Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-22

4 -2.e.,l despatch from VI ashington 10
the Boston Pos. says Senator Edmunds.
Of Vermont. stated this evening that he be-
lieyed he would decline the profsred Cir
cult Jui.r.hip as successor to Judge " ood-
ruff TIE alary i inadeq uate. and Edmund-
is satisfied with his present position a. Sen
ator."
\ despatch 10 the Boston Herald say
"TAe Senator said to-day that he was con-
siderinr the matter. but did not think be
would accept the place.
Joe n1cSer's fortune has been reduced d
good deai by mistaken speculations. In
these dsys when Il man has any money there
are hosts OF people who can tell him how 10
double IT, All that Wall street now sutssts
upon l. relatives. brothers-in-lsw. and re
tired ce- symen. Hearing that an uptown
rector hat . little pile. he was beset by SIX
brokers % the same Sabbath for confrma
ton The vestry Immediately md the COM
munion plate Gr9phlr.
Emperor william. of GERMANY, Is net a
man Nho cares much for luxury. The Rev.
Way.al H,yt. Of Boston, has visited bis
palace recently, at Berlin, and writes enter
tsiningly about it as follows. Tho En-
peror William does not seem 10 have any
thin re wishes % conceal. spent = very
int sing hour IN passing through the
palaca. wa ich i, his constant city residence.
Il j. 10. very grand, or even sumptuous.
BGt e4,,r * and yOu at once feel that you
are H. tas nome OF a soldier. Ii j. almost an
arsenal, ii Is 50 warlIke every way. Old
arm0r and new armUr, fragments OF shells
the meuentOeS of battles. models OF the dii-
ferent nds oI soldiers in their appropriate
uuilorln. models of various guns, great re
lief maps OF batilcisd@ aud fortresses-
these are Everywhere about. Almost all the
pictures. TOO. are martial-battle scene
after battle scene some of older conflicts,
others % thc motera fights IN which the
| Emperor himself is the conspicuous figure.
| | went into the Emperor's private study and
| library. | saw the chair IN which he SITS.
the desk at which be writes, the pile OF dis
patches awaiting his attention, the books he
uses. the pagers fresh from hls hand. 1t Is
mani.cstly voTkman's place-thI- study.
| The grin old Emperor il evidently no ldler.
| lie keeps his hand on things. | am told
that he j. at his table regularly every morn
ing q, Well, no one can help hOnorlns
the fearless old fellow amid such proofs OF
painstaking devotion to duty. Sixteen mics
from Berlin is P0tslam, the fsvOrite resi-
dence of King Frederick the Great. Here,
too, Is the present Emperor's summer PAL
ace. Well. there Is many country seat IN
America more splendid. | was most inter
estei Ia ,his palace, in the Emperor sleep
ing-roorn. 1t IS utterly plain. tbs bed -
bar single mattress upon narrow and
common bsdstead."
Another of the Popa's neat little lokcs IS
reported. young American girl, SIX feet
high. had Just received the Pope's blessing
at reception, and a. she rose from her
knees, Pope Plus began to smile at her
height, and babe her kneel again. Miss, y
he said, Il shall hare to give you blessing
and half" And he went on. smiling at
his joke.
" lillian J. Aahar, a native Of Burling
ton, VI, now a resident of Albany has been
nominated for Member Of Assembly IN the
Third District, on the Democratic ticket &,
and his election is considered certain. \
corre- poudent predicts that he will have
the heaviest vote ever polled jim the dis
tr.ct
Mr. sni .irs a. C. Spear, and Ars D..
E. Peck, arrived from Europe BY the
Bo.huis, 90 Wednesday and reached their
home "a Burlington last evening. They
STAY hu- ehort time, We believe, a. they
propose TO spend the wintor. as nsuai,
in Florida.
DR. Charles Denison. formerly of Royal
ton. and later Of Hartford. Conn, has
been elected coroner OF Arapahoe county,
Cni.,rad.