Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-05-07
GENERAL NEWS.
Texas.

ago, have made up and remarked
Nebraska papers report the prospect excellent
for tine crop of early grasshoppers.
Brick Pomeroy's New York Democrat will re-
turn to an evening issue, after May l.
, The people of New York paid SSO5, 1897 fol
amusements during the month of March.
suit is set down for early trial in Ten
nessee court to test the right of magistrate
solemnizing marriage to kiss the bride.
The Saginaw pine crop this year will reach
the enormous amount of four hundred million
feet.
4 White Pine correspondent quotes the in
trinsic value Of share in certain popular min-
ing companies as % the smell Of dime
Many vessels are at the Florida ports picking
up cattle for the Cuban market, the duty hay-
ing been revoked by GOvernor-General Dulce
There will be much less than the usual amount
Of s. moving at New YorA, on the first of May,
this year.
The celebrated race horse De Courcy has been
sold from the Foriham (N. ~ stables, and will
60 to Montana
The people Of Pittsburgh heard Of the aurora
borealis ny telegraph, but could not see it on
account of the smoke.
The Grand Jury has found a true bill against
young Chaloner for the murder Of Ensign Whit
taker, in Quebec, short time since The trial
is fxed for today Saturday.
The report that Bishop o Oleuhemer Of New
Jersey has refused to confirm ladies wearing
false hair, is publicly denied by authority.
The upper Missouri river is a foot lower than
at this time last year, and bOatmen bound TO
Fort Benton are anxiously looking for a rise.
DR.. Stuart--an nglishman-Surgeon-in chief
of the Paraguayan Army-says Lopez is all the
scoundre and cruel tyran: Mr. Washburn has
painted him.
paper in Texas says that more rain has
fallen in the last six months than in the preced-
ing three years. The streets Of San Antonio
have not been dry since last October.
SIX girls have been riding velocipeles at an
exhibition in Philadelphia, and a local reporter,
who says they are all from Boston, declares them
to be 90 as homely as mud -
1t is reported that a Cuban recruiting Office
has been opened at Midletown, Conn, and that
the American flag is displayed over the door,
with the motto, Piga Caba Cespedesl
The Postmaster General intends to furnish
visitors at the leading watering places Of the
country with better postal facilities this summer
than have ever before been enjoyed.
Senator Sprague is said now to be the owner
Of the National IHieiiigencer, having within
the last few weeks paid mortgage on the es-
Enlistment to the amount Of SIS, 900.
The monthly product in bullion of the Gold
Hill, Nevada mines, which were lately devasta-
tel by FIRE, was over S2jO,O 900 and its loss will
be seriously felt in the San T snciscO coin mar
ket
Prof Gustave Blaeser Of Berlin. Prussia, will
make the bust Of Humboldt for the monument
Of the great naturalist soon TO be erected in the
New York Central park. 1t will cost about
$500 IN gold
Mr.. Ruin, member Of the Philadelphia
Common Council. offered resolution, at the
last meeting Of that body, requesting the Mayor
to 90 designate a day Of thanksgiving to COM
memorate the universal JOY Of our citizens at
the adjournment Of the Legislature
Gen. Sherman has advertised FIR sale his resi-
dence At St Louis, No, which was presented to
him by some Of the leading citizens, who are
justly rather disgruntlei At this mercenary dis
position Of their gift
\ Detroit woman, whose sole occupation :
peddling matches, has thus earned enough to
buy good house and rear up three children,
who have good trades and are able TO take care
Of themselves and her.
Two children Of emigrants, passengers on one
of the delayed trains on the Hudson river rail-
roai, last week, died At Albany Friday. on ac-
count Of the exposure and starvation on the way
from New York
negro barber personated Lieut.. Gov. Dunn
before the New York Open Board Of Brokers
one afternoon last week, and was received with
tremendous applause until his identity became
known, when he thought best to flee the build
ing.
