Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-11

wood Johnson, secretary oil tne American
Copywrite league, expressing his hope that
he efforts of American authors to procure
legal protection for the rights of foreign
authors may be crowned with success
The Otter creek valley is under water.
| The railroad looks like black line only "a
little above the water. There is no passing
from the village to the west side, except by
boats, without going up or down the valley
a mile or two
Johnny O. Connell aged H. employed at
the Western Union telegraph office at Ben
nington, was found dead in his bed early
Tuesday Paralysis of the heart from eX
cessivc cigarette smoking, is supposed TO
have been the cause
A reporter of the Daily Press who has
been among the Chippewa Indians on the
reservation at Lac Court Doreilles, states
the Indians are in such destitute condi-
ton that many will die from starvation un-
less relief is speedily obtained.
In Little Compton, r. l.. Tuesday Henry
Fowle threw a stone at his dog, but missed
his aim and struck his gun instead, the con
tents Of which were discharged penetrating
his abdomen. Two doctors succeeded in
extracting some of the shot, but he will un-
doubtcdly die.
Capt. Watkins of the steamship City of
Paris and Mr. Taylor an lnman line direc-
tor, deny that the steamship Adriatic re
fused to assist the City of Paris and contra
dict the report that the accident on the City
of Paris made openings in the bulk heads
dividing the engine rooms
At the bi-monthlv meeting of the
Mystic Valley club at Boston Tuesday af-
ternoon. Rev. Elmer H. Capen presided
and he, together with Hon Dorman b.
Eaton, Hon. George a. Marden, Richard
, Ii. Dana and Rev. c. l.. NJ tchell, spoke
upon civil service reform.
Loristine Hinkley, a middle aged man, in
Madrid, Ne. swallowed set of false teeth
Saturday night. physician worked all
day Sunday but was unable to extract them,
and this morning Hinkley started for the
Maine General hospital in POI tand, suffer
ing great pain.
A Cheyenne, Wyoming, special says: All
of the northern sherifs are III full cry on
the trial of desperate gang Of wholesale
horse thieves The free hooters finding
themselves closely pursued cut the telegraph
wires The thieves have reached Montana
!, with 200 Wyoming horses.
DR.. Frederick Burdet Merrill Chi
cago dentist, who was married five
weeks ago to daughter of NorthsidC
millionaire, was sued for S25, 900 for breach
of promise 10y Cora d. Davis. He says il
is blackmaing scheme put up 10y his first
wife whom he was divorced from in 1885
, for dcsertion.
At Harlan Court House Ky. April {
the Spurlocks, Days and Others of the How
ard Turner foud held a conference an
t agreed to drop their quarrel. They agreed
1 that in case of any further assassination.
both sides should turn out and bring the
murderer to punishment.
| The London Herald European editor
Thursday of last week published an articl,
a from its Rome correspondent. sayiug thai
by order of the pope the bishop and clergy
t of Brazil have been ordered to recogniz'
< the republic on condition that the rights o.
. the church are respected
Reports to Bradstreets of New York
= of mercantile failures throughou
, the United States during the first quarter
0 of the current wear show that a total o.
aggregate liabilities of failing traders ar,
A S33, Sl4 800 against $4l, iG0,31 and actua
r assets SIG, 0S2, ,el2 against $20.3iG, ,lS il
r the first quarter of 1889.
The House committee on pensions a
4 Washington Monday ordered a favora
r ble report on the bill granting pension t,
G Mrs Della ]. S. Parnell, daughter of III,
late Admiral Charles Stewart, and mother
@ of Charles Stewart Parpell. The orgina
f bill which provided a pension of 800
, month, is amended to reduce the pension t,
$50.
, Marius G. Stearns of Chicago who
on Saturday last in moment OF men
tai depression, caused by illness, firsed foul
bullets into his own body. died from the
, effects OF his act shortly before noon Tues
ia Ia to in
l. one of its earliest inhabitants. He helped
- organize the Board of Trade in lS4S II,
, leaves property, chiefly real estate valued
y at between 50, 900, 900 and 81 600 900.
- a man named William Williams went t.
the house of Judge Clinton Texton of Med
ford, Wis, Tuesday and addressing Mis-.
Maggie Pritchard niece of Mrs. Tex tol
y, said; Are you Maggie Pritchard ~ she re
- piled "Nes ~ He then said: "Nou mus
, die, and drawing revolver fired at he
killing her instantly. He then shot himself
dead. 1t is thought Williams was insane.
), The provisional government of Braz
: having dccreed all the great popular meas
ures so long demanded by the people, tn
necessity of which caused the revolution o
November 10, 1889, is now trying to avoi,
g the danger and Inconvenience that attende,
I, the adoption of the American constitution
: 1t has nominated number of well know
> specialists to frame a constitution which il
to be presented to the constituent assembly
d, Three cases VI shoes arrived at Petos
} key. Mich, Thursday, April 3 fron
IL Georgetown, Mass. When the boxes wer
c taken out seven of them We're found TO con
tain one pound of dynamite cartridge
r packed with the shoes The boxes Shove,
!, plainly that they had been opened befor
Al a.,