, Charles
Burgess shot and killed Mrs. Emma 81
mons and then shot and killed himself.
She had rejected his suit. Both died.
Yesterday morning Mary Allen, aged 80,
WAS found near HoOksett, n. H., with her
legs frozen stiff up to her body ais o hel
! hands and face. She has since died.
Urge numbers of Chinese lately driven
| from Oregon and the Northern territories,
are concentrating at San Francisco, pre-
paratory to going to Texas and Louisiana.
! The Massachusetts senate has passed
| the biennial elections bill to the third read
ing, and passed to be engrossed the bill
prohibiting the sale or gift of tobacco tC
minors.
A bill has been introduced in the Mary
land legislature directing the congress
men to endeavor to secure compensation
for losses sustained by Maryland in the
emancipation of slaves.
Timothy Smith who died in the town
poor house at Uniondale, l.. l., the other
day aged 20, was pronounced dead and
laid out for burial "A hours before death
really occurred.
ALSO yard foot race between William
Hough Of New York and Charles Gibson
at San Francisco for SO side, was won
by the latter in l4l-2 seconds, beating all
records by one half second
The production of anthracite coal for
the week ended Feb. ~ was Cps, 7jS tons
against 695, 1913 tons last year, and from
January to February pa, SS7, 69S against
1854, 342 last year
The Dominion government has decided
to raise liquor licenses as follows In
cities of over 10000 inhabitants, to $3.50
under 10000 500; towns $3.50; villages,
$40 townships SlO0 saloons in cities,
$500 and towns 5000.
The ceremony of comforting the palium
upon Archbishop COrrgan of Baltimore,
who now takes charge of the see of New
York, occurred in New York yesterday.
Cardinal-elect Gibbons and scores of other
prelates and priests were present.
Information has just been received by
Mcdonnell u Sons of Quincy, Mass, of
the loss of about $4,000 through an EN-
bezzlement committed by Frank b. Gil
man, the manager of their affairs in But
falo who has been living in an eXtraVa
CANT way. The firm concluded not tC
prosecute him, but he probably has gone
to Canada.