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4 W LXI, SERIES VOL. XXXIII. OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN. be CuiiHlrurl4il .Tulin ami Nireul Accepted, The CltV CniinflH nut. nt nvniim. nil MP mmilhpi? hi.fmr nLnur tt'ltl. t.nnH 0 tie red bv ConiiiMlmun WjitMin nriiminHnrf AfIPl'ni11 Kilt t Mil -111(1 V.mrlijt-Kf fttt. 'treasurer Wellei and City Assessor Jo lionnott a committee to hear questions on (he auatemeiit of taxes and report us soon a- practicable, which was adopted. The Count II then adjourned. Tin: uuakd of aldlkmen'. The Hoard of Aldermen met, nil being present, President Sutton in the chair. a pennon was re.nl rcom numerous pioperty owners on Clarke street, that ilie s'ime be properly graded, curbed and Kuuereu, ami smewaiKS ue put in proper condition lor travel, not nagged, the lm p- ovement to be ordere I forthwith, which V 'J3 referred to tne committee on streets. A pet.tion from 't'. II Canlleld to ciedit ttio water rates or the Vermont Kpiscopal Institute and seminary on the exupiise of laying the water pipe over ,f. A. Arthur's premises until the amount of said expense snail nave neeu ram, inter wmcn they argument in lavoror Kinntiug uie peti- tec who subsequently repotted recom- III Sl.lll IIISIIITIId IIT IDU llll'ihl. ,t1r,,-n Itlnns with rpnnnimpndnnmiM thut t k., H HrHin.iiiii in I M rni. iiiinr n.'i iiiiMiiarm it. Rtitute road : for the erection of mi elen- tric light at North Union and North street; the extension of Peru street to Klmwood avenue ; erection of an electric light at Archibald street and Interval avenue. The following resolutions were Intro duced and adopted unanimously: IltiolruU That the land dedicated to said city of Utirlinirton for n public hlidiwuy by U. II. and 1 H. Johnson and cabed Johnson street, having been opened, worked and (traded at the ex ik-dso of the owners of I he land to ttio satisfaction of tho street commis sioners, bo and the same Is hereby accepted by said city ol llurlli.gton aa a lntfhwav for tho life of tho publbi ot suid city. In accord ance with tho Instrument ot dedication of re coid In volume UI, on pai;e 3JD of tho land re cords of said city of IliirliiiKtnn. IUmlvet, That the street commissioners are hereby directed to construct a sewer in How ard street between Willar 1 aud Union street, to connect witty tho sewerage system of the city, as soon as practicable, la uccordanee with provisions ot the city charter aud ol tho oitv ordinances relutiiix thereto. llcfotre ', T int the vet commissioners bo, and theyaroliereliy dlncted toereet a naptha lamp pi.st near the residence of Tnoin s Itut ter on Grove street on his tiling with ae city clerk an agreement to llhtaiul propeily care for tho same by Thomas Mutter. An ordinance was introduced by Alder man Brown and passed, extending the fire limits to as to include both sides of North stteet to North Prospect, thence south to CHIT street, to Wlllard, thence to Howard, through the centre of Hattcry street ex tended to Battery Place, aud North avenue to North street. Don't rail To let your neighbor, who does noftiike the Fkkk PltKss, know of the great reduc tion in price. You will do him n favor. Wc 7)ntsf ilouhic our sulnvrlpilon Iht and uc rely upon our frlcmh to help us do It. Arrested for 1 beft. Much excitement lias been created among railroad employes by the arrest of Frank Merrill. an eiiiotorenn thn PlmsVilm rn'nl r.ti nli in.d f t)iuf A r..ll. . .... ... r.rif. nrniiuvi in inn miiLiur t .m. ..-nr. V... l.tw,.- .- . Ilirniiiiillllvl ,1, 1(1 111. 11M eft at the ilpnnf nt. Ivuntu, fnppill uiit it, iiijiiuhi-i hi ij name uu uio utg null A clue was soon found and Train I)e spatcher Howard and City Marshal Locke came and took the property, nlo arrest ing Merrill. He admitted the offence but cluimed others had been implicated in stealing from the com pan v. Mr. Howard took compassion on his family and gavo him hi freedom if he would leave the State. Various articles have been missed for some time from the cars aud boxes hnve been broken open and part ot their cont' tits removed. A sharp watch will be kept for the offenders in the 'Mure. TlioWeoklv Kico l'rSH frnm this date is red uo d olio liaM it Is now only ONK DOLJiAJt it year. Drodslon In a I"lrt National Ilnnk Caso, In the case of C. V. Witters, receiver of the First National bank of St. Albans vs. Kdward A. Sowles and Margaret H. Sowles, his wife, iu which a demur rer was heard at tho