Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-15

passed over northwestern mississippi
Mr.. Gladstone's eyesight is said to be in a
precarious condition -Maher Pasha has
been appointed governor of the Suez
canal-A stage Of Siege has been
proclaimed in Santiago - r. NJ.
Ballantyne, the story writer, is dead
The Cooley Publishing company has as
producers wish for pro
lection in Spain--George w. Childs left
his entire estate to his widow--A reduc-
ton in wages has been made at the Wash
inaton mills at Lawrence, Mass-A
woman was fined at Salem, Mass, for
rettinp drunk on Jamaica ginger
Arabs look upon Maimon Mohatsr, the
captured Riff sgitator, as msrtyr-In
his ncyclical the pope prays that peace
may prevail over the whole world--No
arrangements have yet been made for the
disposition of the Massachusetts building
at the Worlds fair--Prominent New
England railway stocks show an average
decline of over So share compared with
a wear ago-The British house Of lords
has concluded the committee stage of the
parish councils bill--Deborah Murphy,
the oldest resident of Belfast, Me, is
dead. aged 90 years-The car is going
to Crimea in order to complete his re-
covery of health.
Saturday, Feb. 10.
The Indian school Mt Pine Ridge Agency
was burned-The Capen block, Spencer,
Mass, was destroyed by f1re-John G.
Sprague, architect and builder, New York,
has assigned--Hon. r. P. Kingman OF
Brockton, Mass, was stricken with
paralys is--The government gold re-
serve is restored to the 800, 900, 900 point
The English coal strike cost the Mid
land railroad about s3 900, 0O0--It is ru-
mored that Lord Rosebery, British for
eign minister, wishes to resign-Super-
intendent Radel of the Bridgeport
Comm Traction company has no fears of
boycott---Train wreckers succeeded in
derailing several passenger coaches near
Houston--It developed in the Reading
hearing that f. II. Prince & Co. of Bos-
ton got S1S6,0O in commissions on Nc
Leod's Boston and Maine and Now Eng
land deul--The remarkable sagacity of
a DOG saved a Woburn (Mass) family
from being burned to death-New York
banks lost $40. 100000 on the weeks cur
rency movements, due to payments for
the new government bonds-It is stated
that +. A. Mackinnon has been invited
to accept the position of general man
ager of the Boston and Maine, and
will give his decision in two weeks
A man with his face covered with blood
was seen coming from the house where
woman was found dead at Bridgeport,
Coma family was found starving at
Manchester y. IA section hand was
found dead, frozen to the ground under a
trestle, at East Hartford. Conn
Charles Libby was arrested at DsX-
ter, Me, for swindling Lewiston
people with bogus checks - Rev
John A. Bevington, former pastor Of
st. Johns Episcopal church Sand
wich Mass, is said to have accepted
Untarianism Willard Humphreys,
New York business man, committed
suicide at Winchester, n. II "A masked
man held up an express messenger and
secured 5000 near Carson, Ncy--rres-
ident Cleveland will not approve
BANDS seigniorage biil---The tariff
bill as ii will be reported by the
senate financial committee is prac-
tcally certain of the unanimous sup
port of the Democratic senators -
Senator Faulkner was chosen charm n
of the Democratic congressional commit
tee Congressman George w. Houk
of Ohio dropped dead at Washington
from heart disease-Bank Cashier Love
of Watkins. y. Y. is missing with the
banks funds-rhe house naval com nit
tee declared that Sypher's charges in re
! lation to the premiums paid for speed OF
naval vessels are unfounde,l Emperor
William celebrated the 18th anniversary
of h. entrance into the army.
sunday, Feb. l..
Three robbers raded Joe Sing laundry
at Boston fractured the Chinaman' skull
with an az and robbed the money drawer
THE operatives Of Washington mills
in Iawre nee Mass. resisted PROPOSED
reduction of wages by strikine-rht
Gloucester (NTass.) schooner Brunhildt
. was lost off the Banoucreau. Tine crew
We're saved--The completion of the
/ Portland and Rumford Falls railroad
was appropriately celebrated--An i'm
provemeut is noted in the iron and stee
, trade--'rhe Douninion parliament is tc
meet March 15--William Virtue, al
! legged diamond robber, was arrested II
! New York city--The Indian statehood
plan is not likely to be accepted at tn,
| coming international assembly -
| Shipping was badly damaged b,
a storm at Redondo, Cal--Tobacc'
factories were burned at Hender
son. ky----The Russo German com
mercial treaty has been signed-Th
town of Diego Suarez was swept ny
cyclonc--The French chamber voted
409, 0u0, 600 francs for the families of Ch
Italians killed in the Argues Mortes riot
---The steamer Hangchow was in col
lisiou with an unknown craft. The vesse
struck went down--The crew of "A sink
ing British brig were saved by the steame
Ccvic--- Evangelist ID. l.. Moody was pre-
scented, on his 51th birthday, with - 81
gold pieces. His mother, Mrs. Bets
Moody, was 80 on the day that her sol
was 57--F. NJ Ryder has been elccte,
business manager of the New Havel
Leadcr-Emery Clement, lumber cam
employe, was found dead in descrte,
schoolhouse near the Flume House, New
Hampshire under circumstances whic
point to foul play--Rodney Goodwin Q
West Biddeford, Me, had wife, VIII
has disappeared from town, and so ha
one of her boarders--W amsutta mill
Nos. /, 2 and 3, at New Bedford, Mass
commenced running b2 1-2 hours week
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