Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-07-05
News Items.

09 W ~DOii0Ai fi'u Pun
ishment.
English COnsols are higher now than ey..
they were before.
There Is 4 man out west who drink.
much whiskey that mosquitoes that bi,. h.
die Of dclIrium tremens.
Tie IlippOtamus that was exhibited l...
a year OF two since, is dead. He was ri,.
years old and valued at $4,000.
A benedict club of Bachelors, la. t..
formed in New York city. The badge D..
medal, from which is suspended one-ha.f +
a pair Of scissors.
The vote ON amending the liquor hv
Maine (makIng it more stringen1 st,.t
Yeas 1855; nays $3.50.
\ wealthy banker Of San Francis r,..-.
" died and left $50 600 in his will @, t...
defray the national debt.
Genera Tom Thumb has returned o. ....
country. The General lisps and Is of uTa..
that be is "Thumb gumkins.
The case Of Fowler versus Bowen, iu * Pa
York, for SANDER, is now in its thrice.
ycor. Is not this Is bad as Jarniyt.
Jarnlyce;
y gentleman in StauntOn, Va, bad
uo-e nearly cut off by the carelessness %.
man in carrying a scythe blade on bis -ho.
der along the street.
\ lady IN East Brooklyn, y, Y, rcteu.
discovered a birds nest in her garden, e
posed principally OF Nalencienncs lace. .r
about one dollar Ter yard. \ piece of -.y
I yards formed the lining Of the nest o.
/ lady had missed the lace and SUPPOSE 4.
| domestics had stolen il.
Ten years ago, a man in Missouri
/ queathcd $500 each 10 ten OF his slave
/ condition that they should emigrate O.
IBERIA or some country set apart for o.
persons. The slaves remained in Nilsson
and the St. Louis County Court has dec
that it is '' place set apart for free Per
of color, and the executor has been order
70 pay over the money.
\ letter from Texas says that,if the A..-
ney Generals construction Of the law !,
hold every rebel in Texas will vote AMI I'd
his chance for an indictment for false swe-
ing before grand iuries OF which every u5-
Der will have committed the same 0f.1
and in a State where in no instance since t
var has a rebel been punished for Grimm
offences BY a jury Of is peers.
They have fogs at SItka three hau-
days in a year. Wood grows there In T-
ty, but it is 50 sOggy that it must be hoes
two wears before il will burn. Many Il
die yearly Of small pox. Hogs feed On.g
FISH, 80 that pork tastes much like cod
but salmon are luscious and cheap. and .-
peas are plenty in their season.
Recorder uackctt Of New York is u-
doubtedly the best shot in the country
ANY Of his friends will hold a penny
tween their fingers and allow bin 70 Do.
at ten PAGES, which be invariably does Oh
can knock the ashes of 4 gentleman ca
while the cigar Is in his mouth With uuu-
ing accuracy. 4 Ia William Tell. Be
more than once shot an apple from The --
Of a friend. lie shot at a humble lt
the wing the other day and cut him 10 o..
At the wooden wedding of Mr.. and N-
Pickard. Boston, the cards Of Invita-
consisted Of pieces Of thin chip, eigh, .l.
Is square, engraved in old English. El--
wooden presents were received. The l1
wore a gray corded ELK dress, trimmed
wide rows Of black velvet; on these -l-
were placed large white wooden stars.
buttons made Of pine wood in the shay,
tiny baskets, filed with flowers. The .-
5 rings and pin were also Of wood, tui ~
painted pink, to resemble coral.
Hiram Powers, who has lived 10 .-
T. nearly thirty years, IS talking Of COM -
] home.
The ballet of the B. c. in New York .-
be renude.
Western ireland IS suffering severely '--
a scarcity Of food. approaching a famine.
worse state Of things Il feared.
The story that thousands of persou=
80 stopped taking the y. \. Irl1lgs
b cause Mr. Greeley signei Mr. DavIs's d.
bond Is pronounced not true story.
In Oxford. y. Y. May 23d, the a
- stones fell 50 plenutully as % m7ss e
sleghing for a short time.
\ Mr. Bush has been fined three dolls
b and costs. in Chicago, for kicking hi-
out Of bed. There was a slightly cziel--
b. IN circumstance IN the fact that She
e scratched his bare back with a curry s-
+ Charles K. Decker, a youth 10 year
and 81 inches high, Is receiving the 90
4 at the West at a quarter head D. .
! single Decker.
! There is woman IN Indiana W..
, been married four times, and Il now ..-
with her first husband Skillful i.y,
did it.
The people of Central City, C5.-
have subscribed $4,000 70 be paid for
scalps - with the ears on at the O..
5 so piece.
What a cheering prospect there is d. .
, general disarmament IN Europe when W
i, pOleOn III insists that 100000 men --
: constitute the minimum Of the military -a.
+ Of France.
The Mayor Of Dayton, Ohio, muzl..-
i people Of that city by proclamation TIA.
is unlawful for any person owning, o.
> ing control Of any animal Of the iJs 81 I
o 10 run AZ large without being IIeIeH.
e zled.'
Fort Randall, lately attacked by d
a dams, was commanded by Malr
! Bush, Of the 22i Infantry, formerly o. 81
don, VI Major Bush writes, under Oh
9th inst, that for three days and nights
viOusly the Indians had not given him b.
ment's rest.
5 At the race on the Fashion c.
! Long Island, on Friday last, -e'5
Ethan Allen and running mat
Dexter, to harness, Ethan FIJI
ed in making the first mile %
unprecedented time of two minutes .1-
teen seconds. The second aud tlr-
were also taken by himself AMI mI.e 10 o.
and 2:lJ.