Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-09-15

A man named Smiley. in Scott county,
Ohio. was recently threrhipg with machine
on which kerosene oil was used as a lubrica-
ter. The oil became ignited by the heat of a
journal. and set the machine on fire, burning
1t up, with COO bushels Of wheat and large
quantity of oats.
Mrs Fanny MeGregor of Boston, was kill
cd ut North Conway, y. H.. Sept. lst, by an
accidental shot from a pistol in the hands of
Mr. Henry c.. Mayer A party of ladies and
gentlemen were engaged in firing at target
when the sad accident took place. Miss Me-
Gregor was daughter of james McGregor,
President of the State Bank in Boston.
The drought is severe in the Connecticut
River Valley. and the river is so low that 1t
was forded by team at Hartford, Conn. on
Saturday. circumstance which was never
known 70 have taken place before,
The Ofice-seekers are not all dead yet
Preston King, the new collector OF New
York. has about one thousand Offices ut las
disposal, and there are already some 10000
applicants.
A hnirdrcsser in ST. Louis Is judicialiy IN
vited to pay $4,000 10 atone for a damsg-
ing difference between his carriage and has
conversation with Miss Agnes Deyinney.
Miss B,addon, the novelist. has the most
fashionable and reddcsr hair of any woman
in England. She is fat. fair and forty ana
has forty thousand pounds in the bank.
/ An interesting widow of Fifth Avenue,
/ New York, is the leader of n movement IN
! that city To introduce a dress for ladies
''founded on the principles Of biturcatlon-
Bishop Smith (Catholic) OF Dubuqe. Ohio.
whose stable. carriage and horses wero'burr-
ed by cnpperheads for his patriotic spirit,
has had his losses made good by the voiunta-
~ contributions of bis feliOw-citizens
The Canada freight house of the Ogdcns
burgh and Lake Champlain Railroad, toge;h-
er with the building known AZ the Grand
Trunk freight house at 0sdensbugh, were
DESTROYED by fire On Friday Afternoon, at a
loss of about $4,000.
Oysters are to be very plenty thIs season,
and the reason j. that along the shores OF
Virginia are vast beds of the bivalves that
have lain undsturbcd during the last four
years. with nothing else TO do but to grow
large and get fat.
During an Irksome delay of two hours on
the Troy and Boston Railroad the other day.
two vourg men. Just TO Kill time, proposed
to two Young ladies respectively, and cler-
gyman being on hand. were ma-rl>d on the
spot.
Letters were read at the meeting Of the
creditors Of Messrs Ketchum. Son & Co. at
New York. on Friday. showing that two
members of the firm. were aware as early a-
the first Of June, that young ketchum lad
distracted near million dollars worth oI
the securities deposited with the firm.
, An American gentleman. who thought
matters were very bad at home. invested
5000. 900 in house property IN Toronto a
wear OF two since. His income from Tent'
last year amounted To only 5000, and he has
, come TO the conclusiUn that he better hay,
, paid taxes at home.
! An interesting trial took place in Raven.
no. Ohio, last week, under the Ohio liquor
law. \ returned soldier named Greer .wiil,
in a state Of int0xicatiOn, was robbed Oi On,
, hundred and two dollars by some unknown
|, person. His wife brought suit tor damages
1 against the saloon keeper who sold him th'
liquor. and obtained verdict IN her favor .
!, one hundred and forty dollars.
The peculiar condition Of the currency a
the South. has compelled one OF the SOuti
Carolina roads to poet up notice, part o
, wnich l. as follows
i "SpecIe. Fed,r,i currency or Produce vii
r X taken Tor freight or passage.
[ Tickets must invariably be purchased a
tue stations 'eloIe taking the trains.
e No produce ,riH be receired IN The oondue
TORS o.. the trains"
\ ht,le female Jack Shepard. name,
Bridge; Mack. confined in the New Yori
8 Tomb. on Sunday last, forced open crate
= cruwleti intn the chimney. 10 the roof. thei
>. Jumped to the roof OF the main prison. ant
b.. thence down. dl-tanee OF ten feet, 10 III,
= roof Of the old station house. then crawleC
: along TO the west end OF the roof and delib
crately Jumped over a wall. thirty feet high
Il and landed in the grass plot. unhurt. Sh'
e was subsequently missed, and the prison
= clerk found the little runaway under beC
. in jackson street, where she formerly iIyed
: IL is stated that this daring girl not long
:, since. willie detained in house against be-
!, will. finding no other means Of escape, pro
Z ceeded to the roof and leaped of, dstanc,
; OF four stories, receiving but slight IN
0 juries-