Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-04

now Mr.. Hendricks $ medical adviser Is
catching it from the penny-wise press. 1t
is a hard lot to be doctor if you don't
achieve reputation and sometimes still
harder if you do.
We do not hear of any danger of an up
rising on the part of the dusky friends OF
Wandering Spirit Dressy Man,
"Man Without Blood" or the other par
Elephants in the Frog Lake massacre, who
were executed on Friday. The Canadian
savages set good example in this re
spect to some of the other races in the
Dominion.
Four Vice Presidents before Mr., Hen
bricks have died in office. Two Vice-Pres-
idents died during President Madison's
ncumbency-George Clinton of New
York April 90, 1872, and his successor,
Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts Novem-
Der %, 1913. William r. King of Alabama,
Vice President under Franklin Pierce,
died April IS, 1858. Henry Wilson, elect
ed President on the ticket with Gen
Grant in 1872, died November -, 1873.
Mr. Dorsheimer of the New York star
is burning his fingers, trying to attend to
two irons in the fire at the same time.
The Democratic contemporaries of the
star are beginning to clamor for the res
ignation of Mr.. Dorsheimer as United
States attorney for the southern district
of New York. They evidently think that
he can not be both great and good at the
same time-and we suspect that they are
right
The fact that Mr. Edmunds went to
President Cleveland on Friday, to advise
him not to run the risk of railroad jour
ney to indianapolis, in the present situa-
ton of affairs, when the death of the
President would leave the country with
out any executive head, and no one en-
| titled to fill the place even temporarily,
indicates quite distinctly that the Sena-
tor does not consider that there is any
President pro tenn of the Senate at pres
| ent.
The little Roman Catholic parish o
Notre Dame de Lourdes at Fall River
Mass, has the hardihood to assert itself in
square opposition to the authority of the
I
pointed for it-a French Canadian priest
or none, is its ultimatum This is spec
tacle to make ecclesiastical authority
stand aghast. The entire parish will
probably be communicated.
The civil service commission is not &c
have Mr.. Dorman b. Eaton after all. He
has declined his reappointment, on the
ground that the state of his health will not
permit of his assuming the duties OF the
office. 1t is to be regretted that Mr. Eator
will not serve on the commission. He ha'
proved himself to be beyond doubt. the
man for the place. The President vii
have to be very judcious in selecting his
successor.
, The victory of the ProhiDitionistS at At
lanta Ga, on Wednesday, is likely t.
prove crushing blow to the rum powe
in that State, rs it is confidently believed
that the example OF Atlanta will be fol
lowed by all the large towns in Georgia
The issue was watched with the creates
interest, and has afforded much encOul
agement to ProhibitlouiStS in all parts q
T. the country.
i The New York sun publishes an e.
=, haustive legal examination of the defenc
put forth by Postmaster-General Villas
regard to the foreign mails and steamshi
Il companies. 1t says, editorially "A Il
l. publican attack upon the Postmaster-Gel
: eral is, of course, to be anticipated, but "
lie Judge that good many Democrats wi
o likewise fail TO approve his course al
will agree with our correspondent
~ thinking that his reasons are inadequat
T. and that he has exceeded his authori
g in failing to execute the law
r. The storm which visited this sectiC
Wednesday seems to have been gener
throughout the country. What was
n driving snow storm in Vermont and els
in where was ii gale and sllood along L
w coast south of New York. The storm
ps usual started from the West-that proli
he section for atmospheric disturbances-lu
no Saturday Coming eastward, it rang
along the Atlantic coast, doing gre
damage at some points 1t is eyerywhe
of reported as one of the severest storms
is record at this season OF the year,
ed
ut lhere seems 10 DC serious uIssdllSlacll
Ic- with General Crooks management of
ne dian affairs iu Arizona and New Next
and the President has ordered Gene
II. Sheridan and Inspector General Baird
-" proceed thither and acquaint themsel'
g, with the causes Of the Indian troubles a
~, the remedies and precautions require
en- General Crook has been II square II
~ straight forward man and we do not
80 lieye he will be found seriously in fault
Iot A.. c.,,,, ,..,,,, 80 l,i, t,,,, Iot, -.
ners Both have more money than {
ar man has a right to have. Mr. Como
till worth a million at least, and Mr.. Moros
At two or three times rs much" 1t is int
MT, esting to obtain Mr.. Gould's estimate
of how much money man ought to ha