Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-19
MATTERS AVID THINGS.

An international exhibition will be opened
in Calcutta next December, and will close on
Feb. 20, 1884
The limit Of interest on money in South
Carolina has been raised by the Legislature
from seven to ten per cent
Theatre gocrs in Germany get good deal
for their money. When Gocihes Faust
was lately played at Mannheim the perform
ancc lasted eight and onc.quarter hours, for
the curtain rose at 5 p. M, and the piece was
not finished until a quarter past 1 IN the
morning
A movement is on foot to erect a suitable
monument over the spot on Bay Isl
and, Lake Eric, where those killed IN the
battle of Lake Eric were buried after Perry's
victory.
To London Truths position that sin no
other country in the world do men hold their
convictions with so much energy as in Eng
land Edwin Arnold replies that Sin no
other country is so much nonsense so firmly
believed
Mary Cross OF Covingten, Ky, became
enragcd at the son of her employer, Robert
Hemingway, and, as the Cincinnati Gazette
said, 'shot at him five times hut failed to hit
him, Tor which she was sentenced to $500
line aud years Imprisonment" The fail
urc to Int appears to be serious oirensc in
Kentucky.
1t has long been questioned whether an
employc of railroad could recover of the
company for injuries received under any cir
cumsances while in the line of duty One
Cummings, an engineer employed on the
Grand Trunk road, was very severely injured
lew years ago and the company was sued
Tor dlmagcs. The case was appealed from
the Circuit Court to the United States Su
preme Court, and the court holds that the
company is liable for injuries inflicted upon
employees by its own negligence or that Of its
servants, other than tie injured one, thus
settling long disputed question.
The comptroller Of New York reports that
he has in his hands $4,000 deposited in June,
1881, 10y the chairman Of an assembly COM
mitcec who received it from another mem.
her whD, for his part, declared that it had
been offered him a. Il bribe for his vote in
the contest fur United States Senator. The
comptroller naivcly adds that it is safe to as
sumo that 10 one will appear to claim the
money, and therefore recommends that il be
aided to the general funds of the State, tins
procedure being quite just in view of the fact
that SjOuO were pad by the State for coun-
sci fees in an investigation to discover the
truth Of the matter.
The imperial German posoflice practically
controls the newspaper trad" of the empile
Every posotlice is ready to receive sub
scriptions for not only any German journal
but almost any newspaper of note pub
lIshed in the world. Tho new catalorn,
OF tue German posloilicc for 1888. which i.
just published, shows a total of S412 news
papers,
Siguor schira, the Spanish inspector gen
eral of forests, in his last report, says tina
the famous chestnut tree on Mt. Ena
which still lives, measures Ga metres il
circumference at its base. It's age is cslna
ted diff rrntly; some attribute to it 1000
some 2OOO years, and recent studies give /
at lcas $50 years Almost all the Italian
provinces cultivate the chestnut. these tree.
occupying total superb les in Italy of abou
406, / IA acres The most are found in ,h
province OF Lucca, SonGi 10 and Genoa. Tn
total annual produce of chestnuts 1ruiU /
about ., 1Gs, 436 quntnls. The expectation
is about 10000 qunta's, at profit of abou
2 OOO,O0o. There are several methods o
preserving the fruit-frpm sugariug tn
tstnuls to slightly boiling and then dryin
then, or having them when newly ga,hcre
in November among perfectly dry sand, il
vases, and buryiEg the vas IS in dry earth
when they will remain fresh and good Ill
tho next June.
Forcwarncd in the mater of smallpox
forearmed; universal vaccination is til
price Of safety. The scourge has been activ
at Minneapolis, and is very bad ut Baltimore
It's appearance at these widely separate
places, us well As al intervening points ind
Gates that no city is secure from 1t this VIII
ter. People not already protected will
wisely not to await the coming OF an cpdcn
ic
The daily reports from Chicago very pair
ly indicate that that city is Just at present
capital place to 1--we out Of. Street footpad
armed with deadly sani-bags, masked burr
lars, gamblers, swludlurs, and socialists al
pear to make the city Il very Mecca to The
lawlcss guild, and intimatibns are not wan
ing that the uniformed servants of the co
poratlon are sleeping if not active partners
the resultant spoils,
Kentucky had in stock Nov nearly go
600, 900 gallons of whiskey, and its value c.
cceded that of the entire crop of corn, whoa
, oats and tobacco in the State. Whiskc,
: making is the one great commercial industl
, of the State, and its chief city Of Loui
vile seems almost entirely devoted to /
| Hna 81 L. Il. IL. Al
, year was 80, 900, 900 gallons, of which moi
of the whole country WAS but 1916, 600, u
, gallons.
Recent dispatches from Chicago indica
9 that an immense pool has been formed
Y control the price OF corn and that, by its [
. fOrls,thc price of this clmmolity has in Il
. last week been forced up seven cents p
bushcl. II these large operators are to
permitted to continue their gambling opcl
lions, il would seem that some action is nc
n cssary to restrain them from gambling in Il
Is netcssaries of life, producing everywhere lo
!, and suilcrin. among tic innocent.
# The steamer Labrador, of the Genei
6 Tran satlantc Company, which sailed fro
u New York last week, took out 200, 900 eC
;, OF the lake whitcilsh, aud 80, 900 eggs Of d
c lake trout, for the Socirtc d'AcciImata,io
l. Paris. The Oder, If The North Germ
C Lloyd's line, sailing on the same day to,
c 900, 900 whitelish eggs, 100, COO lake tro
C eggs and $4,000 brook trout eggs for I
!. Dcutschc FiScherci Nor,in, Germany. T
s eggs were sent by Professor :. +. Baird t
: Commissioner OF Fisheries OF the Unit
l. States, from the Station nj y rhicld, Mic
,e The Interchange of fish eggs has tccome
II late years frequent act Of Information
l. courtesy, and tHe United States is consian,
NJ receiving valuable fishes and their eggs fro
W abroad.
IF The poslmaster-gencral of jar an has
Z. Gently published his tenth annual report, fro