Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-16

W ith his head and left arm entirely severed
Fl ON the trunk. In some way or other, ID,
b ,came entangled in the machinery
- A KANzAs Emigration Socicty was
fc rmcd at Montpelier on Wednesday last 49,
! orty persons are preparing to leave RAN
d olph for Kanzas at the opening OF the spring
--AMoNo the patents issued from the L.
S Patent Office bearing d'Ny, of March 9th
J 555, is one to II. w. Ballard> of Burlington
' t., for improved arrangement of the springs
n wagons.
IN NoRTnrIELD last week. an Irishman
as found drunk and abusing his family. lie
" as brought before Justice Avcrill and tcsti-
cd that he obtained his liquor of John Cor-
f. an. Cofl'ran was fined so and costs.
IN SorTn Wallingford last week. the
I rcmiscs of Wilder Proctor were scarchcd,-
Il Tree barrels of liquor found, condemned,
nd spilled. After the seizure was made, an
ttachment was issued by pretended credi-
Or of Proctor, and served upon tho liquor
fi'ile in the hands of the officers executing
he liquor law. The Maine law lien over
lowered the creditor lien, and off went the
J liquor Tuning and foaming down the ditch
y WOLF hunt came off last week in
Naitsfed, Washington Co. 200 men and
,oys surrounded and shot a wolf, measuring
from the tip Of his nose to the end of the
tail 8 feet inchcs-hcght . feet inches
grth back OF the fore legs . feet u inches
weight S14 lbs. Sold for S24, and the money
given to the Poor.
- THERE is a Union School in Brattle-
boro, which was established fourteen years
igo. The following is selected from the late
annual report.
District tax, Is per cent. on ,o.,,
Received from the Town
Treasury. SO 90
Total Receipts 81 ,96S 26
The expenditures for the same period were
as follows:
Cash paid teachers. 1880 Il
g @ for repairs, 1l9 80
" - - fuel and Incl
dentals, 3lS l6
Total Expenses, Sl,S27 SO
-BRATrLEBoRo is to have Town Hall
los feet by 40. 1t will cost $4,000.
-TnERE is unusual activity in organiz- |
ing the several County Agricultural Societies |
in this State. With the exception Of Chit
tenden, Essex and Grand Isle Counties, all |
are busily preparing for the coming year.
Aurp,c.~ lorpx,, euooooJs
Swdnton Herald, defunct. 1t is edited by |
W. a. MILLER and A. j. SAMSON. Its politi- |
cal principles, say the editors, twill be such |
as in our Judgment, lie at the foundation of
civil and religious freedom in this country,
and which give vitality to our Republican In
stitutions" Not very explicit, but good as
far as it goes
-"BRIsToL BILL the famous burglar,
made bold attempt to break out ofthe State
Prison, at Windsor, on the I'd inst lie had
scaled the wall when he was captured by the
guard.
-TnE Northfeld Messenger learns that
three young men from Barnard recently at
tended ball in Bethel, carrying their liquor
with them. They deposited their bottle for
safe keeping in back chamber. Becoming
very thirsty, they went out for their liquor,
but through mistake, drank from bottle of
Corrosire SuJhmate. This was worse Ii
quor even than what they brought with them.
Medical aid was speedily procured, and by
the use of vigorous means, it is believed their
lives will be saved, although they suffered
serious injury.
- PLAT7sBuRGH is to have a Custom
House. Among the bills passed at the close
of the session was one nppropriating S3o'ooo
for the construction there ola Custom House,
to be of brick, fire proof, i5 feet by 80. The |
appropriation is certainly an ample one
-THE RACES at Ogdensburgh, n week or |
more ago, attracted some ten thousand people. |
Tne $500 purse on the last day was taken by |
a brown mare entered as - IB Hinmaa,' but |
stated by the Ogdensburgh Sentinel, to have
been in reality the famous trotter " Flora |
Temple" brought from New York, and dis |
guised by dying in the wool. The second
horse was sorrel mare, Lazy LitchfcId, Of
Boston, entered as the g Belle Of Ogdens- |
burgh," by some sharp sporting men, who
expected to whip every thing and carry off the
stakes Instead of which they were outwit-
ted at their own game, and lost their piles -
Time-2.22 2.27 2.25--the fastest on record
-TuE MoN1REALERs have been somewhat
excited over the opening Of their local exhi-
bition of articles of Canadian production in
tended for the great Paris Industrial Exhibi-
ton, by the new Governor General. The
Transcript says
When was Montreal so enthusiastic III Its
reception of Governor before and when
has there been so many demonstrations of
JOY exhibited by all classes. In the relief
we have sustained under the sway of His
Excellency, we seem to have got rid of all
the bad feeling which hampered and kept us
down when his predecessor was here. We
are beginning once more to feel that, IN
this Canada, there is something worth liy-
ing and striving for.
-THE Posi- Office Department, this year.
cost the Government Sl,7l6,739 the Urea
sury Department, S675,l20; the Mint,
S54l 300 the Light Houses, Sl,O73 ,684
the Coast Survey, :44j 900; the Judiciary,
1926, 9OG.
-AMoSG the amendments to the civil and
diplomatic bill, which passed during the last
night of the session, is one which provides
that hereafter the New York Assay Office
shall be allowed to refine the gold deposited
IN it, sending only the punion requiring ,vi"
age to the mint at Philadelphia, The deposits
from California can now be assayod and
melted into bars of the necessary ineness for
expectation without the further tax Of trans
portation to aud from Philadelphia, An ap-
preparation of 1854 600 was also made, for
the completion of the Qualifications for the