The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
Personal.

Hon. Ralph Richards of Hampton, n.
Y. president of the Poultney Industrial
society, died on Friday last, aged 70
years.
Miss Mary Ormsbee, sister of Hon.
+. j. Ormsbee of Brandon. died recently
at Geneva, H., where she had been Wis
iting.
The Memorial-day address at Burling-
ton will be made by Hon. kttredge
Haskins of Brattleboro. United States
District attorney for Vermont.
David Mcbride. formerly of the Brad
don House, Brandon, and latterlv man
ager of the Fouquette House. Plattsburg.
n. y. will temporarily retire from bust
ness in May.
Senator Edmunds having declined to
serve as IL member of the board of re-
gents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Washington, Snnator Morrill, was appoint
ed in his stead.
Major A. b. Valentine of Bennington
has been paid $4,000 for the death of
his son. Park, and the latter's wife, in
the Spuyten Duyvil disaster, on the
Hudson River railroad, something over
year ago.
j. II. Marston, formerly prominent
citizen of Montpelier, where he was the
editor of the Vermont Patriot, died Feb
ruary 16, at Madison, Wis. where he had
lived for 20 years.
Arunah Huntington of Brantford, On
tario. who bequeathed some 100000 to
the State of Vermont for a school fund,
was in his younger days a resident of
Bridport. There he learned the shoe
makers trade and taught school.
Hon. f. w. Blaisdell of Rockford, H.,
who was at one time editor of the Yer
gcnnes Vermonter, has written novel en-
titled The Hidden Record, which has
been published and is highly spoken of
by the press.
Mrs. Burnell, remarkable dwarf,
who had travelled extensively with
Barnum's circus, died in New York Sun
day. At the time of her death she was
thrty-nine inches in height and weighed
forty pounds. Mrs. Burnell was a ma
tive of Richmond, Chittenden county.
Senator Edmunds will, on the adjourn
ment OF Congress, go to the South.
where his wife and daughter are visit
ing, and then cross to the Pacific coast
by the way of New Mexico, and from
thence go TO Oregon, and return home
in the fall by the Northern Pacific.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont. who has
passed his SEVENTEEN milestone, adds to
his many other good qualities that of be-
ing uniformly present when the Senate
is in session and giving his constant at
tention TO the public business. He is in
this respect an example whom many
of the other Senators would do well to
initiate Neao York independents
Sidney f. Cooke of Knoxville, Tenn,
died at his residence in that city on Fri
day. Feb. %. Mr.. Cooke was we'll known
in Addison county, having been born
and reared in Bridport. He commenced
his business life as clerk in the store of
the late f. p. Fletcher of Bridport, with
whom he remained some time, after
which he removed to New York city and
was Il clerk in large dry goods estab-
lishment in that city. Retiring from
this business, he engaged in business as
II broker and was member of the New
York Stock Exchange, for many years.
About two years ago he sold his seat in
the Stock Exchange for $4,000 and re-
moved with his family to knoxville,
Ten, where he resided until his death.
At Knoxville he was engaged in the
wholesale drug business. lie was i'll
about ten days with pneumonia and
gastritis. Mr.. Cooke was married in
November, 1867, to Miss Susan +. Gale,
eldest daughter of the late DR.. George $.
Gale of BridpOrt, who was so we'll and
favorably known as the surgeon of the
First Vermont Cavalry during the rebel
lion MIR. Cooke WAS an active and aurn.
! est business man, of genial manners and