Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

! BY order Of Mormon Justice Of the Police,
the police at Salt Lske Thursday afternoon m,ds
descent on two houses of i'll fame, snd with
sxes, knives, etc, demolished al the furniture
therein, worth probably $4,000. ccn,idsTa-
bic amount Of money and jeweiry, it is said.
were taken. The excitement smong the liberal
citizens on account of the wanton destruction Of
propertyis is intense and much bad feeling pre-
walls, snd threats are msle TO organize yigi-
lance committee and clesn out BrighSm Youngs
and other polygsmists' houIes.
4 serious accident, fortunately resulting in no
injury ssyc = few slight scratches, occurred on
the Maine Central railroad, eleven miles South
Of Bangor last Tuesday morning The B3s.on
Pulman sleeping csr express was thrown from
the track by broken rail. Every passenger
car wss thrown Of. and the forward Pullmsu
sleeper, in which were Senator Wilson, Gen.
Harlan and twenty other passengers, was partly
overturned, shaking up everybody severely, but
fortunately injaring no one scriously. TT run
ming gear of the csr wAz badly broken up, AID
the escspe of the passengers was miraculous.
Seven locomotive engines for Russia were
shipped from Philadelphia last Friday. The
announcement Of this fact shows that the oreGt
progressive empire Of the North still slheres to
it preference for American mechanics in its
railway machinery inaugurstsi more than
quarter Of 4 century ago
The original manuscript Of the Declaration Of
Independence is said to be fading, and it IL
ieaFti that it will Ioon become illegiole.
\ aan was robbed in New Orleans tss other
day Of HE pocset-h hook which contained piece
of towel used as bsnde-s for President Lin
coin after his ssss;sin2ticn lie had offered 800
fer it
lt,a 9 B 10, 81 =. IL,
purpose Of towing vessels through the Straits Of
Magellan. Thus the danger of voyage "round
the Horn will he avoided, snl the passage
greatly shortened
At a ST. Louis theatre the other night, rural
swain. sitting with his girl, departed suddelly
in the most trsgio part Of the performance, snI
soon returned Eiih two glaises Of lemonade, sus
mounted by entering straWs. The dying hero
was difgus'el ST the way the euieuce laughed
over his wake.
4 yourg lady 1ho hiss heretofore borae an
uHftsinei reputation, while visiting some fricnds
in DetroitstA,ed one morning that all her money
had been taken from her trunk, and suggested
that E burglary must have been committed 90
examination, the friends also discovered loss of
S03 in money, gold watch AMI other tairgs.
y detective wss employed, suspicion aroused,
and when the yourg lady friend hSd Concluded
her visit her trunks we're searched At the depot
AMI the missing p-oqeriy found. On being
taken to the stSii0a BOISE, she stjtm.tsd suicide
By shooting, but vas prevented.
T.. confusion which lhe present political c.a-
as cAci;es 70 tie public mud j. vel i:iuttrSt-
ei b. Tie c.tc q the unhappy irfsut in Illinois
Eho lss j-st ttea ohrisenel Horace Uysses.
His mother CALI hcrsslfs Republican who yoald
not, il she could, vote fl- Grant. sul Lis father
calls Li1tef Republican IS a3 Won't vote i0r
Greeley : fierce ilternecire stTi'c prevailed
ua.il the birth % their child, when they coEc-uj
ei 10 clssp hsris scrosl Ike bloody chasm and
ca! the Little Tscdcat5- Horace Ulysses.
Blessed .:e ihe peace nskcrs, for they shat lie
cailei the children of Col.