Uctober ter.n at Rutland ou the ground that the action should be at la 'nstead of in equity. Judge Wheeler 1ms just rendered ade cree BUHtaining the dnuurrer aud dismiss ing the bill of complaint for wnnt of juris diction In equity. The action was a bill In equity to charge an assessment to the amount of the p-ir value o' 400 shares of tho stock ot tioo each upon the separate property of the wife. These shares Mrs. Sowles obtained from Hiram Bollowa's es tate as residuary legatee. Cnrloim Accident on iho Kntlnud Kail- load An accident took pUca on the Rutland .!! -.1 ' M . . .. i.. ... I ireiLlIlL CIU'H. H HlilOfJII Htlll niliidnnimr i uuiiiu tuKtt'Ubi iiknui ijiriii li i in, iiiiiiii ntnriy uvuiy uuu Hcru uruKen, mm two wrecking tralnwas hent up from liol- ger trains west were delayed till -1:30 o'clock Thursday morning, ONE JJOLLAR will now buy tho Weekly Free Press one year. Tell your friends. t liLi ij t, it i t ii iii ou ikiiiiiiiiii a. uu imnnri i- ItULIUtOUS INlllIiIilOKNCi:. The Methodist chutcli at Montgomery, vt., has been presented a handsouie me morial window by Mr. II 0. Brown of Toledo, Ohio. In vie A' ot the removal ol Uev. ,V. 11. Hyde fiom Moitlsville on account of iteblo lu.illh, Rev. W. R. PuTcr, who has been mppliing Corinth, goes la take Ills place for the balance of the year. Chaplain MeCabe has di llnl'telv prom ised lo be at Woodstock, November 1U-SI. He delivers his tamoiis lictnie on the "Blight Side of Life in Libliy Prison" nil Saturday evening, pleaches ou Sunday, aud ppeaks at the missionary convention on Ilie evening of Monday; llvi. .Morgan and Bruce delivering addresses in the af ternoon. The recent conference of tho presiding elders regarding the pi e-e lor ho ding the next annual Yemio.it unifeiencc, result, ed in nothing dellnlte. No chinch has as yet given an Invnati n. and the matter has been postponed tor the present. Rev. .lelnal Austin, a superanuu ited member ot the Noit hern New York coti lerti'ce, a Vermont hoy who went us a missionary to the Saraimc region more than fid years ago, and who has not visited the scenes of his childhood for 40 years, is spending a few weeks iu the vicinity of his old home in Braintree. The Methodist society at Brownsville has come Into poesslon ot the sum of $.U'0, given by the widow of the late Rev .fohn Knglish. The money was given in memory of her father and mother, Klisha aud Sarah Hoke. Rev. Joseph Hooper, who preached his farewell sermon as pastor of St. Augus tine's church, in North Troy, recently, be gan ins moors at .Mystic Kiver, Conn., .November 0. Rev. W. B. Brown, ot Man sonville, will temporarily till the pulpit of St. Augustine's. . Rev. George A. Beckwith, of Alstead, N. II , has been engaged to supply the Congregational pulpit at Windham. Rev. J. N. Walker, lormerly pastor of the Congregational church at St Johns bury Hast, is to be settled over the Con gregational churcli at Island Pond Nov ember 11; sermon by Rev. C. M. Lamon. Tho wardens aud vestrymen of St. Peter's church at Bennington have ex tended a unanimous call to Rev. H. Usslier Monro ot Providence, R. I. Rev. Mr Gilbert hits been called iw pas tor of the Baptist church at North Biii ningtou aud lias accepted. The Queehee Congregational society has voted to invite Rev. Mr. Conrov to be- come pastor of that church. The John strpet p.hnrf li In Vmp Vn,.! city, the oldest Methodist church in America has Just celebrated its 121st an uiveibary. Don't Fail To let your neighbor, who does not take the Free Pisess, know of tho great reduc tion in price, lou will do him a favor. We must double OUT suhwrlnHnn. Mi (Hid u'c rely upon our friends to hcln uu do it. CKIMKS AND ACCIOUNTS. A chonner natneil fHrtl fi P Q., Has crushed bva log at North Troy the other day and terribly injiued. The hand of W. Dalton, a brakeman on the nflll-i.r.i iirt.l tTi.fl.ji-... .....1 ....... I il crushed rimrsdHy while he was coupling cars at Whitehall. A portion of the hand was amputated. w. . u. -.i,..u,t iiuunil UUIU a buggy aud had his thigh bone broken. Bethel was the scene of a case of kid napping tlie other evening. A man who had separated from his wife stole the child while the mother was out of the room. Tho eicht-vear-old son nf nhnri ot Alonktnl)oo, whh kicked hv it hr.I Friday, ami his upper jaw was broken. ri.U .rillill !ffCO F Vnnfnn ..r - thrown from a buy while vUItiuj; in St, i niiuMifty, mm was f-erionsjy IllllUed She hsi I'pHirnnl linnui un.l 1. II hlf In ItP nut Iml (j Miiifa li.n.A .....1 i. ,.l vjht thumb is ltd!y bpralced. A house una barn belonging to Albert Jones at Sheldon were destroyed by tire .ltiu1jl' KViitilniT Umi. 1 ... U .7 l. work ot an iuceudiaiy ; insured for 10UU. .fi set oi iann ouiminH belonulnK to C. U ilendimway at Water ford were burned blhliiv nlirht njinaPf) w n lion (let.,.. against a lighted lantern in the barn. koss 500 ; insurance 1500 Alvull Anil- (-.n.iH.itiil Ii, I. .11 n. n ........ ..j v, , wtll,u, i J 111, ,1 11 ti UJllll U of iiolsoning cattle iu Wheelock, hung iiim-eu in nis cell at at. ,ohnsbnry ou Saturday. He leaves a widow and son. As the workmen approached tho Catho lic church building in Barre Saturday morn ng j:jo feet of the staging was blown down byj.i severe gaie. One Dollar ayoarfor the Weekly Free Press. It A I I.ltO.1 II M ATT KKS. The Jldlluay Aijc Rays: "During tho last few mouths the work of railway building has been going on at a rate never before equalled, From January 1 to No vember 1, ronds have laid a total of 940U miles of track. More track hus been laid so fur this year than in IbSO, and this exceeds the record ot all other years in the history of this or any other country. Kansas contitiuen as last year far In the lead, showing already an addition of at least 16S0 miles since tho year began. Ne braska lollow next 1th a report ot M7 nine. ieus wiiu o.si mues, Colorado with 718 miles and Dakota with 660 miles. It is reported In railway circles in New Hampshire that tho Concord railroad is desirous of obtaining General Superin tendent Charles S. Mellcu of the Boston and Lowell corporation tor general man ager of their compauy at a salary of $10, 000. The report of the Delaware and Hudson Canal company for the past year for the New York aud Canada division is as fol lows : Gross earnings, faM.O.'iO.ta ; operat ing expenses, 147,814 (18; neteariiings.flOS, 125.93; charges, 0tl,B09.74; net income, fU,ltf6.2I. Tho Weekly I'rou ProHi from tlilrt ditto 1m reduced one hull It 1h now only OMi DOLLAlt a your. I'KKMONA I,. Henry Kdgerton, IC-q,,of San Francisco, a native Vermonter and a leading lawyer ot that city, was found dead in his bed In San Francisco ou the 4th inst. Don't Kill I To let your neighbor, who does not take the Fkke Pukss, know of the great reduc tion lu price. You will do him a favor. U'c jattkf (ioiiWi; our subscription UU and uc rely ijoi our friends to help us dolt. I3U11LINGTOX VT., Ml ID (IllH IIlVi tf 'tc Notes from Ciiiu and I'ott Tlirmiulmut the .state. Gen. W. W. Henry will speak befoie tho Brattleboro post, November 15. The G. A. H. boys of West Bniko ale putting a brick wall tinder their new building. Corporal Tanner delivers the next, lec ture of the -sruttleboro Y. M. C. A. cottise oveinber 17. The Klngslev Guard club at Hutlaud have voted to make their association a permanent one. The fair of Post Sennott of West Rut land which closed on Tuesday evening, was a linaucial success. The Sons of Veterans of Mlddleburv will celebrate tho second anniversary ot their orKtmlz.ulon November 7. Marsh Post of Franklin will hold u cimp lire, Friday evening, November 11, which will be ifddressed by Hev. K. Snow and Comrade Warren Glbbs. Tho Sons of Veterans of Gen. Stephen 1 homascamp, Muntpeller, propose to give an entertainment November 15, and have secured the services of Prol. Frank Brad ford, the eloctUloiit. The lecture before the Newpoit post last Friday evening, by C. N. Thomas, was excellent, and the hall was filled. The post has now an entertainment com mlttee who are dolug good work. The new G. A. K. hall at Newport was dedicated Friday night, November4. Col. George W. Hooker was present aud other comrades. After the exercises, refresh ments were served by.tho Ladles' Belief coips. The lirst of thecampllres to be given by B'dley Post of North Troy tills winter will bo held at G. A. H. hall, on Saturday evening, November 12. Gen. W. W. Grout will deliver an address and other speakers will be present. A movement to buy tho battlefield of Shiloh has stinted at Pittsburg Lauding, Tenn., and Grand Army posts all over the country are asked to aid the project. A lauil company is to be organized and a conference to arrange details will soon be held. The Alton, (111.,) daily Tel curaph of Oc tober 28 contains a notice of the death of Mr. A. II. Drury at St. Louis. Mr. Drury was a native ot HighgHte, iu this State, and was about 40 years of age. He was