Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-04-26


A forest fire in New Jersey caused
SIS. 900 damages to standing timber
Hon. L. J. Jarvis was appointed to succeed
the late United States Senator Vance
The new Congregational church at
North Attlebero, Mass, was dedicat cd
Percy Maxfeld, 7 years old, fell of
Union wharf at Portland, Me-. and was
rowned-The Newport n. ~ Elastic
Fabric company has made an assign
ment. Liabilities not known-Eight
letter boxes were broken open and
robbed at Clinton, Mass, by unknown
persons-Steamer Plymouth of the Fall
River line arrived at Newport, X. l.,
with a cracked shaft-The body of
Nichola. Donahue, "a years old, who dis
appeared from Rutland, VT, Jan. "a. was
found in Otter creek-The Valley Falls
companv's cotton mill at Valley Fails, r.
l., employing 200 people, will start up on
full time next Monday-Mrs. Michael
Sheehan of Winsted Conn, who was
fearfully burned by her clothes catching
fire from bonfire, died in agony
Fred Steiner, arrested in North Adams,
Mass, pleaded guilty to burglary at Ben
ninatou, Vt, and was sentenced to one
year in state prison.
Saturday, April 81
j.. II. Sothern. the actor, is sick--Four
new cases OF smallpox were discovered in
New York-Mme. Joniaux, the Ant
werp prisoner, has onfessed-German
Protestants demand the exclusion of
Jesuits-Another case OF smallpox was
found at South Boston-John L. En-
mons, an old-time Boston merchant, is
dead-Two tramps were killed in a
freight wreck near Vassar, Mich--A
Salem (Mnss.) boy was struck by an
electric car, but not badly hurt-Bur-
glars stole about $500 from the Henneker
IN. H. postoffice-A fierce storm swept
through portion of the south-Work
of the gypsy moth commission of Massa-
chusetts may be stopped for lack of funds
Mrs. Elizabeth Goss. widow OF Joseph
Goss the prizefighter, committed suicide
at Boston The new governor of Sierra
Leone and his party are threatened with
death by French force-By the clos
ing down of great steel works at Cleve-
land $50 men will be without employ
Representatives of railroads in
the Chicago and Ohio river territory are
gathered at Cincinnati for the purpose OF
forming pool-Lieutenant Horatio
Roberts, for over 90 years engineer at the
Boston custom house, died at his home in
Chelsea, Mass-The petition to restrain
alleged discrimination by the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad against
the New York and New England railroad
was dismissed by Judge Colt
An Injunction restraining the Cranstou
(R L. town council expanding S1S0,00C
appropriated is to be asked fora Uni
versity of Nerm ont sophomore class presi-
dent was kidnapped by freshmen--Ar
electric railroad company was formed tc
build line from Holyoke to Springfield
Mass-The Lee murder case in New
Haven may come to trial again--There
is big washout on the Grand Trunk
railway at North Stratford, y. H
Reported defects in the cruiser New York
are said to be greatly exaggerated-A
bill was introduced in the Dominion sen
ate providing for the construction of The
Winnipeg and Hudson Bay railroad by
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hawley mad,
forcible reply 70 the Coxey speech o
Senator Allen, the Nebraska Populist-
1t is limited that the government may can
eel the armor plate contracts
with the Carnegie company -
A woman claiming to have come from
Boston deserted her two little children il
New York city--The Brazilian govern
ment notified the diplomatic corps tina
the republic is at pcace-An 1l-stor.
Office building, exclusively for the medi
cal profession, is to be built in New Yorl
city-A mob of the unemployed a
| Cleveland compelled laborers to strike
but were finally dispersed by the police
| Grand Duke Nicholas, czarewitch o
Russia, and Princess Alix of Hesse are be
trothed-The millennial anniversary 0
the establishment of the Hungarian mon
archy is to be celebrated by an exposition
in 1s96-ExU United States Consul VALE
has secured concession Of the Who'll
southern part of Madagascar.
Sunday, April 81.
Edward II. Thayer, eX-treasurer of tn
Boston Postoffice Clerks association,
said to be short in his accounts--An in
tercolleg ate Arctic expedition is bein,
organized--Nice President Harris of tn
Northern Pacific Railroad company
dead--The assistant rector of S,
Ignatius church, New York, claims I
j have been forced to leave by Bishop Pot
ter-The colonial legislature of New
foundland was prorogued-Fivec chi
dren in one family at Goshen, y. Y, die
within a few days-A ctor Bob Hilliard'
wife secured a divorce and $50 a wee
alimony Corbett was we
received in London-Augustin Dial
was rendered complimentary dinner i
London by Consul eneral Collins
Porter Cross, aged So. retired buildin
mason, died at Springfield, Mass
case of smallpox was reported to tn
Worcester Mass board of health. Tn
victim is Mrs George Wiberg, wife of
travelling Swedish minister Charlie
Brim becom OF Barre. Mass, 60 years ole
prominent lawyer in western Worcestc
county, is dead-Heavy rains in Ne,
Hampshire have caused streams to ri.
rapidly.
Monday, April 20.
Fully 10000 pCo)le gathered on an
around Boston Common to witness tn
start of the New England industrial deli
CATION for Washington. The army
mum bered IA train went through
bridge near Wenlock, ~ II. The engin
and Is fiat cars We're wrecked and on
man was killed. nrequited love for
woman caused Charles Chick of Auburn
Me, to attem pit suicide--Fred Bailey wa
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