Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-08
PERSONAL.

Personal.
Governor Butler has appointed as membe
OF the Massachusetts Board of Education
MIR. Z. e. Carrigan, well known in Vermont
President Buckham breaches the sermon
to the graduating class at Andover Theoloei
cal Seminary, at the coming Anniversary
of the Seminary.
The Charleston g. O. Neaos (dem.) say!
that "Mr. Edmunds is by long odds the
ablest and best Republican who has yet beer
named for the presidency"
Mr.. James Fisk has been taken from the
asylum and is now with his daughter Mrs
Hooker. He has recovered his mental bal
ance, but his physical health is in precari
GUS condition.
Mr. and Mrs. John Howard Bryant will
celebrate their golden wedding at Princeton,
ILL.,, tomorrow. Mr. Bryant Is the only sur.
viving brother of the poet, and has lived in
Princeton, more than fifty years.
The validity of the will of Mrs. Eliza F.
Eddy of Boston, has been confirmed, and
property valued at about $57, 900 is to be di.
vided equally between Susan b. Anthony and
Lucy Stone Blackwell.
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine is
rapidly recovering from the surgical opera
ton recently performed upon him, and OK.
poets to be soon stronger and in better health
than he has been for twenty years.
Hon. Charles ii. Bartlett Of Manchester,
N. H., has rendered his resignation as clerk
of the United States District Court, after SIX
teen years service. The resignation is made
| that Mr.. Bartlett may take his scat in the
State Senate. There seems to be difference
between New Hampshire and Vermont.
Rev. James lIerrick, the veteran mission
ary, with his wife, is at Brattleboro, having
recently returned from their station in South
ern India after an absence of about II years.
MIR. and Mrs. llcrrlck avc:dcvoted some 80
years to the missionary work in India, and
now come to spend the remainder OF their
days with their kindred.
Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt has ordered from
Paris Russian troika, "a wheeled vehicle
drawn by three horses harncsscd abreast The
middle horse runs between shafts, which arc
connected by an arch over its head. and the
others are attached one on each side of their
middle mate. Mrs. Vanderbilt is said to be
the best lady whip in New York.
Col. w. G. Mitchell, L. S. A., who died
suddenly OF pneumonia at Governors Island,
May Both, will be remembered by many as
one of the bravcst and best of Gen. Han.
cocks staff officers during the war. Since
the war he has remained with Gen. Han.
cock, as his assistant Acknowledgements. lie
was gallant and able officer, and is uni
vcrsally lamented.
A current item says "Senator Ed
munds was greeted at Fort Point, near San
Francisco, the other day, by an artillery So
lutte. The noise fastened the entry into this
world OF stiifc OF very young American,
who straightway was named Edmunds Gull
Inns. Under the circumstances Mr.. Ed.
munds blessed the babe and gave him q
silver cup
| Capt. David Johnston Craige, 18th Infant.
ry, United States Army, is now stationed al
Plattsburg His great-uncle, Ger. Craigie
OF the British army, commanded brigade IL
Burgoyne's force in the advance from Cana
da when Pittsburgh was captured, and
another great uncle, Lieut.. Gen. Mac Donald
Of the British army, was subaltern at thu
time the post was assailed during the war o.
1872. Capt. Craigic is a cousin of Mai. Gen
Robert Hume of the British army.
Mrs. Della Stewart Parnell will sell Tues.
day evening in New York city, by auction
her pictures and otner works of art She ha!
recently sold her family vases and jewelry t
personal friends. The house and farm a
BordentowD, N. j., have been advertised t
let. Mrs. Parnell does not intend to q
abroad, as has been reported, but her devo
ton to Land-League interests for three year
past has prevented attention to her privat
affairs, and her resources have diminished
She is adding something to her income b,
literary work.
The death of Eunice A. Moshcr, wife of Mr.
j. w. Sault, assistant editor the of Messenger
occurred at the residence of her father il
Rochester, Windsor county, at 0 o'clock Oh
Thursday morning, May 81. She was tn
youngest daughter of F. I. Mosher, re
sptctcd citizen OF the town. and was 2
years of age. After her marriage to MI
Sault in December, 1879, she spent sewers
months in St. Adams, where she made man
friends. Her long illness began fourtee
months ago with complication of malade
and terminated in consumption. Her hu:
band and their only chld-a son 20 month
| old, too young TO realize the loss of motl
er-will have tho heartfelt sympathy Of
large circle of friends in their bereavt
: mcnt.-.St Al6anS Messenger.
Commencement week at Cornell Universit
begins on Sunday, June II, when Rev. Dl
Joseph L. Duryea will deliver the baccala,
reatc sermon in Sage Chapel. The inauguri
, address of Professor Moses Colt Tyler
, professor of American history, and Pre-
fessor j. Burkitt Webb as professor of az
Piled mathematics and theoretical mechanic
will be delivered on Tuesday evening
:, class-day exercises being given in the afte
= noon of that day. Wednesday will be alum
!, day, and will be marked by the form
opening of the new physical and chemic
I laboratories and the new military hall an
= gymnasium, the unwilling Of the portraits
u Senator Justin S. Morrill, and Rev. ID
VIM. ID. Wilson, and the laying of Il
InAr ctf ~ fI.nl -n. n
!, ial Building and the McGraw- Fiske Hosrit
u by Governor Cleveland Thursday will
! commencement day