Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-03
PERSONAL.

! shown to Mr.. Gibbs is the more appreciated
= because he comes from the frank and file,
the line officers having had, heretofore, the
| chief places in the G. \. X.
Mr. John McRae, of the Ottawa and
f Rideau Forwarding Company, who resided
in our city for some years, is now stopping
at the Van Ness House, accompanied by
, his BRIDE. Mr.. McRae is a gentleman OF
; large intelligence and experience in the
lumber trade, and is much esteemed by
those who meet him socially and in bust
ness way. We learn that some of his old
lumber friends, in this city, have made him
a handsome holiday present, during his
brief sojourn.
Our readers have noticed in our columns
the card of the new law firm of Whttemore
& Wheeler Mr. Whittemore, as many
doubtless remember, has been heretofore as
ISOLATED with NJ. X. Tyler. ESD, in the
practice of law but leaves him now to 20
into partnership with his friend and college
classmate, Capt Wheeler Capt. Henry
Wheeler is the son of Rev. o. q. Wheeler Of
South Hero, and has lately returned to
settle in his native state. after an absence Of
several years in the West In lSGO he
entered the University here and remained
till the fall Of 1861, when he enlisted a. n
private in the First Vermont Cavalry. He
when mustered out held, we believe, the
rank of Captain. having been promoted for
bravery and efficiency through the various
grades below. lie was in nearly all the
seventy battles and engagements that gal
liant regiment participated in, and was
wounded once or twice. In the Wilderness
he received a minnie bullet in the breast,
giving him, As was supposed, "A iata wound.
But having an excellent constitution, and
| possessed of what was still more necessary
in such eases, abundance of pluck, he pull
! led through where many would have sue
cumbed. lie returned to his regiment long
before his wound was healed. and
in one of the battles of the Shenandoah Val
| ley, was taken prisoner and carried To Libby
| Prison, where be remained several months
before his exchange. On being mustered
out in 1868, he re-entered college and grad
uated with honor in the cI,S # 1867, and
afterwards took full course in the law de-
partment Of the University of Michigan. |
Many warm friends have welcomed his re-
turn and wish him abundant success.
Gov Hoffman has declined an invitation /
to a public dinner. rendered him by promi- /
nent citizens of Albany. ON the ground that /
by reason of engagements, private and oiiic-
ial, he would be unable 10 name day before
his retirement from Office and departure
from the city. lie, however, says Il
have enioyed my residence i'm NUanv Nv
social pleasures have been very treat Will.
the inyigorating climate of YOUR city has
conferred ON me and my family increased
health and strength. From nil clas,e. of
it, citizens have been i'm the constant re-
CENT of .,urtesies and kindres. ana nov.
had, from men of both political parties,
generous support in the discharge of my
public duties. separate myself from the
people Of Albany with regret, and shall
cherish the memory Of my days spent among
them.
By one Of those strange popular beliefs
which are occasionally ensenderei, no one
knows how, a conviction prevails in Wash
ington thar the house fronting ON Lafayette
square in that city. famous in other days as
a clubhouse and aiterward IL one of the
central points IN the tragedy of the murder
OF Philip barton Key, is place Of evil !
omen ana that 1t Is destined some day 10 ]
tumble into ruins as suddenly and complete 4
q; ;f, I.1 'g t'H nyu>I IN BicNfn' novel Of
pi - NuNn 'ei III, ana crushed NJ
s,,- ''e sner. ne late Secretary
there that PAYNE mad tbe 49,. ''i,' ~, W.
lie. Within the f,nr 80 - Hr- III r
lnap. Secretary or ly,r h.. ia n, :. All ,
Turing that time his wife has died. and HI, I
,lie-t son is attacked with lung disease y
which endanger- his existence. b
Minister W,.bh,r,,, ,,,,.. ;..,-.-..l -.....l.. J.
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ate H. ,,.,s,.,s - Eli i'' .- '''S'' W
"a HfJy'S gf4S''he ancestral Sabnatarianpot n
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enced a. q circus rider and culminatiura> / III
princes, the Princes salm-Salm close, hor an
lI NJ IHieVr a. nun IN convent M ~
e"A lln>DFu'A III the Iyrol. to
In Philadelphia, DR.. bio Lewis Is start pr
= new weekly. called T3-Day. II viii "a
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t.' 10y VIM ua' 'I"h HlAsH ana graham .a,
enu gro" Up 10 pe great men and mis-
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gravy 'urr3ht Jam ana mince pie, have -
i breath ana 90 10 congress. ~
Pity the >DrruWS of George Lanham. Of -.
'ntucky. Iii, wife ran of with chan , ,o
med IaN Tor about six months ago. and he wa
d to leave his crops right in the busy sea- an,
4 and % and kill Taylor; and now. lust ba,
er ee had Peaceluily settled down with fro
after trnl ana acquittal, Methodist the
l u l,S sopPieI nel up ana departed to
- ue'"''h5 whether II is nohier 10 pur-
The trin; ; "ad ti. munster t1 IN search but
"Go'a''i'e zoo OF 10 give up o'cl
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4 ''''''' ." ''' southern acme r'iI- Shol
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layor Mitchell, OF Saratoga. has been ar Jan
, ,el i2r being concerned IN projected j. u
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