Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-30
GENERAL NEWS.
Henry Ward Beecher is a negro boy who steals
chairs in St. joseph.

The engineer on the Central Pacific road, has
sounded the Bonner lake to the depth Of |, 900
without finding bottom
The London Spectator says the cost of living
IN London IS but little less than in New York.
even for mechanics
The Pennsylvania Legislature has forbidden
the publication Of improper advertisements. But
who will be the censor?
There is no truth in the statement that General
Mcclellan is soon 10 appear as a lecturer
Gray, the Minnesota maniac, who lately mur-
dered his wife and four children has been sent
to the insane asylum.
On the 18th of April Rossini's Petite .Nesse
SoieHaeiie viii be performed at the Academy Of
Music for the first in America.
The lion which broke loose from meuagerie
IN Mississippi the other day has Just been killed
by an adventurous sportsman.
Senator Sprgue is said to own all Of Rhode
Island excepting the Prori3ence Journal, and
senator Anthony owns that.
The pugili,t Barney Aaron has issued a chal-
.eure TO fight any man in the world, black or
white, at 10 pounds, : 800 a side There's
social equality for you.
valuable collection Of books relating to Mex
leo, made by one Of Mlximilian's staff, is to be
sold IN London in June next.
The Cincinnati Commercial calls tine inaugu-
tion speech of the president Of It's city council
''a cowarlly attack on the English language
The amount Of the defalcati1u OF Mr.. Peck,
the ab-c0nding warehouseman Of New York,
tutns out to be much less than was first COM
uencei. It is now relucel TO $4,000.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard employees have voted
SO work eight hours per day, at a reduction Of
20 per cent. rather than ten hours at the present
rates.
A large band Of gipsies, with new and costly
wagons, eight fine horses, lots If women, child
reu, and dogs, lave gone into camp near Hul
son.
firm of English caach-builders aIyerii,es
that It has imported wheels from America and is
now prepared to build light carriages on our
m. drl-.
ILatubiguitou. reporter who haunts 10 ways.
peeps through key-hoies, listens at creyices, and
iu,lles domestic privacy, has just discovered
th4t Senator Sprlgue takes his coffee without
l.iIb, AMI his toast without butter
A ls-ier-writer from Rome slys that MI the
F.ul- men there allow themselves 20 be rolled like
% cigarette between two pretty American fingers
Ile-urS .4lglel Banner was Lissel in Rich
.,.I iva b fI..far fte 90 fa- r-e-b+ and o. rrl,a
i.-.r -..g .s-s lsf, tfs t'.1.s st tia ir.1it to
tha flag.
II Is reported that most Of tie ordnance and
ordnance stores sold at the arsenal at Rock
I-.lui, some days aEo, were bought by agents If
Ga. Cuban ir.urrectiaai,t.
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through the city. The tunnel VIII cost about
million oi dollars
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e-1e i'-'s''i, was resented "iiA ii costly a.oln
0n st.uilts 'y The clerks o' nis oihee fho''-
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lWeu-T-hFe lict d'-,lere- 10 Tennessee
were VISITED and destroyed p week ago y q de-
uc1men' OF i1e I"eniy-niin United States In
Hrty.
i.Iou-te-- are being raised ID Ae2.c0 To- 90
O. tut1 -ui i1Ae part 10 the a-ht against Splil.
WHAT splendid times they must have IN Cuba if
tae Mexican style oi things were uaturlHzei
there
4 NeU York judge has decided that si ite who
had lnuei her bankrupt husband 500 was
t.r'y oltrrl ,l ie considered one Of his legal
young Indy at Gllua. H.. hte'v took
Ing hor~. back ride .n dr of somuambgli-m.
A ueatei boy was frightened lr seeing '' wo-