a sergeant iu Company "L," First Vermont cavalry, and served from the muster-in of tue company to the close of the war. He was a good soldier. Soon after the war ho removed to Alton, where he was promi nent and esteemed in business elides. An Orange county correspondent writes : "Some soldier hating person lately wrote the commissioner of pensions that a cer tain Vermont soldier was not entitled to the $8 pension he was receiving. Tuetol dier was ordered before a medical board for examination. Last week be was given an Increase of pension aud now gets $12 per month." At the adjourned special meeting of the Batlow Grays, held on Saturday night for tho purpose of electing a lirst lieuten ant to fill the vacancy caused by the sud den departure of C. A. Koleau. Capt. H. K. Perkins presided. Second Lieut. B. B. Perkins was elected first lieutenant, and J. G. Hoyt was advanced from the posi tion of first sergeant to that of second lieuteiiHiit. The Soldiers' Home has bought a Cooley Cabinet creamer large enough tor 12 cows, from the Vermont Farm Machine com pany at Bellows Falls. Tho company made the Home the generous and liberal gift of one-half the price of the same, which will be appreciated by ail interest ed iu the Home as well as the many other gifts whicli are being given to the same. A letter received at tho Vermont Sol dlers1 Home from the National Home at Togus, Maine, bays that the Home is tull and no more applications cau be received tills winter. The Home has accommoda tions for nearly 2000 disabled veterans, aud Is but one of the five of the National Homes. The others are located in Hamp ton, Maine ; Dayton, Ohio : Milwaukee. w isconsin ; Leavenworth, Kansas. -Vis. Alice Durkeo of Whitney Belief cmps, Tunbridge, assisted by Mrs. S. K. Hayward of tho same corp, organized uiviiiu nixoy corps ,o. M at teoutn Koy auou oaiuriiay. tii ere was a public in sinuation ol tiuollicers in the evening. The olllceis ate: President, Mrs. M. J. Sargent; vice-president!", Mrs. II. S. Hum rll! and Airs. A. H. Lamb; secretary, Mis. H. L. Bogers; chaplain, Alma Snow, treasurer, Mrs. F. Lyman; conductor; Lydia Hatch; G., Mis. J. F. Shepard. Maj. A. 15. Valentine, for the linance committee ot the Vermont Soldier's iiome, nas sent to (Jen. P. P. Pitiun, treasurer, a statement of the money re ceived and expended as follows: He ctived from Hon. T. J. Deavitt, Muntpel ler, 100, Stannard Po-,t, Burlington, $50; Cutter Post, Bennington, .20; Dil lingham P.t, Wnlerbury, $11 ; Craudiill Post, Barre, tlO ; Sheridan Post, Weston, $5. The Woman's Belief Corps, respect ively of Bellows Falls, $20 ; of Montpel ier, $15; of Bennington, $10; of Br.itile lwrn, $10 ; of Wlimxor, $10 ; of Bradford $10 ; or Tunbridge, $5 ; ot Ludlow, $5 ; of Waterbtiry Centre, $5 ; of Weston, $5 ; of Hlnesburgh, $5; if Dofret, $5; of Man chester, $5 ; of Wells Hiver. $5 ; making the total receipts, WU.OO. The disburse ments were for furniture for home, $23J. 80; balance sent Measurer, $78.20 ; total. $mi 00. Pensions have recently been granted to ermonters i.s follows : Origiual, Willis C. Hawley, Waterbnry ; increase, Jerome Gault, Arlington ; reissue, Louis Pettis. aitslleld ; ong ml, Miller Farrow, Peaohain ; James i.lcKenua, Winooski ; increase, George Hale, Salisbury ; Rebec ca, widow of James Kerr, Montpeller ; John S. Andrews, Montpeller ; George Benilck, North Calais, Increase ; original, Klijah F. Hugg, South Londonderry ; re Issue, A H. Kenulson, Burke; W. K. Martin. Fast Kltuoro ; W. F. Huntley, Granville ; Mexican war, Benjamin Duba, Grand Isle'; ougiual, James La Plan, Bak ersileld. Post Jewelt of Swantou, held their lirst campllro of the season in their post room Thursday eve.dng, November 3. In re spouse to an invitation a delegation of the jiost and W. U. C. of St. Albans, num bering nearly 100, accompanied by tho St. Albans drum corps, paid their neighbois a visit, aud were royally entertained, A "corn supper" was bervedbythe W. J. C. of Swantou early lu tho evening and following lids treat the exercises of the campllru began under the direction of Cetnrado H, O. Sturtevaut. There were attractive readings by Mrs. K. T. and Miss Ada Bradley, with other preliminary exercises. Capt. George (J. Blake made the Introductory addtess. Comrade Mo. Gettrie'of St. Albans gave a brief ac count of bU vWit to tho St. Louis encamp mi'iitasu delegate. Other speakers fol lowed, mining whom were Coiurndeji W. W. Cm ger. Warren