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

small town near the Maryland line, Tues
day, and cut them both fatally with
razor. Peterson escaped to the woods
Anson Dewey, a wealthy farmer and
owner of the grist mill at Vestal near Bing-
hamton, N. Y, committed suicide by
cutting his throat Christmas afternoon,
owing to his dread of going to the poor
house. He was 70 years old. After his
death $4,000 in gold and over $1,000 in bills
were found concealed in old tin cans in
the cellar.
While Mrs Daniel Carter was driving on
Railroad street in Wakefield, Mass, Christ
mas afternoon her horse ran away,
colliding with a team containing Chief En-
gineer Cobb of the fire department and
friend, throwing the two latter out and in
juring them severely about the head. Mrs.
Carter's horse continued his flight and ran
into a tree throwing Mrs. Carter to the
ground and causing probable fatal injuries
1t is stated that a syndicate has been
formed for the purchase of the New York
Star and that the option on the paper has
been secured from C. p. Huntington. The
price of the paper will be reduced to one
cent and the name may be changed to the
Democrat. Two members of the syndicate
went to Washington TO talk to Congressman
A. j. Cummings to offer him 0,000 per
year and l6 per cent Of all profits to manage
the paper under its new administration
John Culver, the obstinate juror in the
Cronin trial has begun a suit in the Supe-
rior Court against the Chicago Herald,
claiming damages of S25, 900 on account Of
an article concerning him, published in n
recent edition. Culver called on States At
torney Longenocker who called him either
rascal or a fool and stormy scene ensued.
The trial of the five jury bribers will be-
gin the first week in January.
The jury in the Navassa case in
Baltimore as to the murder Of Thomas
n. Foster, have rendered the following YER
dict; Henry Jones, guilty of murder i'll the
first degree; Caesar Foster and nine others,
guilty of manslaughter; James Phillips and
Moses Williams alias Dakota, not guilty,
and not agreed as to George S. Key and
six others Key was convicted of murder
the first trial and was only tried the second
time as a matter of form as accessory to the
murder of Foster
The Russian influenza has reached Detroit,
and curously enough, so far only bank en-
ployees are effected. This is attribute d
however, to the report that microbes travel
| in paper money, and when the contagious
paper has been freely circulated in the city
| it is expected the disease will become cpl
demic In the Preston National bank there
are four cases. The entire STAFF of the
| First National has it, and there are two
| cases in the Merchants & Manufacturers
bank. Lemeness is one of the general
| points in which it shows up.
1t is reported that the difficulty
between England and Portugal re-
| garding their African possessions will bC
submitted to Duke Ernest of SaxeCobourg
and Gotha for arbitration. The British
minister has had several long interviews
with Senor Comes, the Portuguese foreign
minister, on questions at issue. The Portu
gese corvette Mindello has been ordered tC
remain in Delago bay. Tho king of Portu
gal is suffering from an attack Of influenza
Dom Pedro and the ex-empress of Brazil are
in Oporto. The ex-empress is still indis
| posed.
Five convicts escaped from the penitep
tiary at Portsmouth, Ont, at about 1913,
Tuesday night, They We're working in til,
bakery and at 10 O'Clock overpowered anC
dragged the only guardian over them anC
| two convicts who refused TO Join them
! They then awaited the arrival of the two
night watchmen, dubbed one, throttled thC
other and bound and gagged them. Aftei
this they left, locking the bakery after
them and sealed the walls by means of ropes
and during the night they stole u boat an
left for the United States, - miles distant
All are desperate characters ana are wei
armed. They had from four to nine year.
each to serve.
Osamus b. Mattison, a member of the
31st, 33d, 34th and 35th Congresses
died at Utica, N Y, Sunday aged 81,
During 1861 he was charged with de-
claring that large number of members o
Congress were purchasable and a resolution
expeling hlm was introduced in the House
After bitter debate the resolution wa
taken and before it could taken up again
he resigned. Mr. Mattison was among the
prominent men poisoned at the National
hotel in Washington in what was believed
to be a pro-slavery plot to murder Presi
dent-elect Buchanan and Vice Presiden
Breckenridge He came near dying thel
and his health was permanently affected.
Reports concerning the condition of eX-
Speaker Randall are very discouragng
Friends from Philadelphia, who have visite,
him within the past fortnight say the iSsu
is question only of weeks and perhaps only
of days. His malady is now pronounced t
be a cancer of mysterious kind and he j
confined at times TO his bed. The serious
great care and the report has been given ou
almost every week that he would be able t.
resume his place in the House within few
days, but according to later reports there i
no likelihood that he will ever do so.
a brutalprze fight was fought in
barn four miles from Plymouth, Pa.
carly Tuesday morning, which in al
probability will end in murder. Jane
Burns and James Farrell were the principals
Pour rounds We're fought, charac
terized by most terrific slugging. Their
was no science but brute fore
took It's place When time was called il
the last round Burns was unable to respond
He was picked up and removed to an ad
joining farmhouse. A physician was sum
moned and IN examination revealed the fac
that Burns was badly injured internally il
the region of the stomach, Lock jaw set il
later and his death is expected.
Reports from the now republic OF
Brazil are to the effect that tn
national prosperity is increased on
grand scale. A commission has been ap
pointed to draft a constitution and electora
laws and the provisional government will, il
a few days decree religious freedom an,