Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-01-10
NEWS ITEMS.

heating hls vile u Gt'th WIN ''"J'VN'
There l. a counterfeit Of the SO bills of
the Croton q. Y.)Nationai Bank.
Gilt Holsters in the hair arc considered
neat thing in Paris.
Mutton can he purchased i'm the New
York markets now for from FIVE to six cents
per pound by the carcass.
Ball. Black & Co, the great jewellers of
New York, haye.a stock Of diamonds valued
at Ss0O.0O0
Nevada miner Lad hi, leg caught under
a heavy rock. and was eaten by a panther |
while in that position.
A lady walked from Athens to Schenecta-
DIV. % miles. in eleven hours tie other day
Her name was Stanton, which perhaps had
something to do with it.
Snow fell throughout Virginia New Years
dav and is six inches deep in Richmond and
y inches at Danville and the southern pot
ton Of the state.
Chicago has new sensation Four citI
zens have mysteriously disappeared at differ
en- times within week, and nothing has
been heard of them
\ little girl of two years was killed in the
town Of " ashingt1n, Mass, a few DAYS ago,
by eating phosphorus from friction matches.
4 man in Boston has nearly one thous-
and photographs Of ladies who responded to
an advertisement. - Wife wanted, by man
Of means''-which in this case signifed very
mean man.
Portland Is in ecstacies over the Vermont
marble for its new post-oilice. The marble is
of tine finest, and the ediice viii be the gem
Of the city.
The death of Mr.. Van Buren,, President of
the Albany Young Mems Christian AsHocia-
ton. by the accident on the Lake Shore Rail
road. is confirmed His trunk has been found
and the corresponding check among the char
red remains.
Dickens now sends to allapplicants for his
autograph printed circular, containing
." 10 comply with your modest request
would not be reasonably possible
Mrs. Gertrude 4. Quinby, wife ola veal
thy broker Of Chicago, has sued for d.
yorce. alleging criminal intimacy between
the defendant and her own mother She says
she married Quinby to please her mother, not
withstanding her own strong dislike Of him.
Adam Ecole. an escaped convict from Gin
ton prison, who had Is months TO serve out
and for whom Il reward of 800 was offered,
was caught the other day in Canaan, y. Y.
The quickest passage across the Atlantic
has been made by the steamer City of Paris,
in her late run from Queenstown to Sandy
Hook, made in seven days twenty-three
hours and four minutes
Queen Victoria has taken firm stand
with her butcher. The parties who supply
the ROYAL Palace have been authoritatiyely
informed that they must accept eight pence
half penny pound for the best mutton, or
the Queens custom Will be withdrawn.
4 boy was killed in Boston last week.
and ON Wednesday another was seriously il
not fatally injured in Springfield, by being
run against by the sleds Of boys who were
coasting.
The 18th Highlanders, stationed at Mon
treal, have been obliged To put on their
trowsers. The cold Is too severe this winter
to allow kits and bare legs. The 18th Is
tlietN AAletlAliNAA u lilt It4itl Dl
Lucknow.
Patsey Evans, called ~ his friends the
d" Rondout Giant has agreed to fight o.
Baldwin, the Irish giant, for $1,000 a side
\ lady in Weymouth Mass went out to
spend the day. taking with her an infant
child which showed great uneasiness, cry
ing all the time without apparent cause
Upon undressing the child at night, it was
found that one Of its toes was bent entirely
back, broken and turned black Poor little
thing
The severe snow storm We have lust had
has not been unproductiye Of fun. The latest
We have heard was a despatch from a gentle
man who had been travelling. to his firm in
n. Y. 1t read as follows: .. shall not be in
the Office to-day, as l have not got home
yesterday, yet.
Work has been commenced on the top of
the - old tower Of the Cologne Cathedral,
on which for over four hundred years neither
hammer or chisel had been seen. Workmen
are preparing the seafoldings for next spring,
when the work on the noble old structure is
to be vigorously pushed forward
A young woman named Kate futile. late
ly, threw herself under a train of cars
on the Syracuse and Binghampton Railroad.
Two cars passed over her, mangling her
horribly. She died short time after. She
WAS partly insane, and dressed herself in
mems clothing SO to avoid the scrutiny of
her friends and make sure her suicide
The Post Office Department has on
hand, taken from the dead letters which ac-
culhulated during the war, more than ten
thousand photographs of Union soldiers Al
though it is believed that many of their rel
atives would be glad TO obtain such pictures,
especially of those who have died since the
pictures were taken, the Department has
not yet been able to decide upon plan by
which the qualification may be afforded.