Glbbs, Kugeiio Bordo aud I. .st Cummiiiider Bordo of St. Al bans, at d H, D. B lines, L C Green and Kdltor Tobm of Swantou. AY, iNOVjjMBEll 11, 187. V WELVE PAGES. THE ANARCHISTS. BESEECHING THE GOVERNOR TO EX ERCISE CLEMENCY. Ktloils to I'rorn MiiKg Insniiu-Kiido.ivor-lug to Si rare Writ of , llubens Cor-pim-Splei Willing to Dlo In He. half of tho other Six. CttlcAoo, Nov. 9. -Dr. Halloway, living on West Monroe street, found on Ins front porch this morning a round box three Inches lonjr, one and half inches iu circum ference, enclosed in a thick covering of brown paper, ou which was written: "Don't let any oneseo you open this. Two lives are worth more than one. Beware, the city calls upon you for help. Be care ful whicli end you open." The box was taken to the station house and found to contain a quantity of s ituiMted gun cot ton. A little later a bomb was found on the back porch of Campbell's home, 11 Clarkson court, which contained enough dynamite to blow the house up. Arguments on the petition of J. D. Klernan, M. I) , for the testing ot Llngg's sanity were taken up by Judge Prcnder gastofthe County Court this afternoon and the Judge sustained State's Attorney Gritinell's argument that the prisoner was outside his Jurisdiction and refused to in terfere. It was announced the case would bu taken before tho Criminal Court to morrow. Attorney Solomon this alternoon ob tained the signatures of Spies, Fielden and Schwab to a petition lor a writ of habeas corpus. Tne grounds on which the writ is asked are that the judgement of the Supreme Court is illegal, iu that it said "judgment should be alllrmed," In stead of judgments in each case, also that the defendants should belli court at the time the judgement was rendered. The petition will bo laid before one of the judges of the Criminal Court to-morrow. Uio lloarlni: llufuro tlm Governor. Sl'iilvtiFlELl), 111., Nov. !). In the hear ing before Gov. Oglesby to-day Senator Streeter reail a petition of the Stato sena tors which asks for a reprieve of 30 days. Having Uiiished the reading, Streeter laid the petition on the table and made a few remarks. He thought In 30 days public uyiinuu woum no so revolutionized tne governor could do nothing else than com mute the sentence. Tho senator's re marks seemed to have weight with the governor. George Schilling and L. S. Oliver carried the petitions iu front of the governor, the latter saying : " These peti tions contain the names of CO.OfK) people living in Chicago." The executive re quested an aflldavitto that affect and Oliver replied: "It will be presented later." Mrs. Black spoke a few sentences when the governor interrupted with : "Excuse me, mndame, but I should like to take care of this case myself," The pleadings began at 2:15, Bailey and Ci'tnpbellnf tho trade assemblies. William Orviile aud Oliver of Chicago, Shellburg of Detroit, Representative C. G. Dixon of Chicago, Burapas of the Central Labor Union of New i ork. J. K. Qulnn, master workman, Frauk Farrell, representing division 49 of New York trades assembly, addressed the governor, followed by G. C. Schilling, who presented a petition from the union of Chicago, to which two of the deceased policemen belonged, askiug clemency. The governor then received the relatives of the condemned, which lasted up to a late hour this evening. The governor has given no expression as to his intentions aud it is not likely any decision will be given. It is claimed Grinnell said in a speecli if Spies was hanged tho law would be suistled. n a letter Stiies asks that tne sentence of his comrades be commuted and lie die, thereby sutisfyiiiK Grinuell's de uands. Impertinent Inturforonce of tlio Hngllli. London', Nov. 9. A petition to tho gov ernor of Illinois in behalf of the condemn ed anarchists i receiving many signatures. Among the signers are Rev. Stnpford Brook, 0car Wilde. Stetiniak. Walter Besaut and others well known. A largely attended meeting tills evening, resolved to send a cible to tho governor, request ing li m to exercise clemency. The con demned were spoken of as the noblest champions of labor of modern times. An Uiiforttiiiittu' .Snebillntlc Colony. El. P.vso, Texas, Nov. S. John Frlel, late a member of the ocialistic colony of A. K. Owen, at Topulnhimpo, Mexico, on the gulf of California, lias just arrived here. He walked across the count! v from the colony to Chihuahua, on the Mexican ( eutral ran w.iv, a dtsrancH ot .jtio miles, Ho reports the culonl-tssiilTering for food. It is about a year since ih work r.f colo nization bej in. Ov.