Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-12-08
Miscellaneous.
News Items.

and biU noVt Z tne Ct- tlaIy q SdluoiiS
church in New York "Wednesday.
Twentv-thrrc Government steamers were
sold in New York yesterday, ranging from
four 10 twenty thousand dollars each.
: horse named Gen Butler Jr., recently
frotted 20 miles in an hour and l3 minutes.
On tho Fashion couise, Long leland, and
died the next day.
4 petition is circulating in Boston, asking
Gong ess 10 impeach the President and re-
move him fr m Office The signcrs are Wen
dell Philips disciples.
Mr.. Daniel Walrath hi. wife end daughter.
residing at Mannheim. Herkimer county, n.
T., were all murdered on last Monday night, &,
hy SINE unknown person nr persons.
Mrs. Gaskell. the much esteemed author
sss of "Mary Barton ''Ruth,'' North
md South;' life of Charlotte Bronte. =
and other popular works. died in England,
Nov. 18th, aged about 65 years
The Hartford Courant is informed that the
Hon. Isaac TOucev. Mr.. Buchansns Secre-
-arv Of the Navy. voted the Republican tick
ct IN the municipal election in Hartford on
Tuesday.
r. z. BrOckaway. of Groton. Vt, a we'll
known cattle drOver, was accidentally knock
ed from a tram of cars near Manchester, N
H., Monday night. and severely injured.
4 San Francisco despatch reports that on
the 18th ult.. party Of Indians in the
Black Mountains, northern Nevada, were at
tackled. and l2e of them killed, by party
of % California volunteers. But few of the
sAea-es efcsycd One Californian only was
killed and two were wounded
About 50 200 bushel. Vt grain have been
;rrighted over the Vermont Central from
burlington in the past three months.
Benjamin Phinney, wealthy iarmer at
Rrckport. H., was recently poisoned to
death with strychuine by his fifth wife, a
pretty girl whom he married six weeks ago.
Mount Olympus. the scat at the gods, is
now e1caya;ed fOr it's coal, at two and half
dollars per ton. This is better use than the
C5is ever put their mountain to.
\ woman in Chicago exhibits her bosom
and large rattle snake coiled up in it. daily,
10 = coping crowd AZ FIVE cents head, while
her attendant shows spotted toad, whose
mrs; is in hIs hair.
In the last twelve months th. NY. Theatres
have cleared the following rpunt Gums Nj
blU's SlO5, 900: Winter GA.dcn $4,000 !;
Bsusdway SOS, 900; Wallsck' $4,000 :;
Olympic SS5,0OO-
Il is said President johnson is strong for
rctrenchmcnt. and sent hack the estimate
Ger one of tho Departments three timss, un-
der direction TO - cut II down.
On Friday evening last the students of the
College of New Jersey. at Princeton, had
-hat they called "horn spree" DR..
john Mclean. President of the institution.
wen uut to restore order. when some OF the
students tell pom him and heat him severe
ly. He lrss n Il -inco been able TO leave his
Too1I-
4 E,>,,n lady who had left her velvet
cloak ap,t white piumed hat with faithful
AcrvaEt. 60 ~. carefully kept in her '''-ence,
~ss annzed To ind it photographed IN the
doorway oi an art gallery, with Bridget''
smiling face snd robust form included. IL
vas a ncw mode OF keeping OF the moths.
Nhrn the WAT ended IN April last gov
,.rumeni owned sI-i useI for military pur-
poses $50 Locomotives, 1000 carr, and
70,UO0 too, OF iron All the locomotives
have been snld but 81. There are about 00O
car, vet on hand All will be sold before
January.
The body of Preston King, of New York
has not been recovered, and search for It ha'
erased.
On and after December 18th all the Mill
tary will he withdrawn from the city of Rich
mond.
An ingenious scheme for smuggling whis-
XIV from Canada 1Io the United States has
lust been detected. There were thirty-twc
women on me railway train bound to tie
United States who held IN their arms whai
at first appeared to be hahies. carefully
wrapped up, with neat little feet exposed u
the gaze oi the passengers. Upon investiga
ton 1t was discovered that they were til
cases. fashioned after the timllitide OF ba
hies. containing from three IN FIVE gallons oil
whisky About thirty Of the women wert
arrested and over 100 gallons of whisky Sc
cured Custom house officers now regarC
babies with great interest.
The business OF the patent Office is thi
year much larger than in any previous one
over 500 more patents having been issued.
The SECRETARY Of the Treasury has directed
tie return Of the household furniture seizeC
a. the property of the rebel Col. LewI'
Washington, to 3Irs Washington, and hal
repaid 10 her the receipts of a sale Of her ia
mily portraits and other family relics.
4 great mandatory Of steel is soon to b
established two miles below Harrisburg
Penn. On the Susqushanua River. A thou
,and skilled vorkmen are TO be brought fror
England, and fifteen hundred Others will b
gathered in this country. The establishment
will Ne much the largest on this continen,
rne citizens of Troy are petitioning tn
rity government for iii erty TO buy meats
y,getSh hlrs and fruits directly from the farm
ers who bring them to market. They wi
thus safe the big profits of the middlemel
and get thor eatsbles much cheaper than a
p-t-,1u
) !armer went to Lewiston, Me-. las
week Wednesday TO sell big load OF tur
keys. and WAS surprised to hear that Thanks
giving hal been changed TO December
lie sold out as well as he could and wen
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