Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Andrew Dalrymple, living near llde0nte,
Pa, was secretly engaged IN filling tor
pedO with nitro-glvcerine at his house, last
week, when it exploded, blowing him 20
atoms, killing his wife and fatally iniuring
his child, both Of whom were in an adioln-
ing apartment The house was totally
wrecked. 4 keg of powder and number
of articles for filling torpedoes were found
on the premises.
Richard Spencer, who was hanged on the
sth of January, at kirkdale, England. for
the murder of his mistr eSs, was born in jail,
ani his father was hanged for murder.
Owing to the sagacity of dog, the town
of Belmont. Allegany county, n Y, was
saved from Il disastrous fire the other day.
He scratched on n neighbor's door. and
having attracted the occupants attention,
conducted him with whining persistency to
the rear of a building, where an lnclplent
contagratiOn was raging in barrel OF shay
ings Had the fire started, an entire busi-
ness block would have been endangered.
One of the Oneida Community who en-
bezzled two dollars was put under the
pump for half an hour, his head shaved,
and he was then dismissed from the neigh
bOrhoOd
During 4 recent run on savings bank IN
ors at nine o'clock in the me rning. lie did
not reach the cashiers desk until three
O'Clock in the afternoon. when he drew
81. which he had deposited there. lie
lost his dinner and 4 days wages of s. to
save that $l.60
The San Francisco papers 5; Y that The col
ored marble Of California is superior in
point Of beauty to any Europ, an production
of like nature, and is PREFER ed by the ltal-
ians to the marbles of their own country,
where il is sold by the pound and is used in
veneering 1t is found in detached boulders,
just below the surface of the earth.
From Jaffa to Jerusalem by rail will soon
be the order of things where David and
Solomon used to travel with horses and
camels
Somebody has been summing up the fate
of kings and emperors as follows Out OF
two thousand five hundred and forty en-
perors or kings over sixty y-foEr nations. two
hundred and ninety-one We're dethrol,ed, ,
sIxty-four abdicated, twenty commit ed
suicide, eleven went mad, one hundred diet'
on the battle field, one hundred and twenty
three were made prisoners, twenty-five were
pronounced martyrs and saints, one hun
dred and fiity-one were assassinated, sixty
two were poisoned, and one hundred and
eight were sentenced to death Total. nine
hundred and sixty-three
Among those who propose leaving Ger
many this year for the United States, are
1000 tobacco growers and 10000 wine
growers. Ii is scarcely needful to repeat
that both classes, but especially the latter,
would be warmly welcomed in California.
a lady residing in Providence, r. l., re-
ceiyed letter day or two since announc-
ing the death of her brother in Nevada, by
the premature explosion of a mining blast.
Her four other brothers also died by sudden
disasters. two by drowning, one by a steam
boat explosion, and one by railroad acci-
dent. Slea singular fatality in one fami-
ly is of rare occurrence.
Leading citizens of Providence a re active
ly working for the establishment of free
Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum in
that city. There are already tive contingent
subscriptions of $35 900, and an attempt is
to be made to raise the additional sum of
S65,000, making 100000 in all
An unselfish suicide in Atchison. Kansas.
Irving Gumar by name, left the autographic
injunction, Don't make any fuss over me.
but chuck me into hole"