Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-19
PERSONAL LAND POLITICAL.


Through on account of poor health, and
has gone to Egypt with his wife.
A curious coincidence in connection with
the death of General Hancock is that the
prescribed term of muorning for General
Grant ordered IN the army expired on the
same day.
Senator j. u. Jones of Nevada was late
ly in New York for three or four days. He
confirmed the reported discovery of a val
liable gold mine in Alaska by himself and
friends.
The Democratic Charleston NcDS and
Courier shows its fear lest the Southern
people may become aware of the benefits
| of protection to that section by vigorously
combating any proposition to hold pro-
| tective convention in the South.
Senator Vance of North Carolina is a
wit, and knows it. He is reported to have
recently met the beautiful Miss Bullitt of
| Philadelphia An" he said, calamity,
81 heard you whistle during the war"
Mr.. Gilbert the librettist, must be an
unhappy man. He iscredited with saying
that a husband can hope to he a hero in
his wfe's eyes only two mOnths-the
| month before he is married and the month
after his death.
/
ed Il letter from MIR. Gladstone acknowl-
edging the receipt of Il barrel of Canadian
| apples, and expressing some anxiety about
a lot of Canadian turkeys alleged to have
been sent by later steamer.
| Mr.. Charles Gayarre, the historian of
! Louisiana, was Il well-grown boy of four
teen when General Jackson fought the
battle of New Orleans, but he still occa-
Sionally publicly lectures in the Crescent
city, and reads his manuscript without the
aid of eye glasses.
The president has nominated Stephen
A. Walker IL wel-known lawyer and
president of the New York city board of
education, to succeed Mr.. Dorsheimer as
| United States district attorney. He is il
man of standing and ability.
United States Consul f. H. Underwood
made graceful and eloquent speech at
the Burns dinner at Glasgow. The char
man was so pleased that he called for a
| bumper in honor of Mr.. Underwood.
There is an artesian well in Atlanta 2G3S
feet deep. The bottom would he Il nice
! place Tor Attorney General Garland and
| the OHIO Senate to hold permanent re
unlulL-Nctc UdUcn NclrS.
Joseph Villas of Manitowoc, is now look
| ed upon as the probable successor to the
| deceased congressman, Mr.. Rankin. Mr.
! ilas is "A Democrat, Il wealthy business
| man, and no relation to the postmaster
general.
Preparations are being made in Chicago
| to celebrate on Feb. % 1.-THE Goth anniver-
sary Of Prof David Swings pastorate A
! feature of the occasion will be an elabor-
| ate dinner.
One of the clerks in the Office of the
register Of the treasury went INTO the reg
ister's room the other day and addressed
mis- chief as Mr. ROsecrans." "Nou may
call me Mr.. Register. if YOU WISH" the
old gentleman blurted out, but my name
| is Gen. Roeecrans Sir. Gen. Rosecrans. "
| Now. all his clerks are very careful to call
him "Mr. Register"
General Hancock leaves no property,
real or personal, of any great intrinsic
value, having always lived generously and
spent his annual pay of $500 as major
| general, 1t l. supposed, indeed, that his
wife's estate has become so reduced that
it will amount to comparatively little.
In 1850 Mr.. 1llden, on account of i'll
health, declined Il denomination for the
presidency and Gen. Hancock was chosen
in his stead Tuesday Mr. Tilden, in
rat her better health, than usual, observed
his END birthday at Greystone, aud Gen.
Hancock lay dead at Governors Island
i'm the G1nd wear of his ace
Mis-. Enra par,.,. li,oc and ,r,.ito. ot ,bo
~ NC '''' CIV, "' "'
itehiohu ho''Se' ous'ol' MISS Nate SAL
born stays at the Nendome, in the same
city, and can afford to do 50, having come
into possession Of $4,000, left her by the
man she was to have married, but who
9ied the Gay before that sci Tor me wed,
fa.b;onohia W .a'f Co.. Iiu ,,o9'
men always look well III Grape. Miss San
born is a blonde of 40, and saws wittier
things everyday Of her life than she has
mt INTO her book. "Wit of Women ="
ma ha,,,,i,,t i,s,,ra, In tha 1-ni+aJ
"e 'e|' 'o'. '''','.i III '.I n',eu
states Is iahltoh llsstoh OF Phlladel
phia. He has $4,000 on hts life, John
b. Stetson has 100000, Pierre Lorllard
John Wanamaker, Cyrus w. Field, John
V. Farwell have S25O,0OO each. Edison
Keith of Chicago, has 100000 Charles \.
Dana of the New York sun, has Sl200O(
on his life. Colgate, the soap man, has
100000 i'll the suds. II. b. Clahn haG
$4,000. Russell Jones of Chicago, has
II Dull Ia.