Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin has given
$4,000 to the Young Mems Christian as
= sociation of Oshkosh
The receipts of Judic's twenty-five New
York performances amounted to $780,
497 SO.
The Rev. Mohcure d. Conway is spend
ing a few days at Concord, Mass, the
guest of DR.. Edward Emerson.
The Hon. S. J. Tiden on Wednesday
sent his check to the Democratic State
headquarters for $500.
The cotton king of the world is Mr..
Richardson of Mississippi. His annual
crop is greater than that of all Egypt, and
his plantations are worth S12,0OO,0OO.
President Eliot of Harvard university
and the chief in the Parker house restau-
rant, Boston, receive each salary of
$1,000
Mrs. Frances ITodgson Burnett has suf-
fered relapse from the malady of which
she was sanguine that the "Mind Cure"
had relieved her.
James Hodges on Wednesday was elect
ed mayor of Baltimore on the regular
Democratic ticket, defeating Judge
George W. Brown, the fusionist nominee
by majority of about 20O0.
Westminster Abbey, Archdeacon Far
rar informed II friend lately, is very poor
"You Americans" he added. "can boast
that the only gift to Westminster Abbey
for the past twenty years was made by
one of your countrymep."
Mrs. Langtry, not satisfied with the
natural color of her hair, which was beau
tiful and of which she took incessant care,
has painted it IL kind of reddish color,
which, it appears, is becoming the fashion
in Paris, and has much injured her APP
pearance.
Secretary Whitney has supplemented
his letter to the foremen of the navy yards
by asking the commandments to report on
their own efficiency and to communicate
promptly any atten pit to fill up the work
ing gangs with political strikers.
The Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, the color
= ed clergyman of North Carolina who has
been appointed minister to Liberia, says /:
There are more than 100, 0O0,O 600 of people
in " eStern Africa who are anxious to
trade with Americans, aud expect to see
ne day when the port of Monrovia will
be full of our ships"
Archdeacon Farrar told the Phiadel-
phansof an amusing incident of his visit
t. President Cleveland. The Executive,
| While showing him about the White
iousc, stumbled apparently by accident
uio the conservatory. H. ga2ed upon the
1iuts and flowers with interested sur
a!~c fer Il moment and then SAID that he
EVER before had been in the conservatory.
lie went ON to explain that he liked flow
rs well enough, but that he had been SO
IuSy with affairs of government that he
had had no time to spare Tor them.
! | LORD Tennyson has been elected presi-
dent Of the London library IN succession
to the late Lord IIoughton.
The bond of General Anderson, as
collector Of the port of Portland, Me-, fol
$5O00o, signed by William &. Davis
George $ Hunt, Arthur Sewell, Charles
Mccarthy and Charles b. Narney, ha.
5 been forwarded to Washington.
: Mr.. l.. 5. Metcalf, who is well known il
New England as well as in New York
has withdrawn from the North american
? Rcriclo, with which he has had an edito
e rial connection for nine years.
: Mr.. Cleveland apparently believes tina
f the business of Il President is to super
= wise the administration of the Fedora
e government and not to run" State cleo
. tions.-NClU York. Nation.
e 1t will doubtless surprise many reader
:, to learn that Henry w. Shaw was tn,
5 "Uncle Esek'' of the Ccnturys Bric-a
: ITdC, IHt HOW.bt DtuHtC JOSl DlllluSS llO
+ appearing in that magazine in cOnSe
+ quence of an old understanding between
), Mr. Shaw and the publisher of the NCl
# York weekly
The People and Patriot, "A New Hamp
; shire Democratic paper, gravely remarks
a that Lieutenant Green, who ASSAULTED
y, John Brown after his surrender was ap
- pointed Indian agent as reward for hi
/, service on that occasion.
S The library of the late Richard Gran
I. White is to be sold by auction at Ney
=, York in few weeks. There are 100
" lots of books, besides a collection of Ell
~ cravings and some thirty oil paintings
W Several violoncelos and violins, nine bow,
- =, two flutes and Il piccolo will also com
y under the hammer.
o. ''Mr. Evarts will formdably loom Il
ST for the chief Republican honor of 1855,
D says the Lowell citizen. 1t would be
le greater compliment to phrase this sent
T. ment III the true Evarts style, AS follows
Is The prepOnderance of experience an
IL the most accessible testimony induce tn
&c expectation that in three years from nov
~ there will be Il certain mountainous qua
ii ity to the elevation of the New York Sci
- ator's prospects.-BOStOH Record.
~ The most glaring frauds were perpe
rated in Il half-dozen wards in Cincinnati
Precinct A of ward four is an example
The registration showed 720 voters.
the same precinct at the Presidential ee
ne ton the total vote was G2i-96 less tina
,h the registration. The vote in the precint
mt was 1896, or 216 more than We're registered
IS Last November the vote stood: Blain
III l1S; Cleveland, 442; st. John, 4. La
II October the vote was as follows. For
: 4: ker Rep), As; IlOadly Dem), %,
p Leonard, % That is, Foraker's vote WI
ne 1870 less than Bluine's and IIoadlys A
m more than Cleveand's. And yet this pr
y cinct was counted for the entire Dem
he cratic ticket il spite Of all the frauds {
Sc the face of the return.
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