Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-08
MATTERS AND THINGS.
Prairie Dog Jim is the name of a new tow
in Kansas.


Prairie Dog Jim is the name of a new tow
in Kansas.
Fourteen tons of candy are consumed dali,
in st. Louis. II costs something to keep The
girls of that city sweetencd up.
In 1910 the United States had only 1884
miles of railway Judging of the future by
the past, Mr.. Poor thinks the mileage viii
exceed 1000 by 1890.
Ga the day that divorce was granted tC
Mrs. Perkins, Kansas woman, she was ~
lug dead in the house, and the body of hci
husband was hanging to the limb Of a tree
| one dying of heat disease and the other com
| hitting suicide.
Donation parties to ministers are ont o
fashion down ia Kentucky, but recently Tho
house of one preacher was burglaiizcd ily,
| times in single week, which is almost II!
| bad.
The British possessions in Australia cover
| 100000 square miles. The population
| white and coloicd. numbers 2,s35, 9ji, by
| far the greater part being concentrated ii
| a few cities The debt OF the colonies il
already nearly 800 100000
The Missouri Grand Lodge of Frccmason.
has passed vote making it a violation oI
Masonic morals to be engaged in the traffic
| of liquor as II dramshop-kccpcr and all per
| sons engaged in such business are dCc,arcC
| to be ineligible as petitioners for the mys
| terics of Masonry within tia, grand iuris
dictiOn.
The favolitc fowing-piccc of Henry Clay
has been added to the collection of relics ant
| 1t is n light shot gun, with rather long bar
| rel, and was bought by Mr. Clay in Eng.
| land.
Twenty-Five Sisters Of Mercy went from
| New Orleans to Pensacola and nursed the
sick there from the outbreak of the yellow
fever to its close. They had the good for
tune TO escape death, and Sunday they were
To unite in a special public thanksgiving IL
God for their dclivcranCc.
1t is now six years since tic first cremation
in the LeMoync Crcmatory at Washington,
Pa, took place, and it is said but fifteen
bodies have been burned there during that
time 1t is evident that cremation is not
making rapid progress in this country, but
New York creinl'ionis's thlnk therr may be
;s n,nc,nd j.; nr manr , i' r;,,,
An exchange says; "A mild winter is
predicted by Gen. IIazcn, head of the signal
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'o'' "''N W ''c i"''"n country 'o''""l'n'
The London Telegram tells of newly
,v.dJod o,,,n,o ,,.h, yroro oI,Ii,od ON ,b,;r
"euo'ihS tnul 10 PUt up WIN Ii't'rcsS Pi"c
GU W path-roo'ii III ho'el "huse acco,h-
no ia'ions were Il, premium. DuilhI l"c
h'gnt lhe you,s "iIuc, W,si,nS 10 ring ior
srlNnn'' o"us'll i,o'i " ,He pc'-,"lt T., '"c
shoMer-pI'h n'" pnl'e' IT, r"lh"'th
them. Her husband, in dismny. caught
irauically at another cord, but the
onIf response was ah t'lunily locia' "ci,ise
ol water, lhis 'll''c hcariy pol'lis not inc
u"n"pPN pun 9oiei"'cu III un'so" nn'n
he ~ wants '''ie MY 'on.i' 'hc Iu"'n ,i,'ou
GU M'lh "u''r' ni'u 'ic WIG Pclohcu Ilhu II
nonA,s on iI' nnsna"u p"1h' "l,cri1s ,hc
nus, ,a'neu'au!c ciit'' Wh',c hei Ro"' man
."iion.S "n"ut III INT u'ih uy'nS HIS u'sl
w "''' '"e N0'''
The diamond wedding of NJ. Dolfus was
ce,ohro,ol rooe,,,v -, Tho Grand 1Io,o, in
:, az VT. ''"'' ''''0' III
fafs. Nj Dollns Is an Asalian manuilc'
lurer OF enormous wealth, ana Is inc ahces-
tor "i no less IMAM one hundred ana ior'y-
SIX chlidrch, grandchildren grcat,grlnd-
chiluieh ana grea';erent.grahd chiIdren
present bcsidrs ninety two husbands md
wives of descendants. The rest of the con-
pahy was maze up n' c'IIa'tfaI feIa,lves' oId
confidential clerks '"r'mch VINO had become
partners ana oiu muses. oei"nsins TO inc lam
NY Ia INC norma. NINE 'olus hai Great
sA'y-nvc sch"Iar','l'S Tor thc instruction,
apprch,lccsnp nuu settlement IN NE oil as
many AlStllan eir,s. lirr husband had per
formed similar benevolent act IN favor oil
siN'y-hVe Alsatiah boys.
A man who has attended his own execution
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"uu SUI ''''' W 'N''''' '''' '''''.'' 10 "o''"'
o. snort paragraph. NccordiaS 10 Inc Lon,
don hcho his name Is Colonel Maiteias' ana
IN leO0 nc was on lhc point "i beng pro-
cia'Hicu plc,iuei, vi ,rus"hy' When nc was
uay' ounc oo VI ,'hl year l'o 9c pIuciSpj nc