Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-25
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do n Grent Deal of Damage
The Dark Side of Life-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.
There is an epidemic of small pox along

| the northern border OF Mexico.
The cabmen of Aberdeen have gone on
strike Not single cab in the city is run
ming
Some half dozen persons lost their lives
by the burning of large tenement house
in Cincinnati yesterday.
The Duchess of Spurta wife of the crown
prince of Greece and sister Of Emperor Will
liam has given birth to son.
Arthur Early, II years of age, was
drowned while bathing u the western canal
at Lowell, Mass, Tuesday evening
Miss Effie Ames, aged 16, was struck and
perhaps fatally injured by a freight train at
Niantick, Conn, Tuesday afternoon.
Jackson Springer q Cos. saw mill and
sash and door factory at Brush Creek, Cal,
were burned Saturday, Loss 500, 600.
Fire completely cleaned out the large
woollen mill Of Brady ~ Co. of Allegheny
Tuesday afternoon. Loss $40, 900, partly
insured
Superintendent Porter of the census office
stated recently that tho official rough count
city of New York shows a population of
1, ,513, sol.
The body of Miss Julia Butcher was
found near Danbury Conn. 1t is supposed
that she was murdered, but mystery en-
velops the affair.
The large planning mills, factory, lumber
yards and sheds owned by u. W Sherman
at Glens Falls, were burned Sunday. Loss,
$50, 900; no insurance.
The proprietors of the three newspapers
published ON the Island of Malta, have been
excommunicated for printing articles abus-
| ing the pope and bishop of Malta.
President Harrison will probably attend
the annual reunions of the First Brigade
Goth army corps, which he commended, to
be held at Galesburg, ILL.,, in October.
The Hill school building, private insti-
tuition OF learning in the surburhs of Potts
town. Pa, was burned Tuesday afternoon.
Loss, $50, 600 to 800, 900; partly insured.
Further advices from Halifax confirm the
reports of more than usually excellent
catches of mackerel and cod Off the shores
of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
T. J. Ferguson was picking berries in the
woods at Silver Lake Mich, on Sunday
whom c. D Lord shot him through the
heart. Lord says he mistook Ferguson for
a bear
The Bell Telephone company has secured
) n perpetual injunction against the Long
Telephone company in West Virginia, and
has thus defeated its last rival in that
State.
1t is reported ct Cairo that Osman
Digna is at Omdurman and that his
followers have returned to Tokar. Oslnan
is said to have lost 400 men by famine and
sickness.
4 duel with swords was fought Monday
between NJ Memier and George Hugo a son
of Victor Hugo, Ill which Hugo was slightly
wounded. The trouble arose from private
| quarrel
. ~ u.
of St Louis, had ii fight Friday evening
over trillng affair, and the latter was So
badly hurt that he died. George has been
arrested.
The Manchester Cans company's ware
house in Liverpool has been burned. An
enormous quantity of cotton, grain and
flour was consumed. TIE damage is esti-
> mated at $500 600,
Commissioners Morrison, Neazey and
5 Schoonmaker Of the Inter State commerce
commission, have gone to Boston to give a
hearing in the case of the fruit and produce
merchants against the New York and New
England railroad.
a family named Kinburg in Shawton,
Wis. consisting of father, mother and seven
children, had canned meat for their Sunday
dinner Two hours later they were seized
l with violent illness. Four or five of the
children may die
A fire in the tenement house. No. 1877
Third avenue, New York, did $l4, 500
damage Tuesday afternoon and sutlo-
Gated Mrs, John Mackie, a paralyzed woman,
who lived on the top floor. There wert
several narrow escapes
, The Main street of Sherrodsville, Ohio
was burned out Saturday night. Mn,
: stores, three dwellings and three stables
We're burned. lncendiaries started the fire
beneath Almon's store containing powder
r and dynamite which exploded.
D Thomas Oliver of Big Brook, near Ham
ilton inlet, Labrador, killed three of hi
children and committed suicide during th,
absence from home of his wife and theil
eldest son. The cause for the crime il
= supposed to have been melancholy.
= At Quebec the steamer Pioneer Of
!, Quebec, while at anchor opposite Bul
= river, was struck by hurricane anC
stranded on a sand bank. She is a tota
: wreck There were 30 men on board a
u the time, all of whom escaped with diff
" Guilty.
Governor Hill has commuted to imprison
ment for life the sentence of Joseph Chap
y leau convicted at Plattsburgh of murder il
the first degree and sentenced to be execute,
j i during the week commencing July 81, TO
. the killing of Irwin Tabor, a neighbor, will
;, Il cart-stake.
a The extensive machine works of j. A
a Todd at Patterson, N.J. were burned earl,
a Saturday forenoon. Loss $3.50. 600. Tn
a fire is believed to have been incendiary. Tn
a Todd machine works was the principa
A establishment in the United States for max
T. ing hemp and rope machinery. The in
Il surance is $40, 900.
,. A special cable despatch to the Toronto
}. COnt Globe from London says the leading
firms in the Liverpool import provision
t. trade met recently to consider the growing
e custom of exporting American cheese iron
IS Montreal as the Canadian product The,
l. urge prompt action on the part of the Do
IS minion authorities under the merchandis
t. marks act
N The veteran swimmer of Great Britain
- and the holder of the swimming cham
Il pionship of tho British Isles, D. Is
/ johnson, who recently arrived here ha
rs succeeded in getting a match with Professo
Donaldson to swim 10 miles for $1,000