Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-21
POLITICAL AND Personal NOTES.

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beaten brass.
The Iowa State Register announces that
John A. Kasson will represent the Seventh
Iowa District in Congress 'as long as he
will consent to do it."
The New York correspondent of the Phil
sdelphia Ledger understands that Gen. Han
cock would not accept another nomination
for the Presidency.
Miss Frances L. Willard has started a
novel training-school in Illinois for lecturers,
and women who desire to do effective tenn
pcrance work.
Governor Foster says Ohio will have no |
regular candidate for President in 1884, but
thinks some one from that State NAV be
taken up for second choice,
j. ii. johnson, the candidate for land CON-
missioner on the Arkansas Republican State
ticket, is a colored man who has served in the
Legislature and has been candidate for Con-
gress.
The direful word comes from Washing
ton that all hopes of an adjournment of Con-
gress before the 10th of August seems to
have come to an end and it is possible the
session may last even to the Goth.
Instead of resgning his office as Assistant
Secretary of State for the purpose of accept
ing the English mission. j. Bancroft Davis,
IL is said, was compelled to resign. He
seemed to regard himself as Secretary of
State, and drew up dispatches contrary to
he xpichaG nF fhn
Frelinghusen requested his resignation.
The Rev. William Remfrey, curate in
England while out hunting, saw q hare and
| raising his gun killed it. The hare, II came
| to be known, belonged to Lord Halifax, and
the curatc being fined $40 for the abomina-
BILE crime, went to Jail because he hadn't
the SO. From this incident we learn that
curates are cheap and hares high in Eng
land.
| Since the downfall of the Southern Confed
eracy Mr.. Judah p. Benjamin, 'the brains of
the rebel Government has enjoyed great
prosperity us 4 lawyer in England. Recent
| ly, on looking over his list OF cases, he found
that it included Just half of all the suits from
the entire realm that were before the House
of Lords on appeal. His wife and daughter
now live in Paris, the latter having married
a French army officer.
President llinsdale, the authorized editor
ofLGcnera Garfield's works, says that they
will be published by Osgood & Co. of Bos
ton in November next. There will be two
octave volumes of $50 pages each, and they
will comprise 100 speeches. addresses, legal
arguments, and literary papers, covering
period from December, 1868, to March 4th,
1881, the time of the inaugural.
The late Ex-Governor Washburne's will
was filed at La Crosse, Wis, last week. 1t
bequcalhes, as has been announced, SO, 900
for the establishment and maintenance of the
Washbutne Memorial Orphan Asylum at
Minneapolis, and gives $50, 900 for public
library ut Lacrosse. Each Of his children is
assured an income of $1,000 year, with
so, 900 additional during the next five years
Many sums from 800 to $4,000 are left TO
neces nephews, cousins and friends.
OF the twenty -seven men who have held
the Office of Governor of New York only one
| has died in Office, while two have resigned
Three have been elected Vice-Presidents of
the United States four have been nominated
, to the Presidency, and one has been elected
TO that office. Five have held cabinet po-
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sitions
The Tariff Commission recently appointed
by the President seems to have taken hold
of their work in earnest, and in order to get
at all thee, various views which are held on
the tariff question have issued circular in
viting correspondence from all associations,
corporations and individuals interested in
the subjects of its enquiries, or desiring to
, furnish information or testimony for its con-
sideratlon in the discharge of lis duties. The
commission propose 10 arrange for the hear
ing or testimony 80 as TO save time, and hope
to present their report at the meeting of
Congress In December.
Personally Judge Black is described as
nearly six feet in heigth, with shaggy gray
eyebrows that in repose give his features a
s,crnness of expression which is quickly
melted away in the humorous expression OF
his ewes, or as the animation of expression
steals over his face, which has never worn Il
beard. He is of ruddy, healthy complex ion.
strong bodily frame and erect carriage, and
his careful habits Of living and cheerful mind
give promise of sill many years OF life. Mr.
Blacks wife, daughter of Chauncey For
ward, whom he married fifty-one years ago
still lives to grace his home. About the time
faith of the Disciples of Christ, or Camp
bellies" of which church he is still a men,
Der. Mr.. Blacks pen is hardly ever idle,
and Il volume of his writings, edited by en-
Senator Buckalew, has been promised.
Mr.. Chalmers says he intended 10 leave
the Democratic party even before he was
ousted from his stolen seat in congress, and
charges his trials and trbulations upon Sena-
tor Lamar If the combined Grecnbackers,
Republicans and Democrats friendly to him
elect him once more to legislative halls, he
promises not to vote for the Democratic
nominees for officers of the house, and that
on other questions he will vote as he
chooses.
Mr.. j. II. Randall writes from Washington
to the Augusta (Gcorgia) Chronicle: "A
gentleman well acquainted in Virginia
tells me that the Democratic party there is
still leadcrless and disorganized. In his
opinion Malone will carry the State next
time by larger majority than ever l
hope this is mistake, but should not be
surprised il it proved true The common
impression here is that we shall have losses
in the South but they will be more than
made up in the East and West
| Inc washington ctuT says VI tuc uhN
before the execution of Guiteau for the muir
der of President Garfield dune 800 bou-
quet of flowers was sent to the prisoner, and
afterward removed by the officers on suspi-
cion that it had been poisoned. DIR. Alexan-
der McWiliams, the assistant physician to
the jail took charge of the flowers and hand
ed the suspected rose from the centre of the
bouquet, and another flower to DIR. w. c.
Tilden for analysis. DIR. Tilden, at the labor
atory of the Army Medical Museum, made
an examination and found that there were
plain traces of arsenic in the rose-a sutii-
cient quantity to have killed several men had
they taken it. The results of the experiment