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

he preferred Ireland fora home, If he could be
permitted to live there. He went back, and
gave his whole attention to making his peace
with the people, succeeding so well by his
manifest good will and earnest endeavor to
remove every caus. of offence that he now
meets cheerful looks and friendly words
wherever he goes.
Mr.. Dorman b. Eaton is already besieged
by applicants for the patronage supposed to
at the disposal of the civil service commission
ers. OF course.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun says Mr.. Blaine is engineer.
ing movement to elevate Gen. Sherman to
the Presidency.
The death IS announced, at Leipzig, Of
Wolfgang Max Won Goethe, u grandson of
the great poet, at the age of sixty.two. lie
is described as having been an amiable but
very bashfu person. He published vol
ulhe Oh snort poems and long epic-lyric
poem, "Elftiedc.'
William, the son Of the poet Wordsworth,
who recently died in England at the age Of
seventy.two, had, Ike his llusirous father.
a strong affection for the Lake Country, and
has long resided within IA stones throw of
Rydil Mount. lie he d the office, once held
by his father, OF County Distributor of
Stamps.
In the Rhode Island Senate message has
been received from the governor recommend.
ing that the State tax be reduced from IL
cents to IL ccnts-a saving to the taxpayers
OF nearly 100000. Petitions signed by
neary 5000 persons have bccn presented
asking for prohibitory liquor amendment
to the Constitution.
The fellow Carey, who has turned APPROX
or in the Dublin assassination trials, appears
to be even worse specimen of humanity
than his own disclosures Of crminaliy and
his treachery would make him out. The
mi,creant is stated to have sen; the first letter
OF confidence to Miss Burke after the muir
der Of her brother in obedience to Carey's
white handkerchief signal
New York society is still gos,ippins over
the marriage of Mr.. Herbert C. Pail and
Miss Kitty Kernochan against the wishes of
the father of the bride. The ceremony was
performed in st. Augustine's Chapel, in the
presence OF two or three witnesses. The
family OF the bride move in the highest
ar.stocratic circles Of the city, and their OBJ
lection to the bridegroom is that he is not
blue blood"
Mrs. John Jacob Aslor has the largest and
finest diamonds of any lady in New York
probably in America. They are remarkable
for size aud b.iliancy, and represent labor
OF years to collect, match, size and shade. 1t
is only on rare occasions that she wears them
and when she does, detectives, who are
splendid fnc-similes of the society gentlemen
OF the period, accompany her to and from
the house or place she visits. At home these
diamonds are kept in a safe 50 built that to
rob it one must needs knock down part of
the house.
1t is Il little curious that in the sce-ssw of
things political the world over there should
just row be Il case of Ferry come up--Fer-
ry come down on the two sides OF the At
lantic. In France, with great reluctance, NJ.
Ferry steps up into the premicr's position.
and in Michigan, with reluctance quite akin
in quantity to that of his illu'rous French
namesakc, Mr.. Ferry, steps off the Senator
lal pedestal. Thus it goes and such is life
one man distressed because he has to take
office, and another vexed in spirit because he
can not do so.
L. j. Jennings, once editor of the New
York Times, and an Englishman, is the au-
thor of the recent article in the London
Qn1rttrLB on American novels in which
James and iIowells are q severely censurcd.
One little book Of Hawthorne, saws he is
worth all the labDrei and tedious writings Of
the nove.ists who boast of having founded a
new school of fiction, based upon the plinCi.
pie that thu best novels, is he who has no
story to tell, These two unhappy young
men have turned to novel writing as pleas
ant means OF acquiring profit and reputation,
without any natural gifts tor the work, and
They can No, invent r in,' tho, sa r,o,r,
they are not really American,
my pun each other in the same maglzinc,
,rr um " , .us portraits sott"ned DOWN
Z AHA ,n i J "s' 'Hc'l cph postlohs are
.o,vnJ ""' ''e"'' '''-'' 'i''eHuo's arc oor-
'"e"'
The Utah difficulty promises to get into
he surname Court of Tho Tni,od e.. +,
H.. ~ ''e' ''''e' III
-"u SO Vi 'iuio' NonHrcss, laSt summer, II
VIII be remembered, authorized the govern
Or TO appoint successors to certain elective
)iiicers, ns step in the suppression of polyg-
my. There has been bitter fight over his
ippu lntments ~ tue territorial courts, the
ienlles holding that Congress has authority
o enlct any SORT OF law for the territory, and
he Mor:nons rctorliug, with Jerc Back be-
lind them, that the people OF Ctah and the
'ther territories have constitutional rights
which can not be interferel with by Com
,ress under its power to make all needful
r. other nrnnariy hclnrG;n,, = 'r H. ''I[ iioly
states" An appeal from the Ctah Su
rene Court to the United States supreme