Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-10
THE WEATHER
vGcneraI SUNNI mary.

An eight-year-old girl swan across East
river. at New York, a distance Of one mile,
Wednesday.
The temperance people of London and
Manchester are establishing coffee pal
aces, which rival the gin palaces in splen-
dor.
The dresses OF the ladie Saratoga,
this year. are noticed only f.. The absence
of costly raiment.
1t is said that at the plac n Pittsburg
where the greatest number OF rioters were
killed is sign painted by the Young
Meet Your Cod
The Black Hills Champion asserts that
900 women, il they went to the Hills,
would find their remunerative employment
and husbands. But whose husbands is not
stated.
Boston has ordered the construction of 4
new system OF sewers, at an estimated cost
of nearly four millions of dollars.
1t is said that the devout Mohammcdan
always carries an odor OF sanetity about
him. An odor of mosque would express it
better Commercial Advertiser.
Two thousand New York working girls
were treated to free sail to ROckaway on
Saturday.
A "Socety for the Protection of Ancient
Buildings" has been founded in England to
oppose dissertation by the restorationists.
JAS K. Dewey. Jr. of Chicago. member
Of the senior class of Williams college, was
| drowned at Williamstown. Saturday.
The callousness of the modern son-in-law
observes the Detroit Free Press, is shown
by the GOODNESS with which Lieut.. Fred
Grant stands by and permits his fatherin-
law to fail for two millions.
| Neal True was struck by train on the
Portland and Osdensburg railroad at Cum
berland Mills, Me-, Saturday and thrown
81 feet His horse was killed. lie is moi
expected to recover.
The Byron memorial statue to be erected
in London provides the poet with two
beautiful feet. 1t will be remembered thai
one of them was hump-backed before hs
went to the Summer Land.
A Boston girl has received an autograph
telegram from Alexis saying, ''Dearie
witch ! am bossof Danube mudskow
willnok Muskovite highsky." She wears i
attached to her chatelaine.
A recently married lrishman received {
despatch the other day. the Boston Tran
script says, from an old Sweetheart" in
vitlng him to come over. and he replied b,
telegraph: 81 am married and to me greet.
The best cuts of American beef are adver
tised in London at nine pence pound, ant
common cuts at three pence. American
might buy their beef back again of Johr
Bull and then get it as cheap as of thei
own marketmen.
Wooden handles like q shawl-strap ar
now put upon the watermelons sold in New
York, and the GRAPHIC thinks that if tn
last generation had done its duty in artiti
cial selection and interviewing, nice handle
would have grown upon watermelons b.
this time.
Seven men were engaged in lining fur
mace at the Lucy furnace cOmpany's work
IN Pittsburg. Friday, working on scaffol
supported by ropes. when the ropes too
fire from the furnace, and the scaffold fell
precipitating the men into the furnace
Two men were taken out dead, and the nv
Others are not expected to recover.
An election at Great Grimsby, England
was followed by riots Wednesday night. !
mob of 900 wrecked the hotel where MI
Watkin (who had just been elected to Pal
liament) stayed, and tried to burn 1t, an
three persons were injured. Troops wer
sent to the scene from Sheffield, and twelv
rioters were arrested.