Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-03-27
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
William Slade. the colorcd steward Of the
White House, died Monday, leaving property
valued at 500 600.
According to Mr. Ruslin, the majority Of
active persons in every nation are at present
thieves.
\ livery for female servants is proposed in
England. to prevent the maid being mistaken
for the mistress.
There is a candidate for office in Virginia
who lost both legs in the war. lie Is no
toe-rious candidate.
Martin. who attempted to assassinate
Judge Busted in the streets Of Mobile last
Fall. has ahse0nded 4 military commission
had been organized % Try him
Westfall's Bank Of Lyons, \. Y, has
failed for $4,000, and the Cashier
has abscouded Mr. Westiall the gentle
man from whom the Bank received it, title
sold it about two years ago TO b. Nan-Nlstine,
the missing Cashier.
Some one sent Connecticut Democrat
Republican paper, which be ordered discon-
tinued. 1t st Il kept coming, however, and
on stating his grievances to some friends, one
remarked " They think they can make
Republican Of YOU" - Not by a coniound-
ed sight " replied he - they'll find out
they are casting pearls before swine
The fate Of three children who last sum
mer wandered into the woods near their
home in Daylesford, Australia, has been
learned Their bodies were found in the
hollow trunk Of a tree, where. hudGled to-
gether for warmth, they had died of cold and
deprivation, in the darkne--, within two
hundred yards Of a dwelling.
4 Colorado PAPER saws, Sc There Is great
suffering in this State, because the Governor
obstinately refuses 10 sign bills of divorce
And in another paragraph the same paper
SAYS, =. 4 thousand Yankee and New I Ork
girls could get good husbands and homes in
Colorado, ii they d only come here, and no
questions asked.
A strong effort is being made in New ork
for the pardon of young ketchum, whose
wholesale forgeries startled the country
year or Two ago. As the New York papers
are all out in his favor, and his friends are
wealthy, the moyementw will probably succeed.
company has been Incorporated with
capital of 81 500 600, to build a first-cass
double track road from Jersey City to Athens,
distance of rs miles, connecting by the
Albany and Schenectady Railroad with the
New \ ork Central at Scenectady. The iron
for the road as far as Newburg has been pur.
4 number of Germans, lately hired to 90
into Woodiord county. Kentucky. to work
t1,..5,.
their way back to America The Lex
ington Statesman saws they complain that
they were '' treated too much like negroes. y"
An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow
up dwelling in Rensselaer, street, Albany
on Saturday night. with canteen of powder,
which had been placed in the foundation
wall.
The Representatives of the Adams, the
American. the Merchants Union and the
L. :. Express Companies have formed an
association or Board Of Control, for the pur-
pose Of harmonizing the interests of the Va
rious companies. Alfred Gather of Cincin-
natl has been elected President Of the Board
Of Control. and the routes have been defined.
The decision by the Supreme Court that
Nevada cannot tax travellers passing through
LlldL 'latt JIG tDtAtlI ItlN4s Al " At-
prive New Jersey and Maryland Of much
revenue.
There was a terrific hurricane at Toronto,
March Is. 1t damaged the depots, dwelling
houses, churches, etc, to the extent Of fifty
thousand dollars. One man was killed at
the Grand Trunk railway r0und-housc and
several others were wounded.
4 member Of the freshman class at WI
liams College was expelled last week and on
Saturday. when he took his departure for
home, his classmates made very enthusiast
tic demonstration in his homer In process
sion they escorted him to the depot, riding in
an elegant barouche drawn by four horses
and equipped with a footman in uniform.
The cars of a train on the indianapolis
and Cincinnati Railroad. including the ten
der, were blown off the track near White
Water river bridge Tuesday morning. and
turned over and over and broken to pieces.
All the passengers were more or less hurt,
but none seriously.
To have a railroad train upset by the wind
is very rare. It happened some years ago in
this State
On Monday the passenger train from
Nashville came in contact with a tree which
had fallen across the track Is miles from
Louisville The engine, tender, and express
and baggage cars We're completely broken up
The passenger cars We're thrown from the
track, the engineer and fireman were killed.
and the conductor was slightly injured.
Immense droyes of cattle are reported to
be moving northward from Texas. They are
generally shipped first to Kentucky and
pastured awhile on the Blue Grass Here
they speedily improve in flesh so much as
readily to sell for so to $40 head on their
original cost, transportation and feeding
On Monday night a sword on exhibition at
the Patent Office, worth $4,000 or SIS goo,
was stolen. 1t was presented by the Yiceroy
Of Egypt to Commander Biddle Of The Navy,
many years ago and was studded with dia-
mOnds.
The frost has been unusually severe at st.
Petersburg. The mercury fell to 35 deg,
Reaumer. below zero. i great many hack
drivers were frozen on their boxes, gas every
where was frozen, dogs yelped as if the rave
ment burned their feet, horses ran away in
terror at the intensity Of the cold. Nobody
who could help it ventured out Of doors. and
eighteen persons died of cold in one night.
\ young lady in Springfield, H.. went off
and got married to young man whom her
parents dislikcd. She returned home again
as if nothing had hapI ened Her parents
heard strange noises at night, subsequently.
and one night her father took horse pistol
and started up stairs, crying out that the
house was infested with thieves All hands
were aroused and rushed to the young lady's
room, where the robber was found and shot
at by the father. Young man dropped,
Young lady exclaimed, " my husband kill
ed doctor called, found a flesh wound on
arm, and there was mutual explanation,
and the young couple were forgiven.
TYNG-A-LING-Yo Dung DR.. Tyng's friends
are furious against Bishop Potter, but the
Doctor himself is quite calm. The admonit-
ion he received was seyere-unnecessarily so,
his friends say, and they mean to let the Bish-
op know what they think of him. They
showed it plain enough when they gathered
around Tying Just after he had been ''admon-
ished" and, in presence Of the Bishop, tend
cred him their sympathy and best wishes,and
afterwards when they held meeting and con-
demned all the proceedings against him; but
they mean to show it more plainly by holdinga
public meeting to protest against the trial and
findings, and consider the tendency of affairs