Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-04-21
GENERAL NEWS.


The traffic in little Italian boys, who are sent
TO America to play fiddle and vend plaster i'm
ages has opened briskly this year
\ chemist employed to make nitro -glyeerine
says mat when manipulating the component
J parts he IS often led TO think Of his sins
New Orleans papers report the elopement Of
'he Wife of one Of that city's merchants with her
cook, after three weeks acquaintance. taking
with her over $4,000 in money and jewelry
A Boston shoe dealer has been delighted by
Inc receipt Of an order for shoes for the family
oi Mormon Bishop at Salt Lske-tweuty wives
and about fifty children
Fred Douglass declares Hsyti failure. Its
paper money requires an outlay Of : 900 for
pound Of tea. and in FIVE years there have been
three revolutions and 4 900 major-generas.
The u'e of the organ in the Baptist church in
Jacksonville, Florida, lis dispensed with, It be-
ing an Objectionable instrument TO some Of the
members
Leading citizens Of San Francisco, irrespective
OF party, are making Arrangements Tor 8 suitable
reception Of President Grant upon his expected
visit to their city
The originator Of the Cardiff Giar, Is writing
up the monstrosty, and will infict history Of
the whole sTindle in book form upon al already
euIuclehty outraged people.
An unhappy husband in Greensbury, Pa.
went after his wife and brCther-in-law armed
with revolver, a single-barrelled pistol and a
bottle Of hu1aaum. Between them he managed
to kin himself
A celebrated French dentist has opened an
office IN New York, in which teeth ami green
backs are pulled by elegant gentlemen in dress
suits and white kids, TO the Accompaniment Of
music boxes
/ Campins-out parties going to be all the
rage this summer. The Lake George region il
much favored by ladies' for this purpose, as being
within call Of civilization.
A young lady in Fond du Lac owes her life to
stolen kiss. If the man who perpetrsted the
theft had not pulled her head forward iust as he
dli' beam, which fell from the upper hoor,
would have dashed her brains ou..
As an instance Of the uncertainty Of elections.
It may be stated thst At least half Of the recent
CANDIDATES in New Hampshire were defeated
The same thing will doubtless happen at all elec-
tious this week
The argumen- cf Hon Wm. E. Eaton. in =
case under the prohibitory liquor law Of Counec-
ucut, the other day, was that the law vas un-
constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
The jury acquitted the accused
The printer Of the II5ger7 Gt.,.s lately
published the following notice: Drv stove
wood wanted Immediately ~ this oiice in ex
change Of papers. y. B.--D5n't bring logs that
the devil cant split
The Williams College scieutif. expedition 10
Central America brings tack valuable contr.bu-
tons 10 nearly every department u natural his
tory Among the most important Of their col
iections are 800 new specimens Of birds 4nd 900
Of insects
A companion 20 the song, SEQ give me dsck
bui Yesterday is soon 10 be issued. I, ist9 be
called IS OBJ, could You spare -1-ruorr1w This .
Will soon he followed by '' 1u haven't got such
thing as next week about you, have sou ,''
The following marriage notice appears in the .
Bangor lft.y; In South Nolunkus. by Rev
Hugh Reed, Col J. F Twitchel af Oli-1wn sui
Cara /. Cemons OF South Moluukus No cards.
no cake, notoiy's business Clam ch8wier ,his
evening, March - Friends and relatives are
invited"
ChaIlestown, the nes capital ot IVES. Vir-
sluls. Is 50 situated that no railroads or tsle-
graphs approach IT, The Governor hss 10 travel
seventy miles by water ami cross into smother
s's'e to seni a telegram TO Wheeling.
The OIL and w .Hfy1-ls. say .. A pol
itician Is man who thinks Of the mex. sctiou,
while statesman thinks Of The next genera
ton
A by in Detroit bas killed .'1ty-seyea Of his .
ueighbor's cats TO get money to buy his mother
g Sc Of false teeth He has ma 4 Quiet neigh
borhood where once was bowling wilderness
Some cha-iyariers at Horn Lake. Mss. while
s1uuiing the i0ui j4whsng beneath the windows
Of newly married couple. were surprised by
the appearance Of the Bridegroom clad IN \
night-shirt, sud shot gun, who emptiei the lat
ter among them. Pesce reienel thereafter
ON saturday ,ast. at @ p. ra.. a business firm .
ia Cincinnati triegrapheI 90 New Y0rs fl1 certain
goods, TO be sent by express. The goods reached
Cincinnati on sunday evening az Z O'Clock.
and were delivered on Monday n ,ruinc at seven .
O'Clock, before business bal commenced.
4 Nr Robbins Of fSaistoca. VIII accidentally fell
into An old cistern lately, would have hsd So
rious time hsd he not hal hold Of the bride Of a
horse that he was leading lie held firm his
grasp, aud the horse raised his head, and back
ing Al the same time, drew him out The c.steru
i about twelve feet in diameter and the same in
depth, witE Uerpeniicular walls
Feeling patients pulse BY telegraph is the .
latest achievement The sick man was in Wash.
iugtou and the physician in New York The
beats Of the pulse were transmitted by doctor
with one hand on the patients wrist and the
other Oh the telegraph key.
Among the members Of the present ns,ionsl
House OF Representatives, there a.e one hundred .
aud thirty one lawyers, twenty-five farmers.
twcuty-fur merchants. eleven physicians. eleven
Journalists, six bankers. five manufacturers.
four lumbermen, three railroad managers, -hree
general business men. two ciercymen AMI one
teacher
The Treasury pen,rtr,.ot Ia. r,,cl ON. tho,
some ingenious individuals have discovered that
by sircIt cutting up sni pastiug together, they
can produce fifteen apparently good bsuk notes .
out Of fourteen whole ones. Each aterad note is
oae-fourteenth shorter than genuine one. but
the difference i 50 sligh; shat ia an ordinary
business transaction it Is not noticeable
The war i 10 be carried 90 Brigham Youuc's
door, the Rev. Alessrs Mcdonald of Boston,
Boo'e Of New York, and Iuskip Of Baltimore.
starting on a missionary trip scross the plains
this month, taking tent Of { ,ol0 cspsci,y On .
their return from California they Will hold a
camp-mestinE 81 Salt Lake
A Kert..ly rs,.r ,5. ,1.-.r.,,. y ,J:...
has kept from LAY to lay reoorl of the mur-
ders committed in the State since Jan l. and in .
q late issue ,he count hal risen 90 thirty-;wo.
li Is SAID that not A single conviction has taken .
place that iu half the cases no arrests have been
msie. and that IG one-tJurth ofthen n0Sttempt
81 arrest has been male.
Southern p,rers ara nur1is5ir- . 1..,a, sail
IN have beer written bv p..sr+ = T.. rah r..
1850. in which be said that be thought the em
ployment Of negroes as soldiers hy the Confeler
scY wss not only eypoiieut but necessary, Snd .
also thst be thought that tbe negro under
proper circumstances wonli make IN efficient
soldier, snd that those who were thus employ
cl should be free1
Figbtin, 10 an earlier irysrt;,, ,bs, s;.bs-
ambulAnces or surgeons, and it is : curious
question whether, as civilization had advanced.
men have not lost something Of the natural
power Of recovering from wounds, while ap-
phances 20 assist recovery have been CONT I
nually improved.