Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-26
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of new and young wives.
Butter Spectators in New York are glad
to sell out at twenty cents per pound.
A man in London, England, beat his wife
nearly to death =. for having too many child
rem"
General Grant has expressed himself, I'M
rescryedly, in condemnation Of the aoqulsi
ton of Russian America.
4 Galveston paper rcjoices over the arriy-
al Of a flock Of two hundred superior fine
wooded sheep from Vermont.
At a recent trial of 2O-inch guns at Fort
/ Hamilton a range Of four miles vas obtained
with Trojectile Of 1850 lbs.
The dying words Of Bishop Timon, of Buff
falo, were " Jesus, | love thee Jesus,
adore thee Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray
for me -
young lady named Lizzie Smith, aged
twenty-three, was brutality outraged on Fr--
day night, near Bergen, y j., by sixteen
rulhans III succession.
There's 10 truth in tie statement that the
Connecticut Senate will show a democratic
majority Of one. The odd member is a Re
publican, elected by eight majority.
While crossing a field where base ball was
being played at Merijen, saturday, John
Logan, twelve years old. was struck On the
head by the ball and killed.
\ man in New Albany, Ind. who was di-
yOrced recently, married the only witness m
the case on the 18th inst. his former wife
acting as bridesmaid for her aecuser.
President johnson will attend the laying
OF the corner stone Of a monument 10 has
father at Raleigh, y. c., about the middle
Of May. His fathers burial place has only
recently been discovered.
The Republican Canadian is the name Of a
PAPER recently established in Montreal, Can
ada, as the organ Of the French population.
1t iav0rs the annexation Of that country 70
the United States.
The body of an unknown woman was
found in tho suburbs of Louisville, Sunday.
Ii appeared that a. she was crossing a fence
her bonnet strings caught and stranGled her
20 death.
The Idaho Statesman says the Indians at
tackled a stage coach near Permits ferry on
the Goth ult., and killed the driver and TWO
passengers.
\ lady writes that salt is a sure thing IN
bedbu Wash the articles and places in
tested Auh salt and water, and I'll the cracks
and creyices where the vermin hide They
will give no more trouble.
Some Of the young uns," of the Cali
fornia big tree family are growing prosper
ously near Rochester, y Y, from seeds
planted thirteen or fourteen wears since, and
bid fair 10 rival their ancestors in time-say
two or three thousand years.
The special car of the Merchants Union
and L. :. Express Company on the Erie
Railroad going west was destroyed BY fire |
Saturday with Its contents, amounting 70 |
100000.
The carefully covered emter= # secession |
viii blaze brightly on the first Of May, when
fresh flowers are 70 be laid By fair hands On !
the grave of every rebel between the Plt0- !
mac and the Rio Grandc.
The proposed opposition line between San |
Francisco and New York has been h0ugh, of |
by parties in the interest oi the Pacific Mail |
Steamship Company.
\ Southern editor drew a lottery prize |
consisting Of no less than thirty eight arti- /
clcs-a pint % bitiers containing that num- |
her Of ingredients.
During the late frcslet IN tennessee eleven |
houses Il atcj down the Hoist0n river in one /
day. One Of them boing visited a fix months |
old baby was found IN bed ia one u: the /
chambers. 1t was nearly starved
\ manufacturer a, Bllsson Spa, New
York has invented an arrangement for |
Lighting bis factory with kerosene oil. con-
veyct from reservoir in the upper story BY
means Of gasIiIts 90 all portions Of the
building
\ lady at Raleigh, Pa, found e large liz
ard in the milk. The milkman got water
for his cans out Of q -p-inc instead Of the
hydrant. The people are indignant aud de-
mand a return to the hyirans.
Little Freddie, son Of Rev. c. r. B4.dick.
formerly pastor Of TIE NJ z church in
kecscyillc. New York, now Of Beaufort. y
C. was tIshgur,d Tor life the Other dav, by
"a savage dog which the lntle boy undertook
10 cares, but which seized him in the face.
tearing Of bis nose. and otherwise laccsting
the ehili's face.
According TO GOV. Ou's representation.
the people Of South Carolina have been
keeping the Lenten fast with vIgor. Over
one hundred thousand Of the inhabitants Of
that State be thinks have not tasted meat
for thirty days. Worse than that. some
have been unable to get any food.
\ donation of thirty thousand d9aars hiss
recently been made 10 tic Theological Sem
mary at Andoyer, for providing q shorter
term Of study for those who desire TO enter
the ministry, but who find it inCxpedient 70
take iull course.
The work Of emancipation has been begun
IN Brazil by decreeing the freedom OF the
slaves on the public domain. about three
thousand in number, on condition that they
inter the army. The wives OF those that are !
married are also freed
Ex-Gov. Perry, of South Carolina. has l
written letter on the military governments I
n the South in which he says. "A dcspot- !
SIN wisely administered is the most perfect
,oyernment on earth, being the government I
established by God for the control Of the c
inverse"
Mills, the Franeonia murder, who Is I'M
Ter sentence Of execution, escaped from the =,
Ill at Hayerhill, n. H., Monday night by
awning of IN iron Tar an inch and q quarter
hick. HIS escape caused much excitement
Haverhill. A reward Of FIVE hundred dol
RS has been offered for his arrest. r
A gentleman recently gave a S2j 200 C
rInting press to the London Telegraph, and c
mt with the gift letter, in which he said al
In your paper, by iudicious advertising, tt
ave amassed the fortune which enables me q
offer this testimony Of regard and good b
An abandoned woman of Chicago, named Cl
airy Branagan, murdered the little daughter mi
one Of her neighbors by drowning her in a
stern. She also tried to destroy the daugh-
r Of another neighbor. The only reason
signed for the crime is the fact that these
ighbors had refused to associate with the ito
etched woman. an
A gambling house was broken up by tie 81
lice BOSTON last tvaok IN