Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Cyclones and Snow Storms In the West
The Dark Side of Life-Interesting
Notes From all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.


Ten thousand colored people in Canada
have sent the governor general a loyal ad-
dress.
Cowboys found the bodies Of family of
four riddled with bullets on Kansas prairie
Saturday.
Mayor Grant has appointed T. c. T. Grain
city chamberlain in place OF Richard Crok-
er, resigned.
Mitchell beat Mace in the boxing match
for $4,000 at Glasgow Friday night. Mace
was badly punished.
A strike for more wages is in progress at
the Nashua, N. H., Manufacturing compa
ny's works and 400 hands are idle.
A husband and wife in Miami, Manitoba,
were shot and killed Saturday night by tho
husbands father without apparent cause.
Monday evening two distinct earthquake
shocks were felt at ST. Louis. The people
were badly frightened but no damage was
done.
A Honolulu paper says that rain and
floods on the Island OF Kani have been un-
precedented. Immense damage was done
TO the sugar plantations.
Ellis Bard the cashier of the Lincoln
National bank of Lincoln, Pa, is de-
faulter to the extent of So 900, and is not
yet arrested.
Mr.. Lampson of Ohio has given up the
contest for the lie. .tenant governorship, de-
Gliding not to attempt 10 take the contest to
the Supreme Court.
The Philadelphia and Reading company's
North Ashland, Pa, colliery shut down
indefinitely Tuesday, throwing 800 men
and boys out of employment.
A fire Tuesday afternoon damaged the
Boston and Lowell railroad station in Bos-
ton to the extent of S25, 900. The flames
were confined to the attic and roof
The genties made clean sweep in the
municipal elections in Salt Lake City Mon
day, gaining control of the council for the
first time in the history of the city.
The Northern Methodist conference (col-
ored) at Charleston. n c., Friday adopt
ed resolutions condemning the scheme rela-
tive to the deportation of negroes.
In the French Chamber Of Deputies a mo-
tion to repeal the law banisning from the
country pretenders to the French throne,
was rejected by vote OF 1928 to Ill.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to spend
not less than ST. 900, 900 for a central, free
library and branches, for the city of Pitts
burg, provided the city will maintain them.
Six oyster boats of Norfolk, Va, that
were out in Saturday nights storm are
missing and it is believed that they were
lost with 20 persons on board. Other oats
were badly damaged.
Oarsman Hanlan who is at Duluth.
Mimi, has sent to O'Connor at San Fran
cisco, a challenge to row at Duluth in Au-
gust after the Australian rerattas. O'Con-
nor has accepted the challenge.
Joshua Saxton fo,,,dor -of +ba I-rl,ono
Citizen newsuaper and tbe oldest oditor in
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