Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09

.'ul'ti hDolll ulue yfers ago ny NJ me. Ola
vatsky, and Colonel Olcol. IA her rat min
lister, now has upward Of one hundred
branches IN England and Inda and is rapid
" expanding. The fouudress herself is In
ono Of the least freqnentei regions Of Cen.
tral Asia, ''to which The higher initiates have
retrea'cd as Hffording a better field, away
from communities throhbng with physical
passions aud mstcrialistic aspirations for
carrying on their great work. Colonel Oh
colt is in London on special mission.
Prof. Richard A. Proctor has bought
fine lot - ii. Louis, and will build a resi-.
d'uc' upon It for himself and family, max.
ing il his permanent home. u wl,l be re-
"rco'h-red that he married st. Louis lady
in 1881.
NJ. II. W. Cannon. the new comnfroller Of
nr currency, is native Of New York. and
Is 80 wears of age. He is resident Of Min
"esoia and hHs been C injected with bank.
ng institutions He is said to be a man Of
excel mt abilities and large experience
JET Davis recently said to a Northern Wis
rnr that Gen Grant was great military
comm ndcr, hut that Meade ives the .i;osl
-NiI'fu general il the l'ricS army Sncr-
man was looked rpon in the South US Alatic
vas by the il mans. He was their "sconrg"
y Nnd." lie was cruel, yet great strntegi>t
McClrllAn was the best trained soldier in the
var. Gen, Sidney Johnston was the great d.
80 general produced on either side and Lee
next
Mi Fred \. Field, for many years assis-
'aht postmaster at Rutland, has been ap
point posiofce inspector and will enter
upon the duties ~ the Office this week.
il is stated that the late Charles Reade
has not left more than about r20, 900. IL.
1u< OF which goes to his eousnn, Nj.
tharles Iisnn, 70 mis- brother the les
'ator leaves the house nj Bloomfield villas,
,, Nnephard' s-bush, and 1900 a year; to his
| 'ephew, Major Reade, $1,000; to his nlrces
| $500 each to the Rev. Compton Readr Nhc
'es'ator's eldest nephew, f2OO; after the
death of the testator's brother the annuity
pf 600 y'ar left to him reverts to the Rev.
| Compton lIesde and the testator's two
! nieocs-Il00 per annum each.
William Pitt Palmer died in New York
last week, in the eightcth year OF his age
| lie was the son OF a New Englander who
| ser,cd in the revolutionary war, and was
!; taken prisoner by the British His father
ittcr enduring the horrors of prison ship a.
| he Wallahput, reganed his freedom and
| settled nj Stockhrdge, Mass, where, ir
1905, William Pitt Palmer WAS horn. II,
was educated at Williams College ant
-pGn after graduating went to New
York. lie studied medicine, ant
contributed tc journals, besides hav
ing been a teacher for some time. II,
wrote several poems, among the latter hrin.
| IN "Odh 10 Light" which WAS favorably re-
Iarird by Irving Dana, Bryant aud othc
literary men Of eminence Subsequently h'
henlme president OF the Manhattan Insur
tuce company. He was also the author o
The Smack in School," the Sampson o
he II narih,' "Orphcus and Eurydice" sut
other poems,
Gen Holt, who was Judge advocate gen
rrnl Of the army from 1862 to 1870, and VIII
| ricd Fi,z John Porter, Mrs. Surratr and tn
| other assassination cOnspirators, Writ q
And rsonvllle n0toriety, and other famou
| AS g, Is now very old man, and lives i
absolute retirement N large house near tn
Capitol. tie is wealthy man hut chiIdles
widowCr and resides alone in his house, SUI
rounded only hy servants. tie has no heirs
md what he will d. with his money whe
he dis nobody knows. Although owe
eighty years OF age and physically feeble
ne retains all his mental vigOr, and spend
| most Of his time in his library, surrounde
~ his books. He seldom leaves his HON,
bat wa- regular attendant at the debate
ION tie FItZ John Porter bill, which he COZ
iirrs as much matter Of personal iutere'
as Porter himself
Empress Anna, widow Of Emperor Fcrd
20 nani ". IF Austria and aunt Of the prcsei
Z. ~up-ru is drad, acel tignly years. ST.
. Wa Ir!iritn princess OF the elder hranC
~, Of the house of savoy, daughter of Wet,
" Emanuel J., king of Sardinia ant OF Il
, Arcuducuts4 G-Hrla Theresa IF Austri
Her father ahd'Cated the Sandman lhrol
d., IN l-2l IN iaylr OF his brother Charles Fei
. he Sl'lc law preventing the acc, ssi0n OF Il
~ ilughter. Born in 1903 she was mari,
w. in 1881 to the Archduke ferdinand of Al
w. ria, s)u ot EuptIor Francis l. OF Auslrl
., GA HE death Of his father in 1885 the arc
~ duE" succeeded TO the Austrian throne
~ Ferdinand w. After a troubled leigu
Dh'r' CA wears he abdica',d in Decemht
, 1913, 10 favor uG his nephew Francis JOSEF
the present emperor. On his sbiDca,l
l. FHdiua4d let Vienna aud took up his r.
ideuce IN Prague, here hr did in 1873