Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
rERsONAL ANp POLITICAL NOTES.

! 4'"JV iiaifls)ni OF enc lgO, Is mentioned
rs The probable candidate Of the Democracy
Tor tic presidency in 1884.
officer kcarncy, who arrested Guteau.
refuses to join n Western circus and 60 on
exhibition.
Inc family record of Joseph Thompson
OF Simmons Gap, Ga, lists nine wives and
% children.
1onng Daniel Boone, great grandson Of
'hc explorer of old Kentucky, delivers par.
GELS Tor one Of the great Broadway firms of
New York on II salary of Il 80 a week.
Senator Warner Miller will deliver ill.,.
opening address at the second annual cyhibi-
tlon OF the National mining and industrial
exposition at Denver, COL, july I'M nov,
The exhibition will close Sept. ion.
Bishop Warty Of Dakota, says that Sitting
Bull will soon join the Catholic church.
Two thousand Indians in Dakota belong to
The Catholic church
Nlrglnia's monument OF Robert T.. Lee will
b. unveiled at Lexington ON the 9TH of June.
Jefferson Davis will preside, Gen. joseph l..
johnson will bc Chief marshal, and Major
John W. Daniel, orator.
The children Of John Gill, an aged and
wealthy New York merchant are before a
New \ ork court with an action brought to
test his insanity. They claim that he is I'M
duly influenced by servants who seek control
OF his property.
Thomas =. Cheney has ;hc reputation of
being one Of the most sagacious political
prophets in New Hampshire, and he thinks
the legislature Of that State will choose two
Senators this year, and that their names will
be Rollins aud BLAIR.
The portrait Of General Grant that was
commenced BY lie Clear and finished By
Biers,adt has been placed in the East Room
of the White House.
DIR. Gdtling, the inventor of the famous
gun, is Southcrncr. lie is still hard at
work at other inventions, and promises to
again surprise the world.
Edward Murphy, member of the New
York Common Council and u deputy shcr-
if, died in cell at Essex Market on Sunday
night. He was awaiting trial for keeping a
Sambiin.-hcll. Comment would be super.
iluous.
A daughter of Mrs. Victoria Woodruff has
made her debut on the stage of the Savoy
Theatre in London in amatuec performance.
She played the Princess in Gilbcrt's Palace
Of Truth, and naturally failed t. do much
IN SO difficult apart, though she is described
as promising
Chicago has about 1000 liquor shops, and
her police last year made 81, 7l3 arrests, of
which 1876 .were for drunkenness And
yet some of her people seem to he astonished
at the recent sweeping Democratic victory in
the great City Of the Plain.
That is a hopeful bit of u political revolt.
ton progressing in Maryland. Even the
steady going Democratic Baltimore Sun is
moved 10 declare tina the protest against the
management oi its PARTY offers good deal
OF encouragement To the friends of good gov
ornmcnt'
Tie contest for the Democratic nomination
for Governor Of Kentucky is becoming an
interesting one. There are now five candi-
dates in the field. They are x-Congressman
Proctor Knott, Thomas l.. Jones, Judge
Owsley and General Buckncr and Charles
ID. Jacob, Mayor Of Louisville.
Miss Dorothca Lyndc Dix, well known
for her many years service in phianthropic
work, has been very i'll for some time past,
but is better and stronger Just now tLan she
was several months ago. Miss Dix is about
eighty years old. She began her good work
when she was only thirteen.
Tic constitutional amendment for prohibi-
ton WAS rejected in the Connecticut House
by nearly party vote, OF the RcpuL.
licans voting, ia voted for and ) against
it, and of the Democrats, II voted for i:
and 10 voted no.
"A variety of statements" says London
Trun, have been make respecting the
Queens accident but the real fact is that
her Majesty slipped on the staircase as she
was going to her carriage for drive, and
her tco. having apparently caught in her
dress, she fell and, besides being severely
shaken, hcr knees were bruised and one OF
them strained
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, is at Hot
Springs Ark. lie is sercnaIci about twice
week and is having such good time gen
orally that he will stay there two or three
weeks longer. Senator Camden and family
OF West Virginia are also at Hot Springs
with some 1000 Others the largest num-
Der o. visitors that resort has ever had a. one
time.
Rosa Bonheur is in her Glst year, and still
lives her curious retired life, dressed in male
attire and painting industriousy Lefevre's
gallery in London is 10 have an exhibition of
her later works, including "Thc Random
Shot, in which the figures are by Sir Ed
win landseer; THE Old Monarch" "The
Wounded Eagle" The Wild Cat" and
eight or nine other large compositions
Lord Justice Brett has succeeded Sir
George Jesscl. lie is the hero of three uni.
vcrsity boat races, was famed as a barrister
for his skill in nautical and mercantile cases. |
was the conversations partisan who cha- |
lenged Golden, and when beaten, lived to
win his election at Rcston by the mayors |
casting vote. He was solicitor general in
lscs, and subsequently justice of The Com
mon Pleas.
John Brown died of erysipelas. In addition
TO his other duties, he discharged with great
discretion that Of amoncr to the queen, and
sought out for his mistress deserving objects
of bounty. He also often acted as the bear
er OF State documents from London 10 Bal !
moral, and rice rersa and once of important
ones between London aud Baveno, when
three years ago, the queen visited the Italian
lakes.
The Democrats of the New York Legsla-
turc have passed practically ircc-rum bill,
which removes the very slight restrictions
now existing upon the sale Of liq uor in tie
two great cities of the State. In some csun-
ties Of New York prohibitionists support.
ed Democratic candidates for the I,npislotnro |