Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
Personal AND POLITICAL.

talize Whittier in a recent poem.
A large lunch party was given on board
the steam yacht Cora at Newport We'd
nesday in honor of Gen. Beauregard.
Ex-Minister w. W. Thomas, who re
turned Monday from his Swedish minis
try, will resume at once the practice of
law in Portland, Me.
Mrs Mary f. Bryant, a story writer of
Atlanta, Ga, has accepted an offer to be-
come the editor of a New York story paper,
at IA salary of $4,000 year
John w. Forney will open newspaper
correspondence bureau in the office of
Progress the Philadelphia journal found
ed by his father, which suspended publ
cation Sept 10.
Rev. DR.. Galusha Anderson of Chicago
has accepted the call to the First Baptist
church of Salem, Mass.
George Wilkes, founder of Wilkes s
Spirit Of the Times, died Wednesday af-
ternoon of Bright's disease, at his house
in New York.
1t is understood that the President has
decided not to make change in the office
of surgeon general of the marine hospital
service, and accordingly will not accept
DIR. Hamilton'S resignation.
Georgia has voted five hundred dollars
for a portrait of her revolutionary gov
ernor, John Millelge, who helped to cap
ture the powder in Savannah that was
used in the battle of Bunker Hill.
The most remunerative professorshlp in
the world is that of Professor Turner, the
distinguished anatomist of Edinburgh
which yields him $4,000 year
Ex-senator Bruce (coloredD is going
back to Bolivar county, Miss, to live. He
owns fine plantation there.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut has
been invited to address the Republican
State convention at Springfield, Mass
next week Wednesday.
General Logan paid $4,000 for his new
Washington house. 1t is good bargain
He is not a rich man, but owns a gooC
house in Chicago and nice Illinois farm
A half bushel of letters and papers now
reaches Mrs. Grant daily.
Mr.. John Jacob Astor and Mr. Angus
Belmont are back at Newport from
Europe.
Austin Dobson is writing an introduc
ton to a facsimile edition of the "Nicar o
Wakefield. 1t will give much new in
formation and many corrections.
John Schaffer, who recently purchased
the Milford, n. j., Leadcr, is only Ii year
old and is said to be the youngest profes
sional editor in New Jersey.
Sir Charles Dixie makes So, 600 yea
out of the London Athen9um. From tn
Gardeners Chronicle he gets Sl5 600 O
so, 900 a year, and his whole income il
from SIS, 600 to 500, 900 annually.
minister Williams who is just bacl
from Montevideo, Uruguay, says; II saw
in an interview with eX-Minister Osborn
on his return from Brazil Il statemen
that Americans own all the tramways
gas works and similar local enterprises a
Rio, This is a mistake. They are al
owned by Englshmen.
Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., of Augusta
Ga, has written Il pamphlet on tn
"Sepulture Of Major General Nathanie
, Green and of rigadier-General Coun
, Casimir Pulaski" The conclusion reach
ed is that neither of these famous ger
erals sleeps beneath the respective monu
ments which grateful and patriotic pee
Pile have reared in their honor" and tn
/ pamphlet sets forth the reasons that lea
. to this conclusion.
4 1t is understood that the President il
r tends to appoint colored man recorde
( of deeds in the District of Columbia, tn
q best Office at Washington, in place {
= Frederick Douglass. This and other al
: pointments will be made at an early day.
. Judge Dunn of the Pittsburgh di
, trict, Mo, has been indicted by the gran
jury for drunkenness and convicted by
trial jury. He is an old man, and until h
: became II slave of alcohol was an honore
e citizen.
: Mrs. A. II. Stewart has returned to he
i New York home from Saratoga, and II
u NOR says she will entertain there neg
o winter for the first time since the death {
l. her husband
d Senator James II. Berry of Arkansas,
n few days ago, met with quite n serious a.
n cident. He was in an upper room of I'll
e hotel and attempted to go down stair
i He missed the first step with his crutcl
and when his weight came down on h
crutch it threw him over head foremos
e He struck at the bottom Of the stairs o