Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES.
People of Whom You Have Heard ant
ThinCs That You Wa 4 TO IL ,ow.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES.
People of Whom You Have Heard and
Things That You Wa t to IL low.
The Marquis of Queensborry will visit
his son. Sholto. In California. this winter
A marble bust Of Gov. Greenhalge. by
Samuel Kitson, Is being exhibited In the
Boston Museum OF Fine Arts. 1t il a gift
to the State of Massachusetts by the citi-
zens Of Lowell. and 1t will be placed in the
new wing of the State House.
Mrs. Ernest Lcverson. the only member
of tho stan who writes amusingly In
Punch. is n very pretty woman. quite
young, and always beautifully dressed.
Nearly a hundred women have passed
the examinations of the University of
London this year in the courses for the
degrees of bachelor OF arts and bachelor
of science.
Charles Francis Adams, recently install
led as Mayor of Quincy. Mass, is great
Adams.
Froude passed seven years in collecting
materials for and in writing his History
of England" lie was very careful in the
selection of the data, and spent whole
days in the effort to verify single fact OF
citation.
Baron Hirsch has thus far sent about
1000 Russian Hebrews to the Argentine
Republic. and hopes to have a Hebrew
community there of 100000 within ten years
He sends them out in companies of fifty
families each provided with rabbi and
doctor, and he expects them to settle In
villages. giving a special tract for each
company.
Mr.. Gladstone's voice shows no signs OF
age. If the listener but shuts his eyes
when the old man is talking. he feels tina,
he Is being addressed by a man in the
prime OF life.
DR.. Lapponl, physician to the Pope. says
III nothing Unforeseen happens, the holy
fathers constitution is so sound that he
may well attain his Tooth year"
Idaho's population has increased from
10000 to 1851 600 in the five years since ths
State was admitted, and the assessed
valuation of property has Increased from
s2o'75o'oco to S29.S32,2lo. These figures are
just given out by the Governor. There
was boom in 1893. when the assessed
valuation ran up to more than sS3. 100000.
The Blythe will case, which has beer
pending so long I'm San Francisco, has beer
settled in favor of the alleged daughter oil
the testator, Florence Blythe, now Mrs
Hinchly. Blythe was Il wealthy Califor
man of irregular morals, vino died a few
years ago leaving fortune amounting tS
$f,VOViuW or over.
Du Maurier has recently made the state
ment that his profits from 'rrilby," in
Guiding his royalties from the play
amount to $4,000 SO far.
The Princess of Wales has he'd print
cd for private distribution some song!
which she has composed for the either.
The Duke and Duchess of Fife will spent
100000 In the construction Of new resi-
dencc, Mar Lodge.
| A German Antarctic expedition has beer
decided upon, and $4,000 marks allotted t,
It. it will consist of two vessels, dnd will
last three years.
| Extensive coal fields, between Deerfei,
and Palmyra, O., are to be opened. TIL
mines will be near both the Pittsburg an,
Western and the Erie railroads.
Black squirrels, once plentiful in Livings
ton county. New York. are now yer.
scarce. They have been almost oxtermin
atcd to their inveterate enemy, the rec
squirrel.
| Representative Miles Crowley OF Texa
| is a genuine cowboy, and has dealt will
| bad men" In cowboy fashion.
Emile lola recently admitted that in hi
novels he has used scenes and situation
derived from Otway, Ben Johnson AM
other English writer's.
The Marquis of Tching, ambassador o
China to France. accompanied by his lit
tie daughter. attends o'clock mass ever
Sunday morning In the church OF st. Hon
ore dEylau, in Paris.
Senior Carries Cyrlllo Machado. WHO It |
announced, will be the next Portuguese
minister at Washington, has been 70
some time past first secretary OF tn
Portuguese embassy at London. He is
man about 30 years of age, and has had
very successful career having served as
deputy of Parliament at Lisbon and bee
charge d'affaires of his country both q
Madrid and Londan.
The new President Of Columbian Univei
5ity, Rev. u. l. whitman, Is but 3S year
old. He Is a native Of Nova Scotia and
graduate OF Brown University, and his do
gree of d. ID. came from Bowdon. ID
Whitman Ia already celebrated as
preacher, and he now has opportunity
achieve greatness as college president.
Miss Dora Zahn, a California girl. claim
the proud distinction OF being the frs
American or Engllshwoman who has eve
reached so degrees north latitude. tn
event was marked by planting the star
and stripes on the Island OF Spitzbergei
the region Of perpetual snow and Ice, b
the ycnturesome and patriotic San Frai
cisco girl, amidst the enthusiasm OF the
European scientists who composed the c,
curS!on party.