Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-05
GENERAL NEWS.

The Louisville Cour.-Jour. thinks the Lake
side Monthly &c died broken Bret Hsrted''
Ohio has followed Delawares lead and now, has
public whippings.
An suctioneer advertises for sale large
quantity of oil paintings 'bY some of the ancient
masters of the day"
A New Orleaus judge fined woman So for
drunkenness, ard gave her nine-year- old daugh-
ter the money to buy pair of earrings.
town in Texas, called " Hell's Half Acre -
1 is sitnated at the mouth Of "Purgatory Greek, -
and is SO put down in the map of the State.
A Philadelphia paper says that ritualism has
sustained a check in that city in the election of
low church vestries at the recent parish meetings
Victoria c. Woodruff - is the name of new
| brand of Pittsburg whiskey, of more than usual
| power and searching qualities.
Two Belgian giants, exhibiting in Cincinnati,
are said to be so long that it takes two days 10
show them.
John Morrissey is doing Chicago the appre-
citation of proposing TO open fIst class gam
bling saloon there.
The Norwegisns, Swedes and Danes in the
| United States amount to about half million, in
the proportion respectively of twelve, seven and
one
The Cinnamon are to be prevented from trout
fishing in California. The net used by them is
perfect that when they cease fishing in 4 stream
there are no hsh left.
At St Joseph, Michigan, the approach of
storms is indicated by the escape Of gas with a
loud roaring from deep well Of Captain c.
Bought on.
\ western writer gives it as his belief that if
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as is given to grapes, hundred million bushels
might be added to the annual crop.
The largest farm in England consists of three
thousand acres. The live stock kept on this
farm is valued at sixty-four thousand five hun
dred dollars.
The State arms Of Michigan are vsriously rep
resented according to the taste Of the engrayer.
One account says thai g none of the State officers
have one exactly alike"
4 number Of cotton planters have turned
their attention to sugar IN Louisiana 1t is esti-
mated that the crop will give 2)0,00O hogsbeads
this season.
9" wood IBIS a very rare bird in this
country, was recently captured at Jones :Bluf,
Alabama Ii is sxty-one inches high, AMI
eighty-dye inches frcm tip to tip OF the wings.
II Brigham Young wore an additional weed
on his hat eyery time be lost a wife or mother
in-law, it is estimated that ne wonl1 have to have
hat twenty-seyen feet high
The Yosemite Is showed up. note from a
traveller says that the rsin storm which fell in
Colorado hss changel to snow storm in that
region, and the valley is 50 completely blocked
up preclude the possibility Of getting into it,
NIr. Smith Cobb, Of Albany from two acres,
nearly sll under glass, is said to raise lettuce
enough TO clear upon lis sale more than 50 600
8 year.
sDirit has tir,ll, -.rrsl ort n 81 Cincinnati
circle that the republicans will nominate two
candiistes. Grant and a radical, in 1872. and
that the democrats vill nominate and elect Chief
Justice Chase After which, reacc and har-
mony.
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word nice from voman's vocabulary. The
Falls Of Niagara, the Psalms Of David snl the
progress OF the human race we're ali nice 20 my
eldest till she got married.
Color,lo bss tpiit ag5 r,i,ez of r,ilr,..l in the
last nine nonths When IL is remembered that
the Territory has a population Of hut 5000.
and is almost separated from civilization by
stretch Of six hundred miles Of barren plsins.
the importance ot this work becomes obvious.
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siei' Conn., recently OF disease 'nat oAiilei All
lhe surgeons oi 'ng own. pl.'-il.rlsln eh-
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According 20 the kichm1ni t-1Iurer, real
estate owners IN Virgins are IN ? peculiarly per
piexing preieament Forty counties are On The
market " There are no buyers, YET they must
be sold How ta's unfortunate combination OF
an irresistible force and 81 immovao.e body is to
be surmouuted We are not informed.
The number Of new buildings erect5l aul
projected in New York during the pact three
months is nearly twice a. rreat-i7O against
Z5s-as the number erec,eI during the CORES
ponline period ofIs-u
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clanoripr for stringent laws 10 rreysrt ths vsr-
ton Slaughter of the binds
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+ sid. 500. As = specimen OF sugar-makiug one
/ farmer msae $500 pounis another ZOO and
many from 500 10 200O pounds.
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. Alice Csrv in the Cbnr,b NJ tie Stranger, has
zen abandoned sba beI-n-ip, =, 8o sne-
ci,l denomin,;iop. and bslpg member
ofr, church Tba sronr-s sITes1v snbs,ribel
viii ,,o tow.r3 sroc,inc, a snit,ble monument
oye- nor grsve
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ing the wile's society at fraction over So
a dav.
4 Duluth letter writer saws that er-Conrress-
man Knott's nerStiye puiFttorv " speech has
indirectly sent more people to that place than
anv other one medium used as a means 10 se-
cure immigration. and should he depart this lie
within hunirei years. Duluth would erect a
monument 10 his memory.
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