Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-08-12

Ms Chsrlcs Dickens has been 81 'O-''
since her hus6lnd's DEATH
J,~ Davis and Robert Toombs have become IL
,onc;leJ. after fifteen years Of estrangcn'h''
ny G. Holland i. to edit Hours at Home
viii ou.r.er share in the proprietorshiP.
r said ,b,t Mr. Macreaiy, the retired TRACE
dian. will publish a volume Of bis r'm'nis'e-'S'
Of Dickens.
NJ Hmm, Hunt is ia the Holy Land, aud
has spent tire weeks a Nazareth II s'ua''S io'
an important picture.
The vile Of Prince HOhenzollern is raid to be
The 5sni.5raes. blonde among the prinoesses ci
Germany She Is the daughter Of ex-King Fer
dinard Of Portugal
Peport has It that Jcha Morrissey has made
more m,neT At Saratoga this season than his
combined rrofts Of any previous three sea-
cons
The famous Indian runner, Keraronwe, is 60
ing home to England. He has never been beaten
on foe; or on snow shoes, and Las rra a mile N
-, with bat i weeks training.
The tnglishwoman who writes under the name
Of Oulia Is described as fine looking and siy!-
isl woman between 30 and 80. She dresses with
great ELEGANCE, and lets her lack hair aoT loose
over her shoulders
Mli4me Of S5hiesvig calls her last, grand
dausAter OF Victoria, Victoria L9uiss sophie
(take coarage) augusta Amelia (nos' through
Helena When She was baptized, two SETS Of
prelates spelled each other in working oil the
Ulesss lit:le youngsters name.
The ,-ial Of Dayiu ana Wilson, the Feuians'
for trcleon felony. wls brought t5a close il Lon
don July 18th. when the former was seateucei
70 fifteen and the latter 30 seven years Peaal ser
vitude
Olive Logan Is l;,t,e del1 AtMliison, while
at the hotel, she was called on by numerous al
mirers Of the sterner sex. They had been talk
ing about eaalr,n AMI brazchel oil into taking
about peoples ages. Postmaster Keyes ssked
Olive how many children she had - Tighten, 80
she rcd el, th'ngilg he hal asAol her age.
An eleven 5e.r Old girl IN Corintb, Ne, man
ages a moving machine with all the ease G.!
b,rn farmer. Thepresent year sheprepareI she
ground, planted the seed, and now has quar'e;
acre Of as fine corn growing as can be found N
the county. She handles a horse as vel g
hickey. and Ia all farm work seems TO be at
hone.
Cen. Eo5er; Z Lee has accepted the presilc'.'y
,fs Virginia railroad. II he pro7es a. success
e';q 7..uuing railroads as be was in smashing
them Iuril 2 TIE var the stockholders q his COM
pauy viii have reason TO r. DICE.
All e K.ier has volunteered 70 fight IL The
French army. This noted warrior, whose fail
name Is sd q! Hadji Aid 81 Kaier ouiil Mshii
deem, IS now abou, 81 years Old, and must Be
rusty IL military matters. having been in Gu
forced dleuoss fl7 more than twenty years. Shoul-
he prove half as effective as a friend as he va
while an enemy, he would be quite an aoqaisi
ton to tie French army.
Count Benedict, whose name appears so F-om
inenty in The present European di;iereaoes' wa
born in Corsica, Of Greek P.rentase. He bega'
his official career as Consul at Cairo, .o!'oved b.
service as secretary Of the embassy at CONSTANT
nozzle. and III 1853 wa nominated IS Minister q
Persia, which he declined. soon ai.er he receive
an appointment in the Foreign Ofi,s ia PARIS
Ia ISL he was appointed Ambassador at Turin
and in 1864 he went to Berlin 20 represent th
French Government, where he has acted csc
since. lie is an able and willy dir,oultist.