Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15
CURRENT NOTES.

Wien Orfla, the celebrated French chem
! Isl. was on one occasion witness at trlal
/ for poisoning he was asked by the Presi-
dent If he could state the quantity OF ar
senic requisite to kill a ly. Certainly.
/ NJ lie President. replied the expert 'but
must know beforehand the age Of the fly,
it. sex. IL temperament, its condition and
I habits of body. whether married OF single,
widow or maiden, wiiower or bachelor.
A woman In Huo-uc. y Y recently gave
birth % "a child without hands ur feet. The
child is living. and Is otherwise smart and
healthy.
The Chicago Trl5u1e says Fifteen hands
at the Capital City rolling mills. Indiana
polls. struck recently. and their places were
filled hy colored men. Shortly after mid
night the fires were started under the boil
ers. and a few hours later the engineer came
along, tested the water gauges, and found
no water. lie was about % start the pumps
when he discovered that the boilers had been
tapped and were perfectly dry. Had be
not made the discovery M time the mil.
would have been blown 70 atoms ana every
person in it killed 9, a certainty Il l. not
wonderful that ~trikrr~ n1 matter where or
/ what their pr.tucIri1u. meet with little
/ public sympatlv when such atrocities are
mediiated by some ui them. The cause Of
l the working man l. intellectually injured by
the frequent discovery 1i such desperate
l efforts At revenge.
/ In b'ead-curiiin- description of what
.he -aW m d har-raam. an uns0phisticated
crusader says. " In the rear, upon the Ia
/ bic. the S0Il-de~truyin- awful game of faro
was being PLAYED by maidened excited men.
] This game OF faro l. played with two sticks.
four balls. and any number of pieces of
chalk
The new -paper- and periodicals published
III ;his country ln l-60 numbered .05l. In
/ 1870 the number had increased to ISL.
According 10 a recent statement tie number
/ has increased since that time IL e SIS more
THAN one Thousand having been added with
/ 10 three years. OF this number Gas are
/ dai.ie>, 10 weeklies, and ,U53 month
I lies. elc.
TLat there J. q certain community Of in
stjncts among the various nations Of the
/ earth is deu1t -tatei by the fact that the
/ Euc.i-h stole the King of Ashantee's UNI
hrcl.u.
4 very singular death recently occurred
/ in Luzerue county, Pa. \ young man ac-
customcd t. rise early and 20 to his work
oversight himself one morning. His wife
spoke 10 him, and he. waking. >prang up
Suddenly. Ia - doing he struck lamp on
a chair at the head OF the bed The globe
wa- broken. and piece flew against his
neck. piercing tie iugular vein. and caus-
Inr him % bleed 10 death in less than FIVE
minutes.
\ bill has been introduced in the New
A1rk Assembly t. Incorporate the Crema
tiou Society. IL Incorporates a number OF
citizens IN New York city, with a capital
stock 81 $50 ,OG0, empowered TO reduce to
a>te- the b1die, OF the dead.
The bdi.ding Of a great elevator, which
l. o. be the largest IN the world. has been
b gun at Milwaukee. 1t will be large
enough to contain 100000 bushels Of
wheat, and viii co~t about $500 600.
Some facts in regard 30 the density Of
population in various cities viii be OF in
tercst The following figures show the
average number ct persons in a dwelling
NeS York. IA = , Philadelphia. col;
Brooklyn, s.6i Chicago. GO Albany,
7.9l Bufal0. "A Rochester, $50 To-
ledo, > 80 Fail River, 9.96 Dayton.
-.
Indiana worlhie~ Wh0 pleaded guilty IN
der the Baxter law u intoxicatiOn. now
fold up their tents and say TO abe officer
90 Shon ty. don I b0dder me the law i IN
constitutional And away goes the officer
mourning at the depravity of the times.
Yokohama is to have a fire alarm tele-
graph.
When a colored boy shoots his father in
Georgia, a was the case near Marietta a
few days ago, the local paper calls it % dis
Reimbursement.
The third class of naval cadets at Anna
polls are to be deprived of their vacation
this year in punishment for - hazing."
which has already res uited in the dismissal
of the ring leader.
About thirty men have been discharged
from the customs department in Boston and
Collector Simmons has recommended GER
tain changes in the custom-house as a mat
ter of economy.
The date Of the dedication Of the Lincoln
monument at Springfield, Illinois, has not
Yet been fixed. \ proposition to invite Pre-
,ident Grant 10 deliver the Grafton is not re-
garded with much favor.
"a Sunset Cox, having been called upon
o. respond 20 the toast &" Heavenly Mechan-
ism at recent dinner in New York, said
be thought 1t an anomaly for any one from
Washington TO speak of heavenly affairs.
London Is laughing very heartily over
Dean >taniey's text when he preached to
the Duke and duchess of Edinburgh. soon
after their arrival in town. 1t was Faith
or, forgive them for they know not what
they do