Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-16
ITEMS OF NEWS.

! Grafton upon AOscs Dut -i4- ot4~--- -- -l-
/ flames put stop TO this, and the whole lac
/ tory, with the adjoining shops OF l. :. 81
/ and Lyman Wilder, and part OF the long
bridge across the river, were entirely con-
/ sumed. The other end Of the bridge WIS
saved By force pump al the factory Of Cnas-
4 Merritt, bv which immense streams OF
/ water were poured upon il. At mitnl-ht,-
/ fire company came down from Bennington
/ and did good service The loss is S200,G0
/ with martial insurance. Over three hundred
mechanics are thrown out Of employment.
/ In Newburyp0rt. several bold rob5crias
/ have lately occurred, and On Monday night
I policemen were stationed "a several houses
/ which were likely % be next aclacks-.-
/ About one o'clock, burglar pried open
window in one Of them, and was elm ing ~
when be was sa0t By the warclman Do il-.
/ The burglar ran, but soon fell, and died
/ FIVE minutes lie was a stranger. q lu.1---
I Of large frame and great strength, and had
as ne confessed robbed several houses --
that tity lately
i physician II Cincinnati, Ohio. lad f-
some time past. been much annoyed By re
depredator. who drank up the milk EFF --
his doorstep at an early hour. One 5~
last wick be left an emetic in t1a r-c-.
and soon after the milkman had passed the
doctor found policeman II tie -----1-
alley. making MS returns
At the recent election. number rs iLss
ballots were thrown N q district 10 Albany
4 very small state ballot was iuclsel w.t-l
the folds Of the regular ticket. 50 that when
the Inspector lin the secret dropped -ls 1---
lot. BY a slight pressure. the "lt-ls joker
dropped into the box in advance Of 5le night
ballot.
The opera Is such a necessity in Parls,tla-
q telegraph oflce Is 20 be placed IL the neg
opera house. about ID be erected. Win wires
running from the box Office TO the p-Iuc-7--
hotels. 50 that strangers will be able 10 en-
gage places Immediately on tlelr arrival --
Paris.
There was q great fire at Columbus, Ono.
on the 9th. destroying the Mel H9l-e,
B.vnu s iewel1y store. Allen shoe -t1-e---.-
Richardson dry goods store Loss SZ3J,u""
insured S50,U01.
The Boston Pos, advert-ses "t5 be let
verv pleasant desk IN the Boston Custom
House Tor four years. Apply % Abraham
LiHc-lu.
The vote on Cape Cod was very light THE
year CT unusually wei attended school u
macker-l has been IL tae coast for iIur 0-
five DAYS. and most Or the people seem 10
think that @ President Is sure q be elected
anyhow. bat that If y5u want laczzra- ,y1l
mus. catch them when you CAB
An actor named Steiner. was killed 7a The
stage % the German tlsl-rs ID NV J---s1s
recently, during murder scene HIS -pfl-
ns-t had a real We pJu i1s-ca1 % the us-Ii
stage dlz-er. and Steiner was little INT Izi-
Gated. and III not keep himself awlv from
the stroke. lie was carried from the stage
mortalIv wounded, while Kruger, lis 1rr--
nent. was arrested Tae Curtain was down
but a short time, the pool of blood ws
washed M. and then 10 was announce 81
the audience t-at the drama could nor
concluded. but that q farce would be sl1s.-
tuted. The audience aQplauced, " WEI,
tie curtain. and for @ whole hour. tie l---
low actors Of Steiner ezertst thems-Iv-s Q.
make fun. while the auditors laughed an
applauded as # the sai--ns Of a man ol9ol
was a mere tr-te-
The omnibus receipts Of London flr q
week, ending Oct 10. were some S61,J--.--
average Of $1,000 200 a year
PhIadelplIa papers state ,d&, Alr B--1--
Is about Il establish q museum n t-at e--r-
The explosion Of the boilers Of the ----
paller GLOBE reported BY Telegraph % T-----
dlv, was caused 1y allowing the w--=r -1
get very low. and tHen suddenly filing t-s
boiler. There were IS persons EILsl-
The Hartford C0ur1nt of " ai1esl-~ NON
ing prints the following
HARTFokD, Nov. ga
u 2 u
To TIE VIDE AvAKzs OF THE LSIOS.
GREETIN G-"The 0riziu4l jacobs VII
meet you IN W ashington, March 4-h, 1850.
Dr.. Lyman Beecher, who cast his first v1-e
f'r Washington, was taken BY bis slu. Nc
Tuesday, 70 the polls that he might cast IS
last vote for Lincoln. As the venerable mar.
with flowing and silvery locks, entered --s
room the crowd parted rigat and lex, ard
silently mace way Tor hin.
The track Of the Wilmington and A--1l-s
railroad was washed away by d rain. few
ago, and little boy discovering the lama-7-
walked up the track and with much -l-----
~ succeeded II stopping q coming tram. d.
time to prevent a catastrophe. The lt-5
fellow Is to be sent 10 the Georgia N-l-T
Institute az the expense Of the STAT.
There was an earthquakes along the shore
OF lake Mich igan opposite Chicago, l--.
=. The party who felt 1t say it began with
heavy sound which continued for sJls s---
onds, rumbllng slowly along. and te-u.1---
ing II o sharp decorating sound immedi1,z-g
under their feet, accom- panied by a trembL--
and snakInG Of the edEth. Immedia-s.r
crack opened. clearly and well defined al.--
the rldge, gradually widening from . quar-
-er OF an inch 70 three-q uarters, and SOL
eight rods long The party left inmedi4s--
y. Similar shocks are said q be free ger
II that locality
The frs, railroad in Turkey has LATELY
been opensl for public travel Il Is q s11r.
Inc from kusteni, on the Black s..
iehernav1de On the Danube It cats J1 a-
immense sweep OF the river. however. an
when Eirly in operation viii BRING Con-
tantin0ple within ! ? DAYS Of L11d1n-
Almost three days nearer than l- present
{ Is built by an English company. Another
ne Is IN course Of construction from >1y--
a 10 Alden, city IN the centre OF the sr9--
ruit region.
The Perry Factory in Newport, was burnt
thursday night The alarm was gwen
Ehile the Vide Awakes were II procession
nd it was thought 70 be 4 false alarm de-
ignedly given, and in consequence the fanes
btained great Roadway before anything Tas
one. The loss Is about $4,000. Tais is
be third mill which has been DESTROYED Il
Newport within year, two Of which wee
wned by the same corporation.
About half an hour after 4 thunder show
r last week, the house Of Mrs. Clas. Grl-ho.
z W. Hartford, CT, was apparently s1r1c-
y lightning Z sudden report w4s helr@s
Ike the report OF thousand cannon a731l
he house, shaking the building. Ms.
aid that balls of FIRE seemed TO dance oe-1-S
er eyes. ! sulphurous smell was disaeIl71
D the atmosphere, but, or examination ~
amaze was found except the bursting ol5n
{ the cellar hatehway 1t appeared thal
.rstnrn boIt - As il IS called, had come Up 0--
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