Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-09-01
ITEMS Ar HOME AND ABROAD.

ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.
---TuE TRAIN from the South on the Rut-
land and Burlington Railroad was brought
to u stand-still in Fcrrshurgh, yesterday =.
NJ, by fires in the woods on both sides Of the
track. The passengers we're carried mile
or two round, put into freight cars on this
side Of the fire, and reached here about four |
hours behind the usual time of arrival.
--THE Excn,SGY Hotel is doing well |
under the management Of Mcssrs. Blodgctt,
its new proprictors. Among the improve
mcnts introduced by them are gas lights
throughout the house and gas light street
lamp, in front, which brilliantly Eliminates
Water Street and asserts for itself the honor
of being the first street lamp in Burlington.
RAIN fell on the Eastern boundary Of
the State on Saturday evening, and through
the valley Of the Connecticut. Copiou.
showers also fell in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, BE-, and the nhabi-
tants of those regions are congratulating
themselves that the back bone Of the drought
is broken. In TIN. vicinity, however, it still
/ p'hlS sway WIN " CIllUTllNu anu ItlcnlltNN
severity. A week since the drought wa,
pronounced unprecedented by old inhabitants,
and the Winooski river. and streams gene
rally, lower than ever before. They must
disappear entirely unless : change Of weather
is granted before long.
=. $ Last (Wcdncslay) night gnvc us a
refreshing rain Of several hours duration
Ar WISoosKI on.Friday, 5. c. lslam,
j. Levine, F. f. Allard, IIcrrlck Il Small. c.
LaFountain and Martin Clark were called to
account before Justice IIollcnhcck for selling
liquor. The first four plead guilty. The other
two stood trial and We're found guilty Where
upon all were fined ton dollars each and costs
There are places in Burlington where a simi-
lar admonition would not be thrown away.
---"TuE N"NIN.TtNG Committee appointed
by the Stockholders of the Vernon, Central
Railroad have obtained the consent of seven
I good mon and true selected 10 stand II can
didates for Directors of the Corporation. A
good Board of Directors, increased business.
high tariffs, economical expenditures. recipro-
city with the Canadns and the opening of the
Prescott and Bytown Railroad are considered
favorable features IN the prospect of the Road.
"Therc In. been reduction Of 30 per cent.
| in the expenses of the Rutland and Burlington
Railroad, under the administration Of Thomas
Thatcher. the new President of the corporation
Systems of rctrenclment have also been adup.
ted by the Ogdensburgh, Northern, Cheshire
Vermont and Massachusetts and Fltchbure
f Railroads.
-TmE BusroN Cour',r says that arrange
mcnts have been made hv Mr. Crane, the
late President Of the Vermont Central Rail
road. to return the : 900 shares Of the over
, issued Stock. sold for his benefit, provided
the trustees will refund the s II 900 borrowed
on 2 900 shares for the use Of tho corporation
, The shares are to he replaced, it is stated
before the expiration Of the present month.
- FIRES in the Woods were probably
+ never more numerous and extensive in New
England than at present. Capt. Davis house
: on Grand Isle has been in danger, and fir,
was raging on his land yesterday Our in
formant thought over one hundred men were
fighting fire when he left the Island yester
. day. The Albany Journal describes fire il
Arlington and Sunderland, Vt, which had
travelled sr mics in direct line, sweeping
thousands of acres and destroying large guam
titles Of timber, cord wood &c. The Freeman
says that east of Panfeld and Marshfeld
thousands of acres of timber are already dos
troyed, and the settlers were leaving their
hnnaag in fat inn a 81
the flames over the open country as well as
woodlands The VcrScnncs Independent ha,
a report, which comes direct and it fears il
true. that three or four men have persisted in
the flames of the burning woods near West
port. on tho opposite side of the lake, Upon
the plains east of Concord, y. H., it is csti-
mated that $500 acres of land have been
burned over. - In many place in Maine. -
says despatch from Bangor, " the entire
population are engaged in fighting the fire.
In Garland it ia said that whole family who
live some distance from any other house. are
entirely surrounded by the flames, having no
means of escape, Whether they are dead or
alive is not known"
-rnE NiRGEsSrs Indcp0rd'nt requests
the craft to give " dead head passage
through the State 10 DR.. Cadieux, who,
it says, came to Nergcnncs with another man 5
stolen wife, cheated poor widow out of a
two weeks board bill, and ran of without
paying the printer his due, a combination Of
cnormitics which should give him passage
not through the State, but into the state
prison.
The Chronicle asks "whethcr Dagucr-
rcotype Miniatures can be taken better ON
the Sdbboh than on other days of the week
In other words is Sunday the best for
solar pictures
-TME MONTREAL Pi'ot OF Tuesday mem
tions an accident on the Montreal and New
York railroad, by which the passenger train
was driven off the track, upset and rolled
over bank twelve feet high the passenger
car was smashed in licces, two men killed,
and third not expected to survive, about
dozen other were seriously injured,
--ON FRID,Y last, the remains of Jacob
Mansfield, OF Windsor, Vt, whose disap-
pearlnce, seven weeks ago, we noticed, were
in Maiden, Mass, From tree above the
drcomposing remains the skull Of the I'M
harry man danglcd by rope, and showed
the manner Of his death. His wallet with
papers and $500 in bank bills, in tolcrablc
condition. was found in his clothes The
Boston Journal gives thes = facts and SAYS
" At the time of MIR, Mansfeld's disappear
anco' it was supposed that he had about
10000 in his possession, hut it lie stated that
the remainder had been invested in Vermont
Central stock. 1t is very surprising that the