Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-31
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


Richard Henry Stoddard still expects to
secure,one of the lirst-class consulships in
Great Britain.
Theodore Mills of Washington is to
make a bust of Bishop Matthew Simpson
of Philadelphia.
William Tinsley of Cincinnati, the old
est architect in the United States, has just
died, aged 81.
Secretary Whitney has promised to meet
Mr.. Roach for a personal conference in a
day or two.
Senators Miller of California and Dolph
of Oregon, are of party of fifty on the
way to Alaska for a vacation trip.
Frederick Gebhardt is in London, and
the newspapers there say that he is still in
the train of Mrs. Langtry.
Mr. A. Bronson Alcot visited the Con-
cord School of Philosophy on Monday for
the first time since his illness.
Stilson Hutchins says it is not true that
James c. Blaine owns any stock or inter
est in the Washington Post or that he ever
did
Mrs. Bayard, the wife of the Secretary
of State continues to improve, and her
have the strongest hopes of her recovery.
George Bancroft, whose fondness for
roses amounts to positive passion, sent
nineteen varieties to the recent flower
show at Newport, and received Il prize for
each.
A Fort Reno despatch states that Gene
raj Sheridan and Miles arrived there We'd
nesday night after severe journey. Gen
dan, in, ff,rc Il
Investigating matters.
Colonel Homer b. Sprague, who has
been principal of the Girls High School III
Boston, has resigned to become president
of Mills College at Brooklyn, Alameda
county, Cal.
1t is stated that Consul General Waller
made arrangements, before sailing, to
transact the London business of a New
York firm, which will bring him &c., 900 Il
year in addition 10 his salary.
A well-knOwn member of the New York
Republican State committee was asked
the other day whether, if the Democrats
nominated Governor HILL the mugwumps
would support him. Not mug" was
the answer.
The kingof Bavaria has written to Miss
Mary AndersOn's manager asking for the
terms upon which Miss Anderson will
consent TO play "Pygmalion and Galatea"
in his theatre for a short season for his
sole benefit, himself to he the only specta.
tor.
Hon. Smith NJ Weed of Plattsburgh Mr..
Edwin a. IIartshOrn of Trey, and Col. lie
Grand b. Cannon of New York are three
of the members for New York State of the
American protective tariff league.
General Gordon of Georgia few years
ago resigned his seat in the Senate to en-
gage in railroad business, and in short
time was said to have acquired Il fortune
of half a million. He then began specu-
lating in Wall street and lost everything,
and is now Il poor man again.
Hon. George W. Savage of Railway, n.
j., who was recently appointed consul to
Belfast, Ireland, by President Cleveland,
accompanied by his wife and son, left Sat
urday morning for New York, whence
they will take passage on the steamship
City of Chester for his post of duty.
There is an uncontirmed rumor that the
portion of the Grant trust fund invested
in Wabash bonds, and held in trust by the
executors of Governor MOrgans estate,
will be put into other securities in order
to free the executors from all responsible
ty under General Morgan's guarantee.
Solicitor Chesley of the internal revenue
bureau has twice been requested to resign
and each time the request has been with
drawn. He is II Republican, but he
knows more of the internal revenue SyS-
TEN than any other man, and the new
commissioner has not yet learned enough
to get along comfortably without him.
Clarence a. Seward, who testified in
London the other day, IN the Lauderdale
peerage case is IA nephew of the late Will
liam ii. Seward, secretary of state for both
Lincoln and johnson. He lives IL little
way up the Hudson, and practices law in
New York. He is considered one of the
soundest iurists in the State.
| hear that Mrs. Grant has considered
that $4,000 would be respectable re
Enumeration for the medical attendance of
General Grant, who have put in no bill
whatever. Six thousand dollars of this
money was raised by Stanford, Hunting
railroad, and Mackey and others raised
the rest-CincinndU Enquirer.
Although Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson
has entirely recovered the use of her leg,
broken last summer by falling down
stairs her sound leg is so lame from suS-
tanning for months her whole weight that
she is still obliged to 90 about on crutches.
She is now at her home at Colorado
Springs.
Inc fumOr, some Tune circulating, mat
Edwin l.. Godkin intends to relinquish
his connection with the EUcning Post, is
declared by those in position to know &c
have no basis whatever. HeOwns a large
proprietary interest i'll the paper, and has
never for a moment entertained the idea
of parting with it.
John r. Mclean says of the Republican
candidate for Governor of Ohio 81 like
Foraker. He is generous, sweet-tem-
pered man, with "A good. kind face thai
takes well. He is II man you can all SPEAK
to and be well treated. Oh, yes l like
Foraker very much"
DR.. John Lord, the historical lecturer
recently fell from a ladder at his home a
Strawberry Hill, Conn, and was badly in
jured
1t is reported that James Russell Lowell
is to be vice-president of Harvard colleg
next year during the absence of Pfesiden
Eliot in Europe.