Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30

TIE ELEVATED FUsIoN-A BEAR scRAPE-i
$4,000 HEART.
NEW YORK Nav % ISTg.

$1,000 HEART.
NEW YORK, May 70 le'H.
To the Editor OF the Free Press and Times
ont of the Joint occupation OF u small piece
of track on the east side grew complications and
quarre> between our two elevated railroads,
which have been >eething and bubbing for >ey-
cral months, 10 the great worriment OF the two
roads themselves and the partial incommode-
ment of the public. The aid of the Legislature
was invoked 10 re-eStabliah peace: but the law
makers refused 10 mix up in the fight, and told
the beligerent> TO settle the affair among them
>elNe>-thercby displaying an amount of COM
mon sense almost Unprecedented in the history
OF stale Legislatures. This good advice the
roads apparently took to heart, for they have
gust agreed 10 turn over all their property 10 q
new corporation formed for the purpose and
called the Manhattan Company. which will
hereafter operate both lines and apportiOn Ia
each of the original companies it. share Of the
profits.
The success Of the New York rapid transit
experiment has stimulated the formation Of
companies for the Introduction of the same adj
Nantlge- into Brooklyn. One of these is all
ready TO begin operation, but, like it, proto-
| types in this city. it finds the path
10 >ucreSS, like Jordan, 81 hard road
10 travel" The president Of the con
Germ, with the contractor and gang oil labor
erS, assembled the other day To break ground
for the work with pomp aud rejoicing, but
hardly had L cObbe-stone been displaced when
squad of police >wOoped down upon them
and dragged the devoted band into court for
violating 4 city ordinance. They We're soon out
ON bail, however. and hoStilities are soon To be
recommended. Rapid transit is bound To -uc-
ceed in all large cities, but it seems To be- the
ii-hi an 10 give its promoters all the trouble
possible.
came across. the other day, 4 copy of the
new edition OF WebSteris Unabridged. in more
senses than one the greatest of American books,
and ! confess | was surprised to the
changes and additions which il embodieS. |
venture Ia assert that for twenty wears there
ha- been no secular olumc before the country
oil greater value than the unabridged. Still IL
owners are not satisfied. They have gone on
republishing ,ing and charging it until now
ii becomes 4 fair presumption to believe that
they intend il ultimately 10 become whole
encyclopedias library in one volume. This last
edition reaches nearly 3,OO0 pages and contains
full 5000 cngrayingS. 1t retains all the COM
prehen>Vcly treated features which raised it
10 lis present position, with the addition, since
the last previous issue, of almost five thousand
new words and meanings and new biOgraphi-
cal dictionary of nearly ten thousand names.
This latter is one OF the most useful and SenSI-
BILE addenda To the great work that could have
been devised. In our reading we are constant
ly asking ourselves. who was this person and
whit, when and where was he :" Here we
have the whole thing in a nutshell \ few
word, only are devoted TO each subject, but
they are words carefully chosen and give Just
The general information We require. The new
Webster Is unapproached' n well as ''un-
abridged"
That particular squad of Uncle Sans Custom
House employees who earn their bread by search
ing the incoming immigrants at Castle Garden
for contraband and dutiable articles, found
themselves IN quandary the other day when
frenchman landed, with good, big grizzly
bear aS his companion. The officials ordered
him to halt, aud after examining their prize
from respectful distance, Informed the man
that lie must pay ten dollars duty ON the
beast. The immigrant objected on several
grounds, of which perhaps the strongest was
that he didn't have the ten dollars. The blue
coats insisted, hover, 50 after slyly pOking the
~ 90 ''iei 'h' IslttNA Sil bIl
showed the aSsemblage line open coun-
tenance, he bandly informed them that if
they wanted their money, they could Just
take the bear. This WAS Il fair enough prupo-
>ition. but somehow the officers didn't act a.
though they wanted to take it up. After con-
siderable skirmishing. however, during which
the bear tore some clothes and came near doing
more serious damage, he was secured, and
taken up TO Central Park.
Breach OF promise suits have not been very
numerously brought in New York, and Of those
which have been instituted few have been pro-
ductiye OF anything but trouble and expensive
10 the plaintiffs. A young .Jewess, however,
went into court last week with u wounded
heart, and was able to give such touching ac
count OF her wrongs and di>appointmentS, that
gallant and Sympathic jury awarded her
Sj,O0O for the healing of her injuries. Ii this
Judgment proves cOllectible. rather think the
Young lady will consider herself well enough
compensated 10 desire further laccration of her
affections on the same terms.
Yours, II.