Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-28
GENERAL NEWS.

The city Of Charleston is slowly rising from
the ruins in which it was left at the close oil the
rebellion. New buildings have been erected IN
the burned district, the water front his been re-
paired and the streets give decided indication oi
renewed life and prosperity.
The temperance men Of Missouri have held
State convention, whereat they refused TO enter
the political arena, and repuiiated the idea OF
enacting prohibitory laws, but decided 10 lay be-
fore their fellow citizens facts TO prove why alco
holic drinks should be avoided as beverages
The Calling gun is winning high praises in
England At distance of considerably over
mile, the small size, throwing three-ounoe bail
made 165 hits out Of 34S shots in two minutes,
beating feld-pieces at their own range.
Boston IS to have the grandest musical per
formances that have ever taken place in this
country. The famous Handel and Haydn Socl-
ETY., comprising one thousand singers, announce
the production Of four oratoriOs'in connection
with Nile Nilsson and troupe This will be the
culmination Of musical novelties, for this season
at least
Joseph Peele, lad Of fifteen, died at Paterson,
New Jersey, Monday, from the effects of whip
ping By a couple Of Germans who caught him
stealing chestnuts on the farm Of their employer.
They beat him brutllly, and left him tied to
tree in the field
1t Is believed at the Pension Office, that, con-
trary to general expectation, the amount needed
to meet the demand Of the pension rolls will In
future decrease, and that the maximum OF ex-
penditure WAS reached year sgo
1t is supposed that the late unprecedented
freshet in the James and Shenandoah rivers was
not caused by continued rain, but something like
the bursting Of q - water spout" on Or about
their headwaters; and their sources are not
very great distance apart. The food came down
the Shenandoah in great waves succeeding each
other rapidly.
Edward Young, chief Of the Statistics Bureau,
has addressed circulars to all parts Of the coun-
try making inquiries with regard to the prices
Of labor, subsistence and manufactures, the
value Of land and the expense Of transportation,
in order to liable To make up his report on the
subject to the present time.
4 c5lored female, Of Lexington, Ky, wanting
TO die, poured some powder on the floor, laid a
tx pound cannon bsll on it, and seating herself
on the latter applied the match with great resig-
nation. She expected TO create sensation by
going up through The roof, but was only severe
" burned.
The Chicago Trbals thinks artesizn wells
should supply cities with water An artesisn
well Of SIX inches bore Will deliver half million
gallons per 3ay, at a eos, Of the interest on say
5000, for sinking the well, which would be. al
per cent, $3.50 per aunum. That Is to say.
an artesisn well Of that size would furnish the
people with 100000 gallons Of water for - cts
per day, which amounts to hut one-seyenth Of a
cent for every 1909 gallons
1t the last session Of the New Jersey Legisla-
,,-o r,,rs We raseal au.bori-;n., the. people Of
certain toWpsbins 10 decide tv ballot whether
irtovf.,.ir,- Honor. s6,n19 bo sold therein. The
rIsn LqrD=, hesr f-,,ri 10 ,.5rl. siysnt,reouslv
\ concerted eIorr Is nor 10 be made throughout
the STATE to have the same principle applied to
the larger cities
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