Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27


Prof. Brooks.
Hiram Field of BellowsFals, a brakeman
on the Cheshire railroad, fell from freight
train near Fitzwiliam Summit early Tuesday
morning and was killed He was about 80
years of age and married. but had no child
ren.
In a difficulty between whites and blacks
Mt Pottscamp, Miss, Saturday, four white
men were badly cut and bruised about the
head two negroes were killed and another
shot but not dangerously hurt.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Lange Gar
dien near Ottawa Monday night w.
Ford killed his wife and then attacked his
daughter and sister-inlaw. Failing in his
attempt to kill them he fired the house and
cut his own throat.
Mrs. President Harrison is deluged with
letters from cranks about that hstoI Sal
whiskey punch. which she did not give to
the Pan American delegates q couple of
months ago, but which many temperance
fanatics are bound to believe she did
John Cameron of Plaindeld, N. Y, one of
tho contractors engaged in building the
kinderhook and Hudson railroad, has been
arrested, charged with the embe2zlemqGt of
over $4,000 from the railroad company.
Other persons are said 10 be implicated.
Two silver bars, worth $4,000, were
lost off a truck which was carrying $500,
600 in silver from the American Exchange
National bank 1913 Broadway, New York
to the Cunard steamer Etruria at pier 40,
North river. The bars each weighed more
| than half ton.
Grave robbers have been at work lately
in Washington and carriage containing
two bodies was stopped by the police on
Friday night. One of the bodies was iden-
titled as that of a Washington lady whose
husband threatens to shoot on sight those
connected with the crime.
A majority of the coal miners in the
| Monongahea valley resumed operationsMon-
day at half cent per bushel advance. A
few miners are still idle, but all will be in
operation within ten days. The resumption
gives employment to 5000 men who have
been on strike two months.
Mrs. David Edwards, a resident of Long
| Hill in Stepuey, Conn, was thrown from
her carriage late Tuesday afternoon in the
outskirts of the town by collision with 9
runaway team going in an opposite direc
tion. Mrs. Edwards received injuries from
which she died Tuesday.
Henry ". Grady, the well-known editor
of the Atlanta Constitution, died of pneu-
monia early Monday morning. The funeral
took place on Christmas afternoon and was
very largely attended On Thursday public
services were held at the new capitol in At
lanta and at many other cities in Georgia
Another dynamite bomb was found
Tuesday afternoon inside the prison
yard at Jackson Mich, where it had
| probably been secreted to be used at the
first favorable opportunity in wrecking the
walls and perhaps releasing a number ot
| desperate convicts.
Max Mantwell of Chicago was literary
hacked to pieces by 60 knife wounds. His
wife who was less than 30 fseJ distant &C
knowled ges that she heard strange noises
but took no pains to investigate. One
Eberlng, whose name has been coupled
with Mrs, Mantwell is suspected
J. NJ. Thompson and j. T. Carter, promi-
nent citizens engaged in street fight at
Pensacola, Fla, Saturday and Carter was
stabbed and killed. Mrs. Thompson was the
divorced wife of Carter, who has since fire.
quently insulted her. Public sentiment il
strongly with Thompson, who is now under
| arrest.
A shocking accident occurred at the Til
den public school in Detroit early Thurs
day evening. while IS girls were rehears
ing a Christmas cantata. The costume,
of the girls accidentally caught fire from q
candle and all the children were burned
more or less. Three girls have since dice
and other deaths may follow.
Two largely attended mass meetings wer
held in Pittsburg, Pa, under the auspices o
the National Reform ASSOCIATE on to protes
against Roman Catholic interference wit
public schools. Resolutions were adopte
protesting against any concessions to tn
Catholics by public school authorities AM
against the appropriation of any money u
parochial schools.
Charles Shear wife and three children
We're found in their home at Niles Ohio
Sunday with their throats cut from ear tc
ear. The theory advanced is that Shelar
i'll a fit of madness, cut the throat of hi
wife and children and then his own, The
weapon used was razor purchased by
Shelar Saturday evening.
A crazy man at East Templeton, Que
W. r. Ford by name, murdered hi
wife Tuesday night He then attack
ed his sister-in-law, Mis- Bushy, and hi
little daughter, VINO were asleep up stairs
but after desperate struggle they escaped
to a neighbour house. Ford theu cut IN
throat with "A razor.
Austin Cary Field 30 or 30 years old and
married, "A tutor of Worcester, but mental,
unbalanced, slipped away from the keepe
who had him in charge on the Shore Line
train from New York, and going to tn
platform stepped Off while the train wa
running at a high rate of speed. He wa
instantly killed, but the body bore no prom
inent marks of injury.
Two young men named Wall and Taylo
We're walking on Clark street in Chica
go early Friday morning, when
well dressed man accostcd them with al
insulting remark. Wall struck him, anC
the stranger whipped out dagger an
plunged it into Walls groin. lie thel
turned upon Taylor and cut his left eye out
The stranger escaped and left no clue
a riot occurred Wednesday at JesuI
54 miles south Of Savannah Ga. Tw
white men We're killed and two 9th
ers seriously wounded. Several ne
groes were reported killed Tho Georg
Huzzars and troops of the First Regimen
of the Georgia cavalry sent two detach
ments Of men to Jesup that night, as NOR
! trouble was apprehenled.