Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-06

IL was ms nfst sermon.
Four velocipeles recently drove up to tn
Hotel de France, at Mans, France, their driver
having started together on a tour from Trou
vile, whence they velocipeded up to Pari.
From the capital they started for Bordeaux
Fer;e-Bernard, and Mans, travelling on an ave
rage thirty miles a day.
The death of the Archbishop of Canterbury
adds another to the important ecclesiastical gift
which have fallen into the hands of Mr.. Dis
raeli during his short tenure of power, the Arch
bishop being Primate of all England. 1t yield.
a revenue Of about fifteen thousand pounds ster-
ling.
\ very strange occurrence was recently oh
served at the port of Talcahuano, Chill. On the
18th Of September, the waters Of the sea were
discovered to be hot, while fish cast on shore
were.cooked. The sea was perfectly calm at the
time, but later i'll the day much agitation was
noticed.
Medicine Wolfe, Cheyenne chief, who was
killed few weeks ago in Western Kansas, had
forty scalps, which he wore for necklace. All
were those Of white people-some taken from
gray headed men and women, and some from
very small children. piece of the Chiefs own
scalp i to be made into a vest chain for one Of
the party who killed him.
practical joke recently had a fatal issue at
Bolton, England. A man was holding a boy
over a canal, Sin fun Of course, when the
struggles ofthe latter threw in both. The per-
petrator Of the Joke - received such injuries
that he died, and the boy was very seriously in
jurei
A egiei-strieken father in Iowa had the body
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buried in his absence, exhumed that he might
tabea last look at her loved face. The body was
found turned upon its face in the coffin, with
both little hands clutched in the hair-cyilcntly
buried alive
Mr. Roebuek seems in danger Of losing his
seat from Sheffield. On the few occasions on
which be has addressed his constituents, he has
been listened to IN omiuous silence, or hooted by
the mob. His offence, It is said, consists in his
announcement Of " nttening and other disa-
greeahle practices peculiar to Sheffield.
4 white laborer in Missouri, after working on
a. farm al summer for fifty cents a day, Wa, re-
Gently turned of destitute. He went into the
woods, built fire and camped out. While
lccpiug his eyes were burned out and his feet
burned Of, when, dragging himself by his hands
over the ground. he reached an empty ,hanty,
where be died after four days Of torture and
starvation.
Gen. Prim it seems is a terrible fellow. whose
threats are always carried out TO the letter His
famous menace addressed to Queen Isabella two
years ago, Change your system now. madame
or ear that you shall flee from SPAIN ter
rifed the Queen at that time so much that o.
ponnei was scarcely able 70 dissuadc her from
acceling to Priu' request.
Mr. Seth Green says the new species Of shal
ae has discovered in Lake Ontario, has ''suub'
ao-e AMI g.zzlul He thinks 70 Is q spring
p4Wner. and that it reaches Lake Ontario by
the way Of the st. Lawrence. 4 specimen has
been letr in Rochester for inspection by Professor
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El-Oeti Jones. the c.ili murlere-s, has
made ID iu.. clutcs-.o of her completely in the
murder of ler cousin. girl o.. twelve, In Nl-
Ie-eA county, Canada. last June. She eu;icel
her c0l-.u info the woods, struck aer twice with
-t.c.,. ami EHiiH- herself unable Co the work.,
called H.- father. ssh. clme zap and murdered