Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04
PERSONAL.

Gen Garfield, it is now sad, will go to
Washington about the end of February.
Moody and Sankey have entered upon the
twelfth week of their meetings in San Fran
cisco
MIR. W. J. Florence, and Mackay, the
California bonanza king, are travelling to
gethor in Italy
Mrs. Anna Maria Hall, the English Ill
thorcss, wife Of $. c. Hall, the well known
author. is dead
The will of Justus Ramsey of u. Paul,
Mimi, brother of the Secretary of War, who
committed suicide, leaves 800. 900 II his
nephews, nieces and TO the Protestant and
Catholic orphan asylum, share AMI share
alike
Senator Edmunis is reported 10 have en-
ercised the care of a wise man in saving
, $3.50, 900 from the proceeds of his law prac
tice.
Col William Flller, superintendent Of
construction during the building OF the Rut-
land railroad, died in Troy, n Y, Sunday
aged nearly 80 years
Lady Gore Ousely, daughter of the laie
Gov. {. 7. Van Ness and sister Of the late
Mrs. Roo sevclt of New York, lately died in
Paris. Her husband was Secretary Of the
British Legation in Washington when she
married him. The death OF his father subse-
quently gave him his title.
The famous bulls of Ireland are coming to
the front in the Lani-Lcague battle. Mr.
Mitchell Henry, during the recent debate,
talked of the sabres OF the military reap
ing" Capt. Boycott'J crop Of turnips, and Mr..
hliehael Davitt, in his last speech before a
section of the Land-League referred to the
constitutional rights of the people trampled
upon by the mailed hand of authority"
A Rome correspondent Of the Worcester
Spyawiites; 81 read in the Spy that Hon
George p. Marsh, United States minister to
Italy, is about to resign his afiioe. lie stated
to- friend OF mine. this last week, that he
had never even intimatcd any such design.
He also said that there were two very good
reasons why it might be well for him to re-
tire; First, that it costs him every year to
live 81 900 more .hnan the salary; and that
he was getting old and was not well.
A Florence letter to the Portland Pres
says: ''Larkin q. Mead, as everybody
knows, has been for the past few years al
most wholly engaged on works of public
and national character, and those who ad-
mire the colossal in art make frequent visits
to his studio. His latest works are model
OF an immense statue representing the Mis-
sissipp, river, and a relieve of the Washing
ton monument of The Surrender of Corn
wallis Among other beautiful things is
marble copy much reduced-of the "Snow
Angel" which appeared to the startled inhab-
itants of Brattleboro, VT, one New Years
morning more than twenty years ago, and
awakened them 10 1. recognition of the genius
they had unsuspectingly harbored.
Lewis Lincoln, notice of whose death,
which took place in California over two
months ago, has Just reached US, was born in
Williston, and lived there till he wen: to Cal
ifornia in 1855. lie died in the house of his
son-in-law, L. A Harrington, in Marysville,
Cal, Nov. 10Th. The Marysvile paper
which announces his DEATH mentions The
fact that he was carried in chair (being
greatly enfeebled by old age and disease to
the polls. two weeks previously, to cast his
vote for Garfield and Arthur, and adds
Mrs. F. A. Harrington is his Only living
child. He leaves a sister in st. George, VT,
50 years Of age. Mr.. Lincoln was the Oldest
Mason in California at the time of his death
having joined the North Star Lodge OF Bur
lington, Vt, more than so years ago. No
man was moro endeared to young and old
and his death, though not unexpected, is
universally deplored.