-r 400 persons went to Topiilobam-i. mil t'rli l s ij-s that abont 150 remain 'tiere .ue r-si having died or come buck to the L ulled Mates. Tim "Weekly Freo Press from this ditto is reduced o hull it Is now only OX 13 DOLLAR si your. j United Slates Court lit llrattleliorn. UltATTl.Elioiio, Vt., Nov. 8. The United States court opened at. 3:30 this afternoon, In the case of C. W. Witters, receiver, vs. E. A. Sowles, executor, et al., a hearing was had on the petition of the defendants to set aside the levy of execution made on certain real estate. Decision was reserv ed C. W. Witters for the orator. Kitt redge Haskinsand H. A. Sowles for de fendants. The court then adjourned mi til to-morrow tt 9 o'clock. II niiKeil for Ten Minutes. Waco, Texas, Nov. 8. Dan Wells was hanged on Childer's creek, It! miles above the city last night, A farmer lost some flue stock and Wells was arrested charged with being one of the thieves. The con stable started to town with the prisoner and was met by vlgilants who hanged Wells to a limb ot a tree, hoping to get a full confession out of him. He would not confess, and after keeping Wells hanging for 10 minutes they cu mm down ami turned lilm over to the constable. Wells Is now in Jail, Annual Mvetlni; f Kimliirn Vermont llolrtH ItreeilerN, Sr. JoiiNsiu.'itv, Nov. 8. The annual meeting of the Eisteru Vermont Horse Breeders' ussoeiutl'iu to d. ly voted not to extend the boundary or tho association bejond (.'nlielonl i, Oi leans and Essex cmintii s No horsesever btarted iu a race shall cnmpi-te as rd.ulsteiv. The next ex-J hibltion will be held hi ra before Uie county fairs. The old ollicers were re elerted. nxi'KNSivi; points r kiiiks. Vultmhln l'ruperty Dmtroynil In WHllv ton, Mtilillehnry and I'owunl. An extensive fire has been raging since Sunday on laud belonging to John Whit comb, Jason Clark and II. S. Johnson in w llllston. The burnt district covers nearly 1000 acres. Mr. Johu.on has lost over one mile of fenee and buildings are threatened in several places. The lire is on a large hill just east of the village of Wllliston and Tuesday evening formed a most brilliant spectacle, the entire hill being one mass of llame. At last uccounts the fire win htill raging. The greatest mountain fire ever known in that section is now raging on theGreen mountains, east of Pownal,utid the woods are ou fire for about four miles. Many thousand dollars' worth of timber has been destroyed. Tha fences bordering the railroad south of the passenger station at Middlebury, were badly damaged by fire Monday. The grass Is siippoed to have Ignited from the spares of a locomotive. A stlir southerly wind prevailed, and the flames spread with prairie rapidity. The railroad bridge and.n car house wore threateucd.uud a por tion of the lire department was sumniund. The progress of the tire was checked a few feet south of the bridge. The country is Verv drv. and rain Is greatly needed. Flro at Welt Newbury. The barn of George Sawyer of West Newbury with its contents, was burned Saturday evening. There were 90 tons of hay and the oats from 15 acres of land in the barn. He had been threshing the day before, and Edson McAllister's threshing machine was burned, ljoss more than $1500 ; partly insured. Mr. Sawyer's house and other buildings were burned on the same premises some months ago. tin; dying kaisi:k. Kmporor William's i; n it llulluved to be Very Near. Bijui.in', Nov. 8. Although tho emperor is reported as better, and although he has been able to show himself once to the pub lic at his window, ho Is still very sick. His recent attack was another nephritic colic. This he has only recovered from with dllllculty. He lias suffered much more than usual. He eontinually com plains aud has become very weak. He ulso exhibits a certain apprehension, a iear never shown oeiore. tils strength has disappeared durlug the last eight days iu a most irigutiui tashlon. tie asRs continuallv for the crown prince and has asked that ho return at once to Berlin. An officer of his staff has been sent to tbe crown prince at San Remo. The latter was disposed. In suite of his state ot health, to consent to go to nerim, uut tne crown princess lias oppos ed her husband's going, believing that such a journey will prove fatal. The prince, however, hns only thus far made one concession, aud that is that Dr. Mac