Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-01-12
News Items.

Gen. Hookers beauty Is said to be not at
all damaged by bis late stroke, and he If re-
covering
Venus will be morning star until Februa-
~ 2jth, then evening star until December
1lth.
England saves cost, 600 per annum by tie
King OF Belgium death. The royal Iur-
veydrOp's pension ceases.
A man has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment at York, England,
for attempting to hang himself
Breyet- Brigadier W. F. smith. E.. Bal
dy,'') late Major-Gcneral of Volunteers, has
been granted six months leave Of absence On
account of poor health
The Secretary Of Treasury has ruled that
the recent act of Congress while prohibiting
the importation of cattle from Canada. does
not apply to cattle transported from one part
Of the United States TO another via Canada.
The sales Of II. B. Clafin & Co., dry
goods merchants of New York, for 1865,
have been, according to rumOrs, $4,000
900, against $40 200, 900 in lS6i
A Missouri girl, daughter Of a wealthy
farmer, who was a little she-rebel during
the war, has now eloped with a colored man,
who leaves a wife and several children Of his
own color.
A; meeting Of young girls at Seneca, y.
Y, recently, it was d" Resolved, that if we,
ihe young ladies OF Seneca Falls, don get
married during the year to come. somebody
will be to blame
y traveller at the South says, d" take list
Of names of every colder Of the late confeder-
ate army, and in the whole lot you could not
get cOrporal's guard that will ever enlist
again against the flag Of the United States. "
1t has been decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States, that bid at an
auction is a mere offer, and that it has no
binding obligation unless accepted.
In Ireland the Fenian trials continue
One man, 0'Leary, has been sentenced to 20
years penal servitude, and others TO long
terms. Captain McCaferty, an American,
had been acquitted because be was an allen.
The Collector Of Internal Revenue Tor
Montana Territory, in letter received by
the Secretary of the Treasury, saws that the
product of abe gold and silver mines Of that
Territory for the year 1868 will he upward
Of SO 100000. In 1859, the Territory
was a wilderness, uninhabited except By
sayages.
The Cork Herald, speaking Of the search
ing Of the passengers on board Of steamers
arriving at Queenstown from America, says
" 1t is difficult to say whether q male spec
tatOr feels more indignant than amused at
beholding policeman feeling female
passenger jback hair, done up IN the pre-
sent extraordinary fashion, for the purpose
of ascertaining whether it conceals arms,
ammunition or documents,
a report Of a cock fight on Long Island for
$1,000 side fills column in the y y.
Herald
Mrs. Jennie Yarney :. Eoy living in 0s-i-
pee, y. H., one hundred and sSo years Old.
Her mother lived to he one hundred and
four.
The cost OF The celebrated Strong divorce I
at New York amounts to forty thousand dol /.
lars, while the incidental expenses Of court, /
jury and time cannot be less than five thous- I
and more. 1t is TO he tried over.
During the past year ls3 railroad acci- /
dents occu rred, 335 persons were killed aud /
1927 injured. In 1861, 404 we're killed aud .
1886 injured.
1t appears that the deaths by sutfJca.ion
of the Gahy family in New, York was occa-
siuned by the stoppage OF the chimney foe
BY an Agent of the owner Of tie premises,
his object being to force tlo tenants to
yacate.
On the Goth inst, as the train from Kan
sas City to s.. Louis was leaving station
in the evening, twenty-five OF thirty shots
were fired INTO two Of the caTs, containing
about sixty passengers. A uumber OF tbs
windows were perfuated. but fortunately
nobody was hurt. Cen. Blunt anG several
members OF his staff were on the train.