Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-24

Augustus st. Gaudens, the sculptor, is
passing the summer at Windsor, this
State.
A life of General J. f. b. Stuart, writ
ten by u Confederate officer, will soon be
published.
When Mark Hopkins first became a
professor in Williams college his salary
was only 800 year.
Governor Pattson of Pennsylvania We
toed 116 out of II total of 3l6 bills passed
at the last legislative session.
John Roach has already received $780,
600, being only about $4,000 less than the
contract price of the Dolphin.
A farewell banquet was given Thursday
evening to Mr.. 5. b. Packard, the re-
firing United States consul at Liver
pool.
Professor L. f. Richards, the Yale pc
destrian has walked 1900 miles thus far
this year for pleasure. Last year he made
,2lO0.
Chief Justice Waite was in London last
week, receiving marked honor from Lord
Coleridge and many members of the
bench and bar.
1t is stated that President Cleveland ex-
poets to visit Saranac Lake about August
/. He will he accompanied by several
members of his cabinet.
c. Travers, at present the German CON
sui at Canton, China, will probably, it is
announced, be appointed to succeed DR..
ROhlf as special German agent ut XanHi-
bar.
Governor Martin of Kansas has writ
ten to the Secretary of the Interior, pro.
testing against the proposed transfer of
the Apache Indians from Arizona to No
Mans Land.
The President has appointed Larner b.
Harrison of Cincinnati to be government
director of the Union Pacific railroad. Mr..
Harrison is president of the First Nation
al bank of Cincinnati.
Mayor Grace of New York astonished
the Mexican editors by addressing them
in pure Spanish. 1t was only a few weeks
since he spoke in French to the officers of
the French frigate.
James G. Wintersmith the doorkeeper
of the House of Representatives, at Wash
ington, is in dying condition. Mr.. Win
tersmith has been in very poor health ever
since the adjournment of Congress
Ben Perley Poorc, who is now on his
Massachusetts farm for the summer, COM
pleted before leaving Washington his book
entitled "A Descriptive Catalogue of Gov
eminent Publications" He has been at
work upon it for the past two years.
EX-United States Consul 5. b. Packard
left Liverpool Saturday for New York on
the steamer Aurania, of the Cunard line
A large number of leading citizens of
Liverpool went down to the Cunard dock
and saw the eX-conSul off.
President Cleveland and the members
of his cabinet have lately received good
many Geographic messages obviously
written by insane persons. There is one
sane feature to these kilograms. They are
marked "Collect.'
Mr.. Lee, the recently appointed secreta-
ry of the United States legation at Wen
ma, Austria, is expected to arrive at his
new post of duty next week. On his ar
rival, United States Minister Francis will
take final leave. Mr.. Kelley is still at
Paris.
Secretary Manning is quoted as much
surprised to find 50 many bright and capa-
Bile men in the treasury department, and
as expressing the opinion that the longer
he remains in the department the more
difficult it appears to him to improve the
service.
1t is reported that Harry Garfield takes
a professorship in st. Paul school at Con
cord, New Hampshire where he prepared
for Williams college, and his brother, who
was the youngest member of the recent
graduating class at Williams, will study
law at New York.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell, in note
concerning the connection of his name
l,a nf { M,
says Il was not, and would not have been,
it candidate for the place, rs am not and
would not be Tor any other
The sale of Gen. Grants book promises
to leave II fortune of at least 800, 900 to his
of the profits of the sales This Will
amount to Il good fraction over dollar
volume. Three hundred thousand copies
OF the book are already ordered.
Colonel John w. Glenn has rendered
his resignation as supervising architect of
the treasury department for the New Or
leans district, and has accepted the posi-
ton of chief of installation, rendered him
by the new exposition company.
a Georgia politician has three planks to
his platform, to wit No whisky no
fences Il dog tax. His notions are TO
stop making drunkards, to leave off cut
ting down trees for rails, and to quit rails
ing sheep for dogs to kill.
The Denver NClrS has information that
Senator Dorsey has dissolved partnership
with the Palo Blanco Cattle company,
, and division of the property is to be
made. The division will leave Mr.. Dorsey
! with about $4,000 head of cattle and the
finest rancho in New Mexico.
\ The newspapers over the country are
/ poking fun at Kentucky's prohibition can
didate for governor. We beg to inform
our contemporaries that Kentucky has no
such candidate. The state is certainly
| open to some rather severe criticism. but
it is not running prohibition candidate
| for governor-LOuisUNlG COUricr-JOlu'-
| nal.
Senator George f. Hoar of Worcester
has been selected as the orator of the day
at the celebration on Wednesday, Sept. y
of the 25Oth anniversary of the incorpora-
/ ton of the town of Concord, Mass. Judge
John 5. Reyes will be president of the
day, and Rev. Benjamin X. Buckley, Uni,
tartan, the chaplain,
/ Minister Phelps's latest public appear.
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