Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-02

In Brief.
The Turner pictures OF home Tile .n
Brooklyn, excite vide interest.
Seven years ago, Monday, ground WIS fret
broken for ANDY Impeachment
The Springfield Republican calls our Nena-
tor Morrill, - the great anti-reciprocator.
The FIJI Island bellies really take To tie
ea~les-the rash .' -et~ Oh the mto1ing
So
Danyiile, Va. Lad public whipping oi
white HI cJ.0red woman, the other day
B.ngor. Me. has elected pemocratic
mayor-the first in "a years.
Nevada Is oyerruu withmc seeking work
at the mine-, but unable to obtain il
The severe winter has been very fatal t.
old people in England.
\ New Bedford lady mluru- a canary
which she owned for l. years.
Il is estimated that over 10000 people
attended the funera. Of John MucAe., az
Newry, Ireland, Tuesday.
Mile. E,teile bit out half oi a gentleman :
cheek in Paris the other day, m.-taSin- h'm
Tor another man.
The steamships arriving these dl'- report
large quantities OF lee 9-r-' ani fields ot
ice encountered in mii-ocean.
\ New Hampshire grade Durham cow has
produced in POO days, tons and 'o'
pounds of milk.
The block Of Switzerland granite for u
monument over the grave of Aga--iz las ar
rived at Cambridge, Mas
The people of the upper peninsula o.!
Michigan are again acitating the question oi
seeding from that state
Thirty thousand people attended mas
meeting of lri-hmeu in Hyde Park. London
Sunday.
Nearly l51 600 persons have petiliouel
the British Parliament in favor Of the '' bill
for the abolition of ~isters-in-hw. les,
,i,ters-in-law. not mothers of any kind.
\ Cherokee colonel and lobbyist, at Wa-h-
ington. is madly in love with Winnie Eeam'
the sculptures, and follows her wherever she
goes.
A blunIerinc telecrapher tele~c'pei two
trains on the Grand Trunk road IN Name on
Monday lie has only g't an engine and
five freight ears to pay tor.
During the recent tornado in "e'rSia'
houses and other distractions 10 IT, way.
we're not blown down, hut ny. and carried
through the air for miles.
4 valuable Newfoundland dog in trt1n,
/ Mas. took the measles the other day, from
the children lie had every symptom ana
died
At an auction in Paris, the other day, it
was mentioned a an inducement to Bat h-.
/ on a revolver, that five of it- owners had
/ committed suicide with it.
Eleven members of the British Parliament
! elected. a wear ago. have LOST their seats hy
having bribery proven against them
Punch pictures France taking refuge IN
the arms Of the Republic, frightened by tie
shadow near her OF the imperial eagle. u'at-
ing far above.
In fight at Cullen, county of Kilkenny.
Ireland. on Tuesday. between Bishop No
rams and Father O'keele'~ parties. the
O'Keefe chapel was completely wrecked
The Pacific coast is clamorinS for more
fiye-cent pieces and twenty-cent pieces, the
coming OF which will soon begin at the san
Francisco mint
The United States Supreme Court m@ de
cided that lobbyist cannot enforce con
tract for service in securing the passage oi :
claim.
A Philadelphian Of eighty goes round
wearing a hat which he put on his head
thirty-one wears ago, yowing he would never
remove it until Henry Clay was elected
President He supposes he Is bald but
cant tell til he takes of his shocking bad
hat.
The bondhoders of the Northern Pacific
have recently held meeting in which they
expressed the utmost confidence IN the hna
success of the line.
The State authorities Of Kentucky are
getting walked up at last to the necessity ci
thorough work with the cowardly scoundrel'
who amuse themselves by plundering and
numbering inofensiye negroes.
The recently suspended lumber frm o
James Il Co. Of Boston has chosen assignees
with liabilities amounting 10 over g GEO 900
| Snuff dipping has become 50 preva
r lent in Providence. R. J.. that the stores al
vertise by placards, "Snuff for Dipping
Several new and important witnesses haV'
been subpenaed, who will precede Beeeher
50 that il again becomes doubtfOl when h'
r will take the stand,-very likely not I'll
next week.
The Country GentlemIH'aifrms that th'
annual growth of weeds in this eountr.
amounts to eight million tons, or enough l.
load compact train Of wagons long enoug
to span the globe
, The University Of Chicago is in such ba'
= financial condition that the Blptists ar
/. likely to lose possession of it, and the Catho
lies think of buying the property,
= The Council Bluff Qa rats have 80 uu
e dermined the city hall that large porto
, of the foundation has fallen in, and tn
' building. worth Sl2 600, may have TO b
= taken down.
d In Abraham Lincoln's first case in cour
he made great hit at the outset, with bot
the Judge and the jury, bv muttering as b
{ was arranging his papers on the table, tn
!. line from Pope;
Thou great fret causc-least understood 3"
7 One of the best authenticated OF the reyC
lutionary mothers is Mrs. Mabel Hubbard
OF Carthage, \. Y, who is now one hur
!. dred and three years of age, and the mothe
= of eighteen children. She remembers whe
/ the British destroyed New Haven, in IFS
: the burning of New London by Benedic
it Arnold, in l7Sl, and once gave Gener'
e Washington a glass OF water.
&c Bessie Turner will never be success as
;, nursery maid. She sleeps too soundly to
Is entrusted with the care Of children n.-Bo:
70 ton Meas.