Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-18
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Judge L norman Oh lle CIVIL service COLI
mission, is preparing an article on various
phases Of the civil service.
There are two eX-governors of States
that have celebrated their ninetieth
birthday this year-lliland Hall of Yer
mont aud William Smith of Virginia.
Both are in remarkably good health.
Secretary Whitney, with many invited
guests from all over the Union, will take
part in the ceremony of unwilling the
statue OF Commodore o. II. Perry, ut
Newport, next Thursday, which is the an
niversary of the victory on Lake Erie, on
Sept. 10, 1913
| Mr.. John Boyle O'Reilley having de
clned to read an original poem AT the
| Boston Grant memorial exercises, Mrs
Julia Ward Howe has been chosen to per
form the office.
Chief Clerk Noah of the postoflice de
partment has received II telegram from
/ the poStmaster-general, who is at Madi-
son, Wis, saying that the latter would
| leave for Washington either Friday or
Saturday of this week,
The President has expressed to General
Drum his approval of the steps already
taken in reference to the Chinese mas
sacre in Wyoming, but has not directed
any further action. At the Chinese lega-
| ton it is stated that the Chinese minis
ter's return was not FASTENED by the news
from Wyoming and that he will take no
action except on areport from the Chinese
consul at san Francisco
w. ID. Howels had passage in THE
Rise of Silas Lapham," in the century
for November, ISL in which he depre-
Gated the prejudice against the Jews, but
seemed to endorse the statement that
II.
Prices begin to shade when the first one
gets in" One of the editors of the Amer
! lean HCbrCW demonstrated with the au-
thor, who replied from Old Orchard, July
II, that he had already stricken out the
passage, which was intended to rebuke
the prejudice rather than cater to it.
Howard writes to the Boston GIObc:
Don't take any stock in the report that
Manning has placated Tilden. The
fact remains that not one of Tilden' ;
friends was appointed to Office here, and
the old man at once got on his ear. In
which more or less comfortable position
he still is. When II man of Dan Manning
calibre can placate Sammy Tllden the
world will stand aghast, for it will be Il
miracle of miracles. The Democrats have
a hard row to hoe this fall, and why they
don't come together and fight a common
foe instead of cracking away at their sew
eral halls and committees is puzzle
Mr.. Blaine is said to be writing about
five RACES per day of the second volume
of his history.
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"We fear" says the brooklyn Times
that there is more trouble of the same
lTroup) sort in store for the mupwumps
and not in Connecticut alone, but owe
lhe Wiole cot NV It'll anu eHpeclhls III pu
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Gamnndad nn.session If tha nntionaI GOV
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Col. John y. sloan, recently III com
mand of the First Virginia Regiment q
p volunteers hea1uuarters i'm Richmond
+ Will issue in II few months "A history O
North Carolina soldiers i'm the late wal
Much pains have been taken in arrangin,