Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-22

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THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
G. G. BENEDICT, Editor.
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Geronimo seems to he taking more at
tention at Washington than the entire
Dominion of Canada.
Cuba has liberated her last slave. Her
slaves have been paid for and freed at Il
cost of $3.50 each 10y the Spanish govern
ment
The incendiary that set a number of
fires in Harmony, ILL.,, has been discover
ed. 1t proves to be an excessive insurance
policy.
Grant Master Workman powderly is
hereafter to have salary of $4,000 per
annum He will earn it, if he preserves
anything Ike harmony in the ranks of the
Knights of Labor
One of the Taylor brothers, the Tennps-
see political showmen has fddled him
self sick aud been obliged to retire from
the stump, and the other brother now has
the Geld all to himself.
In order to get rid of the onice-seekers
who were hunting him, President Cleve-
land was Obliged to 90 hunting himself
Like all homeopathic remedies, this medl
cine must he rather pleasant to take
Was the FREE PRESS deceiving its read
ers, in its statements of the results of the
September election, on the senatorial
question-ur were the anti Edmunds pa
pers, which made the charge, trying to
deceive their readers
The antiEdmunds republicans in the
Legislature, it seems, do not amount to
one to a county. No county sent more
than one; and the counties OF Addison,
ESSEX, Grand Isle, Lamoile, Orleans and
Windham did not send any
A suspicious feature, and Il bad one, of
all assemblies of the Knights of Labor, is
the secrecy with which all their proceed
ings are conducted. If the intentions and
the deliberations of this body are all above
board why this policy of concealment
Mrs. Grundy has reformed. At the
earnest solicitation of the friends of the
birds she has at last consented not to wear
these innocents upon her hat-only their
rings This is about the extent of most
of Mrs. Grundys reforms. She is inuor
rigible
1t is a remarkable state Of affairs that
prevail in Chicago, where $50 of Pinker-
tons men are under arrest on the charge
of murder. If they should be brought to
trial, however a new degree Of murder
will have to be established to meet the pc
culiar circumstances of the case.
The destruction of the town of Sabine
Pass, Texas, by the waters of the Gulf
swept over it by an unparalleled gale from
the South, seems to have been complete
Ninety persons are known to have lost
their lives and others had narrow escapes,
saving nothing except life.
Somebody accuses Mr.. Henry GeorS e o.
plagiarism. If the charge is true, it shows
no Inconsistency on Mr. Georges part
His doctrine Of the common ownership OF
property of course applies TO literary pos
sessions, as we'll as to land.
The St. Adams Messenger says the FREE
PRESS has apoogized for Mr.. Phelps but
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FREE PRESS thinks Mr.. Phelps made a
grave mistake when he declined to intro
duce Mr.. Rice: and a blunder when he
put his reasons for his refusal in writing
EX-Gov. KiTkwood of Iowa thinks that
the Republican party has done more dur-
ing the thirty years of it, existence for
labor and the laborng man than any
other political organization here or else
where has done in "A century" The soon
er the laburug men of the country realize
this fact, the better it Will be for them.
Our readers will remember the uOuori-
Gus Mrs Sarah f.. Howe, whose swind-
ling operations connected with her
"WOmau's Bank" in Boston, caused her
to serve Il term in the Massachusetts
House of Correction. Mrs. Howe is now
free again, aud up to her old tricks She
has started another bank and is anxious
to invest money at : per cent II moHth.
The authorities have their eye on her,
however and her new scheme may not
work
PASSPORT Me, which was 50 nearly de-
stroyed by fire last week, is one of the
great sardine packing centres, where her
rings are immersed in oil and stamped
with the name of the toothsome delicacy
which most people suppose they are. II
will he Il question with some people
whether bogus sardine factories ougIt
not to burn
The republicans OF New York city have
made Il worthy selection in nominating
Theodore Roosevelt tor mayor He is 4
good representative Of what is best II
the young republicans of the Empire
State-a genuine retormer firm republi
can, IA true, high-minded gentleman, an