Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-11-02
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

--FIRE.-A bed in one of the rooms in the
Fast WING Of t. Awlli AN Hotei, wa dis
covered to be on fire on Wendo sday last. The
flames communicated to the interior Of the
room. but were extinguished with few
buckets of water, without any geneA alarm
-lIAY.-The sending OF pressed hay to
market is becoming quite business i'll this
vicinity. Our friend, and evcryhody's Gro
DoRE, will send to Boston come tire'r' b+'s
d,sd tons this fall 1t is bought at ten tpl-
lara a ton here and sold at twenty to twenty
five dollars in Boston
-F,TAL ACCIDENT oS THE Vt. CENTRAL.
The last passenger train going east on the
VI. Central Road, ran down u hand ear last
Friday. between Willston and Richmond
The hand ear contained three men, employed
by II. h. Campbell Esq, on the new bridge
in process of construction in Williston.-
They were fully aware that a train was due,
and had orders not to start till it had passed,
but tired Of waiting for the train, which was
late, they started down the road, and were
overtaken and run over Mr. kcndrck me
chanic, was killed instantly, having his head
cut off. 4 Frenchman was severely injured
The other man was but slightly hurt,
-AHorHER ACCIDENT on THE CENTRAL.-
Monday morning, at West Randolph TIE
wife IF Dr. Smith Of Hanover, y IL. when
attempting to 60 from one car to another
with her two children while the train in
motion owing to a jar Of the car let one child
fall between the cars. One arm of the child
was cut off and the other hand and one foot
injured severely. Mrs. Smith narrowly es-
| cared II fall herself. The succession of recent
accidents Of this sort upon the Central Road
! is very singular and melancholy. In all the
late cases, however, the blame seems to lie
| entirely upon the unfortunates who placed
| themselves, as it were under the wheels of the
moving trains.
-AMos W. WRIGHT, n worthy young
man, brother to Capt. Wright of the Steamer
Boston, was drowned on sunday morning of
last week, near Basin Harhor on this side of
Lake Champaign. lie was knocked off his
canal boat by the boom lie called for a
plank which was Immediately thrown to
him. but he failed to reach it, Dilisent
search was made for several days to find the
body but owing to the great depth Of water
| $50 feet. without success.
/ Tx tho 2oI, Mr. Wilson. conductor Of
q cattle train on the Central, while running
beside his train, at the West Randolph Sta
ton tripped at IL cattle guard and fell back
ward, with his lead directly upon one otthe
rails a wheel of the moving train passed
| directly over the unfortunate man before he
| had time to move, and the larger part Of his
head WIS completely severed from his body
/ lie was 30 years OF age, and Il resident Of
! Brookfcld, whero he leaves a wife.
AT the agricultural exhibition at Bos-
ton on Thursday, from 90 600 to 10000 per
sons were present The receipts were over
] 500 OOo \ great many could not get in on
account Of the inability Of the ticket takers
to collect tickets, The show commenced
with grand cayalclde of between SIX and
seven hundred. truckmen, making maGnlh-
cent appearance. Then came an exhibition az
the various classes Of horscS--and also an cN-
hibition Of splendid blood stock In the az
4 ternoon there was II trot IN which eight
horses took part, for purses of two hundred
and one hundred dollars. Gcnesscr, 4 New
York horse won the first pri,H and Ka'o Mil
Ter the cond Tennessee won the irst two
and fourth hcats-tiuc, > IS. > so and . l2i
| -InL publisher Of tho Swanton Jour
nal excuses the non-p pcarancc OF his Paper
last week ON the ground that about that
time either cuuS or crihnb was evil
d,utly approaching, in his domestic a.
fairs proved to he the latter,
-CRlN'N,,IrIss.- A man who gave his
mime rs Charles Hole, WE arrested in Fitch
Vile on MYnlly of lts' week, for stealing a
valuable horScand wagon irun Munrl How
ard Of : llsALry, VI Tho property WIS re-
covered In Mlttlehlru several days sinre
"A watch gpd 80 IN II pn.v waS stolen from Il
room H. a., Central llou-' Tho Wa''a was
slhs,qrr, n, o. 'uroci Goo TOO ioom. In lhc
same ,iilt... Ur rt'lrdir Church has hcen
set uu g.. .., t.o trl,, ID ue 'N some So un-
drel, as yet ont IF jail,
-ON TnE 18th inst, Mr.. {. Darling
employed in the Woolen Factory of NJ. Gay
a Son, Gaysyille, VT, had his left arm