Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF TIE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Interesting Notes From all Parts of the
Globe Pithiiv Presented-Many Dark
Deeds Give no Indication of the Mil
Icnniun.
The influenza is spreading throughout
EnoionJ

lcnniuIn.
The influenza is spreading throughout
England.
1be strike of granite cutters at Concord,
n. IL, has been settled
| The authorities has suddenly suspended
the expulsion of Jews from Moscow.
Panama Dispatches via Galvostown CON
| firm the report Of revolution IN Costa
| 1tca.
The German government has officially
cept4d the presidents invitation to take part
| III the fair.
1t is estimated that 1870, 600, 900 gallons OF
whiskey viii be manufactured in the United
| Sta, this year
! The lumber dealers OF New York city
declared lockout Monday morning end
| l6 900 men are thus thrown out of work.
| There is a complete rupture ia the peace
negotiations in Chilli President Balmacela
having eiected the demands of the congress
! sional party.
Kittie Sicker, II year old girl, was
burned to death in 1onawanda, n. Y,
last week. She tried to start q fire with
| kerosene.
John Boyd, "A tramp was arrested in
! Boston. When he was searched bank books
representing over 81, 800 were found in his
| pockets.
At Ten Mile Run, n J., James Smith,
wealthy resident, lies at the point of death
from the effect OF the bite of cat Blood
| poisoning has set in.
Eighteen thousand four hundred and
! hfty-seyen immigrants were landed ct New
Nor6 last week, The highest number i'll
seven days since last summer
young society lady of Fort Pierre, Z. d.,
has shocked her friends by marrying john
Van Metre, q half breed Indian lawyer.
The denth rate Mt Chicago for April show
ed an increase 0; IS over March and was
more than double that Of April, 1890
There were !, i50 death in all, 120 from in
! huenza.
Rev. Dr. Brookes has accepted the office
| OF bishop of the diocese Of Massachusetts,
and ha written to that effect to Rsv. Dr.
! w. H. Brookes, secretary of the diocesan
convention of Massachusetts.
Ashury Green, colored, sentenced Mon
day to 2l years In prison for an assault GU
white women, was taken from Baltimore
| Jail by body Of masked mon early Tues
dey morning aud hanged to q tree.
II is now rumored that DR.. Graves has
confessed that he sent the whisley, the ar
senic IN which killed Mrs. Barnaby Tho
doctor says that the arsenic must have been
put into the bottle after he mailed It.
a fire in the Wholesale grocery house
Of Francis II. Leggett 8, Co. At the june
ton of West Broadway, Franklin and
Narck streets New YORK, sundnv after
noon, did about $780, 900 damage, which
/ Is well insured
( James McGrath, letter carrier, was
overcome by the heat III New York
! on Saturday afternoon while collecting
mails. lie was sent to the hospital. This is
the first case OF prostration by the heat re-
/ ported this season.
San Domin61 is des,rous Of increasing its
| foreign trade and reciprocity with the lit
tie republic will probably he announced Le-
fore long Tie toderal council OF Venezuela
approves Of tne reciprocity agreement with
the United States and tho treaty with Spaiu
viii be signed at once.
President Harrison and party are on their
| wey Est, having been in Washinsto on
Utah and Colorado during the week and
reaching Omaha. Nebraska, Wednesday.
Tho week has tcen Il series Of ovations and
tho president has made number of noat
speeches.
The Gillian transport Itata let san
b
Ger arrest and carrying ots a deputy United
States marshal. Tie swift cruiser Charles
ton started Saturday in pursuit and the
latest news ia rumor, which lack4 con
nrnation, that the Charleston has sunk the
itata.
Northern Michigan is ablaze numerous
small hamlets have been wiped out and hum
drcds OF people are homeless. Several trairs
and their crews have had some narrow es-
capes from cremation and now all attempts
TO run trains through the burning forests
have been abandoned.
Mrs. Martin Hayden, her mother, Mrs.
Redden, her son Mardi and hoarder were
poisoned at Bridgeport Conn. last
week by eating oatmeal which bad been
accidentally placed In bowl in which paris
green hal been kept Mrs. Roddsn died
yesterday morning after terrible suffering.
The others will recover.
julius II. Macarthur, the horse thief who
shot sheriff Smith attempted suicide early
Thursday morning in the Jail at Dover, n,
H., by cutting an artery in his left arm with
some sharp article. He had almost bled tc
death when discovered. a physician Stopp-
cd the flow Of blood and II is thought that
although very weak he is out Of danger
a serious wreck occurred on the Santl
I 70 TdurOHu SeNeFAl miles west ol
Trinidad, Col, Saturday night. A
freight train OF 90 cars loaded with cattle
started down the Ration mountain, but be
came unmouageabie because tho air brake.
failed to work. The train gained fright
full spes1 and while turning sharp curve
tho engine aud tender broke away from tn,
train and IL cars went over an embank
! ment 20 feet high, smashing the cars intC
kndling wood and killing 800 cattle. Brake
man J. Nj. Kurns was slightly hurt, anc
, four tramps stealing their way over th,
road are reported buried in the wreck, Tn,
loss to the company Id estimated at S2j, 600.
3 BIG PRICES FOR MAPLE SUGAR.
Mr.. Chase Sells this Seasons Sugar Il
Hoston Pnrties for Rig Prices
Xlna Chase, a farmer of Fletcher, la
, sold the sugar he made this season for II
cents per pound The query, Of course is
/ how > that? 1t has been done by making
0 it up into small cukcs, three by four inche
or tLereahoUts and then shipping it to Bos
S ton parties, who were more than glad 10 pa,
% the above price. Some farmers who diJ
: not eyeu tan their suga" orchards must fsp