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, 1873-05-04

GAlENA, H., Msy 3.-The weather TO- -dsy was
delightful. The city nas crowded with stran-
gers anxious to attend tho Presidents reception
o'clock Long before 2 o'clock An immense
crowd surrounded President Grants res
idence on tho hill, waiting tho
opening OF tho doors, previous to
Mayor Haser, waitsd On the President, welcom-
ing him to GAlenA, aad thanking him for the
regard be svinced for the city, expressing it -
the earnest wish Of all that tho friendly feeling
manifested to-day might last as long - his nane
figures In history.
The President thanked the citlzens Of Ghlena,
through their Mayor, for the cordial reception
given him, and thAt, though circumstances pre-
vented his ever making Galena again his home.
he hoped frequently to visit them, aud should
always cast his vote hare.
At the conclusion Of tho Preaident'e remarks,
the doom we're thrown" open, sud the school
children passed in procession before the P1eai-
, 1873-05-04

Evanston Is now agtated by tho so-ca1led Suburban
Horse-Railwny. This railway, as now discussed and
projected is to between Winnetka and Rogers Park
paasing through the vilsge Of Wiette North Evans
ton, South Evanston, aud Calvary. Tho main object
1t has In view IL to bring land out Of the market
into short and aasy communication With
the numerous stations On the Chicago b North
western. Carr to run to tho depots IN the morn-
ing, and from them at evening. h1r. 1ssao r. Hit to
the head and front Of the enterprise and tho carrying
out Of the project depends entirely upon tho favor
with which 1t ia received, and donations of land By
the landowners along the ne Of road. Tho charter IL
wildcat ono that passed through the 1egtsla*ure
several Year, ago, 20 It is said.
, 1873-05-04

Tho New York Produce Market
NEW YoRK, May 3.-Co1Toa-pun ant nominal
rntddHng uplands, 1916.
BnxApsruTrs-F1our dull and haavy receipts, 1000
hrls; supornno Westorn aud State, $S.6s8o-5; COM
mon to good extra, $8.9o87.4o good to eholc& 37@
a.25; white wheat extra. S8.5o@1o60; Ohio, $500
1880; st. Louis, &7.oo9126o. Rye dour and Corn
meal unchanged. Wheat-9prtug dull, heAv: winter
quiet firmly held rsceipts Is Coo bu; rejected s3s1uR,
$1.f531{5; No. spring. $1.b53168: strictly pNu,e
No. spring, $l.83. Rye quot, 1rua. Malt quiet;
rowed 6tats, 10. Corn quiet; receipts, 81 Goo lu
new mixed Western, 69@70o; old do in store, 67k3
CSC; do aHos 70Ac. Oats dull, heavy receipts, 1900
hu nav mi1ad Weztoru, so@52c; new black, tsa5le:
white, 639Akc.
GLOVER sEED-1n fair demand, sK@ac. Timothy
nrm, $4.25.
Eoos-Duu; prices favor buyers; Western, 1lx0
15c.
HAY-Quiet aud steady.
Hors-Quiet md steady st 95o5oc for crop Of 1871,
LEA1HRa-Quletsnd steady 1t 2s@a1o ortnoco, 27@
2sc,
Woo1-1n moderate demand and steady domestic
deece. 1885,: Kentucky, 45c; Oregon, &c; puled,
aaooraus-Conee ntrong; Rio, 17@1o4c. Sugar
quiet and firm lair to good refining, 7x@8c. No
lssses quiet and unchanged.
PkrHoLxux-QuIet &nd easier; crude, 104@10xc !;
refined. 20H@2oAc-
PBov1moAsPork dull, heavy, and lower new mesa.
{1S.62H; extra prime, $14.75@16.00; prime mess,
$18. 8.0o@1825. Beef and cut1neAts unchanged. Lard
shade lower steam, 9499 6-16c: kettle, 9Ac.
Buz7E1-D11 and lower; Western, 3o033c.
CRErsx-Steady.
WH1sKr-8teady ut 91Hc-
, 1873-05-04
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Ths1ahra7y Board met yesterday stssraoon, present.
Mesa1s. Hoyne, shorey, Rosenthal, Anthony, Queal,
and 6heahan- This Secretary read letter frcm Mr.
Robson, from which It appears the matter Of binding
tbs EngliAh Patent Specifications finally settled
The Library Committee reported the purchase Of set
c1a1 Dictionary. Tho Chairman reported That the Com
for the valuation Of tho Brfdewe and Post
Office lots would probably meet next weak. The Sec
as ordered to make contract for the binding
Of newspapers aud magazines received by the
Library, altar the Library COMMITTEES had reported
On tae' subject II to Hhich should be bound,
, 1873-05-04


