Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-21

News items.
Eugene is an inch taller dian Der Aas-
band.
Turkey and Greece appear t, De on th
eve Of going to war
Hogs are very plenty and tic prices very
low at the West
President Johnson L-.y Ia Congress
consists Of three Senator'S ana .lree Repre-
sentatiyes.
1t Is slated that Ben Wood won Sl4O COO
at faro at MoIrIs5ey's gambling rooms IN
Twenty-fourtL street, New York, i--- W Cd
nesday evening.
The pnoe Of apples has declined iu New
Hampshire. The wholesale rate for the FIST
quality o. winter fruit in Concord Is from
$ - to s FER barrel.
vt Swcetsburs. Tuesday, a noHe pr0se7ui
was entered in the cases OF seven Of the Ee-
man prisoners, but they were rcmandet 20
Jail, being liable still TO charges Of Ti1t Sc
dition anu robbery.
\ Missourian visiting Chicago. on Friday
night went to bed, after closing bis windows
and blowing out bis gas. There was d dead
Missourian in the bed next morning.
1t is stated that John II. Surratt was the
guest Of Hogan, OF St. Lawrence H-L, ls;er
his escape from the United States, and ,lat
Surratt was supplied with funds 20 - TO
Europe by some Of the leading Sou,Ae1ncrs
at the time in Canada.
\ private Of the lOO;h Regulars. sta
toned at Ottowa, on Friday received fifty
lashes. The prisoner was tied u @ gate by
the thumbs, and logged IN the presence Of
would be annexed to the United States be-
fore two years.
\ dozen yosng men in Bath, Ne, had
what they called e. hunt " on Ihanksgiy-
ing DAY, IN which tie side killing the most
game was to WIN supper One side brought
in a red squirrel, and the other side very
domestic looking rabbit. The rabbit side
was declared the winner, and had their sup
per.
As couple Of drunken men were walking
along a canal tOwIath in Osweg3 the other
night, one Of them fell into the canal. His
companion caught hold Of what be thought
an ~ Ahu NtAAN4 ANA ANAks " A-h ulA
came it was discovered that he had held the
man by the leg, while his head had been all
the time under water. and life was extinct.
4 New York despatch says An order has
been issued for the ARES Of John Alorrissey,
Ben. Wood and ten or twelve others. lottery
dealers, on the complaint OF Nelson Il. Odsll.
who deposes that within the past two years
he has lost the sum of S35 900 at the policy
shops kept by the defendants.
4 correspondent. who has lately visited
Powers in his studio in Florence, says that
he has recently finished a model Of Mr.
Everett labor Of love. 4 head and bust
Of our Saviour noble conceptions al
most completed, in marble This is for Mr..
Aspinwall, of New York. Mr.. Powers is az
present engaged on the models OF three fg-
ures, representing Faith, Hope, and Charity,
intended for a Mr.. Harris, Of Newport,
Rhode Island. Mr.. Powers is now well ad-
yanced IN years. His keen, dark eyes, with
their projecting, dark eyebrows. contrast
strangely with his grey beard and hair.
The Montreal Herald states that ST.
Marie, the discoverer Of Surratt, is a native
of Laprairie, and was formerly a clerk in the
Post Office, then in the Equitable Insurance
Company's office, and lastl in the Banque
du Peuple, from which institution the Mn
ere says he was discharged for eccentrieIties.
lie afterwards abseonded from the Bureau of
Public Education with several hundred
pounds.
Nearly twice as much lumber has been 1
surveyed at Bangor, Maine, this year, as was
surveyed last season.
1t is stated that the magnificent school |
fund of Wisconsin has disappeared and has
no existence except as an accountants fe-
ton.
Henry Ward Beecher gets ten thousand |
dollars for the novel be is to write for the I
Ledger.
An indignant mother found her hopelul 1
daughters IN low place of amusement in /
Chicago the other night, and taking each by |
the hsIr Of the head led them out of the |
house to the great establishment Of the spec
tators.
d. NJ. Wicker, son Of c. W. Wicker,
Ekq, OF North Ferrisburgh, VT, Jumped /
into the river at st. Louis, on the night of |
NOV. 10th, to save young lady who had
laien nom steamer. He struggled man
July to save the lady, but in vain, and
nearly lost his own life.
At the last census there were 6.II5.45S
horses, ,l29 ,55S asses and mules, S,72S,-
30. 90 COWS, 2,240, 075 working oxen, l4,67l,-
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