Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-02
MATTERS AND THINGS.

i Cleveland Ohio people are thinking abo,
uiscon'inulns the electric light on account {
= Its high price. They have better light tina
before, but At four times the cost Of the ca
formerly employed.
According to the commissioner of inlcrna
revenue there are in the United States 3gi,
wv dealers in manufactured tobacco, 1922
rectiiicrs of distilled spirits, 42il wbolesal
dealers in distilled spirits and lGS, 40 retail
: liquor dealers.
IL Is said that Delany, one CT the Irish in
formers is to receive So5, 900 cash and fro,
pardon for his testimony in regard to the rs
sassination society. II will not be hard fol
tne English government to get all the confcs
SONS II wants at this price, but their trust.
worthiness would naturally decrease IN pro-
portion TO the amount paid for them.
Out OF forty-thrce wells in the city of
brooklyn Of whose water analysis was made,
'hlrty-ninc, that is ninety per cent, have
ncch unnt Tor human consumption Of
tnese wells twenty-onc have been closed. and
the others that have been condemned arc
Gill; wv 0'''''''''' ''"n-
Pics date back to the time of the Romans,
ana came originally from Picardy. Some of
The original pics, remarks an exchange. arc
Still on sale at railroad restaurants.
AT Conyers, Ca, slirewd photographer
takes unique way of attracting customers.
lie advertiscs; "Smal pox is again in the
country, and the people had batter come TO
Conycrs and have him strike them some pic
lures before ii is too late. Come and bring
all the family" 7
There is Il town in Texas that is not going
TO stand any nonsense. The authorities of
Marshall, it is asserted by the Louisville
C0u'7cr-J0arnai, have imposed a tax Of s.o5O
upon every ne xsdcaer selling the ST. I,,uia
GtoJe Democrat. 1t seems that this papcr ia
accused OF mlsrcprcscntng Texas and par,ic.
ularly The town OF Marshall.
During the year 1889 the labor bureau at
Castle Garden found employment for 81. 4os
immigrants-20,4 O1 men, sO07 women. The
wages ranged from 81 to slj month and
anu from to $3.50 a day for the men and
from IS TO $40 month for the women. Of
those employed there were Germans. 10, 1871
anu loOi women Swiss, 19l men and 43
women.
Inc l-ascIl Seminary at Auburndalc,
Mass, has adopted dress cutting us one of its
studies, the new teacher in this department
being Boston drcssmaker
The proprietor of one Albany hotel hus
placed in every room in his house u kuotted
rope long enough to reach the ground, and
fastened one end Of it to staple in the floor
POSSIBLY transient guests mag steal them for
substitutes for trunk straps
The general annual return of the British,
army for the year 1881 has been issued Ms u
blue-book. From this it appears that the
average strength of the army in 1sSl wa.
lSs.l9s as compared with 1888 1856 in lSsO,
and 1911 900 in 1870. The effective strength
on Jan. LIST, 1889, was $50, 1873 as compared
with 1ss,95s on the corresponding date of
1881, and 1911 ,e0i on that of 1880
Dakota contains $1,000, 900 acres, II terri
tory as large as Frame. Its present popua.
ton is 100000. The 5000 squire miles
known as the "}iaci Hills" comprise Ms rich
mineral deposit rs any in the world The
N'~"''''h S'ttl'i - tttulilllN htliNitt To
wheat growing, the Red River valley being
as fertile as that Of III, Nile Under the
Homestead act" section Containiu, 100
acres Of vrGin land can he secured at rnly
the outlay in money of SIS, the land office
fees
Since about the time when Arab fell little
has been said about the movements Of the.
PROPHET in the Seudan. But this rebel is
not dead or hardly sleeping. His army is
still at his back, he has control of n large re-
zion, and the fnnaticism of hi. followers docs
not decline. The Egyptian government is
reported to feel great anxiety over the con-
dition of affairs, and well it may. f. Meidi
may yet Guido Arab in making trouble for
the khedivc,
Somebody has discovered that the five cent
nckc! coin ought to be larger and thinner,
and the treasury department has ordered Il
change accordingly. This is all humbu-,
anu inc result will be nuisance. : me halt
dozen dollars, two or three halves aud q.iar- |
tiers, and ut least two five cents pieces are
now in circulation. To add another coin is |
prcpostcrous. The presen, nickel" has
definite weight and measurement according
To The metric system. The proposed coin |
VIII be an odd piece, of arbitrary siz,, aud |
Is apparently to be produced simply to graft.
ty some officials caprice. Congress ought
10 forbid such needless tampcring with the |
money OF the country.