Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

PERSONAL AND GENERAL,
Nine. Loubcrt, wife of the French Prcsi-
dent. Is one Of the best chess players in
Paris.
Ex Senator Ingalls, mother is stin living
ana in good health at 90 years Of age She
lives in Boston.
Foe the last several years of his life
John KuSkiu's annual income from his
literary work vas fully $1,000.
President schurman, of Cornell. will .
liver an address. on National Expansion"
at Syracuse, on February Is.
Queen Victoria said recently that she
believed nor long life was largely due to
her l.actcc Of spending as much time as
possible in the open air.
Senator Harris, Of Kansas, ia said to he
the most tdCiturn man in Congress lie
is the despair of all intcrviewers and has
rarely word to say foe publications
Ambassador Choate was recently asked
10y a distinguished English nobloman "To
what station in your country does Mr..
Vanderbilt bclong?" He answered "'ro
the Grand Central Station, New York.
Major General Sir w Gustavus Nichol-
SON. who has been ordered to join Lord
-
old friends. lie took part in the famous
Candahar march, and was field engineer
at Cabul.
Or. Edwin Lewis Stephens, recently APP
pointed first president of the new Louis
lana state Industrial School, was grad
uated from the Louisiana State University
in 1892. and subsequently, received the dc
gree of Fin. y. from New York University.
Miss Maud Gonnc, the Irish agilator.
now in tins country, l. remarkably tall
for a woman, being six feet high and well
proportioned. She has regular features,
bright black cyes and a delicate complex
ion. Her sister, Mrs. Pitcher is the wife
of British officer.
Cardinal Vaughan is a magazine owner
as well as a churchman, being proprietor
of the Dublin Review.
EX-Speaker Reed says that of all sin
ners, liars are the worst. They are prop
erly disposed Of" he says lin the eighth
verse of the 2lst chapter of Revelation"
bishop Potter CEpiscopaD of New York
is said to know his Bible so wei! that in
the hurry of rapid speech he can find any
passage he requires just as a musician $
iingeCs can find any key on piano.
Senator Vest is very near sighted, but
frequently forgcts to bring his glasses to
MI We, ,,.,'a anu ,1nscIuen''y ~,
lis nose almost touching the paper
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ried on his business.
Col. Will n f. Switzler of Columbia
d. IL
history of Missouri University. He has
been engaged in newspaper work long,g
than any man of his time, not excepting
tho late G, \. Dana, having entered the
profession thrse years fetore Mr.. Dana,
ana beng san actively engaged in 1t.
n de Rlovitz tho r,moi,s Paris cor.
ra.,,onIont of NE Landau Tins ie Lntno
much tWitted because he wrote the fol-
lowing puIl Whlch appeared IN MS papST'
i quote ms because lAberie' Is one Of
those alnphlnlous Journals that waiting
to see when way me WIND blows. some
times unexpectedly t"rns the scale.
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ordained Il Roman Catholic priest at Notre
Dame. Ind, entered the army as captain
in the ID New York during the civil war
and was mustered out Il hrevet brigadicr
He then became an army surgeon and six
years ago entered Notre Dame University
as a student.
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'"mes OSpoiie ..,c "Ssis.ant u'S'tic'
prosecution of Molreux, and thus made n
great reputation Tor himself ont of on.
trial. is a son-in-law of ex-Justice Angus.
tus Van WICK, brother of Mayor Van
(Vyck. He is "A North Carolinan bv birth
and about n wears Old. ,io was tir.t m.
pointed TO his present Office bv u, lance,
Nicoll and ha, served under foln, dist,i,. ,
ATTORNEYS II is not unlikely th.t he w
soon resign to devote himself 10 nrivn ,
nractlce
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fcId,Ta bnvn iust rel,brn,od mo seventy.
hrs' anniversary oil their marriage. lhe>
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