Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

A Made Debating society is now wrestling
with the question - Is Sabbath-school
superintendent justified in wearing red
neck-fie?'
Ned Buntline (Col. Judson) of the blood
and thunder play. Scouts Of the PraIrles,
has been sued at Portland for defamation
OF character by a man named Speck, Jud-
son having recently arrested Speck on
charge OF larceny, of which Speck was al,
terward proved innocent. Speck recovered
$40
Alphonso d. Moore. boarder at the
Fitch hotel, Fitchburg. who inherited
fortune OF some S25. 200, & year or two ago,
which he has since mostly squandered IN
dissipation. has ended his career by being
removed to the Worcester insane asylum
He recently became violently insane and at
tackled Landlord Ruggles and his family
with broken chair.
Rev d. 4. Mack, formerly chaplain OF
the Third Vermont Regiment, the founder
Of the orphans home at Franklin, y. IL,
has bought a hundred acre farm at VIM
chcnduu. Mas, where he proposes 10 e.
tahli~i a similar institution. Ninchendon
people has" subscribed 81 200 toward the
object.
Franklin L Evans. the murderer recently
executed at Concord. \. H.. i illumina-
ting the minds of the Lawrence Spiritual
ists thTnugh mediums
.' The Meadow Secret" was set mp The
Widow = Lament in the Hartford C0lrGRf
Office. the other dav and the compOsitor " no
did IL Is It'll. alive.
jaime Woodbury., OF Bangor. boasts the
title. &c the egg king T." he has bought l5o,-
600 dozen OF eggs within year
Oscar sweet. Of Avon. Ne, viii hereafter
be a crcmationist lie was startled. the
other day. while at work IN the woods, by
seeing the head of 4 skeleton peeping out
at hiu from under q snOw-driit and a bouy
hand pointing toward him The skeleton
probably came from a cemetery that was
washed ont by fre~het, four or i've years
ago.
\ teacher at Lagrange. Ne, on entering
his school-house. a few days ago, found the
floor smeared with blood, and II the stove
was the body ola newborn babe, with some
pieces of wood around 1t, partly burned ,
Indicating that an attempt had been made
to burn IT, There Is no clew 10 the perpe-
traitor of the crime.
The people in Aroosto0k and some other
counties oi Maine. are initiating on their
own hook 4 large amount OF gratis Tor
Il and upward drawn by Canada parties
on Boston banks and made payable IN Uni
I led State notes. are used for currency and
are probably reissued by the Boston banks
without stamp or Endorsement The treasury
department az Washington has. howeyer,
warned the internal revenue collector In
Portland that anybody who uses one OF these
I drafts is liable to fine Of $500. and also
I d . hg an "a inns
paid out bis banks and on the amount Of
/ their circulation
r,,-1. nv nine If p5rtlaud-- musical
- ,..,,,,s,' have s,iled fr Europe To
-rgjy
Ms Lizzie White. about 20 YEAR old,
wa found lu her house at suncook on the
/ --h inst. terribly bruised, and she SAID that
/ a fellow. who wa aitcrward found 10 toe
/ Gelr-e Fla. Is wears old. had attempted 10
onr-I.-e Ter. and had struck her over the
head vIt. 3D. piece OF wood. several times.
the u5 -ua-iou agains, Ella, when the
/ crime came o. hc known. was 81 intense
thar tae ..hecr- bad TO take him 10 Concord
jail H. save his life
An Interesting new member Of the Boston
Young Mems Christian Association j. d
newfoundland dog, who GOT one OF ms lor,
f
past several. other buldlnsN L. thai OF lhe
a-~3ciatlon, walked up stars u the library
anu A' '-' us iL.'''iiSu pa" 49, " -
w ii. ~.-- .''-' ''- ''''- ='
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Ilcr. was one oi the he1y ieS' sn'" '"li~
ol TIE ---- go 'orham Oh the lViA INST
Slur temperance folks OF Providence
raised $50 600 To start "a temperance daily
but couldn't agree on thc question Of edi-
toria' management. and 50 saved their mon
cy