Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-06
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do Great Deal of Damage
The Dark ide of Life-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.

was burned Friday. Loss 800, UOO.
A fire in Tucker & Barrys shipyard at
New Haven, Conn, Monday caused a loss
of $75, 600.
The Standard Oil Company has purchased
the Forest Oil Company at Pittsburg, for
ii, 600,0 900.
The business portion of Weser, Idaho,
was burned last week. Loss Sl25, 600, in
surance $25, 900.
There were about 65. 900 children in line
yesterday afternoon at the annual parade
of the Brooklyn Sunday school union.
Letters written by DR.. Peters and Lieut..
Liedmann, dated April 13, have been re-
ceved at Berlin. They were then at Ukum.
The fire which destroyed Boley & Sons
furniture establishment at Savannah, Ga,
caused the loss of $50, 900; insurance
$50, 900.
Fifty indictments have been found against
the board of freeholders of Mercer county,
n j. The free holders are charged with loose
management and reckless extravaganza.
Joseph Gobhart, a young boy, was so
severely punished week ago at the Daven-
port school in New Haven, Conn, that it
brought on apoplexy from which he died
Friday.
The Minneapolis Journal prints particu
lars of the formation of big cracker trust,
with capital of 10000 000,, and in
Guiding nearly every prominent maker in
the country.
Advices from Shanghai stated that the
steamer Pao Ching trading locally between
Chinese ports, has been destroyed by fire.
Twenty two persons who were on board
the steamer are missing.
Two sharpers appeared in the city of
Fall River, Mass, Memorial day and
have been working the three shells and bean
game. Victims to the extent of $50 are
heard from in all quarters.
A block of frame buildings consisting Of
cheap lodging houses, beer halls and res
taurants was burned at Seattle Wash, last
week. Loss, $50, 600; insurance, $l5, 900.
Five persons lost their lives in the flames.
a fire in the village of st. jacques De
L'Achigan, Canada, Monday burned 2S
houses, rendering that number of families
homeless. The losses will aggregate about
500, COO on which there was a small in
surance.
The south Atlantic fleet arrived at Port
Royal, S. c., the 2Sth. About 250 blue
jackets took part in the Memorial proceed
ings Friday The ladies of Beaufort gave
a reception and ball for the officers of the
fleet that night.
The New York Worlds st. Louis special
says: Henry Hoffman, a discharged en-
ploye, has confessed that he fired the Lacede
-four mills for revenge. The loss Is $50, 600
and is total The insurance policy lapsed
a few days ago.
The passenger coach of the train which
went through the drawbrid5e at Oakland,
Friday causing loss of Is lives was hauled
upon the beach Saturday afternoon. No
more bodies were found 1t is believed
that all the bodies have been recovered.
Frank Clark of Woodstock, Tuesday went
into Leetes's restaurant and called for some
oysters. The proprietor being unable to
serve him. Clark turned to go out. When
near the door he threw up his hands, OK
claimed "Oh, my Godn and dropped dead,
probably from heart disease.
1t is announced that the Choctaw 10 ttery
company is about to begin business with a
capital Of $500. 600. The charter was OBJ
tanned from the last Legislature of the
Choctaw nation, on that condition a large
share of the profits be turned over to the
Choctaw orphan asylum
The final sets in the court tennis
match between Thomas Petit of Boston
and Charles Saunders of England took
Petit, who won three sets Friday, making
a total Of seven to five for Saunders. Petit
was declared the champion of the world
A party of capitalists started form
Keene, n. H., for Barre, Vt, Wednesday
morning to inspect the quarries there with
view to starting q granite industry at
Roxbury quarries, near Keene. The party
consisted of Mayor A. r. Wall Hon. Royal
II. Porter, j. r. Beal, w. G. Hall, Frank
II. Whitcomb and j. A, Wright, and will
return to-day.
Hermann republican, for congress-
man, from Oregon, is elected by at
least 1000 majority. Pennoyer, demo-
orat, for governor, will have II, 900 to &C.
600 majority. The remainder of the State
ticket is republican by a majority ranging
from 1000 to 6000. The Legislature will
will stand: Senate, republicans %, demo-
Gratis &; House, republicans 28, demo
Gratis %.
Zachary Taylor, grand-nephew of the
president ofthat name, applied to the Circuit
Court at indianapolis, Ind, on the Goth
to he adjudged insane and committed
to an asylum. The judge denied the peti-
ton on the ground that il was signed and
sworn to by Taylor himself who had been
once before adjudged insane and was there
fore not responsible for the costs of the
proceedings.
The police in the city of Paris
recently received information that a num-
ber of nihilists were organizing Il plot
against the czar in this country. The in
formation was followed up and the result
was that 10 persons charged with being i'm
plicated in the plot have been arrested. A
number of incriminating documents were
seized at the lodgings of leader in the plot,
nihilist named Mendelsohn. A quantity
of explosives was also seized at his resi-
dence
One OF the most disastrous wrecks on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad occurred Sat
urdny evening, two miles west of its juno
ton, with the Santa Fe railroad. A train OF
double decked cars loaded with some 5000
fine merino mutton sheep, on the way from
California to the Chicago market was
wrecked by the breaksng of a truck. Every
car but two were destroyed and about 1000
sheep killed outright. The men of the
neighborhood worked all night skinning
carcasses. They will have mutton for
months to come.