Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
Il Personal.

Judge DIN. of the Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia, has just rendered his
resignation, alter service Of fifteen years !;
and aprOpos OF this, the following bio
graphical sketch is given:
Hon. Abrsm Bryan DIN, LII D., vas
born in SALISBURY, Bennington county.
VT, November Is. 1913, graduated at
Williams college, Massachusetts, in 1895,
was admitted to the bar of Troy, N. Y,
three years later, and was for three wears
recorder OF the city; was elected repre-
sentative to the thirty-flth Congress from
New York, IN which he served on the com
mittee on expenditures on public buildings
Chosen to the two following Congresses. he
served on the committee on military Affairs
IN the first. On the Reorganization of the
District Supreme Court by President Lin
coin. in 1863. he was appointed to the
| bench with two of his present brethren and
/ George +. Fisher, who has so far been the
| only one to resign, having done 50 to &C.
cept the position of district attorney, a
more lucrative place. from which, however,
he was removed after about four Years
service. In leG5 the honorary degree of
doctor OF common laws was conferred upon
Judge DIN by Union college. Though of
late frequently too sick to attend the court,
as much hard work Is any on the bench
Rev. Samuel W Nichols and wife, of this
city, arrived in Mairas, India, Dec 9th,
after pleasan. voyage Of sOme Sc days out
from London. They were in excellent
health and spirits.
A letter from DR. $. W Thayer, written
on the eve of his sailing from San Francis
CO for China. says that he has travelled a |
good deal in California during his stay in |
the State, that his health had steadily I'm
proved, and he was leaving in excellent |
spirits, anticipating an interesting and |
pleasant trip round thu world. Col. John |
5. MOsby. United States Consul at Hong |
Kong, was passenger OF the sans steam
er, the City of Peking.
Hon. Ii. N. Hubbard. of Chicago, has been
elected one of the directors of the Union
Hide and Leather Company, of that city.
Dr. Jacob Bigelow, the famous Boston
physician and author, died at bis residence
in that city, Friday. at the advanced age Of
~ years.
Representative Gustaye SchIeicher of the
sixth district of Texas. who died At Wash
ington, Friday. was a German bv birth.
and came to the United States in 1871, set
ting in Texas, where be pursued the profss-
sion of civil engineer. lls served in the
State Legislature previous to the war, but
during that struggle he dOes not appear to
have been in public life. lie was elected
II the FOrty-titth Congress reelected 10 the
present one, and at the last election was
again chosen as Representative Mr..
Schlecher's record in Congress in the main
has been good Thre, members Of the
House have died sincs the present session
began, and two previously.
The wife of ex-GOycrn0r Ililand Hall died
1t their residence in North Bennington, on
W ednesday. Ii is but a iew weeks since
hey celebrated the Gosh anniversary Of their l
Wedding day with their t.jend-. q
Though Senator Sharon. of Nevada, has )
leld his office for nearly four years ard
lrawn almost $50 900 tor pay and mileage,
10 has not been month in his seat
altogether hitherto. Some of his colleagues t
lad never seen h im until his recent arrival 4
t " ashingtOn, and very few of them bad
made his acquaintance lie Is s. years old |
nd is described a. short and thin, light |
dmplexIOned, unprepcs>eS-ins in figure, 81
nd weighing hardly more than loo pounds
n Z. Hill, of Colorado, Senator Chaifse's r.
respective successor, was formerly pro-
,ssOr of chemistry in Brown University. u
1t present he IL superintendent Of the Bls- t,
On and Colorado smelling works at Denver. :,
Erastus Corning, Jr., of Albany, and
Iiss Grace Schenck, daughter Of Rev Dr. h
Ioah Hunt Schenck. ot Brooklyn. were
Iarricd IN New York. MIndty. in magnl6- h,
,nt style. There was II large and fashion a,
BILE attendance. The officiating clergy
len were Bishops DOane, of Albany, and
of Long Island. Among those IL
resent were ex-Gjv seymour. Senator p
Get Pendet)n. OF Ohio, State Engineer 4
,ymOur, Erastus Corning, Senior, ten. oil
arvin. of Albany, Mayor Cooper, Cyrus W. as
el1, and many Others. The presents are de- OF
ribed as being on vast, varied and
silly scale OF