kenzie shall be telegraphed tor to come and give ids opinion, before starting, whether the journey cau be safely made or not. It Is believed by those near the crown prince that lie will go to his father In response to his orders, no matter what may be the result. There Is great uneasi ness iu Berlin. The emneror is now. everv one believes, near his death, aud the sad state of the crown princo adds greatly to tue uneasiness ot tne situation. (JlJNKKAl, SPOKTINU NOT ICS. The International League meets at To ronto, November 10. Hanlau met with a cold reception in Australia. He will row Beach for the world's championship Nov. 20. The Chicago and Indianapolis teams will probably do their spring training to gether at Hot Springs, Ark,, where the Chicago club owns a ground. George Fryer, the English heavy-weight, wants to light Sullivan according to the London prize-ring rules tor 200. Tile live-mile bicycle race between Wil helm and Schwartz of Reading, yester day was won by ilhelm, iu l'j minutes and 40 seconds. Dunlap of the Detroits will not play with the Giants next season. Diiulap would do better if he paid less attention to the grand stand. Dr. J. Carroll Daly, of Nenngh, Ireland, champion light-weight thrower of the United Kingdom, is coming to this couu try iu February. hex i on'n backer, Henry ntedeker, has bet tfiuou with Dave Gideon ot .New Yo'k that Sexton cau beat Maurice Daly, the present champion, iu a mulch game of 5oo points up. The arrangements for the three-mile sculling racs between Conley of Portland ami Ml Kay ot Halifax are complete. The race will be rowed Nov. 22 on the t'harks river course. Tommy Warren and Patsy O'Leary of St Paul have slgued articles to light to a Uuish ou January a, London pn.e ring rules, witli small gloves, for $1000 a side. Each has put up $500 forfeit. According to latest mall advices from England over 5,000 people witue.-std the 'cycle races at Maucl ester, October 17 when Howell won the 10-mile professional scratch race ill 3'Jm. 57 2-5s. by two yards from Lees. The Ottawa college team aud the Mon treal foot ball team played f r the cham pionship on tonturday atteruoou, aud the Montreal champions r t defeated. The Ottawa men are now eh. i.plons nf Cana da. W, J. Morgan writes from England that Rlehaid Howell, bicycle champion ol the world, will positively visit the Tutted States next year. Rowe will then have ids much lougeil-for chance to meet the doiuhty Englishman on the path. John Teenier is the lirst uative born American oarsman who has held the championship since f var Morris nourish ed. Evan Morris was born at Pittsburg, and John Teenier was born at McKees port, both In Pennsylvania. F. E Bennett of the Boston National Lancers made a Miccessmi attempt to break the 1000-shot record wltn an army revolver at fO yards, until now held by Chevalier Ira Paine, making S57 outAif a possible 1000. At Omaha uu Thanksgiving day, George Kendall of that city will attempt to raise a dumbbell weighing 2" poui.ds, fiom shoulder to arm's length above the shoul der 5oo tunes. The world's best record with a 2.1-iionud dumbbell is 450 times, nude by G. W. R.iciiiiatSan Francisco iu 1S75. i ho Yalo freshmen have challenged the Ilarvaid treshmeti to a two mile straight away elght-oared shell raw next summer ut New London. Last car Harvard de clined to row, buf as the hentimeut at Ha.vaiM, it Is thmi.-ht, favors dropping the Columbia races. It s considered more than probable that Yale's challenge will be accepted. NUMBER 20 TII 15 POLITICAL WOULD. MORE DEFINITti RESULTS IN SEVERAL OF THE STATES. Oliiiinbarlnlii Not i:iclilly Delighted Kotiorted Unit lllitlne In Aminri-d He will be lonomliiiited Hut Tin Might Prefer to bo a Henutor. Des Moikes, la., Nov. 9. Returns from 750 of 900 preclucts show a net democratic gain ot 785. If the samo vote is sustained it will give Larrabee, rep., for governor 13,000 plurality over Anderson, dem., and a majority of 3000 over all. The vote of Cain, union labor, for governor is between 9000 and 10,000. Fariiham'a prohibition vote will fall under 2000 iu the State. The Legislature Is republican by about 45 on joint ballot. The Ohio I.rgMiitiire. CoLUMlif s, Ohio, Nov. 9. The republi can State committee claims the election of 22 senators with a possibility of 23, and 63 representatives. Republican Plurality of :il,S(m In Poiin sylvan la, Philadelphia, Nov. 9. Hart, republi can candidate for State treasurer, lias a plurality of 