Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-05
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eonverfed into stores.
The sunken Confederate ram Mcrfimac is
- br hoistcd with torpedo.
Ten thousand dollars was subscribed az
The Republican Congressional caucus, Mon
Cay, toward the expense OF sending political
documents to the South
The drifts from the last storm between
Springfield and Albany are larger than those
OF any previous storm this winter Some Of
those that were dug through at Stone House
crossing. rear llinsd lie, were twenty-five or
thirty i.ei high
young man wlfo washed himself IN a
basin of nitrate Of silver in d New York
photograph gallery, thinking the liquid was
water, found himself beautifully taitaei in
few minutes.
At the Peabody dinner last week az the
Fifth Avenue Ho;el 10 New York. the table
service, two sets Of gold and SILVER, Of about
80 pieces was worth $4,000. /, was
recent importation, said to he the finest in
this country
\ girl named Hall died on Monday. q,
Springfield, Mass., from frichiniasis TIE
whole family were sick. but the Others II is
thought viii recover They had been eat
ing raw ham. When lying perfectly g;
ease, the patien: Sodld feel no pam, bu; the
least movement Of the limbs would cause
terrible agony. and touching them in certain
places would also cause great pain. Ida.
the young lady who died, could only lie with
her lower limbs perfectly straight the least
change from thar position caused her dread
full suffering. During all her illness her
pulse was never slower than 100 or $40
minute. while during the last four days it
was TOO quick to be counted
Arre-;s were made in Boston On Friday.
Saturday and Sunday, Of passers Of counter /
felt money, IS bills on the Peoples Nation
al Bank Of jackson, Mich The tyro men
who were known to have brought On the
queer" from New York, to the amount Of
Ten or twenty thousand dollars, escaped.
A circus rider a few evenings ago, on a
wager. rode one Of the circus horses from
the bottom to the top Of the circular stairs
leading to the dome on the Court House. at
Chicago. The dome is one hundred feet
from the landing. The stairs are not more
than four feet wide, and tn balusters MT
more than three feet high. The daring per-
Torrance attruetsd large crowd.
An infant with a $1,000 note pinned 10 its
dress was recently left in London railway
station.
The Bangor Wing rays letters have been
received from the "Jaffa colony stating that
many Of the colony will be on their way
home in early spring.
Cashmere wool is DOW grown in Ohio and /
Missouri. where Cashmere goats are raised |.
With great success,
The insurance on the Winter Garden |
Theatre, New York, was S250,000. divided |
among enc hundred Offices. The theatre will |
be rebuilt without delay.
The thieves of Madrid make such exten-
give use of the sewers in obtaining an en-
trance into houses that subterranean police |
force has been organized.
1t is sald that there are not less than a |
thousand fortune tellers IN New York, with !
fools enough to give them good support.
A company that insures female beauty |
against accident, from the age of Is TO 30, |
is the latest thing in the insurance line.
Alta fight between party of soldiers and
come "roughs" in grog-shop at Plattshurg, |
n. Y, on Monday night, the leader Of the
latter, who called themselves the up. Y. |
Society" was stabbed in the neck by one Of |
the soldiers and instantly killed. His name |
was William Reed.
house, Newport, X. l., has saved FIVE lives |
by her intrepidIfy, and there is talk-which |
We hope may become fact-of some testimO- |
MI h.ap TOD har
man from freezing to death on Little Lime |
Rock On Sunday morning.
The Office of Chamberlain Of the city of 1
New York is worth fully one hundred and
forty thousand dollars per annum, for which
he performs the most inconsiderable duties.
Princeton college has accepted the jerome
gift of FIVE thousand dollars, and the interest
will be expended annually in the purchase
of prizes for gentlemanly conduct on the
part OF students.
An accident has brought TO light the fact
that one Of the New York churches has been
sold Tor Cro,on water taxes without the
knowledge or consent Of its owners, who
were not even aware that any water rents
were due. OF course it was at once re-
deemed.
The Pamela Miss NGr says very dis
tinct shock of an earthquake was felt in
that vicinity at ; O'Clock last Monday NOR
ming, and created considerable alarm.
The orange crop at St .Augustine, Florida,
if no severe frost occurs, will be the largest
known for many years. One or two Of the
largest groves in the vicinity Of the city
will, il the cesson continues favorable, bear
between one and two hundred thousand.