Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-07

not strike agSinst n reduction Several
persons were killed and some wounded in
a freight wreck at Brenham, Tex--The
Lynn (Mass) Cycle company has assigned
to f. A. Very of the A. o. Very Cycls
Manufacturing company of boston
The Boston and Maine railroad com
pany has made eight hours
days work in all its shops ex
cept those at Salem aud Lawrence
The damage 20 New Haven oyster beds is
estimated at &. 900, OJO- President Oleve
land arrived back in Washington and i'm
mediately called cabinet meeting
Joseph Rheiuserum was arrested in New
York for passing worthless checks at the
fremont House Bcston--Plimmer is
willing to figAt Dixon for $4,000 a side
House repcalers are mapping out
their plan of action on the Voorhees, bill
when it comes from the senate
The national bank note circulation gained
over $50 OJo.0U in TWO months-rhs
home rule bill was passed by the house OF
commons by majority Of S4--A tower.
man is held res pousbie for the Long
Island coll sion last week-There was q
decline in the general treasury balance of
$4,000 900 in August---A case of Asiatie
cholera is reported in Jersey City
sunday. sept. 3.
4 Harvard studcng committed suicide at
Bay Herd, ~ The Irish National
Federation sent a con gratulatory message
to Mr.. Glgdstoue---Ihere is great fall.
ing off in duties received At the New York
custom house---The cup defender Vigilsnt
was found &c be within the desired length
Pierre Lorillau is to sell his race
horses -- Directum again lowered his
record at Fleetwood Pdrb--The corner.
stone of the jay Could Memorial church
at RoXbury. H. y, was laid President
Lam berton Of L@high university died sud.
denly-Traiu robber Scott and five other
desperadoes broke jail at Rome, Ca
Lawrence T. Graham was arrested for
passing worthless check at Hartford
Conn - Henry Saraent, released from
state prison IN New York, was taken tc
bennington, VI, for trial for horse steal.
ing -- Five persons were killed, five
vessels wrecked and - houses destroyed
bv a hurricane at the Azores Stands
Editor C. q. Easterbrook of Weymouth,
Mass, is dead--Charlps W. FoER,
prominent officer OF the Walthan Watch
company, is dead-ThoinAs B. Ninton
was burned to dostL by exploding naphtha
at Boston - Schooner Island Queen,
thought to l.. lost was sighted few day;
coal sheds v-re buraed Mt Fairfield. NJ
The blame for the Chester railroad
disaster is laid upon the bridge repairers
-Attempted incendiarism at Lawrence,
Mass, was frustrated---In his cell at
Denver Dr. 7. thatcher Graves, the
alleged murderer, committed suicide-
An estimate places the loss Of life on the
Sea Islands at l50o-An electric car ran
away in Gnoinnati, killing two passengers
and injuring 20 others-Steamship Alvo
was doubt ess lost in the storm.
Monday, Sept. 4.
Richard Nesner a leading merchant OF
Putnam, Conn, is dead, aged ~ years.
The Sax 9nville (Mass) wooden mills en-
ploying about 800 operatives have olosed
down for one weekly. ;. Benney, a
prominent citizen of Turner, Me, died in
his 75la year. He had been mem Der Of
the legislature and had filled important
town oflices-Mrs. Emily Bassan, aged
A, whose home was in Rome, y. z, and
who was stopping IN Stamford. Conn,
shot and killed herself while in a despond-
ent state-Tho steckinet mills Of Sarnue:
Fitch, sons X Co. at East Rockville,
Conn, have closed, but may resume in a
week. ii business nproYeS--Clareuce
Ray of Rockland, Ne, "a brakeman on the
Maine Central railroad, was sthrOWn from
a freight train near NObebOrO camp
ground. Both legs We're crushed and he
will probably dle-A 4-yearOld son Of
James Yields was accidentally and proba
bly, fatally shot at Northampton, Mass.
by Nellie, the l2-year-old deuRhter Of
Thomas Qunn--At south UXbridge,
Mass, Mrs. Mowry Lee tried to Kill her.
self while suffering from temporary in
sanity-William Scott Williamson, one
of the oldest and most reputable citizens
of Milford, Mass, died suddenly of neu-
ralgia of the heart-A horse and vehicle
valued at $500, left standing in front Of
the residence of Levi Barker at Nashua,
n H., was stolen by some bold thief, who
was traced nearly to Lowell, Mass.--
Cholera at Jersey City Is officially an
nounced to be at an end-trien OF
Mrs Rose Baum of Boston say she was
turned out of the lunatic asylum at
Worcester, Mass.-President Robert il
Lamberton of Lehigh university is dead.
Tuesday, sept. d.
Uruguay's troops are prepared to NEE
an attack Of Brazilians on the frontier Of
the former country--The total results of
the first and second ballotsin France show
the election of IS Conservatives and 5l3
Republicans Of all shades-A case Of
cholera was discogereA in Belfast Ire
land-Futher Rocker OF the American
college. Rome, is the bearer Of important
letters to Mgr. Satolli and Cardinal Glib
bons-The Amory mills at Manchester,
| n. H., have resumed work--Thc Con
toocook mills at Hillsboro, y. H., are
closed ed-Crcumstances point toward
| murder in the case of DR.. A. }. Greeley
| of Hallway m all service en-
! ployes met in convention in Boston
| The golden wedding of Hon. Elisha $.
! Converse and wife was observed at Nal
| den, Mass -- Hon. Daniel T. Pike of
Augusta, Me, is dead-Dana's mills,
Westbrook, Me, were burned-Bishop
and Mrs Huntington, at Hadley Mass,
celebrated their golden wedding Charlie
| Danforth distanced two horses in PAS
race at Bangor Me, and proved too feet
for another psr-Fifteen human trunks
were washed ashore in bags at Salonica,
Spain-The Roman Catholic congress
| ,narad Mt ChieaOo--(f rand Army nro-