Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-29
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hauled up again on Monuay Tor the same
,,g,cnro. taken before Justice llollcnbeck and
fined $40 and costs making the amount of
patrick's Christmas present TO the state, So.
W ". Reyes, OF the Church Street House and /
Mr. Kelley, his next door ncishbor, also quite
recently invested the respective sums of ten .
aud twenty dollars, with costs, in experience .
of the operation of the Maine law
MoRE MAINE LAw.-Dnn Raxford, keeper |
of the 4" Grape Vine Saloon was taken be- |
fore Justice on Parsons Wednesday, upon II
charge Of selling strong beer, contrary to law
list oftwenty-thrce witnesses to the fact WINS
produced, whcrcupon Raxford plead guilty
and was fined S2n and costs.
Same morning, John Mullins, who has kept
a bad hole near the Camp Ground was exam
incd before Justice Parsons for unlawful sell
ing of liquor, and his guilt being made
apparent, hc was fined $50 and costs. In de-
fault of which he was escorted to Jail by
Deputy Sheriff Reynolds.
-SlR +. W. HEAD, the new Governor
General of Canada, took the oath Of Office at
Quebec, on Wednesday.
II LOCOMOTIVE engine named the Clare
mont, exploded on Tuesday, near West Leba-
non, n H.. on the Northern Road, slightly
iniuring the engineer, j. 6. Moore, and
scalding aud otherwise iniuring a fireman nat
med David Warner. The engine was blown
to atoms. and scattered IN all directions. The
windows of house in the Immediate vicinity
were completely demolished. The explosion
shook the buildings at the distance Of half
mile.
OK Christmas Day, l794, sixty years
ago. the ship Betsey, Of 100 tons burtbcn,
was launched at Salem. the thermometer
standing at 50 degrees above zero at nocn.-
The grease ran down on the ways, and men
and boys INDUCED in swimming as in sum
mcr.
~ CORRESPONDENT of the Worcester
Palladium, describes Il Vermont lady some
where in the vicinity of Windsor who has
two distinct threats, and it is supposed two
pairs of lungs. She has broad chest,
dainty waist, can sing three hours easier than
she can talk one, and at the age Of IL years
could sing two distinct parts at once. Tins
last accomplishment she has lost-probably
for want of cultivation Such doubly pro-
,dcd female can't be called single woman,
we take it,
-IuI D1srREss among the poor in New
York city is shown not only by the news items
which tell of children frozen and mothers
starved to death, but by the appeals both cdi
torial and communicated, to the charitable,
which occupy large space in the columns Of
the City press The Board of Brokers Satur-
day subscribed nearly 1000 for the relief
Of the poor Of the city. One branch of the
Common Council has voted an appropriation
of SO 900 for distribution by the " Associa-
ton for ame!iorating the condition Of the
poor, and it is hoped that the other branch
will concur in the measure.
~ FIRE broke out in Boston on sat
urday night in building ON School-street,
known as the Newspaper Exchange, and oc-
cupied by printers. The Offices of the New
England Farmer, The Massachusetts Plough
man, Christian Register, IT. nag, Puritan
and Recorder. 2nd i outh's Companion, were
burned out or damaged. The loss is about
SIS, 900.
-RAILRoAD ACclDENT,-As the passcn-
ger train on the Vermont Central Railroad
was going east on Thursday morning. near the
Williston Station, the tire Of one of the
large driving wheels of the engine, " Cover
nor Paine flew into several pieces, which
with one spoke and a portion of the wheel
itself were thrown violently in different di-
rcctions. One piece passed up directly thro'
the cab of the engine, striking the engineer,
Mr. Flint, breaking one arm badly near the
shoulder, cutting through his check breaking
several teeth. and splintcring the jaw, and
knocking him senselcss. The train proceeded
slowly to Waterbury. where another engine
was procured. The injured man was taken
along to Mortified and was sensclcss ON his
arrival at that place, He is however, we
learn, doing well and likely to recover.
-TmE sQuABBLE between the Woodstock
Age and the Bellows Falls IrGus continues.
and both parties are growing personal. Each
has applied to the other the uncompimentary
epithet Glow" The last palpable hit is made
by the Argus which prints recent remark
of the A &c man, (probaby not intended for
general circulation when uttcrcd,) to the eff
feet that ''hc means to make what he can
during this administration and then so west,
leaving the Democratic party to take care of
itself" If this last is a true saying, the
prospective condition of the Democratic party
is melancholy indeed.
-PATRIGk and Catherine Dillon have
been on trial before the County Court at st.
Adams, for selling liquor contrary to law
The jury found each Of them guilty of two
offences, and fined them $40 and costs
- ACCDrNr.-A SON of Mr.. Elmore
Briggs, Of Brandon, while scuflin. with an
other boy ON Wednesday of last week, was
thrown upon the heels ol a horse, which kick
cd him, breaking his lower jaw on each side,
the mouth, and otherwise inlurinS him
Since then, the boy has been very low at times
but 1t is now thought he will recover
--FlRE ~ WEATnhRsfILLD.-On Satur-
day evening last, Dec 10Th, fire broke out
ON the premises of Richard Farwell, about
miles west Of Wcathcrsiell Corners, in
Windsor Co, which consumed two barns and
contents, fifty sheep, horse and COW, and
one hog.
Kussr1H.-lhc New York paper, have pub
lishcd four column speech Of kossuth' s,
which cds 10 lure bem mute, and probably
was made the day after the last steamer had
sailed. lie prophecies disaster to the allie,
unless Poland is reconstructed and the Icyo-
lutionary people brought into ".olidartv.'
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