4 !stis letter writer says " We have So
ce-y of " blood lrilsers tcrc-acJ he wiliest
WretchcE of the commuze. bat quiet, cgicr-iv-
ing citizens The stattoir cl Paris Is siluate,l
a. Ia Nilictre. At 10 clock in the morning the
ssrghtering ccmueucer. ltis At tbs momcu.
invaIds suffering f-Cm Impoverished t!oci or
consumption, GrsEer the ringing q bell, step
into room, wLere they a-e Served win els-s-
frl Of the li.e-b.col oi sheep ana oEen, hot snl
even stesminc /. is ssil eXse!i,l, results have
followed this strange cu:e There is also e I'll
up in this pls1eN bat5-rocu sh-re rc-sors-
children tspec.sl.y suffering Zen. vest links
y
which tbe tripe hss been boiled for tie nsvset
Iais latter s-,ls ef .ret.@ert I have vjin5ss-
ei"
It hss leel .,icll..el tlst tae human race u,e
mrrisss in round numbers 900 0G5, ,o31 oi
persons. speaking 3,0ti languages. and Froi.ss-
ing 100 forus @. religion. The average lu-a-
ton of human life ia esim.:el - ,aj';y-taree
years srl ak montEs. 4 gusster cf tie chi,l-
len born lie before iheir seventh year, snl one
hall before their 7eve-teculh. Cut OF the L.
G),O20.0yo persons living, o3),OJJ,o}) die
ca yeSr ycSr % ,OD0 each lsv. $50 each
hour, 80 ,ash minute and consequently cac
every s5coui These "30,0)aO Ooj deaths ast
ooau;crtalEac,i by AZ sou, 900 h.rihs, t..e ez-
cess being the animal Increase Of ,he Lum.u
rsce I, hEs he5n remarked that tirihs AMI
deaths are more frequent in the light thka ia
the day. Calculating ore u-r.i--e f.. every
l-9 yertols Of 10Th syxes .Ei Of I'll a7es, -a.-
3ed,cu0 are celebrated sunusi,y.
Ga. in Ohio there is = hen wEi,h h.s s1' jet
Cd hertef to the penalties Of the civil rights bill
Tor m.kin- " distinction on scc1unt OF Ease,
color or previous cCnii.ion' Tie other dsy ,
after Matching brood of eight ch.o1sns, four
black sni f0us white, she deliberately went u
work aud IicAol OF the heads Of the darseyF.
while ths continue. 90 1snitest sii ot mother ?
csge and Tenderness flr the white oucs
- acc;i5at happened Frlsy to ;he Sound
steamer Lcwslhakl. which, hut for ths prompt
iule tul prelcrcc Of mini Of the engineer.
might have resulted 10 great loss Of life TLc-e
were on to.rl go passengers, ami when CpQ0-
s.ie Wet Farms. y Y, crash caus,d by the
ireskine Of rsyt Of the machinery, created Z
psui, su0az he passenger OEe excited indi-
,ijual detached bis cold Ws'c5 from tie chain
and threw it ov,rh1xrd The bravery uf Eel
ueer Alceks. who by his presence of mind pre-
vented great loss e lie, vas r5c8uizei hy the
Isuc2geis, who gave hiin Iurse Of $500.
While the srosser part OF the esr;h's s;u,-
s. here Is limited TO Ii ,lerG;e distance from the
earth, the phenomena o. lunar cciipEes are said
10 indicate Al zpprtcist,e atmosphere S; heigh;
Of sixty-,ix mixes The pheuomeus II ,5ootiug =
stars indicate Sn atmosphere A. TIE height Of two
hundred or three huud.ei miios while the Suro-
"a indicates that the atmosphere does not entire
y cease ;. the height Cf two luudrti or three
hundred Esr, while the aurora iui.cAies that
I the atmosphere docs not entirely cease 9; the
height Ct fse bundled uiea
A happy young bridal party vent Gorn ron
Pe5ris on the T.. T. ami j. railroad the other
morning. The hlushing young bride thrust her
head cut of the Ger window 81 the train stsr;el
of. and after looking around for n0mcn; OF
two, suddenly ierked her head bsck with a ql'cl
exclamation, and h1riei her fsce in her hsais
Her loving, frightened husbsul sought 20 learn
the cause O. her iism.y, sn1 offered fcsae oor
solstiou " What is II, daring, Nhst fright
eued 1T, dear Tell is owa hubby Nas
? makes 1t cry There wasn't much 20 c7y
about, to he sure oh, no Daring hal oulJ
dropped re. Of Ciitering front teetn cot Of th'
- window, thst sas all. The sal affair cast