Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-11
General Summary
Gen. Grant is in Eyypt.

Gen. Grant is in Egypt.
Stanley, the African explorer, is on hi
way home, Via France and England.
Gen. Badly Smith, president of the New
York police board, arrived from Europ,
Monday.
Wakely, Furber and Wiggin. indicted ex
officers of the Charter Oak life insurance
company, have given bonds for trial in March
Strawberries are ripe down in Alabama
and the willow weeps sweetly over the flight
of Winter.
Bi>marck's latest mot is reported to be
"If Turkey is the sick man of Europe, Eng
land is the sick woman
Minnesota people are Dragging Of having
fresh lettuce on their Christmas tables,
which was grown in the open air in their
State.
An English Judge recently defined bank
ruptcy As when a man owes lot of money,
and lawyer and an accountant divide his
estate between them.
There is a general suspension of coal mining
in the Schuylkill region and from 1900 to
$4,000 operatives are thrown out of employ
ment
Hon. Geo X. Carroll of Camden. n. Y.
dropped dead from heart disease, Jan. 2nd i,
and his brother, Keron Carroll dropped dead
of the same disease while on his way TO
the funeral. Their father died the same
way.
The New York papers devote a column a
day to the Lord Hicks affair. The happy
couple couldn't have got wider notice short
of hypothecating somebody's else collat-
erals.
A bill has been introduced in the Min
nesota Legislature to distribute 225. 900
bushels Of seed wheat smong the farmers
of the grasshDpper devastated counties. in
order to prevent hardship.
So far as Z. j. Vanderbilt has got along
with his testimony, it appears that he has
borrowed more money and paid back less
than any other man in America.
Capt. Bogardns, who broke 5000 glass
balls, in 500 minutes. one at a time, with
his little shot gun, in New York, is laid up,
as consequence of his folly.
Ii is asserted that when member of
Plymouth church kicks a hat that he had
taken to be unloaded, he remarks, "Shoel,"
"Gehenna, - "llades," or "Tartarus," ac-
cording to taste.
Two skaters skated So miles, from Freder-
ickton, n. B., to Rothesay, on Saturday. in
eight hours actual travelling time.
The Philadelphians serve up the last
scrap of centennial funeral baked meats this
week in the auction sale of remaining foreign
exhibits abandoned by their owners as not
worth taking home.
Recently in Topeka, Kansas, the directors
of public library gave warning owing to
the prevalence of contagious diseases. that
there is danger of the spread of the conta-
gion through library books that may haye
been handled by families in which such
diseases exist.
Peter b. Sweeney has arrived home at |
will receive" a. usual at his elegant apart |
monts in the Faubourg st. Germain. where |
he has long lived IN prince, givinga source
dansd,,fe and champagne supper every Sun
day evening.
A girl, who formerly lived in ISt. Louis.
writes from Colorado to an old friend
This is the handsomest 200 acres ever put
my foo. down on" Her father ought to get
100 acres more, and have lawn around her
foot.-Ne~ YORK Herald.
1t is reported and denied, that ex-Gover-
nor Dix and Henry Bergh were the wit
nesses ut the marriage of Thomas Lord, the
aged millionaire, to the Widow Hicks, by
Cardinal McCloskey. The Sun says, on the
of Mr.. Bergh, that after the cere-
mony the Cardinal enjoined it upon the
couple to be sure and bring up their first
born in the Catholic faith.
The drift of English opinion was shown
three weeks ago, during the Queen visit to
Manor, when the streets of High
Wycombe were gay with many Turkish
ilag, while a magnificent Russian banner
could find no household willing to fly it.
A deaf lady living near Baltimore stopped
a milkman the other day and asked him for
1 quart Of milk, and then put her ear
trumpet to catch the reply. lie drewa
quart of milk and empticd it into the
trumpet, and the result has been that he has
to 20 thee miles out of his way to keep out
Df sight OF the lady y son who sits on the
porch. with shot gun, waiting for HIM.