Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-12-26
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do n Great Deal of Damage
The Dark Side OF Life-Intorcsting
Notes from all Parts of tho Globe
rthily Presented.

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AN lncendlary llre uU @'V'"oV luimage az
boohVlie' "orWlck county, l"u'' 'rIu"5'
Alberding & Co. 5 enormous oil depot in
Amsterdam was burned Sunday Loss,
5000, OOO
La grippe has again located in Norwalk
Conn. an / several cases are reported by
physicians.
A serious horse disease is reported in
Shawnee and Jefferson counties. Kansas.
and in Missouri
The president Wednesday sent 10 the
Senate the nomination of ". D. Roberts to
be postmaster at Fairhavcn. VT.
Tho Willard block ChurrAviIlc. y. y.
WINS DESTROYED bv fire Friday. Loss $40
OO0: partly covered by insurance.
At Princeton. Ind. Nevin Davis. aged 21.
as result of hard study. became insane
Friday and hauyei himself with a hollcr.
At SeIanter Iol.e in Holland - ,irIs ,yore
crossing on the ic, Monday when tho ice
suddenly rive way and all were drowned.
The Grand iurv has found an Indictment
for murder in the first dearea AGAINST Sarah
Ann McAiuileu. the Akron. y. Y. muir
deress.
ybrae trarrs vino ovornoyverad n brol,a.
man m the orngon short line. have been
lynched near Huntington, Ore, by railroad
men.
tiyht sbons ON Proed stroot London
were ontted NV fire Tuesday and other
premises seriously damaged. The loss will
be heavy.
The cjericols have elected all their candi-
dates for thc communal counsel of Rome.
Tho liberals however. still have majority
in that body.
Tho result of the election IN Kilkennv
was. Eenuessev nti-Paruellite, o1oi
| Scully Parnelitel. 1856: Hennessey's ma
! ioritv 111G.
| iiome Secratarv Matthews bas decIined
to grant a reprieye to Mrs. No!ie Pearcey
under sentence of death for murder of Mrs.
| Rug and infant.
A detachment Of troops will leove cnmn
Merritt Kansas 10 remove n colony Of
| some 200 boomers who have located in the
! Cherokee country.
" G. Scbuvdar X SIMS, 7,l,,inc mill
ot Comten 4 with nd .o,uin, ,ro-
PERI, was burned saturday; iss $50. 600
| insurance %iJ.UGa.
The French cu,toms committed has an
proved tho ronort mosjnr tbe duties unon
cotton warm higher than the rates proposed
by the government
The paint shop and the repair shop of
tho Illinois Central railroad were burned
at ChIcaso 9uhlay nlght. Inc total loss
Is estimated a. 9I@''oo
Mclntyre's woolen mill at Gananoque,
Ont, was burned Fnday. Loss $4,000;
insurance %-3,ooO \ fireman was lutaliy
Injured py IolI'hS walls
1T Is stated on the highest authority
that Mrs. Hilchal is engaged TO be married
to Arthur LeetAum Of Montreal, her late
husbands college chum.
Near Manchester, Ky, Tuesday, 10
year-oid boy named Wood srot and killed
Robert Gregory. Gregory three months
ago killed the boys father.
a Baker car heater in a Grand Trunk
sleeping car exploded near Detroit, Mich,
Saturday morning, burning dozen sleep
ing passenger more or .eSs severely.
a report is current that the election oi
Fred T. Dubois As third United States sena-
, tor from Idaho will be contested when the
time arrives for him to take his seat,