HOLT-Mzy Mrs. Ann Holt. - .
Funeral to-day from No. 164 TweoJ:nnth.at to
tend.
cooKz Saturday, Mays M.9y DRYDEN. infant daughter
Of Davtd 8. &nd Esther 8. Cook.
Funeral Mondn{ morning At IL o'clock from ths 1es
dsnco Of Joseph Stockton, Esq.
WAlSH-0n MAy T. at ali Hubbsrd-at,, James Del-
nnros aged years, son OF Janes aud Margaret Wsah
Funeral Monday ut II N.
sMITH-At Wood.tock, nsoHsn7 County. Ill.,. Oh tho
ID tnAt It o'clock II. B. Smith. aged b5 yeAs1
Funeral At Norwood Park Oh Mondny, May S. It IL
o'clock Friends invited attend without fnr-
cHEHEY-At Chico. Bette County G.1;,, on Friday.
Auril 2 ct consumption Frances E. sheldon. w1to Of
Dr.. W. Fitch Cheney.
cou9h. James D. Walsh, aged 5eass.
.WH9oN-May =, st No. ls1 Thirdav., Of smallpox.
noLEYN7Hy 3. at No. g North cazpsntez>st.. Of
TH0MPaON-In this city. May 2 Ia1s, 1t her real
donce, No. 20 6holtost-, Mrs. Ann Thompson, aged H
Jears- =.
Notice ct funeral IN Monday morning papers.
GB Utica. IN. ~ papers psaae copy.
ooACoRAM-At tho Hatch House. On tho ID inst,
Mr. Bridget Corrornu. mother Of Alderman Corcorau.
Fnnora on Monday morning. At t9o o'clock. from tho
Hatch House to the Church OF tho Holy Name henca BY
cars to Galway Cennetery.
, 1873-05-04

Tho sec1etsry reported that during the preceding
hall month e books and 118 pamphlets had been re-
ceived, making tho total number Or booh now in tho
Of periodicals regularly received is 235 md Of dnies
7s The approximate number Of visitors aince the Last
report has been 1850 average daily vntors, 347;
Sunday, SAL: day calls for periodicals, 245. Among
the contributions is Chinese treatise on medicine
and surgery pEofuaey Illustrated with cuts OF surgical
opcratous various parts Of tho body, plants 1natru
ments, ETC., given by Eastman + Bartlett.
The Board ad iourned.
, 1873-05-04

;Lav1arooI, May s-rl =: m-.F'aur, 27a ed. wheat-
911s 1od; club, lis. Corn, 27s ID PORK, 68a. Lard,
Il IfvE:nrook, ": Nay $50 p. n.-Bre.dstuns m.
changed. Pork, S. Cd. Lard, 4os7d.
LONDON, May 3-5 p. m:-cousols a3H !; 6-2os Of '6s,
q; DO Of %7, s3H; 1o-4os, 891; new g., 89x ;
T8llow-k3s 50,
PARIS, May 2.-Rentes, IS francs.
LIVERPOOL, May 3.-Cotton heavy aid declining :
riddling upland ID; Oreans, 9d. Sales COO bales
American, 1000: speculation and export, 1000.
Bteadstu1s quiet Red winter wheat, la I'd. Flour,
AIS I'd. Corn, 27s Sd. =
Mess Pork, esa Cd. Lard, los Sd. cheess, II
, 1873-05-04
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

