Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

for over forty years.
Mrs. Garfield and Miss Mollie with
Colonel Rockwell, are in Williamstown,
Mass.
Judge Gray of the United States Su-
preme Court has just returned from his
regular fishing excursion in Maine.
A forged check for $50, 900, signed evil |
liam II. Vanderbilt" has been sent to
the World office for the Bartholdi pedes-
tai fund.
Queen Victoria recently said that ono
ambassador or minister during her reign
had created so much interest in England
as Mr.. Lowell no other had won 50 much
regard"
Prof C. X. Adams of Ann Arbor, Presi-
dent Angel of Ann Arbor and President
Walker of Boston, are the leading candi-
dates to succeed President White OF Cor
nell college
If President Cleveland and his cabinet
are not Democrats as Congressman Rea-
gan asserts, what are they? Are they
Mugwumps ? Or are they Democrats and
Mugwumps by turns ?-Portldnd Press.
A cable despatch says that Prof. Bryce
gave dinner party Friday night to Min
lister Phelps, Senator Edmunds and the
Rev. Phillips Brooks to enable them TO
meet Mr.. Gladstone. The latter had a
prolonged and animated talk with them. !
Senator Logan, writing to a friend late
ly, said that he was three times wounded
during the war, besides several times hay
ing been hit by spent balls.
General Longstreet, in his article on
The Seven Days Fighting about Rich
mond," in the July century, after dis
cussing the confederate leaders, says ::
without doubt the greatest man of re
belion times, the one matchless among
forty millions for the peculiar difficulties
of the period, was Abraham Lincoln.
Roscoe Conkling's departure for Europe
starts the usual story. He will seek to re-
| turn to politics by way of an early COM
plimentary dinner and big speech, be
| ing rich enough now to resume the Sena-
| torship. The passing SILLY season Is OF a
more violent type than thanksgiving
fCld RcpublicGn.
1t seems not to have occurred to the
President yesterday that Utah wants two
new justices of the Supreme Court. Il
new governor marshal and district at
tOrney, and IA few minor officials in his
| power to give us: or If 1t did occur to him
| that these changes were desired he did not
make them, and the same Old crowd is
! mere. LhhC IlCIttu.
Only one Democrat in the Illinois leg
islature voted with the Republicans in ia
vor of the Chicago election law. This law
establishes thorough system of regstra-
ton and abOliShes voting by affidavit
removes the polling places from saloons
restricts the size of the precincts ; makes
stringent rules for the count of the bal
lots and takes the final canvass out OF the
hands of interested parties.
The Duckworth club, a Democratic or
ganization in Cincinnati, has expelled two
members who are police commissioners,
for permitting u Republican member of
the board to appoint three Republicans to
places on the force. The constitution of
holding an elective office who shall APP
point or recommend Republican to an
office shall be expelled without hear
ing"
SAID State Senator Crockett of Arkan.
sas in recent Legislative debate: Let
us remember that Arkansas is Il growing
State and legislate for her on the plan
} that my dear old mother, of blessed mem
Dry, was wont to cut my clothes IN my
boyhood days. she always cut my
breeches two years ahead, and | always
grew to them, and, alas sometimes got
too big for 'em, and when debut tina,
was my mothers business. SirS, let Us
cut Arkansas breeches- but ] see | mus
drop the illustration or change the sex o.
our State, which ] would not do for til,
world. God bless her"
The publishers of Miss Cleveland's bool
: have ordered several copies to be boun'
expressly for presentation to the survlN
: ing ladies' of the White House who pre-
5 ceded Miss Cleveland, and also to Queer
Victoria. The floral design OF the cover
which represents a spray Of the primrose
is, in the case OF these presentation copies
to he hand painted The ladies who viii
receive a copy are Mrs. James *. Polk o
, Nashville, Mrs. Phillips. formerly Mrs
Mrs. John Tyler of Virginia, Mrs. Han
, ret Lane johnson of Baltimore, Mrs
- Martha johnson Patterson, Mrs. Grant
Z Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Nc
d Elroy,
:, Mr. 3ayless w. Hanna, who has bee
e appointed minister to Persia, but decline
n after he ascertained what it would cost t
transport himself and family to the Shah
court, has now been appointed minstt
d to the Argentine Republic. When NJ
| Hanna comes to consider that the voyag
IS to that country must be made by Watt
- and that himself and family are likely
70 he seaslck it would not be surprising if /
" should apply for another appointment
r. which did not involve this danger,-POr
" land Press.
IS The pleasant plans which had bee
e formed by Mr.. James Russell Lowell
n personal and literary friends for greetiI
lie him in the bay on his return to his natl'
n land were frustrated by the delay in IL
lie arrival OF the Scythia. Reaching BostC
IS in the early morning, Mr.. Lowell WI
I'd welcomed only by his daughter and h
TO husband, but the cordial greetings of h
many friends came later, The day of h
arrival was one of the most perfect
those rare June days of which he h
sung the praises. Time has dealt kind
II with Mr. Lowell. Although he has he;
tn absent eight years in Spain and Bingham
v he bears few marks of added age, exec
J. in his grayer beard and hair. Not {
" lapse of time, nor the burden of Oiiici
rs cares, nor the pressure of heavy grief, h
or chilled or changed his genial nature. |
he comes back in perfect health, bringil
At with him many delightful memories
to friendships formed across the Atlant
nj and happy in the renewal of many {
ee friendships here
" Since General Grant finished work
m his book he has been leisurely signing