Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-24

owned by the company, as well as those of
individual OPERATORS will close down.
Over one-third Of all the collieries have al
ready shut down entirely. These employ
about 5000 men. The officials say that of
the 20, 900 coal cars in service over 1000,
all loaded, are side tracked near the mines,
5000 more, all loaded, are now lying along
the Compauy's lines the company's lines
are blocked with loaded cars between Nice
town and Port Richmond and 800, 900
tons of coal now lying at the latter place.
Hon. Frederick Chase, treasurer of
Dartmouth college and judge of pro
bate for Grafton county, who was taken
SICK January 10 with the influenza. died
at Hanover at s O'Clock Sunday
morning. Overwork during the past few
weeks chiefly in connection with the rev
sion of the proof sheets of the first volume
of his history of Dartmouth college and the
town of Hanover, had so reduced his
strength that lie was unable to rally from
the extreme prostration characteristic of
the disease.
La Plant, the aged murderer at
Haverhin, ~ H., made two attempts at
suicide Friday. During the day he fast
cned a muifer, which he wore to the cell
door and attempted hanging but was pre-
vented Later one of the prisoners at the
Jail received an express bundle La Plant
watched an opportunity and secured the rope
which came around the bundle He quietly
waited until evening when he fastened the
rope to the cell door. a prisoner in an ad-
joining cell heard n gurgling sound and
succeeded in arousing an officer, who found
him LA Plant black in the face
Monday morning, a horse in Newburgh,
y. Y, touched an awning post and fell into
the gutter like a log. Thomas Dawson ran
to help the horse, but as soon as he placed
his hands on the animal he Dawson) fell
dead. Thomas Saltz nnstened to his assist
ance and took hold of him to lift him up, but
received terrible shock, and he too dropped
to the ground, as if dead. The arc electric
light wire had sagged and lay upon the iron
roi extending from the awning post TO the
building; and the full force of the electric
current was passing down the iron post into
the ground. The insulating material Of the
wire had become thoroughly saturated by
rain. Saltz revived after awhile.
Wall street inancicr5 claim to have
discovered a band of Mexicans calling
| themselves "a private bank who have
been coming United States silver dollars
| and issuing the same to Mexicans who give
! them in return for goods purchased on this
/ side The United States silver dollar oi
| the present only contains - cents worth OF
! bullion and with stamp the exact counter
part of those used at the United State.
mnts to stamp out the dollar, there is
nothing counterfeit about the dollar, and il
is therefore difficult to detect it. Gentle
men who have made the discovery, are OF
the opinion that this Wholesale coming OF
unauthorized silver dollars has been going
on fpt bo o. xVD N9a nd - bu nI
least 1000, 00O illegal dollars have been
fosted upon the citizens of the United
! States by Mexicans.
| Rev n. T. Dyer, who has had
charge of church near the Rhode
/ Island line in Dighton for two years, ha.
been greatly worried on account OF the pre-
valence of hugging and kissing games
among his people. Mr. Dyer recently un
dertook a crusade against the practice, ant
IA result has been subjected to many in
/ dguitie-. The dominie's dooI has been tieC
up his gate has been nailed and his evening
, walks have been enlivcncd by blank cart
ridges. Tobacco smoke has been putfel
through the keYhole of the vestry, extra
ordinary amNunts Of candy have beer
.ruuched in service bald head. i'm church nav,
been used as target, for % Is and suci
missiles and in ota-r ways tho good man =,
life has been made miserable. This minis
ter threatens to bring the offenders before
the courts
A bill has been introduced in Congress b,
Gov. Bingham OF Pennsylvania for marking
the lines of battle, position of troops SC
of the Southern army at Gettysburg, a
has already been doue In the case of tn
Northern army. The bill provides for lay
ing out and constructing 24 miles OF drive
way along tho lines of battle occupied b,
the confederate army on the morning o
July |, > 3, 1868. and for erecting on thos
avenues 1850 tablets, with historic legends
compiled without praise and without cen
sure, to mark the positions of corps, divi
siOns, brigaLes, regiments, battalions an,
batteries, to be done by or under the super
vision of Col, John b. Batchelor, govern
mcnt historian of the battle, assisted by Off
cers OF the several commands under the d
rec,ion of the secretary Of war An appro
; priation Of $50 600 is asked. Every hviu
corps commander and many prominent Oil
GERS of the army of the Potomac favor tn
. nactment of this measure.