Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-30

Terms-sa. "a year, always in advance.
England and Turkey are going to di-
vide Egypt between them. Turkey will
take what is left.
The sun, in the person of it's office cat,
is great one to "smell IL mice" The san
smells big Republican victory in New
York State, next year.
Opium smoking is said to prevail in
Rutland. Rutland can't afford to go to
sleep just now. She has undertaken u
contract to outstrip the Queen City.
We print John Boyle O'Reilly's Pilot
editorial on the London explosions.
1t is six of the one and half-a-dozen of the
other. Mr.. O'Reilly is between Scyllaand
Charybdis.
Rhode Island is small State, but it
manages to keep up with the procession.
The Legislature is about to prohibit wo-
men and children from working more
than ten hours a day.
There are various ways of saving old
churches Boston tried one way with the
Old South she will try another way with
the old Hollis Street church. 1t is to be
converted into variety theatre
Tom Ochiltree Numbered into executive
session last Monday. This is not the first
time that Mr.. Ochiltree has been in eXecu-
tive session a good many of his state
ments are prepared with closed doors.
There are crimes against society and
crimes against humanity. OF the latter
kind was the crime of the Berlin doctor,
who was fined for not keeping himself
posted on modern methods of practice
The Independents of Irish blood in this
country have taken unto themselves an
organ-the Sentinel of Boston. The Sem
tinol will have no opportunity to sleep on
duty. AIS not quiet on the Independent
Potomac.
The neatesU thing said on the Nicaragua
question, was said by Senator Edmunds
we keep house." he says, ION two oceans
now, and when door is cut i'll the parti-
ton between, the key must be in Amer
lean hands"
The people Of Dakota are considering the
propriety of calling Il convention to form
a State constitutions appoint a time for the
election Of IL Legislature, and the election
OF Senators and Representatives in Con
gress, and then appeal to Congress for
recognition and admission.
Commenting on Nj Edmund Gosse'3
comparison of Boston, rs seen across the
Charles river, with Venice, gentleman
who has travelled abroad says that the
comparison fails in the most important
point for Boston lacks the high coloring
of Venice. And this of the city which
domiciles John l.. Sullivan
The death of Thomas c. Fields, one of
the famous-or rather. infamous-Boss
Tweed ring, calls attention to the fact that
very few of that annular brotherhood now
survive. How disappointment carries
men OIL And yet Mr.. Fields was not eX-
actly what the world would call IA disap-
pointed man. He died worth 81 ,0OO,OO
The newspapers are Whispering the
story about among themselves, that Mr.,
t,varts regards his election to the Senate
as a stepping SlOlt 10 lllt i-ItSluclty .
Some people won't let woman look at IA
man without having it that she is setting
her cap at him. The same thing might
he said of the attitude Of some newspapers
toward public men,
The New York sun learns from an au-
thority whose information seldom errs
that President Cleveland will appoint
Slas w. Burt, who was naval officer at
New York under President Hayes, to tn,
New York colectorship. The sun OBJ
serves that if this appointment is made
there will be some dissatisfaction among
Democrats.
The Nebraska legislature has voted tt
allow each member ten daily papers, tel
one-cent wrappers, and ten two-cen
stamps, for every day of the session |
is estimated that the resolve will cost thu
State $500, and that nine-tenths of TIN
members will carry stamps and wrapper
enough home with them to last them 70
the next five years
" Francis n. Bangs, the New YOrl
lawyer who has recently achieved som
additional notoriety by telling in Cour
about 'thc terrors of the press once sai,
TO the reporter Of a daily paper, "Thanl
God, there will be no reporters in Hea
ven ~ You are mistaken the embod
led "terror' grayely responded "ther
will be IA recording angel" Mr.. Bang
collapsed.
Chicago justice has sentenced William
K. Lyle reporter on the IjmcS,of tina
city, to two years Imprisonment for Al
assault with knife ON Il railroad eng
neer. The report adds that Lyle sis prou'
of claiming that he has killed his man,
This does not prove that the engineer
dead but it does prove that Lyle ought t
have more than two years
1t is not improbable that Editor Godkil
of the N, Y Evening Post and the otbe