Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-11-01
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It costs S3OOOOO per month to - run"
the city OF New Orleans.
woman IN Philadelp.Ia was fined SAB
and some cents FOR being a common scold.
Ten thousand negroes IN Virginia are said
TO have learned TO read during the past year
Postmaster General Randall. has decari.
tated half-doz-n Radical Postmasters in
Pennsylvania.
TIE excitement IN regard to the counter
ftiy >ovcn-rhIr'y notes has died away The
early discovery Of the forgery frightened
tie operators from their work. and 1t seems
TO be well established that the whole amount
di-posed oi will not aggregate much II any
over two hundred thousand d1llars.
Lari Brougham has written a sort of
- death-hed legacy to b., conntrymen. in
which he expresses the dep cinvicti1n that
tire most important thing for the future
welfare of the king ION IS the suppress ion Of
a. electoral corruption
Five hundred miles of the Unior p.c;sc
K. z. are completed Sew nteen milo. ronre
will carry the track 10 CHI - % tho
eastern base OF the Rocky oonntains
Gen. Candy has u.s. aed an order forbid
VIC municipal election IN
St-;g =. lie Ea- also moved the
= , ""0 magistrates Of Ives County, y.
,br '' oy appointment filled the vacancies
. created.
A serious difficulty. not wholly unfore-
seen. embarras~es the movement for female
suffrage in Kansas. The women themselves
4 Il - -.
They declare that they don't want TO vote.
Mr.. L. H. Morgan Of Rochester, y. Y, who
has made the beaver a subject Of study for
several wears. says that on the southern
shore OF Lake Superior b. found remains OF
long canals and dams constructed by them
for the purpose OF Transporting their cut
rlngs, consisting Of trunks Of trees two or
three feet long. from the place where the
trees had fallen. 10 their lodges. Some o.!
these canals we're 600, 400 and 500 feet ,ong.
They were generally three vide, with an
average depth II three feet. In order TO
maintain a continuous depth Of water, they
made dams at certain distances, and followed
the Chinese plan-to whom the lock was un
knOHn-Of drawing their cargo from one
level to an other
AT Nlblos OaIdcn. 10 New York, the
managers of the "Black Crook have placed
a donkey upon the stage. 10 compliment OF
"tbe million who attend that spectacular
performance. The donkey and the calves
get on very well together. On Monday
last, Mr.. ". II. Payne, the Psntomimlst,
presented to the fore and hind legs of ms
donkey two handsome silver medals for their
strict attention to hIs IA ming and instruc-
tons The medals bore the following in
script-on Presented nv W p. PAYNE,
20 Master William and Master John. in re-
membrance OF bis donkey, Ali BAHIA. 1867
They were received by the legs with kicks
of delight and rapture
Al the Empress Eugenie and the Young
Prince Imperial were landing from a Yacht
at Biarritz the other day, IN a small boat.
roller struck it broadside and upse, it. The
whole party were instantly struggling in the
sea. With great difficulty the Empress and
Prince Imperial and their companions were
saved, but one of the sailors was drowned.
The affair has been busbed up as much as
posslble-why, It is difficult to comprehend,
unless the Emperor fears that il might be
taken as another sign that he evil star is in
the ascendant.