The question Of making the first of July.
d" Dominion Day legal holiday in Canada
was lately brought up in the House Of Commons
al Ottawa, and the government stated that the
sense Of the House Woull soon be taken on it,
\ disappointed Office seeker SAYS it g. Is lust
about as easy to get az office under Grant as it
is for a little pig to get his belly full ont Of a
trough sorroundel hy lot # hungryold sows'
Forcible and opposite, if not elegant
While Judge Archer Of Marshall, Ind, was re-
moving some boxes from a shelf one day this
week, mouse jumped out Of one of them and
into the mouth Of the Judge, and nearly sue
ceeiel in getting down his throat.
Gov. Palmer of Illinois determined 10 veto
certain outrageous bill regarding the publica-
ton Of laws by country journals, but on exam-
nation found It had never passed. The submis-
sion Of the b..l TO him was fraud.
The laborers on the Dutchess and Columbia
(N. y railroad struck for an advance from
Sl.15 10 SIS - per day and were discharged
The company now advertise for laborers at -,
as, by contract several months SINCE the road
is 10 be delivered 20 the Boston. Hartford and
Erie road, May /.
Thee gentleman Of Chicago, it is said, have
clubbei together, and ordered three copies Of
Longfeow's "Dante, " 10 illustrated with Dore's
and Flaxman's designs, and many Of the rare
Dante prints. Only three copies will be printed
and the cost will be 1000 per copy.
A savage war between sailing-masters and
clearinghouse runners is progressing in san
Francisco. An unlucky fellow, who recently
went courting the ship nurse Of one Of the YES
sels in that port, was almost Drained with a rusty
eutlass in the hands Of the mate, who suspected
him of being one of the enemy.
When Queen Victoria was marriei. twenty
nine years ago, she had twelve brilemaids. Every
one Of these young ladies has since been married:
one has been married twice; one is now a wi
dow; and three are dead. In dozen maidens
selected at random from any class of American
society, the statistics after such lapse Of time
would be likely to be very different.
The Illinois press association held its annual
meeting at Caro- last week, which included
grand banquet and ball by the citizens, excur-
sions to Mound City and Mobile, Ala, and the
trrshing Of one of the Cairo reporters by an out
sider, who had been offended by something in the
paper.
On the morning Of the Sth instant London was
enyeloped in a dense yellowish-black fog There
was but little Of the thick mist Of the common
English fog; but the darkness overhung the city
like some gigantic pail, and effectually obscured
both sun and sky. A general illumination by
means Of gas was, Of course, indispensable.
The proposed international university boat
race between the crews Of Harvard and Oxford
will probably take place on the Thames course,
England, in the last week Of August. The
American crew are understood to have waived
the point Of rowing without coxswain, insisted
upon last year, and will now row the English
crew with four oars and - man at the helm
each crew having the privilege Of the pick Of
their respective universities.
There was a celebration in aid of some local I
charity in Detroit the other night, on which oc-
casion prologue was recited by young man,
one stanza Of which is as follows -
New York to San Francisco,
Old London to Japan,
Wheeled round the world and back again
By links from Michigan.
An interesting bit of history connected with /
the French Mexican expedition has just leaked .
out. II appears that while our COVE nment was
declared to be openly opposed to the French in
vasion, it was secretly furnishing aid by supply
ing the French army with mules to enable them
to convey their military baggage to the interior.
Mr.. Maegregor who is still n the Holy Land
with the famous canoe, Rob Roy, writes an in
teresting letter to the London Times from Jeru-
salem, in which he gives some really fresh infor-
nation regarding the temple and its remains
Deep down near the foundation Of that exceed
ingly ancient structure. among the rubbish of
the temple, he picked up the tooth of a camel.
which, he says, " must have lived among the
Jebusites before even this old wall was built.'
Mr.. Gladstone lately went to Wilton on a visit
to Lady Herbert, the accomplished transla-
lator Of the e Three Phases Of Christian Life
and recent convert to the Roman Catholic
Church, and while there attended "a grand
concert by choral society" local clergy
man thought the occasion suitable for speech,
and altar refarriuo in most fulsone language 10