Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Personal AND POLITICAL.
Postmaster-generalN Villas says if he is
sick he really doesn't know it.
Germany has raised a popular testimo-
NAL to Bismarck of 1915, 900.
Rev. Robert West, editor of the Chi
cago Adrdnce, is seriously ill at the
American hotel, Saratoga
Gen. VJl IDIot,'5n,llGn is in critical
condition, and his death, it is feared, is
near at hand.
1t is reported .that the poet Browning
thinks of coming to America, especially
to see Boston, Harvard college, Niagara
and the Yosemite.
Mr. Bacon, brother-in-law of President
Cleveland, says there is no foundation
whatever for the announcement that the
President proposes to visit Ohio during
the campaign
Jesse X. Grant and wife sail Saturday
for Europe. Mr.. Grant enters the ser
vice of an American railroad contractor in
Turkey.
Governor Albeit of New Jersey is said
to side with Tilden in the row between
that gentleman and the President.
/ Minister Phelps has accepted an invita-
ton to dine with the English cutters on
September ,. The English cutters will no
doubt find in Mr.. Phelps dner-Out wor-
thy of their steel.-BUStOn Transcript.
A magazine to be the organ of Boston
philanthropists will shortly be issued I'M
der the editorship OF Edward Everett
Hale.
Rev. Mr.. Hyde, the newly elected pres-
dent of Bowdoin college, has assumed
the duties of that position.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has accept
ed the invitation of the committee of the
Boston city council to deliver the Grant
eulogy i'll that city the latter part of Oc-
tober
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew has gone to
Windsor, VT, on II few days visit to Sena-
tor William VI. Evarts at his summer resi-
dence.
Congressman Beriah Wilkins of Ohio
has made himself the envy of all other
Democratic Congressman by getting TWEEN
ty-four postmasters appointed in one day
without making any charges against the
incumbents other than that they were
Republicans.
Morris X. Jesup, William +. Dodge
Jr., \. :, Hatch, and Bradford l.. Gilbert
are committee to take charge of the fund
, to be raised for the erection of Il drinking
fountain in Boston to the memory OF
) Jerry McAuley.
Archdeacon Farrar has telegraphed Mr..
. Cyrus w. Field that he will deliver in
New York the following lectures The
first, on Dante the second, on Robert
, l}rowning's poems the third, on the Tai
mud and its Authors, or he may substitute
for this lecture one on Napoleon.
Prominent Bourbons in Virginia admit
that their party has made "A mistake in moi
putting out their speakers and canvassers
sooner in the Valley and the Southwest
! where the Republicans have nearly one
months start, and the effect of this work
will be hard to overcome.
Mr.. George William Curtis, who wa,
resident of Concord, Mass, for six years
has been invited to assist at the celebra
ton of the 250th anniversary of the settle
, ment of that town.
The Lowell Voc POpuli condemns Gen
e Butler for his uncalled for slurs upon eX
;, President Hayes aad eX-Secretary Bristov
in his Grant memorial address. 1t say
the worst expressions were cut out of tn,
report furnished for publication, but il
the speech they We're in exceedingly bat
: taste.
Mr.. Beecher denies the statement tina
he is to retire from Plymouth church
"The matter" he says, "has .never bee
dscussed-barely mentioned. There Ia
J. never been any formal consideration of
i in the church"
y Congressman Bland of silver bill fam
e has been heard from. He says he shal
Z strenuously oppose the suspension c
" silver coinage, and shall favor the reduC
II ton of tariff taxation.
e And it is now said that William Dor,
II heimer bought the New York star for tn
E. purpose of talking back to Pulitzer of tn
II lVOrld A little difficulty about a bill o
u $1,000 was the cause.
re William Y. Stead the editor of the Pa
l. MAJ GdzcttG, is about forty years of ny
lie and the son of Il Congregational minister
n He began business life as IA junior clerk i
Il Il shipping Office, but he soon went int
re journalism and rapidly rose to his preser
u important position.
,e The Hon. II. a. Il. Carter, the Hawaiia
5, minister, with members of his family, wa
lc at the Alburgh Springs house, VT, las
y, week. He has gone to the Thousdn
u Islands, st. Lawrence and Quebec.
i About all the prominent visitors to Ba
" Harbor attended a receptionon board tn
Tennessee Monday afternoon, at whic
+, there was dancing and concert by III