Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-25
THE BURLINGTON. VT.
PERSONAL.

Rev DR.. Hubert will be the sixth presi-
dent who has presided over Middlebury col
leee and of these but one President kltchel.
has been a graduate of the institution
But Middlebury shows good record else
where out of about 200 alumni, SIS have
filed professorships in collegiate and theo
logical institutions, besides Is who nave
filled the Office of president.
This afternoon at the residence OF the
brides father, on High street. Miss Hattie,
Youngest daughter of L. b. Whiting, Esq,
was married to Mr.. Horatio Hickok,oi Bur
| lington. Tho ceremony was strictly PIT
yate and the reception which followed was
| limited to personal friends but was still
numerously ATTENDED anu brilliant. Inc
display of gifts was elegant and extensive
az was pr per for one Of the best girls whom
ST. Albans has been called upon 10 spare
81. ABans Messenger, 18Th.
T. W. Huntington. a graduate oil the U.
V.M.. and nephew of Samuel Hunting
ton. has lust completed a medical course at
Harvard and received the appointment OF
assistant surgeon in tine Massachusetts, Gen
eral Hospital
The Rutland GieJ. says President
Buckham has quite a number oil appoint
ments to pronounce addresses at literary an
niversaries the present summer The presi-
dents cbaste diction, clear and independent
methods of thought, and ripe scholarship
have attracted attention beyond the bounca-
ries of our State, and he is ..-ss gaming
mark among leading American scholars"
The Vermont Farmer says: "Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Rankin are expected home carly
in July. We understand Mr.. Rankin de-
cides not to accept tie Consulship at Mes
sipa. prefsrring Vermont to Sicily"
We are panied to learn of the deceass, by
his own hand, at Lincoln, Nebraska. OF
George l.. Williams. formerly Quartermas-
ter Sergeant of the Fifteenth Vermont Regi-
ment. After the close of the war he en-
eaged in business in Chicago. Some SIX or
seven years since, he located at Lincoln,
Neb.-was one of its pioneers. Uniortu-
nate business enterprises had unsettled his
mind, and led to the fatal act.
Gen. Se!den Conner. of Augusta, who
has been nominated for Governor by the
Republicans Of Maine. studied law with ex-
Gov. p. I. Washburn, of Woodstock, ana
entered tie army a. a private in the First
Vermont Regiment. lie afterward rose to
be a brigadier general, and received wounds
in the Wilderness, which have kept him on
crutches ever since. He is a man OF high
character and of great popularity, and pos
sesses. in a marked degree, the confidence
and esteem Of the people Of his State
The Boston Globe in noticing the mar
rage of ex- Gov. Page 10 Miss Smith. says
"Wiih this umon of the houses of Page and
Smith the Central Vermont troubles ought
to end -
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Nj. Eansicklen have ar
rived at home, in excellent health after q
visit OF several weeks to Colorado.
f Senator Eimuuds has received dispatch
from the L. 5 Consul at Falmouth. England
announcing the recovery of the body of Mis-
Caroline N. Crane. 1t was recognized, in
part, By ring given to her day or two
before she sailed, and bearing her initials
sc. N. c."
Mrs. NJ. {. Wheeler and family arrived
by the Scythia. on Tuesday, and reached
Burlington Wednesday evening. They are
the guests of Hon E. j. Phelps.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. c. Spear and DR.. I. )
Peck and vile left for New York thi'
morning. ard Will sail for Europe on tht
Scythia on Wednesday nez; Mr.. and Mrs
Spear Will spend the summer abroad. DR.
Peck goes to Vienna first, and Will be absen
about two years
Herman Siannard, brother Of Gen. stan
nard. was found dead in his bed, Saturday
morning, at hi residence in Colchester. Mr.
Stannard was apparently in good health Fri
dav evening, and the cause Of his death i
unexplainrt