Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

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Joseph Sabin, the veteran bookseller and
photographer, died in New York, sunday
Mr.. Addison Brown, who has been ap-
pointed United States District Judge, for the
Southern District of New York, was born
near Boston, graduated from Harvard College
and from the Cambridge Law School, and
during the last p years has been a member
of several prominent law firms in New York
city, his last partnership being in the firm
of Stanley & Brown. He is strong Repub-
lican, hut has never held office or taken active
part in politics
John G.. SAKE, the poet, has met with still
another sad bereavement in the loss of his
third and last daughter, Miss Hattie Solace
SAKE. who died at his residence, No. IS First
Place, Brooklyn, on Friday night. Miss
SAKE, who died of consumption, the disease
which has carried off her two sisters within
the past five years, was born in Vermont in
1854 and was an amiable, quiet and unas-
suming lady. Mr.. SAKE, who is greatly de-
pressed in spirits by his present afliictiOn,
has been in delicate health for some time
past.
The Taunton Mass Gazette says: 1.-The
death of Edmund Neville Bennett occurred
Saturday, after an illness of a week, of
pleuro-pneumonia. He was the eldest son
of Edmund H. and Sally C. Bennett, and
his 2jth birthday was on Monday last. He
entered Brown University, from which he
was graduated in the class of 1880. After
leaving college he made trip to Europe,
and subsequently, entered the book publish
ing house of Messrs. Houghton, Miffln Il
Co, Boston, where he had been but few
months. He was a young man of much
promise, of an amiable and sterling charac-
ter, and his death is a sad bereavement and
affection TO his parents, relatives and
friends
Mr.. Joseph Mckay, late head of the firm
of Joseph Mckay Il Brother, dry goods mer-
chants of Montreal, has just died IN that city.
He was born in Scotland, in 1910, and re-
moved to Montreal fifty years ago, engaging
in the dry goods business. lie amassed
great fortune, estimated at the time of his
death to he between $1,000 900 and =, 000,
900 He was never married, and leaves only
one brother, who is also millionaire. He
was very liberal, established a hospital and
gave generously towards its support, built
the Presbyterian College and was constant
contributor to it, erected a palatlal asylum
for the deaf and dumb, and gave largely to
houses of refuge and to the Presbyterian
church. His fortune is hequeathed to public
and religious objects
Carl Schurz is now revising the proof sheets
of his philosophical, psychological and his
torical novel, soon to be published by Bos-
ton house II is TO be entitled 'Max's In
dersoul." In the preface the author says
This creative work of the imagination is
both psychologist study and prose epic of
great historical events. ! seek To give in the
guiSe of fiction a true idea of some things
that the historians pen is not long enough
or sharp-nibbed enough to properly indte. l
seek at the lime To trace the gradual
dcva,NTa.ent ul Il colossally noble soul through
much misfortune and heart woe. and to celc
brate the ultimate triumph of aesthetic quail
ties over the merely moral and intellectual.
Incidentally, some of the largest questions
of political. social, economic, politicO-s social.
socio-economic, and ecOnomi- political import
are fully elucidatcd." Max Wurst is the hero
whose fortunes are followed through Al
pages duodccimo.