Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.

Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.
Lewis d. Campbell, prominent in Ohio
politics for many years, and chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee Of Congress
several years, but long since retired to private
life, died at Hamilton Sunday.
Representative Dunnell of Minnesota,
thinks he has secured enough Republican
votes in tho Minnesota Legislature to defeat
Senator WINDOWS re election, though there
il no chance of his own election.
The Liquor League gave an elaborate
banquet to the Democratic State Committee
Of Indiana 10 emphasize the obligation the
liquor men felt toward the Democratic party
for killing the prohibition amendment.
Mrs. llalric, Bcecher Stowe expects to
pass the coming Winter on her planta ion NJ
Mandarin Florida. Her orange grove,
which was set out when she established her
self there not long alter the war numbers
something over 100 trees, and from - of
them she now rcaps an income OF 81 500 Il
year.
Mr.. y. H. Moody has sent word by cable
TO his friend. Rev. George F. Pentecost, Of
Brooklyn, that there is not the least founda-
ton for the statement that he is suffering
from nervous prnstration. On tie contrary,
he says he is perfectly we'll
The debt experiments in Virginia and Ten
nessee are encouraging the Arkansas Demo-
Gratis to repudiatc about thirteen millions of
the State debt Two years ago a proposition
to Tins effect was voted down, chiefly through
the instlumcntality of the Republicans.
Now the r,pudlalurs claim to have ma or-
ity Of the new Legislature, aud it is SAID 10
be the plan TO try again this dishonest
scheme.
Herbert Spcncer's return voyage seems to
have had favorable effect upon him, as lie
telegraphs back TO his friends in this country
that he ia much better.
The late la,nen,ei Jesse James Is to have
$1,000 red Scotch granite monument erect
ed to his memory. There are many who
will remember him without the aid of any
sculptuied shaft.
Eugene lIalc's old schoolmA.er, down in
Maine, says that some of the farmers boys
who wore better clothes than Eugene used to
laugh at him. Some of those same boys are
now cking out an existence on fifty acres of
clay and swamp land while Eugene is
United States Senator and the husband Of
lady whose rs ate will soon he valued Mt a
mill N and half Of money.
Virginia has total voting population
1884, 900. of which 206, 900 are whites and las
900 are blacks. AT the late election At least
1907 900 white people did not vote.
Iowa newspapers are already pressing the
claims of Senator Allison for the Republican
Presidential nomination in 1884.
Congressman Cyrus Carpenter of Iowa
isn't shedding tears over his failure 10 secure
a reelection. Il have as good II farm as
there is in Iowa. lie says land no man who
has that needs any ones sympathy
Mr.. George W. Cable of New Orleans, has
been engaged to deliver II conrse OF six lee
lures before "The Johns Hopkins Unniversi-
ty," Baltimore, Md, during the month OF
March next, Mr.. Cable. in his lectures, will
sns;n,,, ' TIC ioc,',os hatoro ,h;s hondSom,,,
il, ondowod and f,our,shira son, ~ ieornino
cvo,v W;n,cr ore or nonnisr rho, ;nvi,a,;ons
aro 3;e;cult r. oh,oir az Tho SEASON tba, ,ho
Ioc,uro h al ;o onIv canabio of Observation-Disclosures
few hundred persons.
Mrs. Garfelds new house in Cleveland
cost fifty thousa nd dollars.
Donp.Tour. n Chinese artist at Chicago
has acquired quite a reputa,ion as por,rait
naintcr
r, ,,- u
Inc iale lh"rio" weed uSed 10 FAY 'he
Lords Prayer every night before going to
sleep. at is q relief to me-" he said to a re
nor,or coma r,or,bs ogo. "I co,,d M, s,eon
j'hn,, i, came, h..,;eve md clnno, h..
h,ornn, ~, w. boi,owo ,h., H., rurnose NJ onr
10 10 fnlS,,'.d hw our short cx,s,eucc
H. 10 rs mo ,h,. sx;s,ence of an,,hcr wnrld
i. . nscas'arv snnnIcment If his 10 odius,
'ss ;non,s,;r ;.s apd ,mbue II with moral sic.
n;scan,,
The refinemcnls OF public station IN Ar
kansas are exemplified in a political case lust
1oo;aod Il, ,ho JefyerSor circu;, court of ,h,,
n.N" -. - -
state. mayor sueu lhsnioer Vi congress
eject ,or Tue va,ue Vi T srIs'ees !" securing .nc
!al'ets nohina'ioa ar ine ,, SUN o,'',eu mas
wv" huIu,cu nnu my uoi'ns, o"' 'no Jury
awarded .ne P'arn.ii on,y aom, one ais VI
lha' amount. inc Paynient was resisted W
.he ue.ehuau. SIMPLY ueoau h .le oii' mns GA
Vs. in inv v;cim;,y 'o mod w ,,ns a ,hs