Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
Personal.
Lucy Stone Backwell's daughter and only
child is one Of the young women journalists
who are wining fame.

Freight Agents association of New England,
Mr.. L. a. Chittcnden of the Genital Yer
mont was elected president.
Albaui travels as civilized wife should,
with her husband and her baby. The Ht.r-
Ocedh says there will he no Freddie Gcbhardt
following her around the country.
Senator Edmunds has introduced in the
senate bill to appoint commission to in
| vestigatc the subject Of railroad transporla-
ton, u is identical with the bill introduced
in the House last week
The death is announced Of DR.. Walter
Burnham, distinguished surgeon and physi-
clan of Lowell, Mass. DR.. Burnham was "a
native OF Brookfcd, VT, and was graduated
from the Medical department Of the rnivcr-
sity OF Vermont in 1929 lie settled in
Lowell in 1916.
Maurice NiguauX, tic French billiard
champion, will sail Tor this country on Feb
ruary |, having accepted n six months pro-
iessonal engagement in the United States.
IL IS not expected that George f. Slossjn,
champion Of the world, will play in any oI
inc tournaments arranged for Vignaux
President Coburn of the Chicago Sons of
Vermont, was not quite correct in claiming
Henry }. Raymond as native Vermoutcr,
Ntr Raymond was Torn in Lima, n. y. lie
was educated, however in the University of
Vermont, and married a Vermont hdy. and
50 was almost Ncrmontcr
~ few days ago Governor Butler Of Massa-
chusctts, was talking with the editor Of n
paper that had bitterly opposed him. said
the cX-widow "Sir, we lave met ON
many bloody field, but | believe you never
called me fool in your paper, did you 2"
NO, General | never did" "All right,
them if you never called me a fool, don't
care about the rest"
Fiity.thrcc shares Of he Montpelier Ma
tional Bank stock belonging 10 James Il.
largdon Ct that village aud attached for
nen-payncnt OF taxes, were sjld at auction
Tuesday afternoon by tie constable Mr.
llngdons agent bought the lot, fplty-nnc
shares bringing SlJ4 each and -four BRINGING
'.l3O each making S'0SG for the whole.
An attempt was made at tic annual meet
ing Of the Connecticut River railroad stock
holders, at Springfield Wednesday, to dis
place the president, n. A. Leonard A. b..
Harris, president OF the Vermont Valley,
Ashuelot ard sullivan railroads declared that
he was dissatisfied with the pec,lniury man.
asemcnt OF the Connecticut Rivu road and
as he voted nearly half of the 42s2 share
represented at the meeting he could probab-
" have elected his candidate, John Mulligan
the able superintendent of the read. In fair.
ness to the absent stockholders Alr. Harris
was induced to Withdraw his C.. position till
the next annual meeting, and the old officers
were reelected. 1t is tie q neral opinion that
tn road, as property, has liourshcd under
MI Lconards management and at the sam,
time has well performed It's duties to Tia,
public. The confidence of iavcstlls in th,
management was shown by the high tate a
which TIL recent sales uf new stock wcr
u made.
At 81. Adams, saturday, Guy c. Noble
l. a., was aC:dcHtly Shot, under ri cums'un
ccs detailed hy the .Vesssagt,. "a, tu,'Jvs; III
mad been out hunting with Mr.. l.. {. lIal
and while returning one Of the guns from
which the cartridge had not been Withdrawn
and which lay in the sleigh between the tw,
men, was accidentally discharged the con
icnts entering the right arm of Mr.. Nobl. il
the upper part near the shoulder. The flc ,h'
large part Shot away, leaving til. bone cx
posed The ugly wound hcd prolustly
the 'o's IF blood causing Mr. Noble IT, los
We consciousness The doctors think lhey wi
he able to ave Mr.. Nobl,s arm
In the Senate, on Saturday. Scnator Ell
minds nadc strong speech il favor OF tn
postal Telegraph, He said thut il nuhod
else would introduce bill for this purpos
he would at an early day, and he Il, sired t
give notice to Wall street that the ,rcgrup
- would he built and owned exclusively BY III
nl'cd States, and il would have 10 come,
ton Whatever with any OF the present 81,
tens He considered electricity TO be As in
puitlnl an agency uow for communicable
between Tie 4, oplc as the postbpy and ma
'' routes have been. He was opposed how
ever - the purchase of Telegraph lint
Owned by k-iubbcrs at inflated price.
and If anNlling was to he done he lhourl
that The PJ.tmustor-Gtnera should b. en-
powered 10 buy the material and build line
as best he could.
Is Mr.. William +. Poole, the Librarian Of til
9, Chicago Public Library, is the champion it
10 dcNcr. When IA studen, in Yale college ; Gin
he waste Of so much OF the best Of rcCrr
literature scattered in reviews aud mar.
zines withou. any guide board for the ire,
ton OF the reader he was moved to ransaC
the Libraries OF the college and make cut HI
Index Of Periodical Literature" tn.
slight volume of one hundred and fifty. tou
pages has now grown TO a look, lust i,sue(
Of about the size of 'Wcbsttr's Unabridged
of ,46' pages. 1t is work Of cnormo;
labor. OF coulsc no man could have done
81 alone. The fifty Other Librarians who
this country and in Great Britain, iout
90 hands in this vast work, under the organ
80 ing direction of Mr.. Poole, have each dor
their part in similar spirit OF unseiish G
thusiasm Among these were Prof Goo
rich the librarian Of our University and NJ
Rogers oi The Fletcher Free Library OF til
city, tie latter # whom indcxcd over nnc
volumes, and the former some sixty, for VI
poolcs Index.
The lorg-haircd apostle OF ilIc lily aud Il
- '!ado is not receiving II very warm WELDON
- back 10 England. The PM NoN Ga.et
q says that although his mission is an ADM
tel failure, lie had been allowed to leave Il
tui,cd States in peace and quoting Mn
: WILSON'S remarks that in England Mr.. vii,
~, did not appear clad as he did in America, i
80 cause that would not be tolerated there, II
~ G1,ettc says: In this the songsifcss 90
wrong to the mcasurecss tolerall of co.
tempt Which prevails in this country. Exec
&c the little street boys, no enc would take ~
- nitlcc of the way in which MIR " lldc WI
clad, 30 lon. as he condcsCended to he clad
a.r' TIE 50. James Gdzette hopes that q
cal wi. tail into the hands of Other ladies
.cisihlc and as Christening to lis ignDi
spirit Us Mime. Nilsson, for from womi
alone is his nope OF salvation. rh,y a
ever hopeful 10 the weak and oft To the sot
and besides, there IS much in Mr.. Wilde
demonstration which leads to the inf rent
That he himself is n woman spoiled" III
Ddi(y Ners calls HIM IA melancholy al
nonotonous lmposter" Is not this pret
IN dish 10 lay before tic King of the suuilow
~. and the stolk? kasi