Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-10
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Levi 2. Luekey has resigned a. private
Secretary to the President a. the latter de-
sired to continue his son Ulysses in his Of
ice. Mr. Luckey has accepted a responsible
position in the Department of the Interior
despatch from Hon. Charles Seymour
informs Us Of the death, at Detroit. yester-
day, of his sister, Mrs. U. L. Ballard. Mrs.
Ballard was born in Burlington. the daugh-
ter of the late William |. Seymour. and
spent most Of her life here, though Of late
years her home has been elsewhere. Her
death was release from prolonged illness
Col Frank Howe has finally been relieved
from his position as special treasury agent
10 New York, and Is succeeded by Nj.
Moses ;. Hale
Oar friend and former tOwnsman, ). B.
W hitney, Organist of the Church of the Ad-
vent. was the leading organist on the open
ing OF the new grand organ of the Cathe-
dral OF the Holy Cross. at Boston. on the
23d ult. The organ Is the largest one in
the country. containing nearly 1000 more
pipes than the great Plymouth Church or
gan Of Brooklyn. 1t needs to be large, for
the space it has to fill with sound in the
Cathedral Is four and a half times larger
than the Boston Music Hall. Ii has 70
speaking stops, and 5.2s2 pipes, and is a
magnificent organ, IN all respects Its
makers are Mes~rs. Hook aud Hastings, OF
Boston. Mr.. Whitney played L prelude BY
Gounod, prelude by Bach, improyisa-
tons in the Nesper Hymn. and a finale
The other organists were Alessrs. Lang and
Whiting, eli Boston and Chsppin. OF But
falo
The WIFI of Hon VIM. A. Wheeler. Of
Malone, died at Washington, Friday, after
several weeks illness.
The Montpelier Freeman OF last week
contains an excellent tribute to the memory
of Its late editor. j " Wheelock. Esq
from the pen of Hon. c. W. " illard
Miss Anna Park, Of Bennington, has been
speaking in Bangor, Maine. at mission
AIRY meeting. on the Micronesia Islands and
their inhabitants. Her address IL highly
spoken Of
Frederick Billings, CT Woodstock, Is
quoted as saying in response 10 4 so!iclta-
ton TO give funds Tor the endowment Of q
protessorship IN N0r.ich University that
he disapproved OF the attempt to sustain
three separate colleges in the State, and
that II the institutions at Burlington.
Mhddiebury and N0rthfeld could be CONSOLE
dated. there would result university sure
TO command respect and adequate support,
and, hence, sure to live and grow stronger.
Year by year. Ii the three colleges would
pat their forces together. lie would help"
b. Stanley Jones, formerly connected
with this paper. as clerk ia the counting
room. has returned to 1ecOma, Nevada
after a tour to the Black Hill, ana i-noN
IN newspaper Citce in that place
SHELsuRN The Winter Term Of sh.I-
burn Academy closed, last week. with an
exhibition at the brick church. which was
7ery largely attended by parents and friend, /
u the pupils. The programme was as fol- !
0ws
aecitation, Days Of the wesk"-M.ssss Pvrsiv,l /
HARD, Lake, Mead, HoIabird, Van Vliet TayIar
defamation, "rhe boys, Horace Bell
Recitation, Wreck Of the Hesperusn- Bi-tis
Taylor.
Rec citation, Choice OF Traaes"-Msssr, Bsc,n
White, Degree }. Bacon. Chauvln Spear Highes
Tracy, tell, Dunham, holabird.
II zinlus 10 the Roman Solilers-Heury Smear
zee IAN atoni Old Times and New-Wilbur Hishss
1eeltstlon-face sgainst the Pane-Liliie Weed
rerlcies 10 the Athenians -Chs rles Byinstou
must National Aequsition-J X. Dean
ne New Church 0rsan-Nellie Van Vllet
ne curse Of Hegulus-Will Msglnn.