Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Tom Marshall. ct Kentucky was the mos
eloa neat man IS. the I'D Wing party. No
excepting Henry Cay. Ia a philippe againS
Andrew Jackson be- closed hv saying Ii,
crushed the United States Bank with tn,
heel of hi military boot, and retiring 70 thu
Hermitage. be cheated the very devil him
-ell hy turning Presbyterian"
Following the example of the striking
stage drivers. general strike of the horse
ear conductors and drivers in New York
city l. imminent. Several car companies
have adopted ui late the cash box system,
uatent indicators and other c0ntrivanee- 10
prevent stealing on the part of employs,
and because employees cannot knock down
On fare> a. much a. formerly. they are max
ing movement 10 secure an advance m
wages.
Rather a funny incident occurred the
other day ON the Southwestern railroad OF
Georgia 4 man named Wolf. residing at
Mar>halviile. near the railroad depot. mas
FIVE tnw-headed children. Conductor Dash
er had on biz train large party of north
ern sxcur-ionIStS. who were anxious 10 see
all the euriosities. Near Marshalyille he
tuld them that there was man who had
FIVE tame wolves. all with a spot On their
Eead-. They expressed desire to see the
strange animals. and the conductor said
thar - the Woll-iarer lived near, he would
wait Tor them. They alIghted and Desher
pointed the way to the house, remarklng
that a. the old >he-wolf was an ugly Gus
toner he would not 20 with them. Going
u the ward they found Mrs Wolf. and the
children around her They offered to pay
her literally Tor sight of the five tame
wolves They were back in time for the
train.
Georgia conyicts have built the greater
portion of the railroads constructed IN the
STATE during the past three or four years 1t
l. laid that no more escape under the hiring
out system than used to get over the walls
Of the penitentiary. Besides the profit to the
State. the shame of working in public acts
a wholesome restraint upon crime.
4 Delaware court has decided that rail
road ticket in possession OF a railroad COM
pany, and before being stamped for issue. l.
NOT property. Joseph Hill took a ticket
from the office of the Philadelphia and Vii
mirgton Company at Harrington and walk
ed 10 the next station to take the cars He
was indicted and acquitted under the above
ruling OF the court.
The enormous increase Of railroad casual
ities in England has become a subject OF
parliamentary inquiry. The Marquis OF
Salisbury, railway director, said the only
thing that could be done by law to prevent
railway accidents was to make want Of
punctuality in the arrival and departure OF
trains punishable by heavy fines. The fact
i, that the railways need more rails. while
their small dividends OF four per cent. would
not Justify the outlay.
The Dresden papers report that seventeen
experiments have been made during the
present YEAR with inyariable success in the
hospitals of that city to infuse lambs blood
int5 the human subject In the fir.t case
tried the patient had long suffered from
pulmonary disease. and the immediate effect
of the operation was to raise the pulse and
impart sense Of greater strength.