Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do a Great Deal of Damage
The Dark ide of Life-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globo
Pithily Presented.

The American squadron has left Corfu
for Malta.
The "Angelus" is in Montreal where it
will probably be exhibited.
A despatch from Buenos Ayres announces
the resignation of the Argentine ministry.
O'Connor and Stansbury have been
matched to row on the Parametta on June
%.
Prince Bismarck is credited with describ-
ing his last days in Berlin as a first class
funeral
Fifteen schooners have cleared from Hall
fax, n s., for the seal fisheries. Seals,
however, are reported scare
The programme for the visit of the Amer
lean rihemen who will arrive in Berlin the
latter part of June is published.
Deputy Sheriff Small of Biddeford, Me-,
has brought suit against Special Officer Nc
kean for false arrest on election day.
The London Chronicles Cairo correspon-
dent says Messengers at Omderman decla re
that the Madhi has vanished and that
famine is raging throughout the Soudnn.
A three-year- old daughter of P. Canto of
Springfield, Mass, fell into the Connecticut
river Sunday afternoon and was drowned.
The ameer of Bokhara with a brilliant
suite will come to st. Petersburg in the au
tumn to install his son in the corps of pages.
Signor Saili. one of the triumvrate that
melted the rebellion and established the re-
public in lS4S and drove Pious lX from
Rome, is dead.
Mrs. Ferdinand Ward, wife of the ex
broker, now in Sing Sing, died Thursday at
Stamford, Conn, of inflammation of the
stomach, aged 30.
The poisoning OF two whole families is re
ported from Browning station, Frankling
county, Ark Twelve persons are not ex
pected to survive.
f. l.. Godkin, managing editor of the
Evening Post, has been arrested charged
with criminal libel on complaint of Peter
Mitchell, lawyer.
Lieut. Baert of the Congo State has formed
a station at the confluence of the ltinbiri
and Hongouel and another near the con-
huence of the Loubi.
Whitelaw Reid, minister to France, who
has been spending vacation in the city,
sailed Sunday for France on La Bretagne.
Mrs. Reid accompanies him.
In the House on Saturday the majority
resolution declaring Waddell entitled to his
seat was adopted, yeas 1874, nays 120.
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Secretary Proctor has submitted ITO the
interior department officials a proposition to
enlist 1000 Indians into the regular army.
The detail of the plan is not yet fully ma
tured.
Gilbert 5 immense five story starch fac
tory at Chesterfield, Iowa, was burned
Monday. SO lives were lost. The loss is
probably $500, 900 and the insurance about
5000, 600.
The schooner Ethel from the port of
Jacksonville, Fla, for Nassau with an as
sorted cargo, has been wrecked near Cape
Canaveral and the crew OF five persons is
probably lost.
Prof. Stoize of Wursburg announces the
discovery in library at Augsburg of a
manuscript of Giordabo Bruno obtaining
criticism of Aristotle and letters relating to
various studies
The Judge advocate general of the navy
Tuesday submitted preliminary report to
Secretary Tracy in the McCalla case recon-
mending that Commander McCalla be tried
by Court Martial.
The president Of the French Geographical
society is opposed to public reception to
Henry NJ. Sturder because his enterprise had
commercial object and because he treated
| BraZHd with disdaln
The elections for the fifty elective mem
bers of the House of Peers have been held,
and have resulted in the return of the con
servative and nonJesuit candidates. Not a
republican was elected.
The grst mill at Guilford, to-
gether with an adjoining blacksmith shop
and barn, the two latter belonging to Mary
Smith, were burned early Monday morning.
Loss about $1,000, partly insured.
| At , O'Clock Monday morning, the
Northern Pacific machine shops and round
house at Ellensburg, Wash, were totally
destroyed by fire. The latter cont. ned
several locomotives, only one of which was
saved.
George f. McKeag was killed Thursday
night at Norwich Falls, Conn, by the south
bound boat train from Brattleboro, Vt.
He lived at the Falls and was gong home
| by way Of the railroad track Mckeag was
30 years Old.
\ special session OF the grand jury has re-
suited in the finding of two bills, one against
Sylvester II. Bell of Fairfax for fatally shoot
| ing his wife and the other against Charles
Mitchell of East Fairfield for fatal assault
on Hubbell Lee, his uncle,
Last week Thursday the village trustees
! AT Saratoga, New ofk, ueposed samuel ii.
Corev, who had served seven years rs vii
lage clerk. 1t is now ascertained that there
is shortage of between $1,000 and 80,
0G0 in Corey's office. An investigation is
| in progress.
Monday morning bench warrants were
issued at Minneapolis, Mimi, for the arrest
of Alderman John 4. McGowan and Fred
Brueshaber OF the first ward, and City Clerk
Charles +. Haney. The charges arc bribery
or attempted bribery.
a petroleum oil spring has been discov
cred ON the farm of Mrs. Chauncey Doane
a half mile from the village of Richville, St
Lawrence county, n. y. a number of ex
perts ha ve examined the oil and pronounced
it fine. Steps are being taken to develop tn,
well by forming stock company.
The celebrated Nage habeas corpus case
from California, was decided by the United
sta Supreme Court Monday, the Judgment
of the Circuit Court being affirmed. Thi,
finally dlsposes of all the proceedings against
Nage for the shooting of Judge Terry.
The Yale senior class has received from
Tifton, Ohio, firm, a package of circulars tc
be distributed 10 the members Of that class