Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES.
People of Whom You Have Heard and
Things That You want to Know.


The villa in which Queen Victoria will
reside at Nice belongs to Baron Won der
Weiss, whose father built 1t over 80 years
ago, at a cost of over $500, 900.
Mrs. Levi p. Morgan is said to have a
weakness for slippers, shoes, and boots,
of which she has so many that she could
wear a different pair each day of the year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Duane Gilllsple of Phila-
delphia, was rs years old on Thursday, and
her friends marked the day by giving her
a purse of SIS, 900. In speaking of her the
Philadelphia Record says: Mrs. GILES
pie, a Observation-Disclosures OF Benjamin
Franklin, the celebrated philanthropist
and patriot, is the daughter of William
j. Duane, for a time secretary of the treas
ury under Gen. Jackson, and she has long
been one Of Philadelphia's most prominent
social leaders and BENEVOLENT workers."
At a mass meeting of German-American
citizens held in Baltimore 1t was decided
to secure the Heine memorial monument
and present 1t to the city In behalf of the
German-American citizens.
The king of tho Belglans is seldom seen
in the theatres of Brussels, caring little
for theatrical performances. He objects,
too. to sitting in the royal box at the va
rious houses OF amusement. The queen on
the contrary, Is passionately fond of the
theatre, and rarely misses a first night.
Among the New Years gifts of the sui
tan of Turkey to the Russian czar was
a piece of the true cross.
Paderewski excited great interest in the
billiard-room of the Burnet House in Gin
cinnati recently while he was playing
pool with some friends there. 1t was OBJ
served that he wore absolutely no jew
elry except his gold link cuff buttons, and
that his trousers were too short for him.
He moked Turkish cigarettes while he
punched the balls about.
Sturgeon fishing is unusually good in the
Columbia river this season. and some
pretty big fishes have been caught in the
last week OF two. One sturgeon Weighing
425 pounds was caught near the town of
The Dalles last week.
A 6s4 Karat diamond, the finest ever
found In Africa, was discovered at Jag
g%ersfontein in the Transvaal on the day
after Christmas. When cut 1t is expected
that 1t will be worth 81, 500, GOO.
A large brown eagle is reported to have
been recently taken near Liverpool. Eng
land. The measurement of the bird Is said
to be three feet high and seven feet from
tip to tip of wings and weighs 80 pounds.
Germany has her secret agents in Chi
ago at present negotiating for the pur-
chase of a war device that has been in
vented by a Chicagoan. . This device
10 tHc ptiO t1dl mas Dttn utSlb HtN II
built by Prof. Gathman, the north side as
t%ronomer, and which was tested off Wau-
kegan In 1898.
Frank o. Lowden of Chicago, who Is to
marry Miss Florence Pullman, daughter
of the palace car magnate, is a native of
Minnesota, but his father and grand
father were born In Vermont. He Is n
struggling young lawyer, but the heiress
preferred him to a foreign title and her
father thoroughly approves of her choice.
1t Is a love match entirely.
Charles Kingsley's niece, who has been
exploring the west coast of Africa has
reached the Cross river in safety after
having assembled to the top of the Came
rooms mountain. which is 1906 feet. She
is the first woman to accomplish the feat.
Dean Farrar of Canterbury. thinks 1t
perfectly erroneous to talk of the failure
of missions, when they started with 12O
despised Galileans, and when now there
are 100, 600, 000 Protestants and they have
in their power almost all the resources OF
the world"
Sculptor ]. Messy Rhlnd's heroic bronze
statue of John c. Calhoun is ready for
shipment to Charleston. s. c., and will be
sent to that city at once. The bronze
workers put the finishing touches to it
on Saturday last. The statue of the ia
nous Southern statesman is 10 feet high,
and Is considered to be a remarkably fine
production OF sculpture.
The man who patented the brass spring
fingers one sees on lamps for holding the
chimney in place received for many years
a royalty amounting to $50, coo.
The notion that Indians will not work Is
disproved in the case OF 10 Indians who
last week applied at Machias, Me-. for en-
ployment on the new railroad being built
near that place.
Nevada's gold yield in 1895 was 81, 220.-
900.
The highest chimney in G~lasgow-4GS
feet-is doubtless the highest in the world.
The best transit of Venus took place on
December s, 1874; no other will occur till
2004.
Eyes of which the whole of the iris is WIS.,
ible belong to cratic persons. often with a
tendency toward insanity.
did Jabshots hit anything on his hunt
Ing trip?" Hit anything? Why, he even
missed the train. "-Cincinnati Inquirer.