| The Mar Partyn Of Our Club vas postponed from
1huraday Last until Tuesday next On account Of tn
weather.
: United States Commissioner Philip L. Hoyne ha,
removed his Office to Room a. Of the Republic Build
tngs, which il located on the second floor.
Angular meeting Of tho Brick Manufacturer As
tociaton viii b hsld 1T O'Clock Monday, o
Adams and IaSane streets.
Nursery and Ha1f- Orphan Asylum will be bald at No
176 Burlng street On Tuesday morning st 1880 O'Clock
g. r. Grady. the youth who defaulted from ths
Northwestern Hotel on Friday, waa yesterday morn
regular monthly nesting Of the Directors Of tho
= a.aa O'Clock.
The Last Of tho musical pro1nenades and suppe.
parties given BY ths ladies Of AL Saints Episcopal
Hall on Ads street,
The library Of the College IT Pharmacy will here.
after be opened between the hours Of 10 =. n. and
112n0on. md ?: n snd P n, suadaya excepted,
James RennIe thu actor who succeeded in bringing
tho blood to Mckee Rankns face, Was yesterday hAld
in $500 bail fot further examination on May g. 1t ths
South Side Police Court
Ths n1st annual blu Of the Keystone Lodge No $50,
H. F. and A. M., will occur Thursday evening next
It Klares Hall, Nos 70 aud n North Clark street.
The Union Catholic Library Association viii give =
soiree musicale 1t Martine's Academy, No. IS Ad4
street On Monday evening, An excellent programme
The quarterly meeting Of the Chicago oaledonlan
Club Will bo held in tho basement Of the Scotch
Church, corner Of Adams and sangamon streets, On
Tuesday evening".
public temperance meeting will be held tomorrow
evening IN the Burr Mission Chspel Third ayenue
near Fourteenth street, Addresses expected from
Judge doohns, Thomas Moulding, and others.
, The dedicatoEy exercises Of the Maywood prcaby-
terian Church viii take place On Thursday evening,
when the Rav. L. E. Kittredge, Of Chicago, will preach
the Sermon. Other clergymen will bo present.
Tho receipta Of cattle and no8x for ths four months
ending April 80 243 GA OF the former, and
b4 ct the latter an increase a compared With the
corresponding period Last year, Of 1894 CATTLE aud
634, 429 hogs. =
In our Issue Of a{Ay 1t Stated that thu Of
The West Side Briggs Hon1s T1s changed to "sktnnrr
House." No change hxs been made in the nnne, but
the management Of the hotel will be under tho supex
v1don Of b. q. Skinner.
John Broke, George Iawlor, Thomas Ke11J, John
O'Brien. John Roche, and William Ciark, gang Of
boy-br1gisrs who broke into tbs ONCE Of Dz. Fiea-
1ng No. t12 West Warrington street, were Jesterday
morning held for trial In $40o bail each By Jnssics
6cu11y.
Tho caso Of John R. doss, who was arrested for OBJ
taining $500 and diamond ring from Mrs. Barah
f2ead o1 Providence, r. L, reported tn TEE T11B-
uNE Soma days since, came up before Justice sculy
FestezdaE: Mrs. Bead failed to sppear and tho cass
MS dismissed.
4 meeting Of the Common Council Committee o.
3hshghta Was held yesterday afternoon In the Council
Chamber, AID. McAyoy in tho chair. The gas COM
pantos rere fully represented. The subject under
, 1873-05-04

