Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27


There is talk OF Chinese college in Ne
Tall.
smokers vii mourn the strike Of 900
cigar makers al hey West
4 Beaver pa hen rivals the best cat in
the place as = mouser
The annual convention OF Fenans has
been postponed I'LL next January
hal- eagle came pretty near carving
I'd q I--Tear old toY al Columbus. nv. last
week
Somebody mas observed that 1.-The more
-.-- are pinned hack the more forward they
seem
The total drive Of Texas cattle last wear
was luo,0Oo head bui it viii be larger
TINS 5ear.
The St,0o0,O0O which the late Emperor
Ferdinand of Austria wiled the pope has
+ been paid over in cash
Ah sang. q Chinaman. was married AZ
T Charleston. 5 C., last week 10 Clara Davis.
an American girl
Minnesota now claims to be almost en-
;iFe-y Tree iron grasshoppers.
The Louisiana census make the p9pula-
illl OF New Orleans POS 0gU
The New York Herald Is irving T. revive
me thir1-term discussion b, the idea
doesn't 'materialize"
A child Of Chinese rarentsrs has FIR the
frs, time been admitted TO public school
30 Sacramento.
Minister Schenck : eldest daughter Is en-
gagged 10 Eoderick Guggin, . wealthy
scaiclman What a side head .Gurrin-
scheuck Will make
tlmI-meeting John Allen. s. vear- ia. /
has lasr attended his ojlst camr-meetin- 4
this time al Old Orchard Beach. Me
a steamer aseended the Illinois River a.
lar as Ottawa during the first week ia
Augustine first since ls62
A copferhead was killed at Washington.
ind. saturday. and there were % babv
e'Trerheads inside the larger reptile.
Among the cadets at the Annapolis naval
academy d young native Of Japan. named
Matt Muller
Secretary l.obe-on, SAYS that brook trout.
am nearly all kinds Of what he calls flake
nsn,are nes, when - hours out Of the water
or thereabouts- But there are plenty Of
Ash caters that won't believe him.
a white boy and coal-blaek girl. both
under - who have been living in the same
family at Worthwhile, y Y, are the lead
ING characters in recent elopement.
.
IEEIlous BALLOON ASCENSION At BELLOWS
ALLs.-Professor Bristol. the balloouist Of
-ole's circus. made an ascension at Bellows
Falls on Friday, which was attended with
considerable peril. resulting in narrow e.
ape from terrible death Of the professor
md the almost total ann,hilation Of the
ialloon.
y seems the ascension wa made under =.
cry favorable circumstances. the balloon :
hooting M into the air rapidly and IL an :
most straight line until 1t had reached :
u attitude OF something like thousand
ret. when II struck current of eold a.
INNING parallel with the Connecticut I'VE
no u immediately came to a stand still the
Old AR nnlliiylng the hot air with which
he balloon was filed. Remaining noised n
md air minute, L commenced n A. =
enc aoOrt a. rapidly a. II went I'd. and .
le large crowd who We're witnessing tho q
-cension almost held their breath In silence II
! they saw the professor DESCENDING 50 ran- "
ilY ana IN a line that must necessarily land
I'm IN the Connecticut. Down he came
40 u seemed almost a. though he was b.
ted u be dashed to pieces over the falls 81
u a. he nezred the stream the balloon 81
eked little, and when within twelve feet CO
the water the professor gave lean mr.
ie stream lar enough to save himself and
another second the balloon was dasbe5 4.
Ter the precipice and almost completelv ~
recked The professor succeeded in swim, -
ing ashore. but in his leap he wrenebed -,
ie OF his ankles. from which he suffers con - :.
ier%bie PAIN. The balloon was fshed -.
nore at point below the railroad bridge ~
i IN very damaged condition. ~ =.
rms ~Il probably terminate the pro- bu
''or sseensions IN this State. and he can Ia,
'a'' nc escaped AZ well as be col
uis