Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-25
PERSONAL.

Panama Railroad by Mr.. 1renor ". rum,
the new President of the road. Mr.. White
has accepted the position at five thousand dol
las year in gold, with all expenses paid,
and perquisites which will amount to five
thousand dollars more. Mr. White. is without
doubt ,one of the most capable and thorough
railroad men in the country. 1t is not yet
decided who will take Mr. Whites place as
Superintendent of the Harlem Extension.
Mr.. Green Coomer has been offered by Mr..
Park the position of road-master on the
Panama road at a large salary, the exact
amount of which We have not learned. Mr..
Coomer is now road-master Of the Harlem
Extension, and is frst-class railroader.
The St. Adams Messenger says: "A So
cial event Of some interest to many of our
readers, occurred in Brooklyn, Wednesday,
being the marriage of Miss Frances, eldest
daughter OF Lawrence Brainerd, Esq, Of
St. Adams. 10 Mason Z. Carpenter, ESD,
| of Chicago. Ii was at the residence of a
| friend, go Henry street, where Miss Brain
/ erd has been spending the winter. whittier
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| has troops OF warm personal friends here,
and Is universally regarded as a most cstim-
able young lady. Mr. Carpenter is also
well known here and in Chicago, as a rls-
/ ing young lawyer Of that city"
The Presidents appointment of Judge
Pardee a, the successor of Judge Durel is
warmly endorsed, even by the opponents of
the administration. Judge ParJee made
an excellent record during the war as
fighting eoldier. Immediately upon the
close Of the wa- he settled in New Orleans,
and entered upon the practice of the law.
lie Wa soon elected Judge of one of the
state courts. and has served ever since with
upriShtne-s and distinction. Though he
has been upon the bench during all the I'M
happy controversies IN Louisiana, he is in
no way connected with them The oppo-
~ijion journals in New Orleans commend
him - judge whose purity al 4 integrity
are irr,lroachanle
Ii vas thc wish of Hon. Ezra Cornell to
be barci IA the Cornell University grounds,
and the tulflmcnt OF thl> wish will only he
delayed till dt:ing tomb can be construct
e. upon the campus
/; e said that the rude conduct Of the
royal family of England toward the Empress
OF Russia was caused by the quarrels of the
Dutche>s with her new kirs folk. and es-
peeially with the Princess Beatrice, who
will insist upon taking prece ience over her
imporial.y born >i-ter-ia-law
George Bancroft. the HI -torian, who Is
seventy-iour years old. but still very active,
has bought the house in Washington, re
Gently owned by tx senator Harlan, where
be l. diligently en- Gagged in closing his Hiz-
tosy Of the Unit d States down to the adop-
ton Of the Fedora. Constitution. lie rises
at SIX, lIslu hi- fire. and works until sum
muuci 20 breakfast AZ eight. After break
fast he rr, am., hi, ah,r- until one, when
he stop, .or lhe day, and usually takes a
ride on h'r~ .ara, followed bya " oonsti-
/ tutiona 90 walk OF tao or three miles The
/ eyeniD : Poe try. ie~ - social enjoyment.
Mr, Jeronr Hopkins. OF New York, the
well-knowu riari~t AID organi~t. has made
an offer to the Cooper Uriou trustees, to
the effect that il he, vii give the use Of
their great haG he viii open i Sunday
"Orpheon free choir .chc oil there and thus
give about 5000 persons ,mething eleyat-
ing, refining 4pI moral to do on Sunday af-
ternoon- in pla-a of loaf NJ. cruising and
dissipating.
John NJ. French, the w,ll-known teacher
in the State Normal Schc oil at johnson, i
soon going to Lisbon. y. 4 to take charge
Of large school.
Louis \. Miner, son Of Hon 4 L Miner,
of Manchester, ard a recent graduate of
Mi3dlebury College. left home, Tuesday
morning. to take char-c Of school in Wis
cousin.
Er. Uriah Clark. tie "cxposer" Of spirit
ualism. turns out To be what another Uriah
once called ATteihus Ward-"a man Of
Nlu.' Ii was arrested i1r debt at the CON
clu>ln of bis lecture tue other night and
made 90 'csIae io%n' with little bill he
left unpaid al Mancl ester This i but
small trile In comp arson with his other
cccentrici,icS DARN. his career, as he l.
noted tor crimes bU IA great and small.
hH'0ud Gl5te
1t l. interesting to learn from an ox-
change tina; twO Of Robert Bruce's bones
were sold IN Elinbu rsh. the other day, for
-, anu one Of the .erteb1e of William the
Lion for - los J he former died in 1929,
and the latter in r2li.
The Trustees Of the Randolph Normal
School, having iai led to secure Mr.. Cilley.
Of Brandon. are now in correspondence
with D. D. Gorha N, formerly principal of |
the Montpelier Graded School. and are in |
hopes of inlucin.. him to take Mr.. Conaut's /
place
i. VI. Chalmers. prominent architect Of |
Lowell. has completed plans which he /
hopes 10 have adopted by the New England
State for the exposition building at the
Philadelphia Centennial ground. The plan
i IN the >haT'e Of pentagonal star, with
central tower GO feet IN height. III the
centre Is to BE- the Mas,act usetts depart
ncut, each Of the other five States in New
England. occupying the star-shaped points
CATpcLaer'- large Painting Of Pre- ident
Lincoln and his c. binet, discussing the
emancipation Proclamation, is offeI ed to
onsfe,-- The arti It wants S25 900 for the
picture, bat the co nmittee are unwilling to
'ae'mmend an ap 2ropriation of more than
81 600 for las ~ rchase.
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