Notice to Vessel-Owners and Agents..
ORR ooLLEc7oR's o1r1oE, Book C1rx HALL.
CH1oAao, Asy 1s7sThe city taxes assessed against
vessea and canabosts for the year 1874 duo 1t this
ofice a1nce last December. Parties owing such taxes
aro hereby notified to pay Immediately, and avoid the
expense and delsy oocaaoned by having their vessels
tied up
: GEoBaE VoN Ho1xEH, City Collector.
, 1873-05-04

having heard Of you, or from you IN some years, a
cmbodened by our old friendship to AK you rather
delicate question have been keeping prfrdts poker
the city have been closed by the authorities, nnd it
necessary to remove to another city and according to
common report there is favorable to my vIows
- Chicago. hare written to you to know what your
vewa about the NATTER and also whether you could
assast mo in getting up game, Your friend.
CHARLES II. VAN DBxaxH.
, 1873-05-04
To the Ladies'.

Ladies, sewing machine experts and the public gen
orally, Invited to call and what ths d1oa1feldn
Sewing Machine Attachment can perform. It oono-
bnes twelve distinct and different attachments with
enc model, and enables lady to mako and tim
dzess hY ta means In ouefourh Of the tn1o hitherto
required For sala At tho Harperfa Bazaar Paper Pat
torn, Fashion Room, No. ass 6ase street. J. Levy,
General AReut.
, 1873-05-04
The West Virginia PonttcntInry
TEQuft2ea

- TE0ubles
WHEELING, " Va, May 3.-The Directors and
Superintendent Of tho fenitentiary. appointed
BY the bogus Board Of Public Works Of this
State, after Intellectual attempts to obtain pos
session, called in able counsel, and it is Judged
they have concluded to seek redress in
cobs desires, and the bogus party have
sought to evade. When the Constitution was
formed last summer, it conferred large appoint
ing powers upon the Governor, and the domi-
nant party in the Legislature, failing to elect
their candidate fot Governor. hnve endehvored
to control these powers conferred by the Consti-
tuition on tho Governor, and place it in the hands
OF Board Of Public Works appointed by them,-
hence the trouble between the two factions.
These are serious threats Of impeachment, DC.
Gov. Jacobs is now master Of the situation, and
it is believed the mAtter will 60 to the court
without further trouble.
, 1873-05-04

t1on and found that de4th had resulted from concus-
fall on Dearborn ntzeet. Deceased had been agent
in Milwaukee for tbs Howe Sewing Machine Company,
and CAME to Chicago last Thutaday, under the e1peta
ton Of securing situation with tho Company here,
, 1873-05-04

We ara "Getting the Hang Of It"
In STORE No. $50 South Clark street, and have
many Of old aud familiar friends, who bought
boots and shoes Of Mccormick + Clark, opposite tho
.Hherman House. Ne promtse large and choice 1tock
to select from. Mccormick Clark
, 1873-05-04
Fine Arts.

E1n9 aftB-
Tho American Azt Gallery of Nev York win, On ne1t
Tuesday morning, exhibit most important and va1u-
able collection Of dne art painting. by celebrated
foreign and American artists Of tho modem school 1t
the salssroon Of Vim. l. Buffers h Co.. auct1onee1s,
Noa. IS and 81 South Osu atreet prior to their dir
poaal ut auction Wednesday and Thureday, May
aud 8. 1he high s4andIng of the above gallery W
know Will inA urp 1uost successful sa1o
, 1873-05-04

ST: LOUIS, May 3-President Boody, Vice.
President Anderson, General Superintendent
Burrows, and 3 number Of Directorn Of tho To-
1edo, Wabash l. Western Railroad arrived ut
Hannibal, No., yesterday, and had a consultation
with the Directors Of the Hannibal l. Central
Missouri Road, at which tho matter Of connec-
ton with tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road
was discussed. Nothing definite is known to
have resulted from the conference.
The Chicago 4 Alton Company are making An
effort to secure terminus Of the Missouri,
Kansas d Texas Road at Louisiana, No., and tho
matter seems to be between that point and Han
nibal.
ToLE0o, o., May 3.-The proposition to donate
$200, 900 in MD Of 3 railroad from this city to
kenton, O., on what is known as the west line
between Toledo and Columbus, was submitted to
public vote to-day; and 2,028 votes were cast, Of
which ,465 we're in favor aud 563 against it, be-
ing LIS moro than tie required two-thirds.
, 1873-05-04
BETTER NOT COME.

