Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-06
PERSONAL.

sailed from Washington on Monuay ior he'
West.
James T. Lane, Esq. OF Cornwall. died
at his residence in that town oil typhoiu
fever on Friday last. Mr.. Lane had been
prominent member of the Congregational
Church for years, and was greatly valued
as an honest, upright citizen, who nao
many friends, and who had no enemies
His funeral was attended at the Congrega-
tional Church in Cornwall on Sunday,
March LIST, and the hons was filled with the
citizens of Cornwall and adjacent towns:
Rev. S. W. Magill preached an eloquent
discourse The deceased was brother Of
Hon. Henry Lane of Cornwall, and iiliam
II. Lane of this city.
The many friends of our former towns
man. Col. John r. Lewis, who lost his
rioht arm at the Wilderness while IN com
mand OF the 9Th Vermont. Will ne pleaseu 10
learn that he is now in successful business
az Wankee. Dallas County. iowa. about
fifteen miles west of Des Moines. on the Des
Moines Valley Railroad. Col. Lewis Is as
ISOLATED in business with his old comrade.
Regimental and Brigade Commander, zen;
Grant. who founded the town OF
Yankee several years ago, and who has ac-
ouired a handsome property in his various
business adventures since the war, Both
Gen Grant and Col. Lewis are busily get
ting ready for the next war. as the
General has two fine boys, and Col. Lewis
one.
The Springfield Republican, special
Washington correspondent says under date
of Feb 9th: MIR. Willard of Vermont made
a speech. to-day, against restoring the
frankine privilege, which attracted the at
tention of the whole House and was the
best vet made on this question.
Charles f. Pease, lately with T. L. Shaw
of this city, has recently accepted position
as commercial traveller for the well known
wholesale clothing house Of Isaac fenno u
| 20. of Boston. His territory will embrace
Ohio. northern New York and Vermont.
Mr.. pease has many friends in Burlington,
who will wish him all success in his new
field of labor.
The Governor of Massachusetts has APP
nointed Hon. Edmund II. Bennett of Taun-
ton, reporter of decisions OF the supreme
Judicial Court, vice Albert q. Browne,
Jr.. resigned. The office Is an important
and laborious one, and the Boston AdUd-
nser said the other day, that Mr.. Bennett
had more conspicu0usly than any other
LAWYER in the State, the qualities that will
maintain its high standard.
IL HWY Smith a nrominent New
iion iA IL; ;o, hotter known as..Uank
80 JioJ in that citv Monday night.
49, - oc bis deatb he was President
=, go t'lo p I'm ~ pic "Reminiscences and
Oh 'lo Dt'iiI - 80 -,gne-t;al man con
Wa p1' ,r'th tbe noli,e denartment. Al
fbonob never member of Tammany So
ciety. and in certain respects at variance
with Tweed and other Tammany magnateS,
he managed TO pull a strong oar in the
management of municipal 2iaIr-; lie E was
originally Doatnan on the Lllc NdlH',
Atterward he became agent "l ING OIL
steamers on the HUDSON hl'el' T %nu ~.
3qenty ehgaset III pu,i,-' 9vertbrown and
" ii95i ti.u 90 - ,,;7,e~.;or of munieipal
tI,e i'e'ot iii.is e .on ,o rofr,n movement
aIairs onl!n ia.oitN 'rir and eff
ine p'oSen' vi, lie force i NV
clen'4 VI UT y. - +o his cvertions
III ~ III d Scr veors 400 very
AItHgus" NJ al c,n,r,s rStivelv a p,or
"o"i'i'' ''0
man n,
Ii l. rumored that ooi: "e''s \ -"oi
rill Is again to become superintendent VI
the Passumpsic halIroad'
Fix. Chief-Justice Ira Perley died suddenly
at hi. residence in Concord on the 26th ult.,
at the aye of Il. lie was appointed to the
misunderstanding in 1855, having served a.
an As-ociate-JuStIce three year, lie re-
signed in 1869. short time before i, ne
reached the constitutional iiilit Oh % ne
was a erA1uate o. D'''i'i'''''' N''''7 anu
one oil IL Dcne'a''ol'
Hon. Frederick Billings Is now IN New
York His wife and a lew friends have Just
sailed for Nassau, whittier he Will 20 IN the
spring. if his health permits
& Y. Edwards. for many years a promi-
mont merchant of platt.burrh. died Feb.
a6tb aced "a wear. He was formerly
rncrrbant in Grand Isle
n. VI. p,-r,,. tho e,tbsrorT,5,c
Rarrctt or the Sunreme Court. died at his
bome in StraF,ri VI. on the 18th ult..
At the advanced ace of 50 wears and Is
months Mr.. Barrett went TO STAFFORD
from stafford Conn. with his father and
family in Is02 and he lived there through
his life. An honored. respected and useful
citizen lie represented the town in the
Iegislature in $50. Is23. I-2S. 1880 and
Is3I va a member of the constitutional
convention in 1921 and is2s. and was
iustice of the peace for sixteen wears. By
occupation he was practical machinist,
and in the early years of hi. manhood sup
piled an extensive region of country with
cardinr and cloth-drcs.ing machinery.
M al. - ,l.o f,n,v :. Geo-,o n
,lo-i. Ia az ~ phii,5aoi;a Fr,,,,l, R,7,,,a
"a VI az iiL',, I've I,nted
anu ''iS ''"'io'i, ''' '''u' - 49,,
The last surviving member Gl the Io'ti
'.'n.,-cla I'D, d;cd m Toc.9ay -.
t tS,.' 400 70, If II lie wss bSrn in Fitcbbnr,
NJ or5 gradnatod ar Dartmouth C,IIa5o
in Tho La If I,o- after which he resd
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ral ,ea-s lie wos eIe..e8 IN Conrrass i,
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