Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-28
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Jesse d. Bright, who was expelled from
the United States Senate in 1861, died at his
residence in indianapolis last week. In his
day Mr. Bright was one Of the ablest lawyers
in Indiana, but sixteen years ago he was
with paralysis in New York city
and has been an almost helpless Invalid ever
since lie was native of Norwich, y. "
and was about seventy eight years OF age.
Among his surviving children IS Ii. j.
Bright, Sergeant alarms Of the United
States Senate.
No end of newspaper space has been de
voted 20 making cabinet for General Gar
field, but the latest report from Mentor is
thai the Prcslicnt-elect has not proiiied by
any Of these Suggestions. The cabinet has
vet to bc named.
The New York World DEM recently
said that General Garfield has probably
more mental force and has been closer stu
dent of political history than any man VINO
has been chosen to the Presidency during
this generation"
The New York World says that Hon.
Bardwell Slotc, the Congressman OF the
mighty Dollar" was drawn after Phlictns
SAWYER, recently elected Senator from Wis
consin. The "Cohosh dcestrict' is Oshkosh.
Father Edward Purcell, the man who was
responsible for the great financial crash IN
Catholic circles at Cincinnati two years ago
died Friday at aconvent aged 13years. Arch
bishop Purcell began many years ago rcceiv-
ing savings of small depositors in his church,
and loaning the money to other Catholics who
needed II and to churches and benevolent
societies. lie entrusted the whole business
TO his brother, Father Edward, and in time
it grew to vast proportions. Father Edward
managed it without any regard to business
principles, keeping no accurate recoids'
and sometimes loaning large sums TO Cathollt
merchants without so much rs note OF hand
for security When the crash came, which
took four millions ont of the pockets OF
needy people no one was more surprised
than lac.
If there remain in this country any ardent
admirers of cheap money, they should mol
tarrv. but haste TO Peru. There one gold
dollar equals eleven of paper and shoes c"s'
all the way from So to so per pair Cabin
passage from Callao to New York ispur
chased for $1,000 III Peruvian paper. SiN
officers from a United States vessel recently
got their dinners at a Lima restaurant. Inc
bill therefor was SG0 but the keeper gladly
tool, Sc in gold and gave receipt in full.
The Wisconsin Legislature will soon take
up the subject of female suffrage. y reso
luton amending the constitution 50 as ID
allow women to vote was passed by the las'
Legislature. If it is passed by the present
Legislature the people will vote on it.
1t is rumored that Mr. Howells is to resigl
theeditorsilp of the -Atlantic.
Church debt raiser Kimball has visited ont
hundred and sixty churches and raised di
rcctly AMI indirectly some S1l 900, 900 from
church members.
Charles IL. Van Wyck, the newly-electct
Senator from Nebraska, formerly took Al
active part in the politics Of New lork. ant
few years ago moved 10 Nebraska City
where he is now engaged in farming. Ate
serving as District-Attorney of Sullivan
county, n Y, IN 1850, he was elected to TN
Thiriy-sixth Congress rs Representative, ant
was reelected to the next House, and serve'
/ as chairman of the committee on Govern
ment contracts. When in Congress, h
| acted as colonel of volunteer regiment, an'
in 1865 was appointed a brigader-general b.
| brevet. lie was reelected to the Forfeit
| Congress, in which he served as Chairman
the committee on retrenchmcnt.
Hon. johnson \. Camden. the new Sena
cor from West Virginia, is one of the mos
prominent men in the State. and is suppose
| TO be its wcathiest citizen. lie is about D
wears of aye. lie owns bank, oil refinery
half dozen steamboats, trading on the ON
and Kanawha rivers, as many coal mlnes,a an
as many more manufacturing interests.
The movement TO make all the electio
laws of New York apply to primary meet
inrs IL, meeting with much approval
New York city the primary action OF he
publicans is taken by number of assocla
tons whose members do not constitute ont
tenth of the party vote. The plan involve
the REGISTRATION of the members of a part
lust as the whole vote is registered now.