Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-21
Personal AND POLITICAL. NOTES

The Iowa State Register understands that
Congressman Kasson proposes to devote
much of his time to literary work after he
leaves public life, at the end of his prescn,
term.
Petroleum V. Nasby's son has been an.
pointed United States consul at Newcastle.
England. IIisnamc is Robinson Locke.
Nine. Carla Serena, the explorer and
writer, has been made an honorary CORE.
spending member of the geographical society
of Marscillcs, France. She is the frs,
woman ever thus distinguished.
For the first time since the invention of
printing German book has reached its one
thousandth edition, each of them numbering
5000 copies, thus making in all 5000 ,OOC
copies. 1t is primer by llacstcr published
by ID. G. Baedccker of Essen, which first ap
pcarcd in 1858, and reached its -hundrcdtl
| edition in 1868
The Democrats in the house are deter
mined to remove the colored employees with
out exception. Among those displaced i,
W. H. Smith, colored man who had beer
| librarian OF the house for nearly 20 wears
lie was so valuable an officer that from 1877;
to 1851 he was retained by Democrat,
| House.
The Washington gossips do not need mucl
basis for the construction of the most elabor
ate scheme. They saw Mrs. Blaine ant
Mrs. Logan walking up Pennsylvania avenu
together yesterday afternoon, and they i'm
| mediately jumped to the conclusion tina
these two politicians (and their husbands
had made an alliance for the control of tn
Republican National convention.
| Mr.. Carlisle is now feeling the thorns o
the Spcakership rose. Few bushes grow
more plentiful crop of them. The arrange
mcnt of tho House committees would be n
best terrible job even If every one of til
32o members were an ardeut patriot, on
anxious to occupy that place where he Nigh
best serve lis country. AS it is, what wit
secret intrigues and open appeals for tl
best places, the efforts of ambitious nc,
members 10 supplant old ones, who the
think have had their day, and the iealousie
and ieuds OF the veterans among themselve.
tue fortnight or so which each Speaker Ia
TO devote to his business is well calculated {
make him lose forever his faith in huma
nature.
The Senators who voted for Gen. NJ,
Cook for Secretary of the Senate, in the IL
publican caucus arc understood TO be A
dlicb, Cameron of Wisconsin, Dawes, Dolpl
Hale, H.wlcy, Hill, lIolr, Lapham, ii,
MILAN, Henderson, Miller of Coliiorni;
Miller Of New York, Morrill, Pike, Pint
sibin, Sawyer and Sherman. The twcly
who voted for George G. Gorham were
Messrs. Allison, Blair, Conger, Cullom, FIR,
ingalls,, Jones OF Nevada, Logan, Plunl
Scwell, Van Wyck, and Wilson. The thr,
ScnataIy WHO voted for Rlmslcll are stat
to be Messrs. Edmunds Harrison and Mite
ell.
| For Sergeant alarms, Scuator iIaHll
put in nomination Colonel W. p. Cnnnad.
of North Carolina aud Senator EImuu,
nominated Colo.el George W. Hooker
Vermont, Clndaday rec lived - votes a.
Hooker g.
Here is one Of Senator "ZcJ" Varc,
stories: "ln North Carolina a white IN.
was arraigncd for stealing chickens from
negro. The jury was composed of sevc
white men and five negroes aAd one of III
latter was made foreman. They came int
court and the clerk demanded: "liave va
agreed upon verdict y Eyes, sab
what is ~ 'Dc jury am gone Dem
cratic, sab, and de prisoner am not guilty