Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-09-20

Nine young persons, six girls and three
boys, were drowned by the upsetting of a
sail boat on Lake Erie, on Tuesday. Five
others who were in the boat were saved.
Jane Davis staircase at Table Rock on
the Canada side, was chopped down one
night last week oy some unknown person, the
whole structure falling into the Niagara
river.
Gen. Custer is on trial by Court Martial
at Fort Leavenworth, for leaving his COM
mand without permission. to 90 and see his
wife, who was at Fort Ilarker. where cholera
was raging.
y little girl IN Stanton, Wis, lately land
down and went to sleep in the field where
her father was cutting wheat with a ma
chine, and be, not noticing her, ran over,
and cut her to pieces with the reaper.
Peter Baxter of Cincinnati hung himself
on Tuesday night last from gr;ef al the an
nouneement by the physician that his infant
child would not recover. The child died
the next morning, and both were buried to-
gether.
Another whisky fraud has been discovered
in brooklyn, by which the government has
lost about $40, 900. Some FIVE hundred bar
rels, supposed to be filed with liquor, in q
bonded warehouse, have been discovered to
have been emptied of their contents. The
keeper Of the warehouse has been arrested
and held to bail.
In Poughkeepsle. last week Tuesday. a
teamster had finger instantly cut off by
getting it caught between the chimes Of two
barrels he was handling Jas one barrel iell on
the other.
At Sunday School Convention last week
a gentleman from West Virginia spoke of
what was doing in that region, and of the
condition Of the people. The mile posts"
be said, "haye notches cut IN them instead
of being figured, because the majority of the
people can count but can't read The
question propOunded by this speaker was,
How to teach IN a Sunday School where the
people were in this condition?
4 hotel with reasonable prices On and no
city luxuries is projected for the White
Mountain region.
Two women each lost leg by getting
caught IN the coils of a steamboat stern line
at Fenian picnic near Sandusky, Ohio, on
Thursday last.
Gen. Grant is daily inauguratIng retrench-
ment- The expenses of the War DEPART
ment IN Washington have been reduced one
third since be took hold.
Long Islander dropped cup into els
tern, and IN fishing for it booked up the body
OF his son, who had been missing about an
hour. 1t was the first intimation had of his
An unscIentihc Englishman who put a
tightly eOrkCd bottle Of water into the oven
to warm was somewhat surprised when it
exploded.
The new Wasbburne mansion at Liver
more will probably be the most elegant coun-
Try place in Maine.
An Athens telegram announces that the
Arcadia, 4 Greek steamer, which was burnt
md sunk to prevent its falling into the
hands OF the Turks, was Immediately re-
placed by two more powerful vessels from
'yra.
Continued heavy rains in Georgia have
loen very disastrous to cotton. 1t IS estim-
tied thai One-third of the crop is DESTROYED.
Reports IRON the rice plantations state that
he rains and fTeshets have ruined the crop.
Such stories always are plenty till after har-
rest.
The commandaht Of the navy yard at PEN
acola says that he will probably soon be
ompelled to close the yard altogether on ac-
ount OF the rdvages of the yellow fever.
There have been more than GOO deaths
rom yellow fever in Galveston, lately, most
: among Northerners.
Gen. Carlin, commander Of the Bureau,
as stated that there have been more out
ages upon freedmen in Tennessee during
be past month than there were during the
* months preceding the election.
\ young merchant in Boston named
lobbs has recently been dealing extensively
! forged paper. The amount negotiated is
lOught to be about $4,000.
-Four hundred soldiers arrived at Omaha
, fight Indians. but before leaving for the
lains they broke into the American Trans
ortation COmpanY's warehouse, and helped
lemselves TO whlskey and wine so as TO be-
'me grossly intoxicated. The subordinate
hceTs were as bad as the men.
The Lynn Reporter says that Cyrus Wake
I'D, Esq Of South Reading, Mass, has Of
red to pay off the town debt-about sixty
iousand dolars-and build a new and
indsome town hall, if the people will dis
-nse with the name Of South Reading,
iere being two other Readings besides, and
III the town Wakefield.