Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-17
,ryxs At HOME AND ABROAD.

n-h. of Montpelier, owned by Mr.. u. Il.
GRAY. and another house belonging to Mr.. K.
n. Keith, were entirely consumed. Four
families were left houseless, I'LL poor people
md lily able to bear the loss Of their house
hold effects. The origin of the FIRE il sup
passed to have been incen diary, us fire was dis
covered and distinguished on the promises,
several times, On the Saturday previous.
---F,rAL ACCIDENT IN STowk.-We learn
from the Waichmdn that on Thursday, the
n ipst., Q sleigh containing sixteen persons
was overturned upon q bridge in Stowe, iu
consequence OF the horses taking fright,
throwing the party u distance Of ten feet dow
upon the ice below. Col. Il. i Herrick, OF
active and esteemed business man Of Norris
vile, was instantly killed. Mrs. Marshall,
Mrs. Robinson and . child of Dr.. Wheelocks
were more or less injured. The rest escaped
with bruises. Col. Herrick's age was So
Mrs. Herrick was by the side Of her husband
st the time Of the accident, and escaped with
out serious injury The funeral was attended
at Stowe on Sunday last by a very large
number Of people OF the town and vicinity,
- RAiLRoAp C~oNrRAcT.-At q meeting
Of the Directors Of the Missisquoi Railroad
Company. at Island Pond, the 9th inst, the
lender Of Nessrs. GNowsKi Il Co., was accep-
ted for the entire construction and equipment
Of the Road. This firm are the contractors for
the Montreal and Vermont Junction Railroad.
the whole line from Island Pond to Montreal
il therefore under contract on terms securing
the completion of the Road.
--FIRK AT MUDDY Book. We learn
that on Tuesday morning, the pail factory Of
l.. II. Vaughn, on Muddy Brook, in the
Eastern portion of this town took fire and
burned to the ground with it's contents. Loss
estimated at "a 900, uninsured.
Fins IN WKsTyoRp.-We learn that the
dwelling house of ARENAS p. Rogers, in
Westford, was consumed by fire last evening.
Most Of the contents were saved. There was
an insurance on the building in the Vermont
Farmers Company.
- RAPID WoRK.-One Of our exchang-
e., the Rochester american, Of Jan. Oath, last
year, doubtless mailed on the morning of that
day, and which should consequently have got
TO Burlington the same night, reached Us yes
terdsy, only three weeks behind its time
Some philsnthropic postmaster, probably Of
some Of the other half dozen Burlingtons in
the country, apparently tired. of seeing it come
round to him, had written on the paper the pa
thetc request" De let this 60 to Burlington,
Tsrnsnt. HE has our grateful thanks. .
- DKArss, SMALL POx AND FIRE.-A
correspondent Of the Waichman writes that q
little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hill, of Morgan,
VT, died on the lst. from burns received from
his clothes taking fire also, that Widow Anna
Brown, of Holland, VT, aged about 70, died
with the small pox, by innoc ulation. Persons
in Holland have had it the natural way, and all
that we're known to be exposed were innocula-
ted. 1t is supposed by some that the disea G
has been iesignedly spread /; 1t began. howev.
er, in Derby,-a returned Californian having
the disease, from Derby it went to Holland
and from thence to St. Johnsbury.-On Wed
nesday last the dwelling house Of Grin Stay.
ton in East Montpelier was burned with ita
contents. Insured for s425 in the Vernon,
Mutual.
QUA LATE MINISTER TO THE PoRTE.-
The Constantinople correspondent of the New
York Erening Posi- writes thus ;--"The Hon
G.P. Marsh took his leave Of the Sultan OF
the 10Th instant, and will depart on the 25th
for Malta: The conduct of Mr.. Marsh du.
ring his residence here has won for him the
entire respect and most friendly considera-
zion Of the Sultan and ali of his ministers, and
his fellew countrymen most deeply regret hi
recall from Q post in which he has done hi
government and country go much credit
-vA1KyTINE-The following by Grsc,
Greenwood, deserves to be perpetuated.
TO bAYARD TAYLOR.
! send thee here no valentine,
! only dash thee of q line,
In trembling haste | send 1t
Give earnest heed to what | say,
I've q grievous rent in my heart to-day,
] prithee Taylor mend it.
MIA. D. II. PRIME, the former editor O
the Belfast Signal, extinct because the price
of newspapers has not kept up with the piic,
Of paper and the labor which goes to make 1
newspaper, is now editorially connected with
the 81. Adams Messenger.
- The EXP LosIoS on TBE NoRTnkRs
RsAD.-Mitchell, the engineer of the Danle
Webster, which exploded on Monday last, on
the New Hampshire Railroad, had his bach
broken, and lived but one hour. The fireman
Thompson, had both Of his legs broken, ant
was severely scslded. He has since died -
The Colsdonian gives the following particulars
THE engines of three freight trains, hi,chet
together, were striving to push through a SNOW
drift in Danbury. They had run back to sd
vance with more speed upon the drift, and n
they got ready to start the explosion occurred
The Daniel Webster, after the explosion, wa
found turned round, and Mr.. Mitchell lyin
between the tender and the car imGnediatel
following it The shock was SO great that III
boiler was driven partially into the fruze
ground. For some reason, not explained to u,
there was SO little noise accompanying the es
plosion that the engineer Of the rear train di
not hear it, and the first intimation any one hs
Of il, was the exclamation, 20, DEAR" from on
Of the sufferer"
y-MAIsE Law IN INpIANA.-An Indian
paper says that, of the one hundred and te
newspapers published in that State, all e,
cept ten advocate the prohibitory liquor Law
-GAs.-Csnandaigua, n. Y, is no,
lighted with gas.
"A Lowry DIsTINcTIoN.-The Melbourn
A'gxI says that statistics will show that I'll
Australians are the most drunken people i
the world. 1t is estimated that the duti.
upon spirits will net for the year nearly ii,
million dollars, which will give an average {
nearly six gallons for every inhabitant.
Fins III PlATTssrRoz.-On Wednesia
Last, according to the PianStsrsh Republican
sie cid wooden building on the " Point,
which used to be first seen from the steamer
in approaching Plsttsburgh from the Souti