Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-12
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general u. g. A., and chief poymaster de-
psrtmont of the East, retires January u,
after u meritorious career as An officer Of
the pay department. dating from Feb. ~,
1864. lie snttainod his present grade in
1888. Col. Smith has been an able officer
in his department., and retres with the good
wishes of his friends and camrades. be is
q native OF Orwell, Vt, and graduated
from the University OF Vermont in 1854
Commodore George Dewey, U. :. N,
chief OF the bureau Of equipment, was called
to Florida last week by a telegram from his
sister, Mrs. Greeley, announcing tho dan
gerous illness of her husband.
Captain Sumner II. Lincoln, 10th U. S.
infantry, bids adieu to friends at For. Stan
ton, n. NJ. and will enter upon duty early
in the year in the rebellion records office ct
Washington, d. G.
Elmore H. Walker, who died OF Frank
lin, Mass, on Saturday. Dec. 81, 1872,
aged Il years. IL months and IL days, was
born at Whiting, VT, and his carly life was
| passed on farm. Afterwatd he moved to
| Buffalo, N. y and engaged in transporta-
| tion business. From there he went to New
| York CITY ne editor of the Daily and Week
! ly Produce Exchange, which was mainly
devoted to agricultural statistics. lie was
engaged in editorial work for " years
and gave it up on account OF failing health.
For the past two or three years ho has re-
sided in FRANKLIN, where DO occasionally
wrote tariff articles for the Franklin Senti-
mel, having made a careful STUDY OF the
subject for many years
Gov. L. X. Fuller has presented the Brat
teboro Baptist church with handsome
! pulpit desk OF onyx and brass.
Chief Justice John Martin, native Of
! A no 10 at N
candidate for senator from Kansas. he is
en- able man and is said to be the only man
who can combine tho populist and demo
cratic vote in the legislature He opposed
the nomination of Cleveland.
Horace f. Defining, Vermonter, Is one
OF the three men who were primarily re-
spousibe for tho snub to Speaker Crisp by
leaving his name Off the list of speakers at
the New York Reform club dinner.
Hon. Robert H. Chamberlain, the speaker
Of the New Hampshire House OF Represen-
tatives. has a large acquaintance in Yer
mont. lie was educated at the Derby, W.,
academy and was a native of Malone
n. Y.
Hon. Alfred r. Savage OF Auburn, Ne,
who has just been elected speaker of the
Maine Rouse OF Representatives., Is a Yer
! mOnter, wuo has attained a national repu-
tation. He was for many years principal
Of the Mortified, Vt, academy and promi-
nent in Masonic circles. He is city judge
of Auburn aud nss frequently been a mem
Der of the Legislature He was for two
terms supreme dictator Of the national su-
preme lodge OF the Knights of Honor, which
has given him wide reputation throughout
the United States. lis is one of the most
scholarly and cultured and popular men in
his adopted State.
Mr.. Eimunds of Vermont is said to be
almost the only exception to the rule that
the Supreme Court practice OF lawyer
soon dwindles after he becomes United
States senator. Senators Teller, Carpenter,
Morgan aud others found that their client:
dropped Off one by after Senate care'
began to press. Senators Mitchell and
Dolph OF Oregon, however, still havs Q
good many asss.-New York Tribune
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld gave q reception
for members OF the Sigma Phi Fraternity
at his home, No. GIG Fifth avenue, New
York, on thu evening OF tho 6th inst, to in
troduce the Cornell Chapter TO the Sigmo
Phi. The Sigma Phi held convention or
Wednesday aud many out-ot-town mem
bers remalriug in the city wore present
The evening was devoted to social recrea
tion and the singing OF fraternity sonss
new song, arranged to an cir OF Schuoer
by W. Z. Il. Marvin of Boston, was heart
= lily sung again aud again. Contorno's or
chestra played. Among those present wer'
Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, Thomas NJ. North, the
Rev. DR.. W. I. Paddock, the Rev. Dr.
Henry NJ Field. Capt. Joshua A. Fessen
den, U. s. N. Rev. DR.. Charles A. 6tod
dard, Gerrit Smith, B. L. Benedict, Col
James NJ Andrews, Charles A. Dawson
G. w. Frothingham the Rev. DR.. Orer
= Root, Elhu Root L, N. Mcllvaine ant
Robert D. Benedict. Tribune
Rev. Albert W. Dickens Of Ticonderoga
has accepted g. call to the Congregations
church in Middlebury.
Rev. I. Pearson Pillsbury, assistant pastor
of the Maverick church. East Boston, Mass
accepts call to tue Congregational churol
; in Newport, w.
, A memoir OF Rev Israel e. Dwnell, D
, D., of Oak and, Cal, by his fon-in-law
, Rev. II. L. Jewett, is published Dr. OWN
ell was q native OF Calais, VI, and grad
uate Of the University OF Vermont, and wa
, honorod and beloved on the Atlantic coas
as truly as or the Pacific.