Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-03-11
Personal GOSSIP.

Gross and Lewis and Al.euty, sire famous London
s.lA mercer. whose shops are the o. wives
and the terror Of husbands.
personal GOSSIP.
The daughters Of Generals Sherman, Cox and
Butler sre not allowed TO dance the " German. 50
Queen Victoria is about 90 give her life for
her subjects She is now writing it.
John Norrissey has not attended This session
Of Congress and Senator spra que has been thero
very little.
Latest advice, from Paris announce sulstan-
aal improvement in the health Of senator Grimes
Of Iowa.
Miss Charlotte E. Ray, d young laiy OF color,
Is student in the law department of Howard
University.
The name Of signorina Albani, who is erea-
ting al operate furore in Messina, is an Iyilio
version of albany, her native capital
The daughters Of Sam Houston are not in
starving condition, nor anywhere near It. as re
ported
Francis P. Blair and wife are shI HEARTY after
their married life of sixty years. one day late
ly they rode thrty-tvo miles on horseback
The repo-. that Mr.. Goodwin Smith is TO re-
turn TO England is denied by that gentleman
himself lie will resume his lectures as the
Cornell University this month.
Mis-. Nellie Raymond ofsL Louis, recently
elected engrossing clerk OF tbe Missouri Senate.
is student Of McKeuiree College, and no. yet
sixteen.
Gen. Buffers photograph was recartlg sent 70
tae R3gue's Gallery in Washington by mistake.
a number Of persons declared that they in
mediately recognized him as an ola offender
The Newark .7i-c,t.s-r says that "Haa.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary Of State: General Bel
kusp, Secretary of War; ami 1Ir. Robson,
Secretary of the Navy, are all alumni Of Prince
tom
Miss Alice Cary, the poete--, Is dangerously I
i'll at her residence in New York city, She has .
been an invalid for many years, and her disease
is insiiious, painful and almost csrtain 70 even
tuate in death.
The Fathers attending the E1umen.ea, Council
are said to he hearty set of men. They look
strong and able 80 stand a great deal the ms
jority Of them have good square heads, and faces
that have a practical, common sense expression.
The inventor Of the autographs te!errspho
instrument is a Jesuit Of the Jesuits' College in
Rome. The instrument has been worked On
lines between Paris and Lyons for two years
past with entire satisfaction.
New York society has suffered dsapPoint-
ment in the recspture Of the Arcaduehess Eliza
beth. Of Austria. who was oyerJazJn at Hem
burg, just as she was running away from her
husband to embark for Amerisa.
A New Yolk reporter who paid visit to
Mcfarland day OF two since says be has grown
quite aeshy. His cell in the Tombs is quite
neatly furnished, and the walls are covered !
with purple muslin, which imparts cheerful
appearance TO tie room.
The Philadelphia Press ssys " We are en-
a5led to state upon Trustworthy authority, that
Paul Gus;sve D7re. VIII cross the ocean. in q
few weeks. with the intention Of making an ar
EStlc tour lIiNlEN tlN A-A-t-A A'lia0t-s li4tsuA
TO return to Paris IN ;ae autumn"
Marshal McNahou recently visited the Irish
College Of Paris, and was enthusiastically re-
csiyed by the students. lie stated that he VS. {
gratided al finding himself among bis auoieas a
compatrioies, ami expressed a hope of being
able to form an Irish settlement in Algeria. :
Mrs Dr. May Walker has brought seton s
against New Orleans policeman for not driy
ing away the crowd Of vulgar T;:le bows who
threw mud OF her psntaloons. This is jhe COS
tune that was muGiiei A chinchia cloak, p
trimmed with satin, a velvet hat, trimmed with
lace and gold wheat. hrosdeloth dress, cut in
gabrella style, and pants of the same. q
sIr Seward i. described as looking ten years v
younger than when be lef, the responsibilities p
and hsrassmeuts Of official life His face has :,
aord hue that might be expected in one far q
younger than himself, produced by sharp walk 4,
on a winter morning, His eye possesses an I'm V
usual lustre HIS movements are sstonshingly p
supple :.
Phil Montgomery, long The champion Of the Ia
chess players Of Phsjeplia, died in Nary Il
vile, Cal, recently, Of a paralysis with which "
he was first attacked last CHRISTMAS day. He N
was an elegant scholar, lawyer of merit, and, tn
After Morphy, was the most dsshing. brilliant
and interesting player in America though some
times oyermatchel in stold persistence. mi
At a late ball AZ the Iuileries Mrs Washburne, no
who, owing to Illness has lived retired life a. a..
ip to the present time, charmed every one by in
me grace aud amiability Of her manners 1t is tsl
said she has proved quite a diplomatic success. d
Mrs washburue is descended from some of the n,
Early pioneer French settlers in the West. and de-
.pesks the language duently. hi
Jasper Blackburn. Louisiana member Of the ia
10Th Congress, who boldly oonfesses to the sale ns
f cadetships, is an ola resident Of Louisiana, on
nd represented the district bordering on Ar OF
.ansas. He resides at Homer, and is the editor =.
Z the Homer Iliad, IS the staunch and fear air
sss unionis1n of which has twice subjected it to Dol
mob viststious Blsckburn's extreme boldness a ;
nd personal popularity among his neighbors ber
ave alone saved him from treatment of the III
oughest sort. and has probably more than once
tayed the hand Of assassination itself g.,
Squire Shelton, who has married four thou TO
and couples during his IS years Of AIagistIacy pa
Aberdeen, O., died last week, At the age Of ~ ~
2. 1t was he who gave Aberdeen the name Of pu
he =. Gretna Green Of America Thither elop- cor
nr lovers fed at all hours Of the day or night, Pc
nd were speedily msrriei. the Squire getting pla
ut of bed and performing the ceremony in his 10
birt alone. or conducting it from his bedroom ma
Tindow when there was less time. So many -
id be msrry without strictly conforming to til
he letter of the law, that the Legislature Of mo
.entucky, few years ago, found it neces-
AIRY to pass special act legalizing his mar
sges. no,
The Paris Figaro on the late disturbance in we
sris remarks ." In a nation Of forty-eght Of
,iIlions there will always be certain number Loi
fools and certain number Of rogues TO take In.
lyantage of their folly. There vas no political to
yht. no social question at stake. Only as a gin
after of humanity was there any interest in the rep
after the sole result of this wretched adven- frol
Nc |. a broken head to come unfortunate vaga- Ncr
md And yet our system Of centrslizstion the
YES sucb an interest to anything dating from Pile
wis that all France is in excitement over this tive
rody of revolution" eias