Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Hasty Glance at Occurrences In Every
Direction.

Inc custom mouse at BuenOs Ayres with
all its contents was DESTROYED by fire Fri
day Loss s5,000,000.
Round trip first class tickets from the
Missouri river to San Francisco and .os
Angeles and return, good for six months,
are sold for SO.
Business failures throughout the coun-
try during the last week for the United
states are PA, and for Canada %, or total
OF 239, rs compared with 2i6 last week
An unknown man committed suicide at
Niagara Falls, Friday by deliberately
jumping into the river from a small plat
form on Cedar Island and boldly swim
ming right over the cataract.
The steamer Ike Bonham blew up
Thursday II miles below Vicksburg
Miss, killing the mate and several others
Baltimore Methodists have started n
movement to erect monument to John
Wesley ut Washington.
Samuel j. Tilden will have his yacht
Viking ready for an ocean voyage by May
20.
William Lacey, Il colored burglar con
fined in the st. Louis jail under peniten-
tiary sentence, cut off his little finger and
sent it to his sweetheart, as u token of af
lection.
At New Orleans, three burglars entered
a room occupied by ;Efiie Henkins, a noto
rlous woman and j. p Carroll a race
horse owner and took diamonds and Jew
els valued at $40, 900.
Delano Robinson, who has lived in a
forest hut alone, near Lynn, Mass. for
the past eight years, has committed sui.
eide with Rough on Rats.
John Iildreth, town treasurer of Stowe,
Mass, is missing, leaving deficit of 500
QUO IN his accounts.
An examination of the books of County
treasurer Hollinsworth of Nincennes
Ind, shows shortage of S1S,21S. He was
wealthy farmer when he took the treas
urer's office. Gambling was the cause.
The copper mills at Victor Mills. near
Saratoga, n. y, were Thursday shut
down owing to strike of the operatives
An Ottawa dispatch says the medical
commission of inquiry in Riel's mental
condition, have reported to parliament
that Riel was sane and responsible for his
acts.
James Holland, who was acquitted of
the murder of Davis, the New York swind-
Ter, has left for his home in Texas. His
trial cost him over $1,000.
The steamer Blagdon, which has Just
arrived at Boston, passed through a field
of ice five miles in length on March 4.
The New Jersey assembly has passed Il
measure authorizing the construction of Il
bridge across Staten Island sound.
The old tea and coffee firm of Clahin
assignment, with liabilities of $4,000.
The three Schoolcraft brothers. on trial
at McLanesboro, His, for the murder of
John Mann, have been found guilty and
sentenced to % years Imprisonment each
Gen. Maggie left an estate valued at 81,
100000. 1t is to be divided equally be-
tween his two daughters.
The Utah Legislature has showed the
first sign of concession in agreeing to ap-
ipf ia ff,r r t.l1
down repeatedly.
The notorious Archer brothers, who
have been confined in the county Jail at
Shoals, Ind, under charges of murder,
eNpiated their crime at the hands of IA
mob Wednesday morning.
The jury in the $4,000 libel suit brought
in Worcester, Mass, by the Rev. George
Bremmer against Judge Arthur \. Put
man, for SANDER regarding Bremmer's re-
lations with the judges wife have return
ed Il verdict for the defendant.
The dime savings bank of New Bruins
wick, y. j., has been closed by orders of
the secretary of state. Arthur q. Ogilby,
the secretary and treasurer is rumored TO
be SSO,O00 short in his accounts.
Miss Theodore kolyer of New York has
obtained a verdict of $4,000 against
Messrs. Thurber, Whyland x Co., whole
sale grocers for injury to her health caused
by eating canned tomatoes put up by the
defendants, and found to contain muriate
of zinc.
Georoe G. Small of Now York we'll
known writer and bnmoriSt known nnder
the nom de plume of Bricktop, has died of
CONSUMPTION.
/ A contention of deIocatas from, tbe muei.
cal nrntective nniono ~ tbe i&nita'I Statae
nos heen IN seSsinn in Nh Tnrt for tbe
INST tbrea davs and hos nermnnentIv or
Panized
Cella SIMON the young ana accom-
pllsaeu daughter OF Dayld SIMON Jew
i isn leed ana nour nercnanu OF IHhicago,
las eiopeu WIN anu ilallleu beloles'
0nll'h' street car conductor.
Mrs NJ. }. Blaisdell OF Pelican Rapids
Mill, mas sueI \. u; Nlnhey Oh thal
pace anu II. =, ucker Oh NeW l oTk, VINO
laiseiy represented NE himself as mormon
eluer, loI flu,oou i0r conspiilug 10 nave
produced ploloeraPIis represeh'lhs her rs
peihS embraced ny lucNer.
Religious revivals are ilourishing won
derfully all over the northern part of In
diana.
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