Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-01
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/ We are sorry To learn that G. org. W.
Kennedy, Esq, Of Waterbury is seriously IN
with diphil'eria. Ills little daughter died of
the terrible disease, Monday.
Asa T. Barron Of White River junction Is
slowly recovering from his recent dangerous
illness--Col. s. NJ. Pnsree Of Hartford
is also recovering from a severe sickness.
Rev. Joseph Cook is lecruring TO immense
audiences in Scotland. Some Of the most
eminent men Of the country have presided
at his meetings
| Rufus L. Shahy, who has Just frai.urdt the
post of counsel for the Philadelphia police
department, during the six years sace his
appointment has conducted all tn business
growing out OF the ID, :5i arrests. with but
one adverse verdict rendered in cont.
| Hon. Frederick Billings has purchased for
| u Winter residence in New York civ q man
sion un Madison avenue. He has. however
no purpose Of breaking up his establishment
at Woodstock which will continue L. be hi7
home, where he viii abide. with ia, rvcep-
ton of a short period in the Winter.
Col. Thomas Il. Scott has just mpi' some
! handsome donations. lie has given 80, 900
TO the University of Pennsylvania, SO 00o
to jefferson College, $50. 600 10 the Ortho-
| pedic Hospital and SEQ. 900 Ia the Episcopal
| Hospital, the three latter institutions hring
located in Philadelphia.
The New York EssAiay p says.
| Chairman Morrill, backed hy such hard
money men as Mr.. sherman 1nd iir. BayarI
will intellectually control tie Senate but
all of their force will be needed TO keep the
| finance committee in line with sound priBci
pies, in view Of the fact that Of its eleven
members six are more or less in favor Of soft
| money
| EX-Gov. Horace Fairbanks aad family eX-
pect TO spend the Summer abroad, passage
having already beeu engaged in the CunaTd
steamer "BOthnia, to sail from New \ ori,
| for Liverpool, April 9th They intend to
go quite directly to Italy, and as warm
weather approaches, journey through Ger
many, Switzerland and France to Great
| Britain, returning home in the Fall.
The venerable ex- Governor Ryland Flet.h
or of PrOctorsville is pretty much confined to
his house by advancing age. \ carIcspon-
dent says The Governor en- 1vS the discus
sion Of political questions as much rs he did
! in the days OF John Brown, who was here in
the Winter of 1856 :, with his papers to en-
courage honest and religious young men To-
| go with him to Kansas with n rem l.rvou7
at Tabor in iowa.
Judge Robertson aPp5.njci collector OF
| New \ ork, has been active in state politics
| for nearly forty years his puflic and private
| record is above reprOach. lie has Eeen IL
the State Senate since 1852, and president
pro TEN. since 1874. lie was Cornells main
opponent at Saratoga in 49," receiving LOG
votes, and he declined the Lieutenant Gov
ernorship. He was one Of the delegates 20
Il IL Ill -
anti-Grant Republicans. lie voted f0f Blaine
until the seth ballot, when ~ other New
Workers joined him in votins for Garfield
Rev. Asher Bliss. for MANI years It mis-
sionary of the American Board Of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions To- the Seneca
| Indians of western New York, died WcInes-
day in South Valley, Cattaraugus county
| y. Y, aged 50 years He was born a; Wes3
| Fairlee this State, Feb. 20, 1901, brought
| up on farm, educated at TheiEord Academy,
graduated at Amherst College in 1929 and at
Andover Seminary in 1892 and, in Novem-
| Der Of the samc year, commenced his lGbOr5
as missionary to the Seneca Indians on CAT
| taraugus reservation, Eric county, y. \.
He lived TO see the Seneca Indians, in
great measure through his l.hors, elevated
from comparative barbarism to a condition
of agricultural prosperity. good education
/ anu morals.
| The late Rev. Samuel Brock B"stWick ID
| D., whose death we have already chr1uicled
was born in Jericho, in March. 1915. lie
! graduated at the University Of Vermont in
1885, and attended the Episcopal Theological
Seminary in New York city lie married
there Miss Harriet r. Wood, and commenc-
ed preaching at Jericho and Milton, and then
was at Brandon for five or SIX years. He
| baH Dt fu--, aIg ct IL
Hill and Fort Edward, n. Y. until the
latter became self-sustaining and served in
charge of the former for over quarter II "a
century, teaching school also and daine
much missionary work in that vicinity
being the means of establishing several new
supporting parishes. Last Spring, he took
charge of a Parish at Governor, \. y
DIR. Bostwick leaves a wife, two cons and
two daughters.