Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-11-16
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.


tinent may be considered fixed.
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD
-MAINE Law IN BtRLrNGToN.-Two bar.
rcls and a jug of liquor were seized day or
two since by Officer Reynolds, in the old
brick building at the head of Pearl ST., be-
longing to the University John Marrar, the
owner ofthe stuff, was fined 800, and in de.
fault thereof was lodged in Jail
F. W. HrBB, who succeeded his father
ms postmaster of Tlinesburgh, an Office which
his father held from time immemorial thro
all the changes of Administration, recently
attracted the attention of the housing Ad.
ministration Of the United States. lie has
consequently been removed and Marvin Leon
ard put in his place. The Office is not one
which it is any loss to lose or gain to get
-IIoPKINs. the former P. NJ of Island
Pond and arrested for mail robbery, was ia
ken to Montpelier, where he was examined
and ordered to recognize in the sum of S2500
in default of which he was committed to Jail
dations cover a considerable period and are
believed to be quite numerous.
-THE members of the bogus Kansas
Legislature, who could neither read nor
write, are pronounced men of mark" by
the Kansas Herald.
a VETERAN Bostwick of
Iiincsburgh, has voted at every election for
nrty-three years back, without missing a
ty years old. lie voted the Wing ticket,
from the first formation of the party.
Ali the grocery keepers of Montpelier
have paid fines Of 500 each, with sis costs,
making $3s, each, for unlawful sales of
liquor. DR.. Tyler and the tavern at East
Repository states that there are other, who
have been indicted by the Grand Jury of that
County.
Wa notice in the Rome (Georgia) Con-
rier, the decease Of STEpNAN Z. CoBuRN, for
merly one of the Editors of that paper He
died of Yellow Fever at Marksville, Louisiana,
on the 4th ult., after a sickness of FIVE days
He was graduate Of the University OF Yer
mont of the class of lS4s.
~ Bald Eagle measuring nearly ten
feet from tip to tip, was shot in Woodstock
last week
-JoHN SLY, a native of Vermont, died
at Ottawa, H., Oct. 81, in consequence of
the amputation of his legs. rendered nece.-
nv arcideDt IN tho Rork Islapd Rail
road by which they were crushed.
-THE TREASURER of VT Acknowledges
through Waton's Journal, the receipt of the
following note, with the money enclosed
- Put the enclosed fifty dollars into the
Treasury of Vermont. 1t is due from
CONSCIENCE.
NO LESS than eleven postmasters have
been arrested for depredations on the mail.
in Ohio during the last five months,
Mn. AUSTIN LADp, of St. Johnsbury,
aged IS, committed suicide, Oct. 25th
by hanging himself in the barn OF the St.
Johnsbury House. An only daughter is left
to mourn the sad bereavement. The Wind
sor Journal says - His death was entirely
unexpected by his friends. in St. Johns
bury Centre, on Friday of last week solomon
and Calvin HUMPHREY were preciptated by
the breaking of staging upon which they
were at work, distance of about sixty feet,
breaking a leg of one Of them and severely
wounding the head of other
uo>,py,,r. rhorIos Sb..,,,L
~. 49,, -.
WAS ~ oauiy lhJureu IN planlhg machine at
Ahbptt's shop on Thursday, that he died
MIN stre.t ad;n;Sir,, Tho I!nian $500
cupied by Aonzo r. Keith and owned nv
Rawsrl r. Keith was badly damaged by FIRE
one d'y last week Insured IN the Vermont
'''.N "'FANi consisting ol 'ro'h-
cry and coffee taken from stores in Brattle-
boro, WAS recently discovered, the Rcpubli-
60" S'!s' III Tue mouse VI Jerry sullivan, an
cnncc1Ind in n hastot sTsrerdod - ea'e'uy
Not long since. some forty or frtv sh;rts wsrs
fnunl in the house of another Irish family IN
that town. Such extravapance in linen mu.,
prove rnIhous IN the end
"A distressing accident occurred at St
Martins y Is, on tuesday evening.
horse driven by Thomas Bradshaw hacked
carriage in which were Mr. B and three ladies.
off high bridge, the horse falling backwards
on To one of the ladies' Mrs sarah Rounds,
and crushing her instantly To- death.
"A PERSON in Mobile has hroucb, ,ui, for
DAMAGES AGAINST a .boamaker o,r c,,lir, %
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