Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-20
UiTTERS AND THINGS.

Over 23O, 900 telephones are now in use III
the United States.
Another plan to spend money has been in
vented. A tunnel projected under the Elbc,
between Hamburg and Steinwardcr Island,
is to cost 81, OOO,OOO
The coinage Of gold in this country during
the year ending June 30 last, was S11 ,O00.-
900 more than during any previous year,
and tue net gain on imports Of foreign god
was 81, 1S9 600.
President Carter compelled the sopho-
mores of Williams College TO pass rcsom.
ton allowing freshmen to carry canes. but
the freshmen Immediately voted unanimous
~ to take no advantage of privilege obtain.
ed Ia so iOrclDc q manner.
A medal is to be given to all who took a
military part in the Egyption war by the
English authorities. There will be Sphinx
on the reverse OF the medal, with the date
1882 and the word Egypt. The Queens
head will be on the diverse, as was the case
with the Ashantee medal.
Sweet potatoes are being sent in immense
quantities from Georgia to the northwest.
and the returns are highly satisfactory to
the producers. 1t is estimated that the sur.
pns crop ol sweet potatoes grown in Gcor-
gia viii reach nearly 10000, coo bushels
this year and ii ii can be marketed it is
Thought that the surplus of potatoes will
reach million bushels, next year. if the
season i9 favorable.
The ncw building enterprises OF the cities
of New York and Brooklyn during The pas,
three months foot up ia valnr S14. 900. 900.
OF this sum New York eApcnds 50, G41,3 ls
for new structures and about : 600, 900 for
alterations Adding to these figures those
for the last half of the year, The aggregate
expenditures for architectural improvements
in the two cities since Jan. foot up in
round numbers about Sis, 600, 900.
An entire Galo-Roman town has been TN
ca',hcd in the noighblihood of Pouiers. II
contains temple one hundred and fourteen
yards in length by seventy yards in breadth,
baths occupying five acres, theatre Of which
the stage alone measures ninety yards on its
longest side streets. houses and other build.
nes covering a space Of more than seventeen
ACRES. The excavations, which are being
continued, have brought to light more ed.
lic,s, sculpture in the very best style and in
good preservation d iting, it is thought
from the second century II quantity of
non, brunz" aud carthcn articles. VI. LiCh
the inspector Of historic monuments, declares
that III town .a little Pompci in the centre
Of France.
The new Congregational paper in Boston,
it is now explained. is to be issued in re-
Spouse to demand quite general among
both laymcn aud clergymcn for another
organ than the tOngreEalionalist Whose
crusade against the faculty and trustees of
Andover Seminary in regard To Newman
Smyth's proposed proiess1rship is not for.
given. Not only the avOwody progress
i've, but also the protesting conservatives of
the denomination have taken pccuniary stakes
in its establishment. Dr. George B. Spald-
ing of Dover, y. H., will be the edlt,r. He
will have strong editorial staff AMI a large
body of associate editors. from all over the
country and the paper is not altogether
New England venture Arrangements are
to be perfected by November.
No wonder the toling millions OF the old
world look TO America as their future home.
Here 1t is that the one great desire of their
hearts may be realized. Here they can be-
come landed proprletOrs and rejoice in that
independence which such propiie,orship can
alone give. When II is known that the sur
veved public lands of this country equal S3l-
I?5, eGS acres. and the unsurveyed lands are
estimated at 9S3 0G2, $50 acres more, it seems
as If there could he little danger of II landed
arlstocracy arising in our midst, and to free
themselves from Just this sort of thing is the
Chief reason why Europeans contribute so
largely to our population yearly. Almost
two billions of acres of public land, to be had
at merely nominal prices, almos, for the ask
ing.
The director Of the Mint reports that the
fiscal year ending with June 80, 1889, was
the year of greatest coinage in the history of
the Government. The total coinage of gold
was $50 4l3,4t7 80, the total coinage of
silver, S27, 1s3, 3sS. v. and the total Coinage
of base metal, e6i4, 157 -, making a grand
total of Sll7, Sal ,59i As the entire money
store of the country is 81 ,543, 10. 432. OF
which Sis, SOC is gold aud silver, the
work of the minis during the last fiscal year
has made an addition of about onc-thirteenth
TO our circulating medium. The prejudice
against the silver dollar now coined is con-
stantly increasing, and one Of the first dutc.
of Congress will be to stop that part of the
work of the minis which consists in turning
out 2,O00,0 900, Of these pieces each month.
Fast tro,ting by horsesin this country-and
it can be only in this country, for fast trot-
ting is done no where else-is engaging much
attention. The wonderful performances by
Mr.. Works team are simply astounding. Ed
ward is chtsnut geldiug by Masterlode,
dam Bacchus mare record 2;l9 and cost
Sl3, coo. Dick Swiyellcr is a bay geldng by
Waikiki Chief, dam By Sayrc's Harry Clay
record 2'1s and cost S2j, 900. Most Of the
prominent drivers have handled this team
and driven 1t q fast mile. On Sept. 10, 1881.
John Z. Turner, the Philadelphia trainer and
driver, drove it a mile in the fast time fat
that date Of . 24t. Ga Sept. 3D. 1881, Dan
Mace drove il a mile ia 2.l9,. Johnny Muir
ply gave the team mile on July l3, 1859,
in s:lGi. Ca Sept. 5, 1882, Dan Mace. AT
the breeders meeting, again drove it mile
in 2;2O.. On Oct. 10, 1889. o. A. IIickol,
drove the team mile, making the first quar-.
ter in - seconds, q 3OS gait the half IN
l:O5, 2;lO gait; and the iull mile in ?lS.
The first quarter and halt of the mile above
specified are the fastest ever rottod by any
team in tue country.
There are some Interesting facts connected
with the history of cremation in England
which seemed 10 have escaped the attention
of the writers upon the subject. About forty
years ago the oity OF London sanctioned the
cremation within the gas works Of the dead
of Bridewell Hospital, the arrangement being
extended 81 as to include not only the ere.
nation of the bodies OF dead prisoners, but
of the condemned meat and otfal of the
markets. The lroject was vehemently
opposed by the ecclesiastical authorities, and
the privilege finally lapsed without having
been used In ono of the latest built and
most complete OF the London hospitals a
first rate apparatus for cremation has been
constructed being dissmulated within
lofty tower, which by the unsuspectiug
passer-by is taken merely as an ornamental
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