Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-02

1t has been fearful Winter In low
, Eleven drunken pnupcrs have been frozen
death.
The London Times says the cry Of distre
in Great Britain, If there is any such, com,
from The rich rather than from the pool
and It hears from every side of reduced C,
penditure under the pressure Of reduce
means.
AT Chinese theatre in san Francisco, re
Gently, the curtain was rung down after
performance lasting only III hours, the regu
lation time being 12 hours. This curtail
ment OF their enjoyment SO inccnsed the alI
dlencc that riot cnsued, and the police 4u,
to be called / . to eject the disturbers.
A Virginia minister was preaching ser
mon on 1.-THE Prcdigal Son." when youn
proiligatc in the congregation, thinking him
self the person described, drew q revolve
and was with difficulty prevented from shoot
ing the pastor,
"loung Mrs. Winthrop" has had an OK
traordinary run at the Madison Square Thea
tire, New York, and although another pla,
has long been ready to go on the stage, it.
production is delayed. 1t was not supposed
that young Mrs. Winthrop" could las
longer than January, but it still holds it.
place.
Recent investigation into the density OF
population in Paris, as published in the
Globe OF that city, develops the fact that
there are GS, l2G houses, with population of
2,260,OOO inhabitants, giving an average OF
50 persons TO each house In New York the
average number to each dwelling house is 16,
IN Boston eight, in Philadelphia nearly six.
There are more individual owners of houses
who reside in them IN Philadelphia than in
any other city in the United States.
A novel newspaper enterprise is said to
have been set on foot Paris, probably by
English promoters. Report has it that the
leading contents of The London daily papers
are to be tclegraphed to Paris, translated aud
published there at 0 a. m, and that when the
French eclectic has been successfully cstab-
lished an English duplicate is to be issued
for the special benefit of English and Amcri-
can readers. Concessions for the use of di-
rect wires are said to have been granted, but
whether or not the propiiCtOrs of the London
papers are agreeable to the project is not
stated
military hero of Hawaii, whose occupa-
ton is rather slack just now was employed
to distribute number Of cards of invitation
to the recent coronation of King Kaakaua.
1t was steamer day, and the soldier thought
to awe and crafty group OF passengers by
exhibiting the invitations, for one of which a
lover of curiosities at once offered him a
round price The bargain was completed
and not only completed but also followed by
numerous repclitlons, until the passengers
had all the invitations that they wanted and
the soldier more money than he had earned
in month Sundry loyal subjects # the
King have been wondering ever since why
they were not hidden to his coronation.
A free kindergarten association was organ
lied year ago by some wealthy clizeus OF
Chicago for the purpose Of gathering up
from the highways and byways tho
idle, the abandoned aud deprived chill
dren OF the streets OF the city aud civ.
teachers of intelligence and culture The as
ISOLATION has nov eight kindergartcns in
operation, tue expenses of which have been
met by the churches, Temperance, orginiza-
tons and wealthy individuals, The number
of children enrolled du,iag the year was III IA
aud a normal class has been established, with
an enrolment of 60 te iclcrS. The frenus
of the movement are naturally enthusiastic
over its success.
The Mahdi, orprophct OF the Soulau, is tie.
scribcd as one Mobamed Ahmed a Dongo
liam. He is lhcrtine but has been ordain.
cd sheik, and has gained reputation 70,
sanCiity by playing the hermit lie has IN
creased his influence by marrying numeio
wives among the wealthy families, keeping
within the prescribed number Of four by 9
resort, when necessary, to divorce. In May
1881, he openly proclaimed himself to he the
prophet foretold by Mohammcd, preaching
universal equality with community of goods
for all believers, and death to all who reject
ed him. Like most prophets, he was de-
nounced by his own townsmen, who think
HIM mad In appearance he is tail and slim,
and wears a black beard. He reads and
writes with difficulty, is head of local or
der OF dervshes, and has shown much tact
in uniting the discordant tribes. The mum.
Der OF trbesmen who follow him is estimated
at about $3.50 souls
The House has blocked the neat little
scheme Of two or three New York stock
spectators to secure the possession of large
land grants and exclusive privileges in the
National Park On the Yellowstone. and 10
prevent any more such projects. has voted
to prohibit the secretary OF the interior from
leasing any portion of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park to any person, company or cor
poration, for any purpose whatever, declar'
ing OF no force or effect any lease, agreement,
exclusive privilege or monopoly already
granted or entered into, and authorizing the
secretary of war to make the necessary de-
tails of troops to prevent trespasscrs or in
tuders entering upon the park with the
object OF destroying game or for any othei
purposes prohibited by law.
There is on view IN Paris at the prcsen,
time bed of rare and singular construction,
dian prince, and is about to be sent out to
him. The bedstcad, which is Of satnwOoi,
with large plates of silver repoussc work, is
very beautifully carved and has cost upward
of f2400. The most original part of this bed
is the mattress, which has been fitted up as +.
musical box, So that directly any one lies
down ii plays tunes selected from Gounod's
operas At the four corners of the bed are
four statues representing young girls OF
Greek, Spanish, Italian aud French national.
ity, their only ornament Being gold snake
bracelet twisted around the wrist which holds
the fan they are waving over the sleeper. By
an ingenious continuance of the artist en-
ployed to cast these statues, the eyes have
been made to move; and the realistic ap-
pearance OF these yonng laiies is heightened
by the addition of four wigs in four shades OF
color, supposed to betypical Of each Nation.
The arms of the rajah are carved at the head
of the bedstead, which though In shocking
bad taste, is a marvel Of workmanship.
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