Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-25
MATTERS AND THINGS.

WIN " coHIlDutc HVc Ccnts toWuTus eieCt-
Ing monument to the memory Of the late
Pope Plus TX.
The 81 mon fisheries of the Pacific coast
have increased more than twenty-fod with
in ten years, and last years product was
nearly million cases, worth five million
dollars. The southerly and more accessible
rivers are becoming tished out.
Illinois has the greatest railroad mileage
of any State, and the yearly earnings of the
are put at 10000, 900, while
their running expenses are $40, 600, 900, in
cluding 1926, 600, 900 aid as wages to 80, 600 |
men.
According to late census bulletin there |
were in 1870, 10, 357, 1881 horses in the United |
States, being an increase Of 45 per cent over
the number of 1870 Illinois takes the lead |
with over one million; Texas comes next |
with rising 100000; Iowa follows with 1872
900; OHIO 1861 900.
The people of Marshfield are antci- |
pating grand field day on the Sd OF Octo-
Der, when the Webster centennial comment
GRAFTON exercises are fixed to be held. A
large number of notable people have already
accepted Invitations to be present. and the
committee have hopes that President Arthur
may be able to add the interest Of his pres
ence TO the celebration.
During the quarter ending June 30, there
were 7.747 arrests made in New York city,
of which 12, 96S were of males and 4779 OF
females. Eleven thousand seven hundred
and llfty-eight unmarried and $3.50 married
persons were arrested OF the latter, AHA
were men and 1415 women. Only 5l3 or
less than per cent of those arrested-wcre
not able 10 read and write.
The arrest of man, even though he is a
suspect, for no worse offence than that of he
ing out after dark, is strongly suggestive of
the medieval ages, when the curiew was
rung every night at sunset, and people were
required, and if necessary compelled, to re-
tire to their homes and to their beds But
tlis is all OF a piece with other things in the
condition of Ireland which savor of the days
Of barbarism.
Just about these times the alleged dicta-
torship of Prince Bismarck in European al
though it had never existed. The reason is
OuNlOuSs lOT although ptTmduy is great
military power, her navy can make no show
of a contest with England, and after all, the
command of the sea confers supremacy in
civilized warfare.
1t is proposed to conduct the hot water
from the Sutro tunnel through iron pipes,
beneath the surface of the soil, near the roots
of thousands of fruits trees which are to be
planted, and in similar manner to give the
necessary warmth to a number of hot houses
to be used foI the propagation of early fruits
and vegetables.
| The right of a woman past the age of 81 to
marry whom she pleases has just been vindi-
Gated in Missouri. The father of Laura
Robbs, aged 81, attempted to hold her to
continued service in the paternal home by
locking her up in a room when she had made
verbal contract to become the wife of Geo.
w. Bishop. A writ of habeas corpus un-
locked the door, and the marriage took place
in spite of the fathers objections.
The equivocal attitude Of Russia on the
Egyptian question is well calculated to re-
vivc the suspicious that the Car is watching
his opportunity to insiiyate some fresh
trouble in India US soon as England shall be
involved in a Mediterranean war too deeply
to be free IN her action relative to Central
Asia, We shall probably soon hear of some
important Russian movement on the frontiers
of Afghanistan or Chinese Tartary
The value Of babies has been fixed. A
child less than one year old Is worth Sl4
between one and two years, Sl9; two to
three, $2S; four years, S3l five years, $35
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years, $50; nine years, $40; ten years. 800 ;
eleven years, S123 These are the valuations
made by baby insurance company of Gin
cinnati. The parents pay five cents week
for the insurance of their child. The rates
for colOred children are twice as much. ow-
ing to the darkey's two-fold ability for con-
tracing contagious disease.
Venezuela celebrates her centenary July
"a 1888, and the arrangements have been
made for au international festival beginning
on that day, which is the Tooth anniversary
of the birth of Bolivar the Lberator, and
ending Aug. 2. The proclamation of the ma
tional holiday in honor of Bolivar and the
ensuing festival invites the United States to
Join with Venezuela in the celebration, and
sets apart the 3lst day of July to the exclu-
sivc purpose OF Offering Admiration and
homage to the great North American repub-
lie" by unwilling colossal statue of Wash
ington, 'the father Of the great people who
founded republican institutions in the New
World as a model TO the Spanish American
nations"
Those who witnessed a recent landslide or
the river bank near Saverton, Rails county
Mo-, pronounce it one of the most marvel.
lous of natural phenomena. The bluff, which
at the place is nearly five hundred feet high
seems to have broken in twain, and acres OF
heavily wooded soil moved from its ancient
moorings down into the river. Stalwart trees
standing erect, others bent and broken, still
cling to the disrupted and discovered earthly
avalanche. Far up the bold, preciptous
height can be seen the abrupt crevasses form
ed by the tearing asunder OF the mountain
masses, and the whole presents spectacl,
grand and imposing.
The widow of IA Baptist deacon who dlet
four years ago, said to the editor of a Rich
mond paper few days since; "The grea
mistake of my husbands life was lie wins
5000, 900 to his children. My eldest son haC
not been in possession Of his portion six
months before he had acquired incorporate
habits, and to-day wrecked in health ant
mora.s, he hasn't dollar left OF the thou
sands his father left him. My daughter mar
ried an immoral man, who has spent her por
ton. and now her life is sad and dreary. |
would have been thousand times better hat
my husband devoted his means more largely
to education and Christianity" Perhaps the
trouble was that the children were not better
trained
San Francisco presents, for the year past, thu
highest death rate known there in ten years
This was 2l,34 per 1000. The health officer
in his annual report calls attention to som,
of the causes of this alarming increase. The
principal of these are bad sewers, defective
drainage, poor quarantine facilities and The
liability to epidemics consequent upon hav
ing so large a number of Chinese domicileG