The following letters were handed Superintendent
Washbuzn, yesterday morning:
Mr. Wash6usn, Chi<}of Police: -
DEAR S1R: VIII you have satisfactory answer given
to this gent Many yeaTs have elapsed since drzo,
and tho huaineas has changed 30 much that do not
feel capable Of edy1atng Mr. g. q. " D. Yours re-
specHully, CHAAlEs Kx1auT
, 1873-05-04
Personal,

Sam r. Butterheld, Esq., after short absence from
the city, has returned homo, and connected hilnseK
with tho Grand Central Clothing House, Eos Ia and
IN atAte street. Sam genial good fellow md e.
tends general invitation to his naany was friends to
call and eee him.
, 1873-05-04

to tho cold and ra1ning weather. OsderH 1rs coming
forward naore freely for aheengs aud ahirnga st
duced prices. WAtham bleached and brown Wide
shest1nga are reduced Kc per yard. Fino hlesehed
sh1rt4ngs drm in first h4nds 1t current p1tces.
Colored cottons, gazed nbrics and cottonadea arc
worsted dress fabrics quiet. Woolens a1e very
dull, and ahsvls Inactive. Foreign goods continue
quet. Tho dry goods imports for the weak vera
=, ,721, 49,
, 1873-05-04
rhe E1mwne1 Co11ar.

The Elmwood Collar.
Thsrs IL better Way Of saving money thsn by
ehaaing good article. This il especially tho case In
conspicuous In article Of dress gsntleans col
Lar. Those who have worn the Elmwood Collar hare
discovered this, while to thoae whdprefer different
style, the Warwick il now offered.
, 1873-05-04
Newmar's Corset Factory

Newman's Corset Factory,
No. 1s4 Twenty y-second street, Will sell $4,000 worth
Of ladies aud chidrens underga1nenta 1t nnperalle
I'd prices. The stock is the best assorted in tho city
and will b sacrificed. Mr. Newman intends to move
soon to the Burnt District" and devote himself
c1usiyely to the importation and manufacturing Of
oorgeta.
, 1873-05-04
Merchant Tailoring.

Graham, formerly of k73 Wabash avenus, has TO-
moved to s Clark street. and haa just received vary
choice selection Of foreign and domestic woolens,
which hs W mako to order ut tho very lowoa 1guzes-
, 1873-05-04
Breunner'a Biscuit.

Bremner'a Biscuit.
Good goods viii always b. initiated. 80 With Bre1-
uera Butter Biscuit. SEQ that his nae Is stamped on
III you buy, you would be sure to hsve tho best.
The favor cannot be initiated though the appearance
may. Bakery Nos~ IS and 80 OB1ien street, =
, 1873-05-04

Earthquake Shock.
CA1Ro, H., May IA slight shock Of earth
quake Was felt here this afternoon.
, 1873-05-04
Snnrtinr Hooffs.

z. Thomas, Jr., having removed from No. 81 West
Madison street to No. 70 South Clark htreet IL now
offering inc assortment Of breechloading gnns fab
Ing tackle md everything pertaining to tho trade.
, 1873-05-04

T. Hamilton Hunt, No. Il 8tate street, makes
specially Of Ru!ldera' Hardware, and can dill order
for anything IN his lima promptly ut loWeat prices
Give him call bsfore you buy.
, 1873-05-04

dent. to whom they paid their respects. Until
at from 5000 to 5000, visited The President.
Ats o'clock the doors were closed, and the
President returned to the residence Of L. G.
Felt, where the party removed old acquaintance.
At II ?: N. the President left on special
train for Chicago, where he will spend Sunday.
, 1873-05-04

