Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

the stomach of Lorenzo Hinkley of Madrid,
Me-, of which the preliminary operation was
performed Tuesday, was successfully conf
pleted at the Maine general hospital Friday
by DR.. Lewis W. Pendleton of the surgical
staff.
John Khoea, aged 23, OF Lynn, and Har-
ry Kimball of Northwood shoemakers call
ed at Crickett's store in Northwood Friday
and drank quart of Jamaica ginger.
khoea was taken sick aud died in two hours
In great agony. Kimball has suffered great
ly through the night, but is now out of
danger.
Representative Mckinley of Ohio has pre-
sented in the House resolution providing
that statue in marble with proper pedes-
tai of the late Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, ten
dered by the National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic shall be re-
ceived and erected at Statuary Hall in the
United States capitol.
The question as to who will be the next
postmaster of St Abans is one of the main
topics there, Postmaster Moneys death
having brought matter to crisis and started
out a full crop of candidates. Six are in
field now, prominent among them being A.
W. Fuller, B. NJ. Hopkins, at present first
assistant in the post office, Charles Wyman
one of the leading business men, and George
&. Blaisdell.
Adolph Gross New York grocer, who
recently made three attempts to
commit suicide at Trenton jumped
from ferry boat into the North river
Sunday while being brought home from
New Jersey by his wife. He was rescued
by the ferry employees and taken to a hospi-
tai. The police will take charge of him
until his sanity can be inquired into. He
was not injured by his plunge into the
river.
The true cause of the accident to
the City of Paris was learned Sat
u:day. The steamer is on the dry
dock at Brkenhead end the water being
gradually run off. As she was raised yes
terday the starboard propeller dropped Off,
showing the shaft broken close to the blade
of the propeller. The sudden relapse of the
strain thus occasloned caused the collapse
of the starboard engine.
The Senate in secret session at Wash
ington Friday confirmed the follow
ing nominations: Lewis a. Grant to he as
sistant secretary of war; Brig. Gen. Nelson
a. Miles, major general Col. B. H. Grier
son, brigadier- general; major T. II. Stan
ton, deputy paymaster- general; George
Mackay, civil engineer in the navy; j. II.
Cisney of Indiana, Indian inspector; Alton
Angler of Georgia, consul at Rheims; a.
F. Mcmillan OF Michigan, deputy first audi
tor of the treasury department.
Quite sensation was created at the
Hill House High school of New Haven,
Conn. by the discovery of a plot to
obtain advance copies of the annual exam
ination papers; dozen or more boys and
several girls. members of the junior and
| irI all
were to be obtained through an apprentices
employed at the Office where they were
printed, but he was caught in the act of
taking proof copy while the workmen
were at dinner. The boy was to receive
II to SO for each person supplied.
Acting under instructions of Judge Ry
land, the grand jury has issued sub
prnas for a number of members of the
High Five club - tony social organiza-
! tion of Sedalia, Mo, among whose members
are quite a number OF young ladies, TO ap-
pear before that body. 1t is supposed that
an effort will be made to find indictments
against the person at whose house the club
has met on charge of permitting gaming
aud gambling on their premises. Judge
Ryland has instructed the jury to indict ell
persons engaged in ''ouchre'' high five"
or 'church raes.h y
There was an exciting time in the
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Thursday. The democrats came within
one vote of adopting a $50 license fee for
the sale of beer and light wines. The re-
pubicans thought this was done to win the
German American vote. Dilatory tactics
were adopted 10y the republicans some of
whom ran out of the State House to leave
the Assembly without quorum with the Sher-
iff chasing them. Speaker Miller dem ex-
panded Speaker Reels tactics, counting
members IN the negative. After great con
fusion the House adjourned.
Senator Cullom Thursday introduced
at Washington a bill to amend section
1892, revised statutes, in reference to big
amy. The bill provides that no person who
is living in what is known as plural or celes
tial marriage, or who teaches adyices OF
encourages any person to enter into poly
gamy or who is member of any organlln
ton which encourages bigamy or any per
sons to assist in the solemn2ation of the
ceremony of any such marriage shall vote
serve as Juror or be elected to or hold any
civil Office in the Territory of Utah
Emma Stark of Chicago, Illinois, &
servant girl under arrest, who is charged with
putting poison in the food she cooked for G
family named Newand, which resulted in
the death of Mr. and Mrs. Newland anG
dangerous illness of their two children, ha.
made full confession The girl said she
had been betrayed and wished to put al
end to her existence, but had no intention
OF killing the Newlands. She ate some OF
the food herself, she says, but it only made
her slightly sick and supposing its effect
would be no more serious on the Others
she served it for supper.
The post poned city election nj Providence
Rhode Island Saturday resulted in Il
democratic victory, giving that party q
senator and eight representatives. There
was noelection in the case Of one representa-
tive. The complexion of the incoming
Legislature shows 81 democrats and % re
publicans which gives the democrats a
working majority with two to spare and in
sures the election of the democratic State
ticket The State Senate stands 1t demo
Gratis and II republicans, while the House
stands 43 democrats and 20 republicans
The Australian ballot system worked like
clock work yesterday, very few voters re-
quiring instruction IN preparing the ballot,
while everybody had time enough to vote.
At the Methodist Conference i'll Boston
on Friday afternoon missionary sermon