Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-27
Personal AND POLITICAL.

on a Southern tour
The Newport, Rhode Island, Republi-
cans unanimously propose George Pea
body WetmOre to the State convention as
IA candidate for governor
Mrs. George w Childs of Philadelphia
has just sent to Gen. Grant Il daguerreo-
type of himself taken when he was TWEEN
ty-two years old, in the uniform of Il sec
Ond lieutenant \ cut of ii Will be made
for his history of the war.
President Barrios, the Guutelnalan
usurper, married his wife when she was
fifteen years of age. He went to the con
vent where she was at school and com
manded the authorities to give her up.
He assumed so bold Il front that they
were glad to let him have her to get rid
of him.
The Rev. Brooke HEREFORD of Boston has
accepted the unanimous invitation of the
council of the British and foreign Unita-
rian association to preach the annual ser
mon before the association ut Whitsun-
tide.
Mr.. Welborn of Texas asked the post
master general for u post office. He adj
mitted that there was no cause for dis
satisfaction with the present postmaster.
"Thereupon, says Mr.. WelbOrn, 1.-THE
postmaster general looked at me as if |
were Il public enemy Mr.. Villas appears
to know a public enemy when he sees one.
-POrtiuHd ldrCtiSCr.
Two hundred and fifty leading New York
ers have rendered IA dinner at Delmonico' s
to eX-President Arthur.
President Cleveland did not return the
salutatiUns of Southern organizations, ON
inauguration day which paraded without
the national colOrs.
The President has appointed Milton j.
Durham of kentucky, to be first comp
troller of the treasury Malcolm Hay of
PENNSYLVANIA, to be first assistant post
master general Martin V. Montgomery
of Michigan, to be commissioner of
patents ; David :. Baker, Jr., of Rhode
Island, to be /. :. attorney for Rhode Is
land Benjamin II. Hill, Jr., of Georgia,
to be L. >. attorney for Georgia.
1t is said that Higgins who has been
made chief appointment clerk i'll the
treasury department was deputy in
the Richmond prison pens under Winder.
He returned to Baltimore after the war
and became prominent in the corrupt ring
which has robbed that city He was also
interested in gambling places, and it is
alleged that his interests in Il VIGOROUSLY
low concert saloon has protected it from
the police. 1t is also alleged that in IS IS
he led the Baltimore gang which went to
indianapolis to STUFF ballot boxes.
President Cleveland has shocked the
army and navy officers by sending out in
vitations to the official receptions at the
White House written with Il typewriter
1t is coincidence that Hon. Jacob
Thompson, the last Democratic secrc-
tary of the interior, and Hon. l.. Q. c.
Lamar, the incoming secretary of the in
terror, are both from Oxford, Miss.
William H. Vanderbilt purposes to
build Il house at Washington for ii winter
residence. He is also building $685. 0C
tomb, for his "long home
Collector Robertson of New York on re-
firing from Office will return to the prac-
tice of law at White Plains
Mr.. William II. Cook of Ticonderoga
n. Y, father of Rev. Joseph Cook, died
Thursday evening.
President Cleveland is much pleased
with Mr.. Lamar, who is at the White
House almost every evening.
Rev Loanmi :. Coburn, il retired Con
gregationalist, died at Weston. Vt, a few
days since aged IS. He was native OF
'NtlcIl, MISS, anu II SIUllitIc ol btIl
mouth. He formerly taught in Virginia
and was professor in Norwich Universe
ty, Vt, from 1919 to 1871.
Samuel j. Tiden, though his intellect
is rs keen rs ever, has become so feebl,
physically that he is unable to leave his
GreystOne mansion on the Hudson The
sage old gentleman now occupies himself
almost entirely with his books and works
of art
The marriage of Mrs. General Ton
/ Thumb to Count Mayri will take place OF
Easter Monday in the Church of the llol,
/ Trinity in New York city.