Vessels Passed Detroit.
speeial Dtspateh 10 TIA Chicago Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, May 3-PAasEn UP-PSopa A1esfe,
Sovereign schrs James Joy, Superior. Orient, D. r.
pobhlna, Monterey, Paragon, s. B. Gardner.
PAssEn Dowx-Props Vanderbilt, Idaho, Raietgh,
Blanchard.
W1HD-Northeaat
, 1873-05-04

ri7ala hea7y beat, ek0s4c; stockezz, &9sc; CON-
mon, 695Hc.
sHxEF-Market dull arrlva1s fair best, $3.50
6.75 medium, S5.00t351d: comu1ou, &. .25a4.f5.
:Hoos-Yarket dull !; arrivals heavy Philadephia,
$6.oo86.20 Yozksts, $5.40@5.6o.
, 1873-05-04

PITTSBURGH. HAY 9.-Crude Petroleum = Shade
lower 52592 so per brl at Parter's Landing, equal
to 6h98Kc per gallon here. Retired quiet and no1al
pal standard white, car lots, 1t TIC.
, 1873-05-04
BY HAVENS s. CO.,
Auctioneers. IS South Csnal~st.

BY HAVENS & CO.,
Auctiones,s. s. South Csnal.st-
WILL SELL
MONDAY, May 5, at 10 q. m. --~ Jewelry,
Watches, and PfatedWare.
TUESDAY, May {, at 10 q. Dry Goods, Hats.
and Caps, ETC., ETC.
WEDNESDAY. May 7, at 9 t-2 a. m.---l50 half
chests Of Tea. Also stock Of Hardware. and
Tinware One Boynton's Elevated 0yen
Range.
THURSDAY, Nay s, at 8 f-2 a. m.-~-Furniture
Of two large Boarding Houses, comprising
everything in the housekeeping line.
SATURDAY, Hay 10, at ga. m.---Regu1ar Fur.
niture sale
By yHAvENS CO.,
AnctfonseEs. s. South Ca11Ist.
, 1873-05-04

Pittsburgh livestock Market.
PIruBuRaH, Nay 3.-oA1TLz-H2xket dull: It.
, 1873-05-04
BY EDWIN a. RICE & CO..
4 BEAUTIFUL
CHURCH. N

1t tho Uonssrratory OF Music aa 1ndiena-ay corner
Txtntteth.t:, Thq1.dsy, A.y at o'clock ,. a 4
Positive and unraser1ed sale OF powerful and sxeo-
toned church Of the best caas turned
We.tsid Msas. ast but thres months sfnce costing
e. m It Il now offered for what It vii bring. Boras Il
:ad a:,s Efss Gouos.t to =, ~ To eIsan b
Also suction sails Of elegant fuzntusc It the Coussa
tory Of Music. No. a2a lndanaav., My It O'clock D.
Mp eoaalssa1x % dfQatlta parior aud chamber 8qits
sotas sa:y chair 1oanges splendid booEoase ptsnn-
soo snd cover centre tables Nottingham lace cxtaia,
tsad: :saa. aR1nx m..1:.ses bu1eaus
stoyes etc harxzias II a!es fur-
oa1 us4a th1se months 6ais positive and Win
ooe 5e1ekte. EDWIH 4. RICE col. Apcttounars.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-14

"A terrible boiler explosion occurred at
Harlem, N. Y, Saturday afternoon, invol-
wing the instant death of seven persons
and the serious injury of a number of
others.
On Terry's Island, in the Connecticut
River, seventeen miles above Hartford, are
about two hundred persons of both sexes
assembled awaiting the second advent OF
Christ, which they confidently expect be-
fore the close of 1873. They began to con-
gregate on the island about a fortnight
since.
The village of Canastota, N. Y, has
recently suffered TO the extent of S25O,O0O
by inccndiary fires, and the other night a
man, young lawyer, was caught in the
act of firing building and was arrested.
Two other men were also arrested on sus-
picion, but since then there has been an
other incendiary fire, and the excitement
is very great.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-14
STATE ITEMS.

