Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-09
Personal AND POLITICAL y0Trs


Mfi LanItry denies the report that she
intends 10 make New York her permanent
rcsidance.
Mr. Justice Field Of the United states
Snp'e'nr Court expects to visit Japan during
tho ."..g Summer.
Lee Democratic caucus OF the Tennessee
Legislature voted to scale dc ~, with the rest,
inc State bonds which Mr.. George Peabody
Dequeathcd to the Peabody Institute Of Bal,.
more
Inc Rhode Island Republican State Con-
ven'ion to nominate State officers is called
for the 10Th Of March.
Prohibition has been defeated in the Texas
aud Missouri Legislatures. A few years
since prohibition was not dreamed OF In either
of these States.
The empress Of Germany has given one
thousand marks to the funl for the relief of
the sufferers by the floods in America.
Henry Ward Bccrhcr says that he gricves
to say that In all Scripture there IL no praise
of dogs.
Congressman circuit and Tyler voted
against the River and Harbor bill. AIR, Joyce
did not vote
Senator Windows friends are urging him
to be candidate for governor of Minnesota,
assuring him that by 50 doing he can regain
oil the ground he has lost.
Ex-Governor Hora,io Seymour of New
York, having expressed wish to buy the
chair which he occupied US chief mag strate,
the assembly has vOt.d to present 1t 10 him.
Gen. Cook OF Georgia, went to o dog show
in Washington the other night. at reminds
me of Congress-" lie said, because the little
dogs MAKE all the fuss, and the hitler they
arc the more fuss they make"
Senator David Davis will be married this
week at the home of Congressman Wharton
near Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Miss A.
Z. Burr. Many prominent gentlemen have
been invited.
The report Of the illness Of Rev. Ray
Palmer was exaggerated. He had a slight
attack of paralysis about two weeks ago,
from which he is recovering rapidly, and is
able to be about the house.
4 Lieutenant Commander Gorringe leaves
the rasy with an excellent record, and his
retirement from the service will be L loss
doubtless to The country, but we are cheered
by the thought that We have something like
10 lieutenant commanders left, besides some
thing like 1900 other officers Of the navy.
Some of The New York Democrats say
Gen. Slocum saved the Union, and for that
reason would be popular presidential can.
| didate.
1t is now alleged that Miss Mary Irene
lIoyt, daughter Of the late jesse Hoyt, the
New York millionaire, has been illegally con.
fined in an insane asylum at Philadelphia,
and there Is To Oc legal investigation.
Three hundred thousand persons have petit
TONED President Arthur for the pardon of
Sergeant Mason but the would.be avenger
OF Gltcld's death is still in the Albany pen.
i;ca'iary, and Betty sni the baby at ,heii
humhlc home in Virginia are supported by
popular subscriptions.
Mr.. Benjamin's retirement from active
practice at the English tar calls out from the
Lar Times statement that Ibis rapid and
hril!G.. success eliminated in h 5 max
NJ j. ~, last year the prDuiglous ill.,
zen oi Sl25,0 )0." 1t adds thai when in
the ! .i,d Stats, he received in one css.
"a lee OF 10000 gJineas; that in Erglauc
he once received fee OF o. guineas, aud
IN several recent eases lie received SOC
guilcas.
The Astor estate in New York city was
long unit, but At last it reached a division
The brothers, however, are on friendly terms
nnd their offices are side by side. John
Jacob, whose health is feeble, has placed his
real estate in he hands OF his son, Waldorf
now our Minister 10 Rome. Each of these
brothers has about three thousand houses on
his rent roll
While Rev. Phillips Brooks the famous
Boston divine, was in Italy he ohancel to
fall Ia with TWO other American ministers,
who, Ike himself, were mighty men in STAT
ure, the three together turning the scale At
1000 pounds. 1t happened that one day Mr.
Brooks went TO famous bathing establish
ment, the proprie or OF which looked him
over and SAID he had no bathing suit large
enough for him. Presently, without any
preconceTted arrangement, Il second OF the
trio arrived ami in few minutes the
third, on whose appearance the proprietor
fe..
We were told that with the departure of
the carpet-bagger white-winged peace would
return to Louisiana. The prophecy appears
TO be false. The New Orleans Picayune,
speaking Of the ballot box suffers and fraud
ulent Observation-Disclosures, makes the follow
ing significant assertion, emphasized by
italics; I'VE are drifting rapidly towards
more blood letting on a large SCALE" aud
adds Beneath the apparently calm extcr-
ior Of the people there is deep wrath and in
diguation.'
Clcrgymen are prohibited from being men,
bers of the Kentucky legislature by the laws
OF that State.
Mrs. ELEPHANTS novels were the literary
Refreshments of the late Mr.. Darwin. He
read them constantly, and seldom closed one
without the remark that people do not quite
appreciate Mrs, Oliphant yet"
Wagncr's property was much larger than
is generally supposed. From the Berlin
opera house alone he had received upward Of
$3.50 COO. His musical copyrights, too, for
some years past have been bringing HIM in
an income of $4,000 year, and this his fam
lily will enjoy thirty years after his death, il
the popularity Of his music continues
| The Paris Gazette des Tri5undur reports
that man was recently found on the road
near Scvres in u starving condition, who, on
being taken to hospital and restored TO
consciousness, declared himself 10 be Don
Alfonso Jusrez, nephew aud and at one