Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10

tuc liIlc Vi men now living uOle iSuuy
burdencd in This respect than any other great
civilized city. The other leading items of
expense are police, S3,426, l30 education,
So, $50 900 public works, S2.457, 200; char
tiles and correction, 81 ,4Sl 900; fire depart
ment, 81 ,5S5, 745, and street cleaning, ST.
600, 900.
kilograms from Berlin, from unauthorized
sources, disclose purpose to get up war
panic between Germany and Russia. 1t is
asserted that the latter is concentrating |
heavy bodies OF troops upon the frontier, and
as a consequences the Prussan government is |
strengthening the Baltic ports and erecting
works at the northern extremity of the Ger
man Empire. SO much for the distrust |
caused by keeping under arms immense
bodies OF troops. They cannot be moved in
any direction, except adjacent powers are
alarmed. Russia will never attack Germany
singlc handed, and at present France has no
desire to engage with its ancient enemy and
recent conqueror Very little cause for a
fallng-out between the Germans and the
Russians can be discovered
There was a shower of pebbles that lasted
fifteen minutes at Watseka, H.. recently.
A mandate from Mgr. Fabrc.at Montreal
prevents priests administering the sacrament
to parties reading the courier DIES Etdts-
Unis, New York newspaper which has a
large circulation in the city and province
The reason for placing the paper under ban
is that it publishes French stories Of alleged
immoral tendencies.
Womans rights are obtaining recognition
in Norway. The Parliament has just passed
a law, which the king has signed, giving
women the privilege of attending universities
and applying for degrees in all the arts and
sciences but the ipht 10 hold office in the
service OF the State and of participating in
the competitive examinations for such po-
| sitions is not yet accorded to them.
The following extract from the Indian
| Spectator shows what kind of trials yoll g
Indian barriscrs have to pass before they
may expect briefs from their orthodox coun-
trymen 1.-The young Desal Olpad WHO
returned from Eng and the other day after
qualifying himself as barrister, has passed
through another and less'plcasant trial. He
has been sat upon by the orthodox, and has,
at their command, eaten of the five products
of the COW ard re-entercd caste"
Mr.. Miller, one of the pillars Of Wiscon-
sin Baptist church, was lately tried on the
charge of irreliyious conduct in attending a
negrominstrc performance. His defence
was that he started for a temperance lecture,
but accdcnlly got into the wrong hall and
did not discover his mistake until the show
began, when his carnal delight in the enter
taiument ovcrCame of moral scrupcs. lie
admitted that he ought to have withdrawn
the moment he discovered where he was, but
his weakness for fun got the better of him.
He was let off with reprmand.
A Pekin newspaper tells of the sale of a
Chinese wife by her husband. She had fallen
in love with the purchaser, and the husband,
wishing to realize some advantage out of this
state of affairs, agreed to sell her to tho
gallant for 81 80. But when he came to get
his property lie failed to bring the money
with him and the husband declared the bar
gain off. But the lovers were not to bt
baked. They drugged the husband, seized
all his property and eloped, They were
f afterward arrested and put into dungeons
, when both committed suicide.
, Five cases involving the constitutionaliy
, of the civil-rights act Of 1S15arc to be arguet
9 at this term of the United States Suprem,
; Court. Two of the cases are for denyiu!
+, colored persons an entrance to California
e theatre and one in New York. two othe
e cases are against hotels in Kansas and Miss
! ouri which were not open for cOlorcd people
and the fifth case is against railroad il
S Tonnes see, which would not admit a ncgl'
to tirst-class car. The right Of Congress Il
egisla,c in the manner adopted ty th
civil-rlghts bill will now be passed urol
finally.
Grace Church in New York is to have
: white marble spirc, 1870 feet high, and at tn
summit will be set an Illuminated cross, tn
: light of which will be seen far out at sea.
4 The Chinese doctors always vaccnat
1 Celestials on the end Of the nose. The wick
u ed Chicago Inter- OcedR says In Chin
. you can tell whether man has been vaccr
!, ted just as you can tell 4 Democra. in Amer
T lea.
1 The Italian election Of last Sunday appear
:, to have favored the liberals now in office
i, The number of the electoral districts wa
: 1876 and they returned sos deputies. TIL
l. total number of electors was about 800, 90
h or one to every 10 inhabitants, while undo
# the old law there whre but 600, 900 clcctol
e in all. The number of candidates at the lat
: election was over 1000.
The increase in the number of postofficC
i in the United States last year was l,1l9, s
is that at the end of the fiscal year there wei
46, 23l offices, or about one for every l,2l
, iuhabltauts. The free delivery system no
, in operation in ll2 cities has rapidly cNpan'
y, ed. Although the cost of this service W;
~ $l23 35l,2 more than the preceding yea
y the receipts increased to 80, 625, 900 lcavI
| l,,pp Of = nn local
"a "a the free delivery offices paid profit of 81
W W 1873 31G.4j over the total cost of service, Il
" greater part Of the profit being earned by Il
ID New York postoiiice.
l. The prohibitory and temperance way
x which is supposed to have originated in Of
o. Western States, looks very much like Il spo
re- taneous movement Of the whole clvilz'
or world. The world consumes proportionatc
or and perhaps, absolutely less of intoxicatll
g drinks than it did twenty-five and fifty yea
n. ago. Sunday is consecratcd to prohibition
hi Ireland and Wales Cornwall and lorkshl
cd are about to arrive at the same conclusion, NJ
or Gladstone favors local option, and in CO
many n movement Of partial prohibition Il
lust been started. The former assumptl
ng that vast empires like England, America a
d. Russia could pay their debts out of the dr
an tax does not hold good any longer, and t
d da reasonable regulation of the liquor traffic
now within 81 .ht. Even the city of Paris i
nd cancelled the old rule which allowed drin
~ shops to remain open till two O'Clock in I
o Nv morning. Throughout Europe the COVER
IN ments and many orderly citizens seem 81
;io cially anxious that the public sale of be-
Nv wine and spirits be entrusted to responsit
dealers only, and that these be held IN clio
nut SUBDIVISION by means of high license.
las any event, temperance has made glgan
~ strides throughout Chrisendom.
ge The memory of Washington is guard
~ sacredly in Tennessee, even by police mag
err, ,ro,oe A youpr man fgured MS the faith