Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-02-06
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Senator Edmunds has been appoihlti ny
the Vice President one OF the board OF visit
ors on the part of the Senate to attend the
next annual examination Of the cadets nj
West Point.
Professor James De Mile who died al
Halifax, " s. on "Wednesday, was native
of ST. John, y. T.. and 4 graduate of Brown
University. Providence. H. |. He was en-
gagged in teaching during most Of his life,
being at the time of his death Professor of
Rhetoric in palhcusic College. His con'ri-
buttons Ia literature have been many, his
productions hcing for the most part novels.
uniting sensational incident with cNtravagant
humor neither. however, of harmful quail
itv. Mr.. De Mile will perhaps, I've hest re-
membcrel as the author of The Dodge Cinb,
published originally in HUp1's .Nagd-iHe
anil of number of juvenile works. the most
important of which is the i. q. VIC. series
in six volumes, published in 1870 and follow
ing wears His other works are: llclcna's
Household 0SG6). New York and London;
Cord and Crcesc ,lSGS); The Lady OF the
Ice (lS10): The Cryptogram 0Ssl; An
Open Question (lS1D: The American Baron
1S12): A Comedy Of Tcrrors (lS,3); The
Living Link (lS13l; The Lily and the Cross
$3.50; The Babes of the Wood OSi5l
Castles in Spain GS,o. and Elements OF
Rhetoric (lS1Sl. of tine above, Cord ana
Crtcsc and the Lady of the Ice have been
drama,izcd. and French translation OF The
American Baron has been published in Paris
hv Levy Frcres Mr.. DE Mile also per
formed large amount of miscellaneous liter
arv work. including lectures. editorials, re
views. magazine articles and other cOntribU-
lions to the periodicals of both America and
England
The jefferson City, Mo, Tri6HHG brings
word of the death of Mr. Dewitt Clinton
| Wctherbee. which took place n, his home in
that city on the 23i uli. Mr.. Wetherbec
was native of Burlington and the brother
of Mrs f. G. LOOMS and Mrs. f. VI. Van
Sickcn of This city. He held the office of
deputy clerk of the United States District
Court and the Iri6Ha6 tcstiiics to the gen
eral respect in which he was held, and to
the loss sustained by the community as well
as by his family, in his death.
Pope Ico's banker at Rome has absconde,l,
taking $50. 900 belonging to the Vatican
The wife of Wendell Phillips has been an
invalid ever since she was 4 girl, and never
leaves her room. II is said as MIR. Philips
was leaving her to make Il speech in Il crisis
of the anli-slavcry movement she said.
Don't shilly-shally, Wendell"
The WESLEYAN Methodist connection in
England has just sustained great loss in the
J u .
most distinguished and successful ministers.
and president of the conference in 1s6l.
/ OF rich Phadelphians who died last year,
Asa Packer left an estate valued at over 81
OOO. 600: Thomas II. Powers about tie
same Bloomfield IL. Moore. over $4,000
600 Rosalic Benson, 81 800, 600 George
! Falls, 81 ,3325, 900
Harry and Alfred Leslie. sons of the late
! Frank Leslie. will contest their fathers will,
/ on the ground that their father died intcst
/ ate the paper offered not being his VIII
| that he was not of sound mind or memory
! when he signed the paper, and that the pa
per was secured by fraud AMI undue lniiu-
cncc practSrd upon him by Miriam Florence
| Leslie. otherwise Mrs Peacock, otherwise
Mrs. Squicrs, who, they aver, never was
Frank LeSlie's lawful wife. the trial will
begin in February.
The death is announced of Horace Thomp-
son. widely known as a leading banker OF
st. Paul, Mimi lie was born in Poultncy
/ this State.
Mr. Gladstone inherited great wealth, hut
has lost much of it in mining spcculations.
Carlotta Patti has withdrawn her suit
again;' t!i' st. Louis Post which charged
her with intemperancc, and sailed for Aus
trala.
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France To the late Prince Imperial are closed,
having reached so, 600
Air. J. c. Flood. the san Francisco mil
iunairr, has Just bestowed pleasant little
amount Of pin-moncy upon his daughter,
Miss Jennie Flood; he has rcgistrei $1,000,
900 in United States bonds in her name.
This Gift p,nN ilos former an income Of Sloo,
600 Il wear.
The death is announced Of Hon. William
Harris of Windham, at the age Of over four
score years He was president of the West
River National Bank at Jamaica and prom
incni man in the county, having been county
Judge and held various Offices in Nindham
where he had lived many years. He Was 4
wealthy merchant and successful man of a.
rairs. iIis son. r@i'''--..- IINr~is - promincut
Windham county politician, succeeds h:m as
president of the bank.
Richard Wagner, til" famous composer, is
at Naples. with his health greatly improved.
CourilanL Parser and other prominent
citizens of New Jersey held Il meeting on
Tuesday night in Newark and took initial
Steps for the erection of monument to Gen.
Phil kcarncy.
The Cleveland Herold says: There is
rumor that Hon Eugene Hale will be com
PEELED TO move permanently from his home
I
of Michigan The great estate left hy Sena-
tor Chandler requires constant attention, and
Mr. Hale will he forced to devote all his time
To sIipcrinicnd it, The dav may come when
the people of Michigan will send Mr.. Hale
to take the seat in the Senate once occupied
by his fathcr-in-la law, Mr.. Chandler
D,puty Sheriff Hull Of Guiltord, Conn.
thinks that the estate of the Rev. W. IL. H.
Murray will pay all the preferred debts AMI
a small dividend ON the other debts.
Rev Harmon Loomis, d. d.. of Brouhlyn,
died on Monday last at his home in that
city of pneumonia after an illness lasting
week lie WAS .5 years of age. DIR. LOOMS
WAS born in Georgia. VI, and graduated
at the University of Vermont in lSaa, lie
studied theology at Anduvcr and Princeton
Scminarics. In 1866 hc received the degree
of d. ID. from Knox College. For thirty
wears he WAS engaged in the work OF the
American Scamens Friend Society. and for
the last twenty-five years he has lived in
Brnoklvn. Six years ago he retired from
active labor, and has since preached occ:,s-
ionally, and been engaged in temperance
work On the last Sunday of 1879 hc preach
cd his last sermon in the Brooklyn Tahcrna-
Gle lie was the author cf ''Shadowlng
Wings" and other books. lie spent several
years in arranging the Bible in chronology
cal order; this work WAS Just completed nj
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Stone ui l'eadshoro, VI, ana sister 81 'ol-
Newton stone OF the Vermont 2i regiment,
who fell at the head of his regiment IN The
battle OF the Wilderness May ,, ls6l died a,