Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-20


ation at Swampscott, Mass, this year will
be S11 on $1,000. Last year the rate was
S10-At the Maine mile track the
stallion Nelson trotted a mile in 2l3.
He made the last half in I:05 II, and the
last quarter in 81 la 20-o Rait-Firc
in Wallace's cotton waste mill at Fitch
burg Mass, did some 5000 damage
The Count of Turin, nephew Of King
Humbert of Italy, is i'll of TYPHOID
Edtha, only daughter Of Editor w. r.
Brigham of the Lynn (Mess) Press, died
of acute meningitis following gastric fever
james II. Fitzgibbons Of Boston WAS
sentenced to : years in state prison for
assault on a al2-year-old girl-Mrs. Henry
j. White was killed at a railroad crossing
in Weston, Mass; her son Alfred died
from the effects of his injuries; Mr.. White
was seriously hurt-A plea of not guilty
ives entered for Morse, the alleged murder
er OF Dr. W. n. >. Wardwell at Boston
The quarantine arrangements in this
country are adequate to prevent yellow
fever from spreading inland from the sta
| tions-At Henryville, Ind, two freight
trains colidcd, one man being killed and
two fatally injured. Several race horses
were crushed to death-At Portland,
| Me-, Thomas McDennett, aged 50, en-
| poyed at c. j. Walker IS Co.'s, was taken
sick in an elevator and fell down, his
| head projecting over the edge. He was
| Instantly killed-Alrs. Louisa Quay has
| brought suit in the sum of 5000 against
! ex-Councilman f. b. Carr of New Bedford
! Mass. for slander, and his property has
been attached--John Fink, aged 60, a
farm hand employed by Henry Fenwick
of New Canaan, (Conn.) was gored by
| bull aud died from his I'M niuries-Ierrenca
Nolan, employed at the Salem (Mass)
| 4 ,a1 al, tla at-as
by an explosion of molten metal last even
iug--Boston & Albany locomotive runs
into an open draw bridge at Somerville-s
Lewis &. Knowlton Of Boston was arrested
for passing bogus checks-Medical EN>
aminer Draper of Boston believes that j.
Edwin OMeara either killed himself or
was murdered-Two men killed by the
Springfield express on the New Haven
rold they were fighting, and refused to
get out Of the way.
sunday, July 16.
The great guns for the new battleships
are to be ested soon-General Schofeld
disregarded an order from tLs secretary Of
w8r-Johnny Griffin is ready to me3E
any featherweight in the world-The
American champion swimmer, McCusker,
defeated Finney, the English ex-champion
The new comet appears to be growing
Il tail-The international public health
congress 5 to convene in Chicago, Oct.
Cashier Bush of the defuncS Elmira
q. " National bank has been arrested
Two men were killed and two fatally
injured bv an explosion of fireworks in
: Chicago--Dr Meyer, the poisoner, has
been taken to New York in charge Of de-
! tectives-H Horace Mattoon, 25 years Of
!, age, was drowned while bathing at Rus
sell. Mass.-Two Sardersville (Ga.D
young men fought a duel to the death
Forty firms of Middletown, Conn, have
organized business mems association
Walt Whitmans housekeeper will bring
a suit against his estate to recover $500.
The West Shore disaster was caused by
the careiessness of Switchman Donoghua
"A steamship was detained at PhtlRdel'
phia quarantine owing to II possible case
of cholera aboard-Rev. Henry \.
: Adams, an Episcopal minister of New
I York, has Joined the Catholic church
= The German army bill was passed by an
: increased majority over the second read
ing.
Monday, July H.
John 7. McNerney, while attending his
p brothers. funeralin South Boston, dropped
! dead-Four men were saved from drown
y. ing on a sinking catamaran in Boston
y. Rev. Albert G.. Ba le of Melrose, Mass, in
- a sermon said newspaper reporters are a
:, curse-An unknown man jumped from
: a train at Braintree, Mass, and was killed
. "A son of the late DR.. Bellows wal
- drowned in Buzzard's Bay, Mass-Th'
chief of police will stop the faith cule o.
- the injured horse at Pittsfeld, Mass-Th'
., Glen House at Mt Washington, y. II.
: was totally destroyed by hre-F. L
- Buck jumped from the third story OF th'
!, Maine eye and ear inhrmary and wal
killed--William Baxter was found mur
: dered and robbed at Holden, Mass-Ed
=. ward Delaney of Bridgeport, Conn, wa
A taken with hydrophoba while bathing
>. The American privateer schooner Polly
doing service during the war of 1872, car
10 rying - guns. and built in 1904, is nov
y harboring in Boothbay, Me, with carg
~ of granite for Boston-Ezra Wentworth
aged -. son Of Joseph S. Wentworth, o
a. Saco, Me-, fell under a irisky horse during
u the circus parade. His skull was fracture
il and the scalp torn. His injuries wer
~ not fatal--Lincoln n. Taylor or Bostol
. was the successful bidder for construc
- ting the dam of the Hanover tH. II.
n Water Works company-JohnE Edward
ir was beaten to death in stable at Dan
70 forth, Me.
IL Tuesday, July is.
Kansas is likely 10 nave Gredp coI'
i'd crop--A rich gold strike IS reported a
ID Bull Mountain, Cripple Creek - fh
,. Molly Gibson mine at Aspen, Colo, ma
p been hooded-Miss Lizzie Byram died a
ID Asbury Park, n. j., from hydrophobla-
e, Tom King, notorious Oklahoma hors
rs thief, proves 10 be woman-The Gre"
to Northern road is to run line of steamer
TX to China and Japan-The rebel sdmira
Ii Wandenkolk, has been captured by Bra
re ilian government oflicers-Charles L
r Walker, forger and embezzler, was sci
at tenced TO four years in the Massachusett
n state prison Notices have been poste
Sc that the Amoskeag mills at Manchsstel
at n. H., will shut down during August
d. Mandum vicious elephant in Bal
i'd NUNS circus, mangled an attendant a
), Portland, Me- Charles E Harris {
Newport, h l., was arrested for passin
worthless checks-Edward Cunningham
tod tpE ha murder of William