Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-28
PERSONA AND GENERAL,

PERSONA AND GENERAL.
Mrs Thomas II. Blackstone has givor
SlN.W0 towards the erection of a public
library in Chicago as u memorial to hei
late husband.
Some pen sketches executed by the late
Empress Friedrich when she was n child
OF twelve, were recently offered for sale
IN London. Included among them was n
profile drawing Of King Edward VII. Their
boy OF ten
President Roosevelt keeps his office
desk in very orderly manner. He uses
the shears and papor-cutter that wee
presented to him when he assumed the
duties of Nicc-Presdent last March
Captain Dreyfus. who has been living
at Cologne, near Geneva. for some time
past, has determined to leave Switzer-
land and make his home in Alsace, where
he was born. He will devote his time 10
literature and scientific pursuits
The little son of Mr.. George Billman
OF Middlctown, Ind. is the owner of prob.
aulN the smallest automobile in the world
1t was made by his father, is only ten
inches long and eight inches in h light
and weighs two pounds and two ounces
Manuel Garcia the greatest sn,yins
rarter Of his time. is etll living He was
Torn in Madrid n 1905. and has numbered
a Yong his pupils Jenny Lind and Mathilde
Nbicicsi.
Henry Jackson, whose possessions are
Valued at $1,000. is the richest Indian en-
the Klamath reservation. Every fall. for
fifteen years he has sent to market 800
to $1,000 worth Of cattle.
". II. Lewis who was elected to the
MHsSaChusetts Legislature from Camtridgo
on the republican ticket last week. by a
ra.o:ity of i13 .otcs. is a negro md mead
coach Ct the Harvard foot bah team
Charles Mo,bus, patrolman of San
francisco, has built an entire schounr n
with his own hands. done in odd hours
"hiio he was not on duty. 1t is Gfty feet
l'lg and sixteen feet beam 1t Is fitted
y IA cabin containing three hunks, an
trsin" room and many cnnvcn1erccs. 1t
VIII be chris .cned the BClinas.
Mr.. Adolphus Busch, chairman of the
81 uis Worlds fair committee on for
oinn relatiols, who has just returned
from a six months absence in Euror.. de-
NWos that tn" st. Louis exposition will
rave tc he postponed for not les, tram a
year. as foreign exhibitors will not be able
to IRE pare their eXE'tits within the pre-
scr.l cd time.
Cb.rloe II tIo,l,to,. 20 ,ta,.-,.. Ar.
has docided 80 ,,i,'o ,,,'t ~, ,,''
n, ia, Ioto prosI1e,. ,1eI,t,' ''"
v,uod on h1a,,,niI Nv. rlta,'cE ~ 10 ""-
General Greedy the metcorologist. who
'"S 'eeh seeing the London loss' exp @ $
we opinion thht with proper dd:t 1t
"""i" De quite possible to forecast them.
Alderman Hunter. of chi ago has row
ceivcd the notion of establishing a home
Tor the negloc.e1 and Iiapidatod statues
which in years past have crept into Chi
cago parks ANA other public places. lie
VIII call it kuination Park.
-, = ihurston' VINO was the tallost mar
Ni,,,,. 49,, ~ 81 ny, Is a''-l NV i"S at
i,,hne T., iei,, "a .iiousi i'c', -
.t,.,,'.t',,t, anu i"'ul any " ma
o ~ -, -, = ne N"H ""uH"cU only
III "'' '''e campaigns
CAPTAIN r. ID. Mavo. of Musk,pon III
y iii frosS I.al.a Nj, i,y,,, ia q, -r,..l ,is..
boat thirty feet in length and six feet in
ton of his invention The boat will carry
an ell stove.