Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-10-26
news Items.

One of the oldest papers in the world, the
Posf-aflng, of Frankfort, established IN
l6l6, has just dIsappearcd-suPProssed by
Bismark.
A new dodge was lately attempted on
countryman IN Philadelphia. He was asked
to give TWO "fiyes" for ten, which he did,
rolling up the ten with the rest Of bis mon
ey and putting it in is pocket. lie after
wards discovered that a fine black silk
thread was fastened to the ten and hung out
of bis pocket, by the means Of which they ex
pected to pull out the whole Of his bills. but
II didn't work.
A boiler explosion at St Louis, on the
18th. demolished the shop the boiler was IN,
and two dwelling houses adjoining. lwen-
tv-sIx " rsons are known to have been buried
in the ruins Fourteen when taken out
were dad and twelve more q less wounded.
1t is thought others still remain III the
debris Several of the bodies are 20 horrI-
bly, burned that they cannot be recognized.
Two steamships recently came IN collision
on the Red Sea, one coming from Suez, the
other from Bombay. 1t was a clear night,
and the captain Of each steamer saw the
OIDcI llll nOUI bIlOsN tAAN a AANNAAAir-- N--i-
then managed so as to make one strike the
other full amidsnIps, and send her to the
bottom before the passengers could get out
of their cabins, or boat could BE launched.
Eighty one lives were lost
The Monadnock Mountain House at
Jafrey, n H., was burned on the
llth, having caught fire from a defective
chimney. The house had some 10000 yisi
tors this summer, and is said to have been
one of the finest houses Of its size in the
mountains. Rebuilding was Immediately
commenced. and the prOprietors mean to he
eady for the next summers travel.
A medical prescription was recently sent
from London over the Atlantic cable.
The United States has sued in the English
courts for the recovery of the Penguin. Owl,
Lark. Wasp, Badger, Fox ami ARIEL, sup
posed TO be Confederate steamers. Mr. Ben
jamIn appears as one Of the counsel of the
reputed owners, and the United States Gov
eminent is to give bail for costs and dam
ages.
The Government on Tuesday received Of
fclal intelligence that the last Of the Fenian
prisoners in Ireland, who claimed to be citi-
zens OF the United States, had been released
BY the British Government that his FIRE
arms, &c, had been returned TO him, and be
had been shipped for his home upon vessel
bound for this country.
A rebel agent recently offered a broker in
Toronto, Canada. a draft for $780, goo,
drawn by our government on the Special
Agent OF the Treasury Department at Mem
phis, dated May >. 1865. Enquiries at
Washington revealed the fact that it Vas
worthless, the duplicate having been paid.
The draft was probably captured by gueril-
las in the war.
There were many vessels wrecked along
the Southern Coast during the first week IN
October. One schooner reports having "a
FIVE at one time, and another reports that
from the d inst. to the Sth inst she was
continually in sight OF vessels disabled ~
wrecked and deserted.
The Colts Patent Firearms Manufacture
ing Company, Hartford, CT, has received an
order from Europe for the manufacture Of
q thousand needle guns, conforming in all
respects to tie famous needle gun Of Prus-
sia. The company have also an order for
the production of one hundred revolving
cannons, at a cost of Sl00,000
A pensioner in Ohio has returned to the
Pension Bureau Sll9 50, assigning as bis
reason therefor that the extent Of his dIsa-
5ility from wounds received in the service
did not, in his belief, enti'le him TO 50 large
pension as had been allowed This is the
first instance on record where Tensioner
has expressed this sort of dissatisfaction at
the amount Of his pension.
Great mortality has been recently observed
among the horses in several localities in
northern Illinois. IL is said to be
CAUSED by The grasshoppers which bite the
tongues Of the animals and make them so
sore that they cannot cat, and consequently
die of starvation
Tom Thumbs little daughter Minnie died
of Inflammation of the brain at Norwich, I
England, on the 25th Of September, after
weeks illness. Her mother was with her
at the time Of her death.
A steamer passed Leavenworth for ST.
Louis on the 4th with two million and a
half dollars in gold dust. One party Of four
miners had $4,000, got in 60 days; an.
other who had been mining eleven years in
California and elsewhere had over 100000.