Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-14
GENERAL NEWS.

4 new poem by William Morris is promised
for the first number of Scri5aer's Monthly.
In eating oysters care should be taken not %
swallow them with the shells On.
The census gives Wisconsin a population of
l,O51 ,720 as against 775, $50 in 1860.
Squirrels are swimming the Ohio river in
droves, and are being killed in great profusion in
gardens and yards near the stream.
The Mammoth cave has been visited by more
people this season than for a number OF years
past.
A women recently carried of the $500 prize
offered for the best managed farm in Oxfordshire,
England.
A bridge at Denver, Cal, sports this notice
d" No vehicle drawn by more than one animal is
allowed to cross this bridge il opposite directions
at the same time"
An indemnity of S50,00O has been demanded
by the English government on behalf of the
widow of Mr.. Lloyd, one of the Greek massacre
victims.
For the first time in the history Of this nation,
one of the States Of the Union-New Hampshire
shows a falling of in population by the census
returns
I The Philadelphia volunteer fremen induigel
in another Of their Distinguishing riots on sun
day, directly in front of police headquarters.
In Trenton petrifel cat has been found IN
Ter the floor Of church yestry. She was pro-
/ baby starved to death while looking for church
mice, which are proyerbially poor.
Quite number Of ladies' have applied for al
mission to the medical and law departments Of
the Michigan University this fall.
The tobacco crop Of Pittsylvania is unusually
good this year. Both in quantity and quality it
excels anything ever seen before in that region
Of country. The planters complain Of a scarcity
Of labor
Fort Edward o. Y.) people are shy Of river
bathing, since an alligator escaped from show
there, some months ago. Ducks and geese are
growing scarce in that vicinity
The President has issued an order making the
State Of Alabama a separate military district
and a sufficient force will be sent there 70 pre-
serve order and make life and properly secure
The so conyicts in the New Jersey state pri-
son At Trenton. turn out > 900 pairs Of shoes
daily, and their Workmanship is 70 good that
many persons order their shoes made by them
When the English we're COOL Ca tholics they
usually drank the pope's health in a full glass
after dinner az bon pare; whence the wo!i
bumper.
\ Berlin paper published, the other day,
pretended dispatch from S. Helena, stating that
rooms were being put in order there for expect
ell guests.
The English church pays It's 2s bishops an au-
nual salary Of S7S5.5O0-sn average Of abou;
IS 900 each, the highest salary beng that OF
the archbishop Of Canterbury, which is -. 900
year.
As an illustration Of the yicissituie. Of mining
towns, it is stated that Cedar Junction. Montana.
has l43 houses. In which once resided 300 peo-
pie. whose numbers are nov reduced 90 36. Civ
ing them an average Of four houses each.
The people Of Hartford, Ct. in view OF the
great drouth they have experienced this year,
sre looking forward with considerable sppre-
hension TO the appearance Of devastating tl1is
similar to those OF last October.
The commissioner of Internal Revplue de;iiss
tha' an export bond cannot, under any circIm-
stances, be cancelled uil tie goods are lsniel az
the f1r5is plr: Of iesrnnti q and Vr'sf furnish
eI Of their having been So landed
The copper plates Of Audubon. bird, IF
America, The purchase OF which is nov under
. consideration by the board Of elu,ati0u AZ New
York, are $50 in nlmte- AMI weigh a3.il
pounds They were engraved in London "a ! ,;-
ami -:-', az COS; u ElOl.Up
The question Of what kini Of pavement shall
be laid on Pennsylvania avenue. Washinrtou.
has been decided. The commissioners haze de-
cilei 10 test the merits If wool pavemeuts by
having four different patents. S,0ve's. Nller's.
FoliAnshce's ami Robaiu-'., A.i down IN sec-
tious.
Il costs " something 10 enlarge a newspaper
which has large circulation. ln aiding few
inches TO the size Of hi. journal Philadelphia
publisher adds $4,000 20 his ye.rly expense
f5r white paper.
