Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-18

alleged murderer of Miss Emmcrson of
West Dcdham, Mass-Cfasence r. Mer-
rills grain establishment at Manchester,
n. H., was totally destroyed by fire yes
terday, enttiling a loss of SO, COO
The skull of Thomas Mullen, Who died
suddenly after fight with his brothers.
in-law at Providence, was found to be
tracturcd- Daniel Y. Blanchard of East
Bridgewatcl, Mass, has sued Fred l..
Brown for alternating his wile's affections
The Rhode Island election mudde is
not yet straghtcned out--The navy de-
partment has ordered certain radical
changes made in the cruiser Marblehead
Tx Secretary Fairchild resigned from
the committee appointed to investigate the
Sew York custom house-Thr Worlds
fair local directors voted almost as n unit
to open the grounds on sundays, begin
ming May ~. and charge p cents adnis-
sion-A great number Of small bank
failures are repopted in the vest
Miss Annie Smith shot her lover, Haveln
Gonzalez at Somervillc, Mass, because sue
though he was pay ing too much attention
to other girls The victim may die-Gen-
eral g G.. Armstrong, founder and sup
crintendent o. the Normal institute ut
Hampton, Va, is dead, aged %.
sunday, May II.
Republican members threaten to with
draw from the cortes as a protest against
! the Spanish government 5 action regarding
the municipdl election blll-A deconl-
posed body was found in Baldwins pond,
plymouth. Conn. Papers on the body
would lead to the belief that the man
belonged in some Massachusetts town
At New Milford, Conn, Il boat containing
George Bourne and John Kelley was car
ried over the falls bourne was drowned
and Kelley was carried half Il mile down
the stream before he was rescued
( The cornerstone of the Swedish Luth-
tran church in Nillimantic, Conn, was
laid. An address in Swedish was delivered
| by Rev. G.. t.. Fo. berg, aud one in
| English by Re-. c. \. Bcrgstrom---
Thieves at Lew iston, Me, broke open six
/ mail boXes--Free Conservative leaders
/ at Berlin are trying to organize an
! imperial middle party-W William Phren,
| Il German, aged 40, WAS drowned in Com
/ muni,y lake, Wallingfold, Conn-Dur-
| ing the two weeks of licenses at Hayer-
| hill, Mass, nearly $50 arrests for drunk
! cnness have been made-W oburn Mass
| city officials accused of violating orGiu-
ances aud taking money to which they had
no right are anxious lor an investigation
--lhe body OF an unknown man was
found in the river at Lawrence, Macs. it
| is supposed to he that Of Henry Sylvester,
| who disappeared two weeks ago
Monday, April Is.
! Pitcher Carter Of the Yale Club declines an
offer to become member of the Boston
nine-New England Baptists leave Bos-
ton for the national convention today
The steamer Scvthia is the first vessel to
come under the new quarantine law at
/ Boston--Ihe body of child was found
in the woods off Day street, Roxbury,
Mass Two South Boston children We're
drowned in the South bay-The Irish
| NatiOnalists celebrated the anniversary of
the battle of Fontenoy at Boston theater
THE death of Adams X. Tolmnn, u
prominent Boston business man, is an
/ nounced-tiossip are taking OF prob
able birth in the White ilouse--A plan
for meeting between Prince Bismarck
and Emperor William has been forlnu-
lated-The most fertile and populous
/ portion of northern Louisiana has been
flooded Loss will be over 0O000-
The belief is prevalent that China will re-
taiiate upon American missionaries and
| merchants -Thc Aldine hotel at Phila-
delphia was damaged $4,000 10y fire
Hon Henry Hitchcock has been appointed
W. l.. Storrs lecturer of municipal law in
the Yale law school The American EX-
| press companY's manager at Portsmouth,
y. H., is missng-A CyCler au AttleborO,
Mass, fell upon a car track, was run over
and will lose a ioot"A man at Spring
field, Mass, was stabbed in five places by
his brother-The death of Bishop Bissell
of the Episcopal diocese OF Vermont is an
nounccd--ldAze Borden is i'll in the Tauu-
ton (Mass) jail-1he arrangements are
made for the execution of Amy
{ mel ii
up, abandoned, by the pilot boat Friend
Tue crew were rescued--A wild storm
storm caused havoc at HalifaX-lhe
Dominion government has been sued for
500, 0OO-Th reyolutionSts are gaining
ground in Nicaragua-Ten men fell 1900
teet and were dashed to pieces in Michigan
mine-Majcr H. W. c. Boynton died at
New burg ~ Y, Of apopieXy, He was
a nativeof Vermont, graduated at
West Point, served in the Mexican,
Indian and civil wars, and held
several civil Offices of distinction.
Tuesday, May i6.
John Locke of Hampton, y. H., was
found dead ON the highway
first of the damage suits growing out
of the grade crossing accident at Ions,
dale, r. l., ON Jan Is, have now begun
. Two sets of state oncers may be the ont
come of the Rhode Island election muddle
Two sailors wer. drowned at Glouces-
ter Mass "A protest against the sun
day opening of the Worlds fair has been
sent to Washington by the Evangelical
Alliance of Boston-EZra Andrews Of
Essex, Mass, committed suicide He had
been sick for the past nine months
/ Captain Augustus Cook of Stamford
/ Conn, fell from the schooner Aiken, in
Cos Cob harbOr, and was drowned -