Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-12-29
Vermont Items.

The shop and stock Of the Jamaica leather
company at Jamaica was burned on the
18th (; insured for $4,000.
The Black RIVER paper mill and the Am
erican Stencil TOolWorks at Springfield were
burned on the Goth. The buildings burned
belonged to \. j. Fullam, whose loss was
$1,000 insured for $1,000. F. Gate 4 Co.
lost $500 insured for $500.
The store occupied by Roberts 4 Talmadge.
In W olcotyille, was entirely burnt, on the
l2th, with most of its contents. Loss Sl5,-
600; no insurance.
The store Of ID. \. Gilbert, in Morrisyille.
was broken open one night last week, and
an attempt made TO blow open the safe
The thief got $50 in scrip.
James Moore Of Newport ran away with
the wife OF a negro barber there. to Canada
and finished by cutting his throat. As he
was notorious thief, the region feels easier
The oldest man in Vermont. is the Rev.
Thos Marvin, Of Alburgh, who was born IN
the year l772, and Is therefore nincty-three
years old. HIS father was captain in the
revoluti mary war.
L. T. jameson of Irasburg, has raised
from six pounds OF seed, six and one-half
bushels of potatoes. The seed Is called tie
Goodrich seeding, and was obtained from
Pennsylvania.
The Bank of Caledonia is closing, and per-
sons having in their possession bills Of said
Bank are requested to present them for re-
demptiOn.
S. L. Goodell has purchased the farm Of
Calvin Austin, of Brandon, for SIS, 200.
There is marble quarry on the farm which
Mr.. GOOdell eontemplates working.
Prof. Agassiz has already discovered in
Brazil more than 100 fishes heretofore IN
known
Bennett. of the New York Herald, has
commenced the erection Of a new and splen-
did Herald building ON the old site OF Bar
NUNS Museum.
Our government has more powder on hand
than it needs, and will soon offer quantity
for sale.
In the Delta of the Nile there are compile
ted and in successful operation about $50
miles Of railway, involving a capital estima-
ted at SS5, 100000.
Public gossip Gays that Miss Anna Dick
inson is soon to be married to a New York
journalist and widower, to whom she has
been privately engaged for four years.
Mrs Day of Derry, y II, 20 years of age,
in three weeks during the last fall, cut four
cords of wood, stove length. and spun twelve
skeins of wooden yarn.
Chicago is the largest lumber market in
the world. Its receipts this year have been
COO, $40 900 feet Of lumber and its shipments
345, 800 900. The lumber merchants there
have spent about ten millions in their bust
ness this year.
A family in Cincinnati has this extraordi-
nary record
The father was killed by falling from the
roof Of a building, daughter burned to
death with eamphene, one son was drowned,
another killed by railroad accident, and
still another came to his death BY accident.
The mother is now in the city prison, as n
yagrant, and two daughters are IN houses of
ill fame.
A Maine paper states that a colony of if
ty families, principally from that State, is to
embark for Palestine in July next. They
propose TO settle at Jaiia, the ancient Joppa
building lots having been purchased, and will
carry out with them Yankee improvements
with view to resuseitate the long slumber-
ing resources OF that once splendid land