30.S.90, democtiitic gain ot 0030. Chamberlain's View on ttio Election. New Yohv, Nov. 9. Joseph Chamber lain interviewed to obtain his views on American politics, evinced by the election said : Yesterday yon voted for as many as nine different things und had uo end of names on the ballots. With us it is quite different ; in all the elections except for school trustees, we vote for one or two men, and each ballot bears hut a single name, that simplifies matters very much. Again, our elections do not seem to come as frequently as here. The town elections occur but once in three years; our na tional elections as a rule come but once in four years. Some candidates are assessed to pay the election expenses. In many cases, however, the constltuence pay every penny of the expenses. Mr. IUhIiiu Talks Politics. New Youk, Nov. 9. A Paris special says : Mr. Blaine last night passed an hour with ex-Congressman John B. Alley of Boston, and during the conversation said : "I have had the best physicians in Lon don and Paris, and they have pronounced me to be in perfect health and condition. I am quite assured of my renomination, but should I not be elected I would not even then give up politics. I consider the senatorship of a good, sound State eqnal if not superior to the presidency as a posi tion worth seeking. All I want now is perfect rest and quiet." One Dollar a year for the Weekly Free Press. Oeu. Miles Presented with a Sword. Tucsok, Ariz., Nov. 8. Gen. Miles to day was presented with a sword In honor of his subjection of the Apache Indians. The presentation was in behalf of all the citizens of the Territory. All the public buildings were handsomely decorated and there was a parade of all the local civic societies reviewed by Gen. Miles and other o Ulcers. CONDHNSKD DKSPATCHKS. O'Brien Wednesday was removed to the prison infirmary on the doctor's orders. Judge John M. Berry of the Supreme Court of Minnesota died Tuesday. In connection with the Glasgow exhibi tion a yacht race, open to vessels of all countries will be held next summer, prize All 000. Hon. J. S. V inter, Newfoundland's lepresentative at the deliberations of the international fisheries commission, goes to Washington in au unolllcial capacity. He is delegated ! the Newfoundland government, of which lie is a member, to attend the sessions for the purpose of im parting to the British commissioners a better understanding of the desires of the colony. Thesaloof the art anil litprnrvpnllontinn of Henry Ward Beecher begun Tuesday, lu the afternoon 173 lots of Japauese ceramics, china and norcelain brie ii-brun I atnl disposed of for a little over $2000, aud in the evening 35S lots of books were sold. realizing about $1000. Only One Dollai for the Weekly I'ree Press. Beglutiing Oct. 1st tne price of the Weekly Fr.LK Pllkss Is reduced one half. Let all your acquaintances know that it will cost only one dollar a year from this time ou. NOUTIIUKN N'KW VOKK. CIlHIliplllill. As Thomas Lewis was driving to ward Coopersville Friday morning the horse became frightened and turning quickly overturned the wagon, throwing Mr. Lewis into the ditch aud Injuring him s verely. Tho full extent of his in juries are not yet known. Dr. Briggs is attending him George W. CUark went back to .Matievillo college Friday morning, where he will devote three years study for the priesthood A son was horn to Mr. aud Mrs. Robeit J. Chirk, Wednesday. George Earl, who has been sick for some time, was found dead in hl. bed Sunday night, having passed quietly uiwiy appar ently without a struggle Mrs. J. G. Smith died Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, She has been sick with consump tion for a long time. Her husband is sick at Burlington Louis Amlaw died suddenly iu Mr Getty's store Tuescay alternoon at 1 o'clock. He stood talking with some men and suddenly turned white- and then red and druiined .lntiui chair and iu two minutes was dead. Heart direase was the cause School is closed for a few days. w deks and seats are being put into the scboul house. UOII4UH Pllillt, The funeral of the late Charles Daw. sou, lather of Mrs. Walter Phillip, was held at the Episcup-u cliur.Mi, bunilav There was a ociablo at tho re-d- deuce of Mr. W. A. Ryan Wednesday evening Mr. T. M. Leonard and fam ily have returned to New York Mr, Beck aud family have left tor the South. Tim Weekly I'Ypo I'rcss from this ilat is reiliM-fil oik hall it Is now only UN H DOLLAR a your.