Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-19
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As the result Of further dcliberat!on on th
subject, and In accordance with the prefer
ences OF General Hancock aud the other Off
GERS named, II has been decided that Genera
Hancock shall remain in command Of tn,
DIVISION OF the Atlantic, with headquarter
at New York that General Schofeld shal
take command Of the Division of the Ms
souri,, with headquarters at Chicago; ant
that General Pope will succeed the last
named in command of the Pacific Division
at San Francisco. Brigader-Gcneral Augui
will succeed Major-General Pope in com
mand OF the Missouri department, with head
quarters at Fort Leavenworth. Brig. Gen
H. 5. Mackenzie will succeed General AuguI
IN command of the department of Texas.
| The department Of tie South has been con
solidated with the department Of the East,
with Major-General Hancock In command
I'm Greenvile," says correspondent OF
the Chattanooga (renn.) Times, 'thc late
President Andrew johnson lived, rs tailor,
alderman, legislator and President, aud here
he is buried. The shop In which he labored
as tailor now stands In ,.ie eastern part Of the
town. Just over the entrance to the shop,
which Ia small frame building, and in which
colored family is now living is pine board
upon which.is written, In letters now almost
erased by rain ard storm, the following: ga.
johnson, Tailor" A little ont from the west
ern border of the town stands the monument
OF marble which marks the resting place OF
Andrew johnson, President of the United
States.'"
Jules Verne. the French story teller,
whose "Keraban lie 1etu" Is now in full
swing In Paris, is about fifty years old his
hair and beard are turning white, and his
once supple and elegant figure is beginning
to give way to n comfortable embonpoint ;
but his face is full of Intellectual vigor. lie
was originally destined for the bar, but soon
found that his true field was literature, aud
after several attempts TO succeed on tue cx-
change, at the age Of thirty he published his
Journey Round the World in Eighty Days"
which has attained worldwide fame. The
Summer he always passes on the sea, whence
he returns to his pleasant home at Amicn,
strengthened for his Winters work, and with
his brain full of fresh ideas gathered from
earth, sky, and sea.
The unpleasantness on the Willard trans.
continental excursion is thus summed up by
the Springfield Republican representative :
"The Earl of Onslow undoubtedly began
very unfor tunately in the Willard excursion
lie misunderstood the intimation that he
would, perhaps, be afforded the comforts of
a private car to mean that he would have
private car all to himself, or rather to his
party, consisting of himself, wife, Lady
Broicrick, a man servant and maid servant.
After he was rather roughly disabused Of
this idea, and learned that men and women
of divers families could occupy one car in
entire decency, he appeared to be quite a
sensible fellow, as did MIR. Broderick, the
Irish member of Parliament who Joined his
party later. The grossest breach of decency
in the Willard experience was the conduct
of Slingsby Bethel, son OF Lord Wcstbury,
and an attachc of the House of Lords, who
not only solicited passage to Livingston
without any claim upon Mr.. Wizards hos
pitality, but at that point was joined by his
two sons, AMI asked for their transportation
to the Pacific coast. The boys were dropped
at Helena, and he at Portland, where he
made his last appearance pleading with Mr.
Willard on the dock. lie was dubbed Gin
Sling by the American guests from the SUM-
set glow of his beak and his rotund figure,
which he incased mornings in short
roundabout of violent red and black stripes.
No one would have been surprised by his
appearance in Dickens or Thackeray, but to
have seen him on such an occasion actually
crossing the American continent was "a
geographical solecism indescribaby gro
tesque to the Americans and humiliating to
his fellow Britons."
Dr. George I. Flanders OF Rutland, died,
Saturday, aged 49, lie was born at Wash
ington. Vt. lie first commenced the study
of medicine with DR.. Jones of Chelsea. Vt,
in 1867, after which he attended the Homeo-
pathic college in Philadelphia, graduating
from that institution in 1870. lie went TO
Rutland six years ago. He leaves wife
and two children also father and mother,
who reside in Tunbridgc.
Ii. Boardman Smith of Elmira, N. Y, who
has been nominated for Judge of the Supreme
Court in the Sixth judicial district, was born
in Nottingham, VT, in 1926, and was grad
uated from Williams College in 1S47.
The recent remark Of Senator Edmunds of
Vermont that he was not an asprant for the
presidency of the Episcopal convention or
any other presidency, i appears. had a deep
er meaning than was at Mst-st attached to 1t.
lie is now the President pro TEN. of the SEN
ate, and, ordinarily. would continue as such
at the meeting of the Senate in December
He, among other Republican Senators, how
ever, holds the idea that Il reelection would
be necessary and so, it Is understood, he will
not be a candidate for the office. He pre-
fers the active duty of chairman of the judi
ciary committee and a seat on the floor tothc
possibility of drawing prize in his so-callcd
lottery of assassination. The Utah election
measure, the bankruptcy bill and the postal
telegraph are among the matters he expects
will engage his attention at the next session.
= Washington Cor. ". T. HeraM.
Hon. Jabez Ladd aged SO years, was
found dead in his barn in Grand Isle on Mon
day morning. He had been in feeble health
for long time. Mr.. Ladd was long prom
inent citizen and farmer of that town, and
was man of much ability He represented
Grand Isle in the legislature in 1S4l2; was
one of the sel.ctmen eight years; constable
six years justice of the peace tozrn years;
Judge Of probate in 1874, '46 ana Al. and AS
slslaut Judge OF the county court in 1853 and
1867. He leaves a wife aud son aud
daughter.
The President will have a difficult task in
making a selection of the successor to The
late Surgeon General Crane Of the army
The number of candidates for the place ha'
already reached seven, and it will not be sur
prising If more express Willingness to TAKE
an appointment. The names now before the
President are Col. j. ii. Baxter, Col. Rob
ert Murray, Col. John Il. Summers, Col
Basil Norris, Major John Moore, Major
John S. Billings aud Major Is. A. Clements
Col Baxter is senior officer in The mcdica
department of the army and his friends have
confidence that he will receive the al point
mcnt for the reason that the President in
appointing the late Surgeon General Gran,
lid down the rule that the senior officer wa
entitled to the place Washington Cor.
DECLINE OF MAN.
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