Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-29

| Hon. Oscar L. Shafter, who died in Flor
ence Italy, Thursday last, was native
of Towns bend, Windham County lie began
practicing law in Wilmington; was good
lawyer and prominent Free Soler 10
1854 he was nominated by tie Wings for
Lieutenant Governor, bat defined as he was
about moving to California. His brother.
James Mem. Sharter. mad been then a resi-
dent in Steboygan. < iscJnsin, some years,
and WAS in 1852 a cindldate FOR Congress on
the " bi. ticket, ia the third Wisconsin dis
trict Oscar and james together, ven. to
California and both rose to prominence in
that State. Oscar l. WAS primer Of [
W. Park fer time. and a forwards became
a Judge f the Supreme Court.
DEATH OF AN EDIToR.-Wiiliam Cassidy,
editor OF tie \ bsnv Argus, who died Oh
| Thursday morning, was native of Albany
and had lived there unInterruptediv for fifty
seven years. lie graduated at Union Col
| ege and studied law with Judge Mck0Yn
al d John Van Buren, in Albany, but, alter
being admitted to the bar, accepted the plst
Of state librarian, which lie soon let TO en-
! bark in journalism, his true vocation. FIR
the past Two years Mr. Cassidy has suffered
! from an affecuon OF tie kidneys, and dur
ing the early days OF last week some alarm
ing symptoms we're developed, but he rallied
| during Il e day, Wednt sday, only to sink
galn and PASS away the Dexr morning
Mr.. Cassidy was the Thurow Weed of the
! New York Democracy. lie was a man Of
much power as writer and as a political
manager, and in social life had few equals.
Ii Is funeral took place from the Roman
Catholic Cathedral.
| DEATH OF Mrs. HARRISON GRAY Urls One
of the best-known of Boston women pissed
away. on Monday IN Irnlng. in the death OF
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, who has been long
prominent alike for her high POS ton in So
ciety. and her many deeds OF benevOlence
She WAS dau .nter of the late William
| t}oardmap, and a reigning belle in society in
| her YOUTH. She had been a widow for near
~ 80 years, Mr.. Otis, the wel.-known law
yer aud statesm of the first half Of this
century. having been many years her senior
at the time ri their mlrriagc. she h al three
children, one Of whom survives her, and spent
many years in Europe experimenting their
education. She was woman of great energy
and among her achievements is the passage
of tie bill making Washington's birthday
holiday In Massachusetts measure which
she pcrsistently ar & effectually pressed until
its success. The funeral was held In Kings
chapel, b ,ston, Saturday. Leading citizens
united in paying their spects to the dis
linguistic woman, and the bells of the city
churches were tolled. Flowers covered the
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prop a.ely garlandeG Tue services were
conducted by Rev, Mr.. F ,ote, and the tuner
al Grafton pronounced by Rev. DR.. ) X.
Lathrop.
LORD LYTToN, b.tter known as Edward
Lytton Bulwer, the novelist, died on the 18th.
HIS ambition was political, his success liter
airy. The Erening Post says of him:
" But as a statesman Lold Lytton ssured-
ly does not take conspicuous place among
the Stanleys and Disraels and Briguts and
Gladetones OF bis time Respectable Tor sis
information and his capacity to IIesen. it N
an effective manner Ias Mr.. C4ib. un s,Id of
former NJ. Z. from Virginia, TIA: he was
valuable Tor his statistics y. Bulwer. tn.
baronet, was prominent man in the House
lof Commons before his elevation to the
Lords; but even here his literary rather
than his Parliamentary fame caused ham to
be an object OF interest to the stranger in
the galleries. Do you see the man with
the long aquiline nose and dark beard sitting
OF the SIDE OF Disraeli? That is Bulwer.
the novelist Such is the way in which be
would have been pointed out; not as Sir
Edward Bul"er Lyrton, the Tory orator and
author of" Letters to John Bull
| But his literary fame he always made
pretence of undertaking.. Novel-writino
he would have had the world helieze vas e