Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-06
PERSONAL.

Personal.
Gil y. I. SWarac If B!andon has started
~.ntul0 National bank IN brooklyn, called
Ill -pta-.c bank.
Colonel IL. ker, Scr-cant-at-Arms Of the
House of L ptes,n:G,iy>S, has gone TO Brat
t.,l ~ tus tie SKINNER. He will be can
d.l.ty t-r Scr.eau:-at-Arms of the Senate in
December.
The New York State temperance society
has appointed Rev. {. c. Frost us state
temperance lecturer
Tie Chicago Democratic convention has
rcuomin0tcd Julius 5. Grinnell for city at
torucy. Mr. Grnncll is brother of our
townsman DIR. A. Z. Grinnell.
Mr. Charles Rogers, an old citizen Of
Bradford died last week at St Johnsbury,
in the cighty-cighth year Of his age. He
WAS a native of Oxford, n. ii. lie had
eleven children, eight boys and three girls,
six ol whom aic living. Among them were
four lawyers and one clergyman. All the
latter are in the Western States, and have
flied honorable positions in their proics-
sirus. Mr.. Rogers early tslouscd the anti
slavery cause, and was an earnest worker in
it. ranks.
B,hop-c,ect Nicholson of 1t. Marks
church. Philadelphia, writes t. Rev, DR..
Wakefield, president of the Standing com
mttec at Richmond, Ind declining the
Epi=copate of Indiana.
Tie New York Home Jou nal has this
pleasant notice Of one of our you1g towns
mem "Dr. +. J. Blodgct, a young medical
practitioner who came to New York TO finish
his professional education, is now settled in
Sockbridgc Mass DR.. Blodgett's n!tural
ability, his attachments and lis socia' Iuai-
ties will soon make lin popular ana much
sought for in the community with which he
has decided to live"
Senator Elmunds telegraphci as follows
10 President Arthur, on Thursday, from
Aiken, South Carolina: PRAY reeve my
be riclt expression of sorrow ut Tie sad
news of the departure Of my long.tried
friend, the postmaster general, OF the gen
tltst aud purcst, he has gone to his rest,
GEORGE f. EDNrNDs."
Capt, WHY'S Lyman, 9th L. s. Infantry,
has entered upon his duties, at Washington,
with Colonel r. n. Scott, L. S. A., IN
charEc Of the publication Of the records Of
The Rebellion.
T.. W. Thompson has been appointed New
England travelling passenger agent of the
Canadian Pacific railway, TO take effect from
April LIST. Mr. Thompson has been con-
ncccl with the Central Vermont railroad
company for some ten years-acting as
White Mountain passenger agent for sly
years.
Mr.. George L. Eaton of Danvillc has
bought an interest in the Troy Daily Press
aud HAT paper will hcscefor,h he published
by the firm of Parmcntcr d Eaton. Mr..
Eaton is Il vigorous writer, q bright and
stirring young man, and u gentleman. We
with lin every success in his new ven-
turc.
Ex-senator David Davis says he doesn't
intend TO spend next Winter iu Washington
because he neither wants his wife to be gaZed
at AID talked and written about, nor him
self to be ranked with some cx-ofiicc hold
crs who spend their lives hanging about the
Hobbies
The wcalthitst widow in ST. Louis is Mrs
Julia Maiiit the only sister of Mr.. Charles =.
Choulcau. Her property IS worth at least
$1,000 900. Another widow in that city,
whose wealth runs into the millions, is Mrs.
Thomas Allen, wife of the late Congressman
Allen.
Lieutenant j. Evars Greene, now editor
of the Worcester Mass. Spy was taken pris-
oncr at the battle of Balls Bluff, and surrcn-
dercd his sword TO Captain Singleton of the
Comic crate army. Last week Captain Sin
Eltt'u, HOW u htIlCstultllNC III congress,
sent the sword to Senator lIoar with note
requesting him to restore it to Lieutenant
Greene, which lie at once did
Frances L. Willard is preaching temper
anCc in Tombstone Arizona, one of
the toughest places on the continent of
America.
Gath" is dead sure that the stalwart
bosses have quarrclled, and he says "Mrs.
4 lev iC MI rl1 inf ia al
Arthur for breaking up the match between
his son and her daughter" How dread.
ful
Mr.. W. H. Vanderbilt is said to make
some people hold their breath when they
see him drive. A man worth $500, 900 coo
and nearly G5 years Old, driving himself, Il,
weight of 23O pounds, in wagon weigh
ing Isl pounds, at u rate Of mile in two
minutes and half, and road crowded
with last teams, is a pretty healthy speci-
men of the richest citizen in the world,
The Troy Telegram announces the dealt
of john Ii, Willard, prominent citizen Of
that place. Mr.. Willard was born at Mid
dlcbury, Vermont in 1910. His father was
DR.. John Willard, who was in 1S0l-11 Unit
ed States marshal OF Vermont. His mother
was Mrs Emma Willard, the founder of the
Willard female seminary in Troy The de
ceased removed with his parents to Troy in
the spring of 1921, attended Trinity coleg,
at Hartford for some time and subsequent
~ for nearly four years he was ,
student a, the West Point military AGA
DENY. He did not graduate, however, bu
w,ul to Europe and his mother in 1880. II,
was married in 1884 to Miss Sarah l.. lIud
son of Troy. In 1898 he with his wife ne
cane principals of The Troy female seminary
which they conducted until 1872, since whicl
time II has been only ii day school. Nj.
Willard was active during the Ir il lang
linz for the relief Of the soldiers lie was al
exemplary, cntcrprsing upright nan, pos
scs,cd Of many generous impulses aud
valuable citizen, In politics he was origin
ally II Wing, but subsequently, joined tn
Republican party and strictly adhered 10 tn
principles OF that party lie never Sough