Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-11-09
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port him as expressing himself well pleased
with the prospect of success, not only in New
York, but in Massachusetts, and elsewhere
| The old saying, that things arc sure to
jump If you puta widcawake newspaper man
| at the hcln finds new vindcation, says the
| Boston .SatuiYiay Eoening Gasdtte in the sue
| cess of the Merchants electric light and pow
rr company, under the management OF MIR.
| William A. lIovey. Mr.. llovcy is well
known as the latc editor of the Boston Ecch.
| ing Transcript.
The rtimOr still circnlates that Carl Schurz
| is TO retire from the Eoening Post, Of which
he has been the cditor-in-chicf aud part
| proprietor since its purchase from William
&. Bryant 81 Co. One story is that he is to
go actively into politics, wishing to be atain
| a United States Senator another is that he
and his partners, Edwin H. Godkin and llor-
ace White, differ materially about the policy
of conducting the paper, which would not be
strange, as they are respectively German,
Irish and American, and are each very ten
| aclous of his opinions.
Ellen Terry won the hcarticst enthusiasm
of her New York audience on Mr.. lrviug's
| second appearance. She came forward as
Queen Henrietta Maria in w. G. Wills play
OF "Charles the First" Her dazzling beauty
| and strange personal fascination, in which a
voice of touching sweetness bears chief
part, conquered the critics, and in the desc
late farewell sccrc that ends the piece she
melted every heart with her distress, even as
she had charmed every eye with her uucom-
mon lovelincss. Says the Tribune: For
any parallel TO her delivery of the defiance of
Cromwell we must turn back to Ristori--
when Ristori was at her best and, with all
| the elouucnce aud all the towering spiritual
grandeur of that ideal, Ellcu Terry possesses
a sweetness that softens all the hard lines of
ancient tragic forms, and leaves the perfect
impression of nature aud genius
William l.. Dickinson, for the past twenty
years superintendent Of the public schools of
jersey City and Hudson county, n, j., died
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Dickinson was
born in Windsor, VI, in 1919. and graduated
from the Burlington, VT, University with
high honors ut the ngc of nineteen years in
the class of 1888. He was admitted to the
| New York bar IN 1861, but owing to autici-
patcd business onhts caused by the war.
accepted the principalship of public school
No. of Jersey City, instead of following
his profession. Two years later he was
made assistant superintendent of public
schools. In 1870 he was made city superin-
tendcnt, and soon after was elected county
superintendent by the State Board Of Edu-
cation. His death resulted from pneumonia.
AT the time of his death he was director
in the Hudson county National Bank of Jer-
sey City. He leaves two sons, one of whom
is a member Of the New York Stock Ex-
change, the other being a practising physi-
clan in Jersey City.
OF the late w. l.. Dickinson the Jersey
| City journal says: One of the best, most
useful and most honorcd of the citizens Of
Jersey City is no more Of earth, and to-mor-
row his friouds will sorrowfully bear his
remains to their final resting place. The an
nounccment of the death Of city and county
superintendent of public schools, VIM. i.
Dickinson, was painful surprise to our citi.
zens, who saw him few days since in his
usual heath and attending assiduously to his
duties. Few men in this community were
better known, and no one was more highly
esteemed than Mr.. Dickinson. His efficient
services in the work of public eduatlon. both
| as teacher and superintendent OF public in
struction, covered a period OF more than 9
quarter of century, and have been Of
incalculablc value. 1t is rare that any man
can SO long retain, with universal popular
approval, any public Office, but Mr.. Dick
inson's superior fitness for the RESPONSE
bic position which he held. and his intelligent
and Jealous devotion to its duties made him
secure in his place. Only once during his
| ionS ,"'eei wv Pui"'ni, W. r.; -, -,
anu thcn tic po'u''i' ucnla'l' lo' ni' ieo",i "
Tue supcrihlGhucucy, wns 81 scnIia u,'U o.
to disregard il. To his work Mr.. Dickinson
gave all his time, mind and strength, and I'M.
like some officials, he loved his work hi;
heart, us well rs his mental and physica
powers, was in it. To him, more than tc
any other one man, is due the advancement
and excellence of the public schools of hi:
Guy anu county. III ms ueii ''ieht WI
DICKINSON was GENIAL coru'aI, coui'," "a, "i',
sincere AS iat.ti; husp"lu "n" iiicnu
he was 'chueriy ioVcu rs clliAch ne VA va,
respected anu noho'cu' anu us puo'ic oiii
clai ne deserved anu "ou uuS'lh'c' "u'
heaily pralse'
Hon Gustavus V. Fox, who was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy during nearly TIN
whole OF President Lincllns administration
died In New York on Monday. Born il
Saugus, Mass, June IL, l52l, he was ap
pointed at midshipman IN the unltet
States navy January -, 1888, and served
until July 10, 1859, when he resigned. 1t
February, 1861, he was sent for by genera
Scott at the instance of Postmaster Genera
; Blair and consulted in reference to throwing
supplies and troops into Fort Sumter, Du
the expedition was forbidden by President
, Buchanan, subsequently. Mr. Lincoln having
become President, MIR. Fox was sent to For
Sumter, to communicate with Major An
dcrson and on his return was directed b,
,, the President TO carry out the plan which HI
I had previously formed. This plan was viz
: the ships which was to have taken part
The expedition had not reached Charleston
, when the rebels, informed OF its coming
Il OpCppl fire IN Fort Sulntpr and the Oll,