Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-21
Personal,

| Personal.
We regret to hear OF the illness of Con
gresham Joyce.
Hon. Burnham Martin of Chelsea Is re
ported in feeble health.
Rev. DR.. George b. Spaldng has zone o
Summer trip to Europe.
Hon. Walbridge A. Field, NJ G., of Bos
ton, is revisiting his native state.
Hon. John W. Stewart, with his family
has gone into emp for two or three weeks a
Knights Island.
The managers of the st. Adams higl
school have secured as principal Mr.. Charlie
ii. Goldthwate of Cambridge, Mass, a grad
uate of Harvard
Hon. VIM. A. Wheeler has gone TO th,
White Mountains, and thence will 90 t.
Maine, and has In view possible trip Il
Halifax. The trip is for the benefit of Mr.
Wheelers health,
We are sorry to learn that Hon. w. IL. IL
Binghams illness is more serious than We
were at first led to believe. His condition al
last accounts remained unchanged
Adviccs from Gen. w. w. Grout bring the
welcome intelligence that his disease has left
him and that he is gaining rapidly in flesh
and strength.
Among the 200 passengers who sailed by
the White Star steamer Brittanic from New
York on Saturday, were Mr.. and Mrs. j. II.
Wheeler, OF this city. They expect to spend
year abroad.
A Washington correspondent reports that
the removal of Postmaster Pearson of Now
York city is decided on and il is probable
his successor will be George NJ. Nannort or
Joel b. Erhardt.
A Southern paper says that Mr.. George |.
Seney has given the Wesleyan Female Col
lege, Georgia, another check for S2j 900.
making his gifts to this college aggregate
$4,000.
Word comes from Washington that the
friends of DR.. Baxter are exerting themselves
to defeat the confirmation of DIR. Crane, re-
Gently nominated in place of Barnes as sur
gcon general.
$, II, Waters. of the class of 81 l.. V. NJ,
and for the past year principal of Lyndon
Academy and Graded School, has been en-
gagged by the trustees to remain in the posi-
ton another year.
Charles p Gccr, the express agent at Or-
deusburg, n. y, who committed suicide last
week, was native Of Ncrgenncs 1t is ru-
morcd that Mr. Geer had invested largely in
the stock of the Boulder, Colorado, Mining
company, and that news of its COLLAPSE" had
thrown him into state of despondency dur
ing which he committed the fatal act
Alfred II. Pease, Buffalo pianist OF wide
reputation, who has been missing from his
hotel IN st. Louis, since July 9th, dropped
dead in front of q second-class saloon, Thurs
day morning, where he had stopped since
July 4th, under an assumed name The cor
oner inquest give, as cause of death, con-
ges,ion of the brain caused by intoxication.
The death is announced of II. ii. Bowman
prominent citizen of st. Adams, aged Ga
lie was native of Westford, but had resid-
ed in st. Adams since 1859. In 1876 he was
elected member Of the board of trustees in
which position he served till 1881, when he
was elected first selectman and occupied that
position at the time OF his death. Mr. Bow
man was for many years director of the
First National bank, and member of st.
Lukc's vcstry.
AT a joint session of the National Educa-
tional Association and the American Institute
of Instruction. Wednesday evening, II rcsolu-
ton was introduced by President Buckham,
strongly commencing to the care of Congress
the National Bureau of Education. and re-
spectfully urging that the appropriation for /,
be not less than in former years. Copies of
the resolution were ordered to be sent To the
President Speaker of the House and chair
man OF The appropriation committees of the
Senate and House.
The funeral Of Mr.. Martin l.. Miner took
place at his late residence, in East Shclburn,
Thursday afternoon, at two o'clock, his pas
tor, Rev. j. w. Bennett, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Merritt IIulburd of Burlington and
Rev T. w. Gregory of Hinesburgh. The
pall-bcarers were eight members of the off
cial board of the Methodist Episcopal church,
OF the board and society of which the de-
ceased was the oldest member In the death
OF Mr.. Miner, Shelburn loses an old and hon
ored citizen, and his family kind and indul
gent husband and father.
George William Curtis in 1866 became n
silent partner in the business firm of Dix,
Edwards & Co., the publishers of Putnans
Monthly. He invested $4,000 in the con-
Germ but had no part in its management.
Two years later the firm failed, and Mr.. Cur
It's through some informality in drawing up
the articles of partnership, was declared to
be legally responsible for a portion of its
debts Many of his friends held that he was
in no way bound beyond the $40, 900, and
urged him to test the question in the courts.
Mr.. Curtis refused, although his decision in
volved the assumption by him of debt of
ViooiooV' iic ouiIcuuclcu I'LL his property,
In sixteen years, by most arduous labor
writing and lccturing, he paid the last dollar
of the debt.
Hon. Fred Billings is the owner of one of
the finest and most extensive estates in Yer
mont His grounds comprise 600 acres of
lawn, meadow, forest, mountain and cult
waited land. 1t is within the village limits
and the views in all directions are pctur
esque and beautiful. The home mansion was
erected by hon. Charles Marsh in 1906, and
the property was purchased by Mr.. Billings
ON his return from Europe in 1868. The
house has been greatly improved by its pres
ent owner and is now spacious and beautiful
in its arrangements and elegant in all its an
pointments. The Conservatives on the place
are filled with rare plants and flowers and
tropical fruits are raised in abundance.
Large barns on the estate are filled with fine
blooded stock and cattle, Jerseys and South
downs predominating. Mr.. Billings has done
much for Woodstock, and this year is re-
building church parsonage at an expense
OF several thousand dollars.-E1.