Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-05
Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.

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or its salary. The present duties of the office
are not burdcnsome.
Dorsey is well enough 10 furnish two pages
Of interview to the New York HeraId and,
he is not well enough to attend his trial---at
least he has 50 sworn.
The attorneys of llrs. Laboucherc, in the
suit TO secure an American divorce from
Richard Pigeon, her first husband, state that
Tue proceedings will probably be stopped and
the suit abandoned.
Mr.. Knox, to succeed whom as United
States ma'shal joel Erharlt was appointed
Thuridly, denies that he has been removed,
and says he seht in bis resignation Of his own
accord several days ago.
General Sherman denounces as an inten-
tional fasehood the statement in a New
York paper that he has lcen received into
the Catholic Church.
The Virginia City, Nevada, Enterprise says
that Senator Miller Of California will vote for
| Fitz John Porter, and that Senator Jones has
written to the Enterprise to say that he has
gone over the whole case and IS satisfied that
Porter is inpoclut
After the turbulent scene in the House of
Representatives last Saturday, Congressman
| Reed sarcastically observed, "Thc House is
showing the country that its verdict of No
vembcr III is deserved
Senator Frye of Maine favors reform in
the civil service not only because it will be
beneficial to the government, but also for the
reason that the "blne of public man to. day
| is the importantly Of oflice-seckers, and his
weakness comes from the distribution of fed
eral patronage
Mrs. Mary Crowniugshicld Sparks, widow of
Jared Sparks, formerly president of Harvard
college, has just published volume ol
poems, of which the Boston 7ranscrj.t
speaks in terms Of highest praise.
The Chinese minister, vino lives quite 81 mp
ly at Washington, dcvotes 100000 a year
to the support Of the poor in the proviace OF
Hon Nan.
Shelby Cullom, the governor Of Illinois
and probable Republican candidate for Sem
a,or, is a tall, somewhat Lincon-likc man,
wary cOnsidcratc, wise, careful who has
made such au acceptable governor for two
long terms that the Republican column re-
mains unbrOken in the midst Of disasters
| elsewhere.
Mr.. W. W. Story, the sculptor, has been
commissioned to supply statue of Chief
Justice Marshall. He is to have SEQ,
whcrcwith, and two years time wherein 10
| "a. L.,, Ill 4 II
he given place to the cast of the Capitol
building at Washington.
Reports come by the way of Paris that
King llumbet Of Italy is sinking into con-
dition of confirmed melancholy. For days
together, says correspondent lie does not
speak a word 10 any human being. lie ap-
pears at the Queens receptions, but docs not
open his lips.
\ Washington letter says Senator Logan is
clearly Ont with the President, through the
initiative in this case was taken by Gen. Ar
thur, who thinks that Logan played the adj
mlnls'rati)n IL very mean trick 10y securing a
lot of good appointments and then hlcng
away to New Mexico to let the adninlstra-
ton fight its own battles in November.
p,.. ~ LOUIS
i'lanc' t'e rr'hch staleshiah ana asltator'
who died the othcr day, was his dwarfsh
size The wife of an English church digni
tary once almost drove him into state of
suicidal frenzy by asking him, when he was
detained in her country house by a storm,
whether he would mind sleeping in chida
bed. Another day, at Brighton, he was rem
dered suptcmcly wrctched because lie was
tax ut Ia for al,
'aNcn ut '''' i"''''on 'or "eh' ION ihumo'
Hon. Joseph T.. Mcdonald of Indiana,
has been telling his "reminiscences of Abra.
ham Lincoln. lie reports "Old Abe as say
ing The death penalty is one of the most
uiliicuit qu.sllohs win winch nave to deal.
Nhen soldier deserts to go over to the en-
envy ana IS captured, let the law taNe its
COURSE Du! Wheh man mas Decn long time
and who, when ON picket. gets to thinking Of
his wife and children, and breaks for tall tim
oei' nc'e' 'e' '"eh h"'li hair oil his
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Judge Gildcrs,ecve of New York, in PASS |
inr sentence unon Il vounr n;cknocket +, ,,o,
-. ~ '"A'
.'. iece"''.' sa'u II nHs oeeh urscu on
your behalf that you are young politician, |
and consequently entitled to the clcmency Of
the court. II you begin stealing as a polil- |
can 50 young, | don't know where you will |
end. My opinion is that YOU should be nip |
ped in the bud"
1oror,or Davis o,u,ru,,,,,, c,oo
o,De''o" iD'''' Vo'''''''V' 9ioV 10 'ne
ora, ,uo', ST.. -
,ha, Lie MN. 1yo0 40, ,aor 800 -,
desire to aid in the work.
Tho Nov, yor,, y,.,b,n, ,.los tho p,,r,a
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cypress 10 TASK ior cfedi'lhS MARK IVAN
W. wy I', O'o'"u's' punch
soy ""'H ''''" WHY