Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-09-27

OF the eight candidates on the Repuoh
can State ticket. In Wisconsin. five are sold
iers
At the fall book trade sale. which closed
at New York on Monday. 100000 volumes
were sold for about $500. 900.
The Paris correspondent Of the London I
Times sums up the situation in THE SEN
tence-.'No business on the Bpurse. but
plenty Of Chassepot rifles in store"
practical joker put croion oil IN the
milk with which some Troy base ballists re-
freshed themselves, and the result was very
sick nine
The Common Council has decided By a
city ordinance that gas shall cost only two
dollars per thousand feet in Cincinnati.
Charles Stetson gave the elephant at a cir
Gus in East Saginaw. Mich, rotten apple
The enraged animal at once threw him some
ffty feet from the ring, but fortunately with
out injury.
The order suspending Callicott, the col
lec,or of Internal Revenue, in Brooklyn. Tor
malfeasance, has been signed BY the Presi-
dent. 1t is the second case under the Civil
Tenure Act Callicott has given $4,000
bail.
A wretch at Hastings, Mimi, poured ker-
osene oil over couple Of horses, and set
fire to them. One horse was ruined and the
other was severely injured.
Alanson Stoddard. formerly resident Of
Granville, n. Y, who was arrested in Poult-
new a few months since charged with horse
stealing, is now in Canadian prison, under
sentence of death, for the murder Of Joseph
Carey, his broiher-in-lsw.
A man in Crawford county. Indiana, who
had been annoyed by thieves in his water
melon patch, finally poisoned the fruit
One boy has died in consequence, and an
other is dying.
The dwelling Of Prof. Dixi Crosby, IN
Hanover, n. H., was partially burnt last
week Sunday. Loss about $4,000 insured.
Tbe7 are looking for an early winter in
New O.ieans, in consequence of the arrival
of snipe and water fowl.
There is a wonderful babe in 0ttumwa,
Iowa, six months old, who frightened the
mother the other night by distinctly calling
Give me drink of water" The ehOict
p Of beverage astonishes the Iowans a. much
as the precociOus use Of language.
. 1t is reported that the object OF the lat,
; meeting of the Emperors at SAlzburgh wal
= a marriage between the Prince ImEerial @
D France and the Princess Gisete Of Aussrit
g "A charming little creature Of II years.
r little boy in Boston stole pan Of milk
His mother, after correcting him. asked hin
b what he was going to do with it, when h
J., said he was going to steal dog to drink it
: In anticipation that the yellow fever ma
5 reach Mobile and the place be aband0ne
: by Government officials, General Spinne
> has withdrawn the Government funds &c
e posted there.
A train in the Northwestern part G
j. Iowa, was few days since delayed on
I hour and a quarter by grasshoppers, whic
: covered the track 80 thick that the engIn
IS drivers slipped on the rails.
: At the Massachusetts, State Temperance
e Convention, Hon. Henry Wilson declare
u that against the twenty-five millions Of car
+ ital interested in the liquor traffic, NOR
n than one thousand millions are interested !
sustaining probibitory laws.
= Ii is SAID that the Oldest trooden house
United States is in Dorchester. soon 10 be
" part Of Boston II WIS built in 1868,
= called the "Minot House, and is occuI ie
!. by respectable English family, who pa
e $50 annual renage. The house was occr
e pied by Gen. Washington and his bod
h guard, during the Revolution.
p The Unitarian Association are about t
. publish Liturgy for the use OF the sOcie
is ties under their care. DR.. Palfrev. c
= Belfast, Me, has been selected to edit tn
= new book Of service. This step has grow
IT out of the yesper service, a sort of semi
II Episcopal service adopted some years az
. by DR., osgOOd.
Is The New York State Grand Lodge q
: Good Templsrs met in Poughkeepsie Tues
!. day and Wednesday Of this week. In on
: year this temperance organization has II
= creased from one hundred to over four bun
: dred lodges, and its membership from f7
; thousand to over twenty-five thousand.
= 10 Detroit, on Saturday morning, Majo
" illiam y. Atwood, well Known lawyer
b was discovered lying dead on his child
: grave. His hat, cane and glasses wer'
! found by his side untouched. His pocket
f book was found to contain two buttercup'
: plucked from the grave of his child. few
papers, and small quantity Of blue vitriol
In the breast of bis coat was an ambrOtyp'
= of bis dead child, whom he is said to have
almost worshipped. The inquest showed
, nothing as the cause of his death.
The earnings OF the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable during the past year have been Ovei
million of dollars. After heavy deduc-
tons, from the two accidents to the Cable oI
1866, there remained Sl40,67O. out Of
which dividend is declared of per cent,
free OF income tax, upon the first S per cent
preferential stock. But for the accidents,
the az rr;poa xxouId haze vaid : nor cont m