The Detroit F-,- Pres, doubt. ,he .torie. o-a
cataract IN South America ahich eclIpses Ma
CARA, As there is ~ testimony 60 show that nine
teen hundred hsckmer, charging seven jo.a,-
An hour, hang around the locality.
Mark Twain is ah0l, 20 he delivered Of = ueF
book. II will consist of = humorous and sa-iri-
cal description Of the most p-eteniious Aueri-
can cities sud their pecu.iarites.
The Eastern Star, or Ladies Masonic degree,
!, rapidly spreading 10 the northwestern states.
Mississippi has already seven chapters. and
Missouri three, while on tie P.cids coast there
are IN California two chapters AMI 10 Washing
ton uue.
Scotch granite IL row very popular for m ul-
ments. and l., 10 a certain extent, slparseliu-
marble It Is more costly but more iur,t-.
lasting for many years without furnishing lt
comes from Scotland all finished. really for ist-
tering
Father Iecker announces the publication of
new monthly psper prepared under the ausp.
Of the Catholic Publication So5iety. for tae g.
tholic children Of the United States 1t is 60 be
handsomely illustrated, and It's contributors Will
he selected from among the most popular writer's
Of his church
A Springfield man who has been visiting 10
She eastern part Of Berkshire, reports pastor
who rings he bell TO call the people TO service,
pitches the tune aai helps sing and, the story
ges, that in addition 20 preaching 20 the living.
he stands ready 10 dig the graves of those who
die, and all for salary Of 500.
4 supposed boy prisoner, confined in the sub
van (Ohio) jail, turns oV to be girl in disguise.
For over yesr she wss the bell e boy - Ia the
Burnett House. Cincinnati She aflerward
worked on a farm Ter imprisonment vas
caused by stealing Sl0i from her employer
The opening chapter of a Western novel con
tains the following d" All of a sudden the fair
girl continued to sit upon the sand, gazing upon
the briny deep, on whose heaving bosom the tall
ships went merrily hy. freghted-ah who can
,ell with how much OF joy and sorrow, and pine,
and lumber, snl emigrau;s and hoops. and salt
fish
\ congregation IN lsCOnSiu was almost driven
10 the brink of despair the other Sunday in con
sequence Of the unexplained absence Of the pas
tor. when the sexton rose in his seat with awful
solemnity and sai1 " There has been a duplex
arrival Of the mail. Our worthy shepherd has
two little lambs added to his flock Twins,
brethren, twins Let Us pray"
The Commissioner Of the General Land OE,e
has issued orders for the withdrawal of land. TO
the extent of twenty miles on each side Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, that company having FLED
map designating their line OF route through the
States named.
A Hartford paper SAYS the price of brick has
fallen in that section from Sl2 per thousand IN
the early part Of the season to IS, at which rate
all the brick-makers in that city are now selling
This reduces the cost Of brick laid from : Il TO
SlS-getting them in the wall for about wha.
they cost in the yard three months ago But
the price Of lumber has not shown a correspond
ing reduction, though it has fallen some
Quite sensation was created in indianapolis.
a sunday or two since, by the refusal Of some Of
the leading members of II Methodist church TO
allow the pastor sent them by the conference 20
occupy the pulpit The doors to the church
were locked against him and he was obliged to
preach in the basement The trouble arises
from the desire Of the church to supply their /
pulpit independently Of the conference, which
the latter refuses to allow
The Libby prison in Richmond is now given
up TO the peaceful arts. Under its roof are two
large mills, one for grinding bones into a fertil-
lizer, and another for grinding sunac The
proprietors of the latter pay out about $1,000
day in small sums for sumac leaves These are
gathered by very poor people, mostle negroes
The Mexican claims, with all the accompany
ing documents, piled up, would make very re
spectacle public brildiug There are nearly
100 on one side, and 1000 claims on the other.
The total amount of claims of American citizens
against Mexico, including that Of the woodhouse
Tehusntepec Company, is S357 ,907 ,519.
boy fourteen years of age, out in Missouri,
shot himself the other day because he could not
forsske the use of whiskey and tobacco He was
a fine scholar and thoughtful beyond his years.
but he could not master his own vices
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