Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-01-26
ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

ITEMS AT HonE AND ABROAD.
MAINE LAW IN BuRLI>GToN.-O Paul
" froze ON to" niae barrels of liquor at the
Rutland and Burlington Depot, on Tuesday
The freight hille for the same not having beer
settled, are also in Pdul's hands, from whom
the owners the stufcan doubtless get all re
qu'ste information. On Wednesday the prem
Uses Of James WALL in the rear of Wheeler :
Block, were searched, and some two gallons
OF liquor, his supply for the business Of the
day. found and destroyed. Wall wa.
taken before Justice Parsons, plead guilty t.
unlawful selling, and was fined twenty dol.
lars and costs
OS MoNDAr the up passenger train on the
Sullivan Railroad, near CharloOto"' n H.
ran ,nto a cul,.a-. winch had been washed
"i,'n ny the recent storm, and the whole train
was thrown from the track. The engine was
precipitated some fifty feet down an cmbank
ment, and was rendered a complete wreck -
The passengers escaped without injury, but
Mr.. CIV. Abbott, Il fireman, was badly hurt
-TmE STEAMER Saltus, made her last tri,
between Plattsburgh and Burlington, for the
season, on the 10th inst She encountered
much rough weather for several weeks before
she laid up, and proved herself to be one OF
the staunchest boats on Lake Champain.-
She is now at Plattshurgh, undergoing the
usual repairs Navigation closed last year
on the Dist January.
hrrV''iHnHi GOV. Royce has ap-
pointed ). NJ. Parsons of Burlington, Assist
ant Judge of the County Court for the COUNTY
of Chittenden, in place of Lyman Hall. of Shell
burne, resigned.
-hARTHquAKE.-The shock of an earth
quake was distinctly felt ON Tuesday evening
last, through the Connecticut River Valley
nom white River junction to ST. bloomsbury.
private letter from Norwich states thar
windows and crockery ratified, candlesticks
moved on the tables &c and that the shock
lasted for about u minute.
-DEsTRrcrvE FIRE-The mills of the
Dorchester (Mass. } Cotton Factory Co., one Of
the Oldest factory corporations in this coun
try, were set on fire on Sunday evening and
consumed. Two hundred persons were thrown
out OF employ. The loss in buildings, ma
chinery and stock is 1925 900, without any
estimate OF the damage by the stoppaCe of
operations. Insurance $50. 900.
a Coop DAYS WORK The Windsor
Journal says that two broad shouldered
lrishmen in the employ of Messrs f. 4 I.
Fairbanks Il Co., of St Johnsbury. Vt, re-
Gently weighed off ffty-six tons Of pig iron in
a short January day, and with portable
scale As each pig had to he handled twice.
the day work was equivalent to the lifting
of 80 tons by each man
-RrTLAND. On Tuesday of last week.
Mr., Chamberlain met with serious accident
by the staging of "A three-story building on
which he was at work, giving way. Mr..
Lafieur. charged with stealing horse and
other articles. went behind the CRATES in de-
fault Of bonds for $500 Mr. johnson was
badly injured by being damned between the
platform of the Railroad Depot and the cars;
and Mrs. Comerska was fined ten dollars for
selling liquor. On Thursday, she was aruin
fined $50 and costs, for a repetition of the
offence, and her liquor destroyed in front of
the Court House. All of which took place
in the thriving village Of Rutland, and is re- /
lated by the Rutland Herald.
-FiRE IN GLoyER.-The Grist mill in |
Glover, owned by Mr.. jonathan Metcalf. was
burned on Wednesday night, about ten
. clock. Loss estimated at about So 600
5000 covered by insurance The fire origi
mated from stove in the lower part of the
building.
-TnE St. Johnsbury Californian learn
BY recent letter from Park Hill. Ark. that
me Rev ;. y. Worcester, who was bitten in
NE arm by rahid dog, is likely to survive
Either as the result OF the bite or the PENN.
lies applied, he was afflicted with numerous
,oils
-InE Dwelling house occupied by Wal
or Carpenter, about one mile from the VIII
age OF w Randolph, was destroyed by fire
N Sunday evening last, with the contents.
-lnE papers report cases of Small nox
'1rSennes' Calais, Coventry and Charles
on, Vt.
"A recent Ladies' Fair at Bellows Fails
rodnced 5000 towards the purchase Of -
hureh organ.
- TRAIN Of ears on the road below
oFI Edward, \. Y, was thrown off the truck ,
Monday evening, by some obstruction ma ;
eiously placed ON the rails The engine and
'Fs were lady smashed The fireman :
aided 10 death, and the train badly wrecked
he disaster was caused by some one theust. 4
e quantity Of" tics" into cattle guard. =
- Tue raising of hops is getting to be a J.
& business in Vermont According IN
atement in the Plow, Loom and AnrN, bv y
r ARIEL llunton, of Ilydepark, there were, il
mat town, the past Season, one hundred G
r''nS engaged Ia the hop cuiture-quanti |.
raised sr'enty-lj,e tons-aud price recciy- /
20 cents pcr pound, amounting to nhout :.
10000 received by the t,rmcrs oil tlut town. S,
4 .u's one article, in Single year. Cash c,
id Tor hops, raised in the county OF La nj
bile, past season, estimated at Sl0O, 600. a