Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-17

ThurlOw Weed i GO.
Virginia taxes oysters.
Norwood " means Litchfeld
The Menken has been ''sculped."
Caterpillars plague Tennessee.
Portland is boring for pure water
Shakespeare is being done into Chine.
Colorado has twelve newspapers.
Timothy Titcomb has new poem.
Maine has 100000 acres of uncu, ua
Der.
A Montreal lad of fifteen has marrisi
brothers mother-in-law Of fifty.
Kentucky elects eight Democrats. az
probably, one Republican to Congress.
Stewart. of New York, loses S20,00.r
aunum by shoplifters.
1t costs IS week to board hos.
Boston now.
Mrs. General Gaines's new mansion
Central Park, New York. will cost S2,0u
600
Alta recent fashionable wedding 10
falo, there were four bridesmaids an
gro0msmen-
Snow still fingers in Berkshire Co.. VI
in Is spots" and drifts are reported il -.
ious places from u to 20 feet deep.
At the recent fire in Cincinnati, ten o.
sand boxes Of candles were melted in a 1a-
ment. The grease puddle Is valued az
600.
An attachment has been served OF
steamship Great Eastern, at Bres-
the writ Of her crew Tor the non-pa7me-.
wages.
The falling ofof the income taxes, tl-1--
the adjustment Of the ten per cent rsa
heavy incomes, is about 50 per cent
Earl Derby says the British Goveruaa
will not make public the real history -- Oh.
recent Fenian uprising on account OF ce-;l-
foreign Governments, which are involved -
the plot.
Over the entrance 70 the hall II Paris w-5.
| court concerts are held, Il the announcer.
I LlAL 4Dl AAEA ubA AllA a. A+4N
through an opera glass.
The Queen of spain has exiled her drs.-
maker on account Of the latter p0-l-s
some revolution IN dress was attempted
the unlucky m0dists, probably.
During the past month the police Of N.-
I York city have reported the finding II =i1s.
cellars, and other places Of eoncealment.
/ twenty-three dead bodies Of new born -.
fants.
The Macbias, Me paper tells Of the
I ture IN Narraguagus Bay, after t5=-l---
I two hours tight, Of a lobster, four feet 81
length. nine feet from the tip Of one cav 8,
the tip Of the other, and whose live v.--
was 500 pounds.
Professor Agassiz SAYS the monkey
I South America are far inferior % tll--
the east. Eastern monkeys are found
nearly approaching the human specie. t--.
some naturalists have discovered an --7--.
/ tage on the part Of the monkey.
In q recent engagement between s1 .--
dilns and fifteen soldiers. all the lll--.
were killed. The vict0rs found a veu--
scalp on the hreech-cl0th OF one of %. b.
dams, with beautiful long, auburn har
Lucy Higgins was visiting @ -- 1s-
Kll.bri1se. L. Vs.. when her 1Ir -sr-
caught % a circular saw going a. ,---ss-.
and she was instantly drawn upon o. ~
chInery. One leg was cut comple,s-y e.
her skull fractured, and she died IN ball -
hour.
Hon. Elijah Hise. who was Just re-e-...
| TO Congress from bis district IN hen,l-E
BY an almost unanimous vote, COMMIT
suicide last week by blowing out bis l---
with pistol lie was melancholy ~ O.
extreme AMI believed the Country was g.
ing to perditior.
In PARIS, Tenn, ball given by the ---
cd people was invaded hy ten white u--.
railroad employees, the male negr0e- drive
away. the lights turned out. ami rel-
every female present ravished. One wl---
It Is thought, would die. al but w.
the sc0undrels have been lodged in jail
Bishop Loughliu, of the diocese Of B-
Ign. disappr0ves OF the practice Of L-.----
festivals and balls IN aid Of the CATH.
ehurches.He Is also opposed u tae clers7l-
keeping trotting horses, and i- is said -
] @~fN---- " %aAN -N fIA-Ai-4
scquently parted with their steeds.
Orders have been received at the Ja
States Armory At Springfield for a lar.- --.
immediate increase in the produc-I1r
breech-loaoers Of the latest model
force Of workmen viii be greatly cnl-11
and the old muskets, Of which the Cove
ment now has over 5000 900, remoi.l-
the rate Of 500 to coo per day.
President johnson has proved. S-l4-
peare and POrtia 10 the contrary nJ-v-.-
standing, that the quality Of mercy c-l
strained. for he has -7ri1nei hJhns,ll-.
who is a great rascal and stupend5u-
frauder.
The Taunton Gazette says tat vale
horse belonging 10 a baker in Digh;1- vs
killed IN singular manner on Saturd-y.
boy who had been playing with g boz
it in the street, and the horse stepping
the blade, the handle few up with suc- -.-.
as 10 penetrate his bowels, and it was nose
sary TO kill him.
Somebody out " est has invented O s-e
shezTing machine, which Is worked jus. ls.4
reaper or mower. and would NOW g swat
wool an inch and a halt wide The MOI
is got by means Of a little wind enzil.
the handle, which Is driven by .-
/ pump OF bellows forcing wind into It t1-'--
/ a flexible tube.
| i LITTLE unpleaslntness interrupted q BAL
| ROseburg, Oregon, recently, which Wa
| tied by free and unsparIng Use Of
and bowie knives, and the killing OF u1s'-.
wOuDding nine cut Of the eleven ue-
/ gagged ID the melee.
I The New York hotels have been uucs-
crowded for ten days past. While ;Hs-- 90
a vast number Of out oi-t0wn people
hotels, there were also large colonies o. .
zens, who had broken up housekeeIln- H
were indulging IN hotel lie preulra,--T
the hegira to the country or o. EIr0p
During the month Of Apr. there vi.
thirty-ninc fires in the Uaitel states. nv
ing total loss Of about 5000 600. D.
| ing tie trst four months % lS51 ths
BY fire il the United States have tesn
I 4Os, goo, as follows L. J4u-a-y S4t7.
0OO February, 81 10000 Nasca, =