Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-07
PERSONAL.

Rev. AmGsa Stewart died q, pjttstield on
Mondiy Ia his S3I year, He was 4 gradual.
OF Mld,llebury College in the class OF 1924
and OF the Andoyer Seminary in hat Of 1928,
aud was first pas or al E sex. His hfe, uut
within few years las been pissed in
preaching a.d teaching.
by a strange confusion OF names" writes
Rev. DR.. Philip Schaif in u note 10 the New
York Tribune. "Dr. LANCE, the distinguish.
ed divine and conmentor at Bonn, was re-
ported in American papers as having met
with mysterious death in the canal ct
Hamburg. l Immediately wrote TO Dir.
l-anEc and one Of his COLLEAGUES, and now
learn that oDr. Lange, though tighty-lwo
years Of age, is still lecturing in lhe uuiver-
| sity, and has just published phamphlpt on
the theology Of DR.. Ritsche Of Goltingen. "
Hon. Lucua j. Knowles, senior parner of
The firm OF l.. j. Knowles & Brother of Wor.
| cestcr, Mass, died at Washington Tuesday.
| lie was TIE inventor Of the Knowles steam
pump and Knowles fancy loom, and was
widely known as a lrccblnic and business
man.
Dir; James r. Partridge, whose death by
suicide has been annouced, was born il
Baltimore, Md. In 1862 he WAS appointed
minister resident 10 Honduras and in the
following year was transferred TO Salvador
with the same rank, where he remained un.
til 1866. In 1871 he was appointed minister
| plcnipOten 10 Brazil, and held the office
! for number Of years. He was appointed
minister TO Peru in 1889, and was recalled
bv Secretary Frelinghuysen in the early part
of 1888, because of his Unauthorized action in
| uniting with the diplomatic representations
| OF Great Britain, France and Italy in Peru
| IN joint memorandum asking that their
government request Chilli to make peace CD
| certain terms
Another learned lawyer of the old school
has passed away, says the London Times 10
SIR John Barnard Byles, typical name
| among the sages Of the common law, who
was born when the century was one year old.
raised to the bench in 1858, and retired in
1873 10 the younger generation he was
known MS the author OF ''Byles on Bills ~
To the men Of his own time, however Sir
John Bylc3 wSs Il vigorous personality, a
strong judge as well as learned one, trcnchant
and terse in his directions - juries, kindly
dispenser Of wise saws AMI good stories a;
his circuit dinners 10 The bar
Mr.. Henry r, Brigham, WHO died a! his
home Jamaica Plain, Feb. 2l,h, vas born In
Fairfield, VI, July 3ls', 1S4S. He studied
law ut s.. Adams with Dewey Il Noble, and
| went to Boston about 1885. The TranserjDt
says; "ilc readily won tho respect OF those
who knew him in business for hs integrity
c1rscientiousnosS aud wisdom, as well ns his
| practical ability. His kno sledge Of law and
men, his nerve aud lis firm will, made hun
equal TO any emergency. Modest and un-
assuming, thoughIfully generous in quiet
ways, he showed to those who kneW him as
friend, and 10 his specially happy home
and unusually loyal heart, with warm sym
al
| long and trying illness was borne with q deep
religious faith. He was the president of the
Merchants Cooperative Bank, and associate
Justice OF the District Court in Jam lea
ram. lie had large practice, espct itlly
IN The Court OF insolvency, and was attorney
Tor the Stationers' Board Of Trade in New
York. lie leaves q HiloW and two chill.
dron.h
John Hullah, LII. d., the celebrated mu-
siclan, died in London Friday, aged 70
years. lie was native OF Worcester, Eng.
ana ilrst became known as composer OF The
music OF an opera, ''The Village Co
queites.' In 1910 ne established his we'll
known system OF singing, which has done so
much TO popularize music. Seven years
later St. Martins Hall was bull for him, ami
on the occasion Of lis destruction by fire ia
1860 his friends and pupils made him
handsome GIT as mark Of gratule and
sympathy. Mr.. Hullah has been for a mum.
her OF years professor Of vocal music In
Kings College and In Queens College, Lon.
don. and has Written grammar OF o5unrer
point and history Of modern muaic, besides
composing large number of works Of var
ious scope.
MI W. y. Hunt, United States minister
70 Russia at ST. Petersburg, who died on
wednesday, was native of South Carolina,
out settled In Louisiana ia early life. He
was educated al Yale COLLEGE. Studied and
practised law In New Orleans, gaining a
brilliant position at the Louisiana bar, and
was incorporating in bis loyalty to the
Unlon cause He gaioed large practice 10
commercial, maritime and admiralty law.
was au old Wing before the war and a mod.
crate Democrat for several subsequent years,
but ultimaeiy joined the Republican PARTY,
aud was elected Attorney General in 1876
on the Packard ticket. Ia 1877 be settled in
Washington as lawyer. 10 1878 he wss
gigcn tudgeshlp 10 the csuyt u CLAIMS.