Vermont has slxty-tbreo Hom@opash-
ic physicians.
-Barnum, Richardson & Co.'s steam
lumber mills at winhall were burned FRI
day insured.
A Jewish cemetery, the first of the
kind in the State has been consecrated at
Poultney, recently.
-Rumors of financial unsoundness have
been in circulation regarding the Fair
bankses of st. Johnsbury, but the iledon-
ian pronounces them false and wholly un-
founded.
The Montpelier and Wells River rail-
road ran train through from Wells River
TO Montpelier, last Saturday, and trains will
begin TO run regularly this month.
One of Burke's most respected citizens
is Asahel Burlington, now SO years old,
who has held the office of town-clerk for
so years, being regularly reelected each
year.
-Montpelier's grand list shows an in
crease of S560,6Sj in real estate valuation
over last year; decrease in the valuation
of personal property of sl99,613; reduce
ton in the number of polls of 1903, and an
increase in the number of dogs of 697.
Reuben Hunt of Fairfax, "puts head
on" his cabbages thus: Some five weeks
ago, perceiving that his cabbages were not
heading, he doubled over the leaves and
placed a stone upon each cabbage, and now
has number of nice ones.
Little Orrin Corey of Derby Line took
his aunty's big old tomcat and went out to
drown him, the other day. He tried 10
throw Tom over the bridge railing into the
SETTLING torrent below, but Tom was
squeamish about getting his feet wet, and
chung so tenaciously to Orrins coat that in
the scrimmaGe both went over, and Orrin
was drowned. The cat wasn't.
Two boys named Willie and james
Cowan of Shelburn, aged seven and ten
years, killed a large eagle, on the 3lst ult.
They found him feeding on carrion, and as
he did not take to flight, perhaps despising
their youth, the boys attacked him with
clubs. His wings measured seven feet four
inches from tip TO tip.
AT the annual meeting of the Board Of
Education at Montpelier, on the 4th inst,
the board reelected DR.. French Secretary
for the coming year, and voted that the
Teachers Institutes should hereafter be
held during three days only, instead offive
days as heretofore.
A. w. Griswold of Morristown, the
owner of "Malvern Farms" is reported TO
have failed, and his grand herd of cattle
and fine stud of horses, together with car
rages, real estate, in fact everything, has
been attached, as is understood, by New
York creditors.
The Fifth Winter Meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association will be held
at Essex junction, January Dist, ODD and
23d, 1874.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-14
NEWS ITEMS.

"A Minnesota jury has decided Sunday
shaving TO be necessity.
The rOund-houso of the Boston and
Albany Railroad, at Springfield, Mass,
was burned on Monday, and with II fifteen
locomotives, six extra tenders and two snow
ploughs. Loss, 100000.
William j. Hardee, author of Hardee's
Tactics (since superseded by Uplon's) and
General in the rebel army, died Thursday,
aged So years.
According TO the estimate of the Street
commissioners, the cost TO Boston of wide
ming and improving the streets in the dis
trict swept by the great fire is S5,070,00O.
The validity of Indiana's State law
against miscegenation is TO be tested in the
United States Supreme Court, under the
fourteenth amendment, in the case of
black, named Brown, who has been i'm
prisoned for marrying a white woman.
The Grand Jury have found indict-
ments against the parties suspected of the
murder of Kelsey, at Huntington, l.. l.,
and several OF them are under arrest.
Rudolph and Royal Sammis were among
those arrested and have been admitted TO
bail in $4,000 each.
The obscquies of Mrs. Lee, wife of the
late General Robert e. Lee, took place at
Lexington, Va, on Friday. The remains
were deposited by the sidoof her husbands,
in the memorial room. Mrs Lee was sixty
seven years of age. Business was entirely
suspended in Lexington, many places were
draped in mourning, and the obsequics
were. very imposing.
S. A. Britain, Boston broker, was
murdcrously assaulted at his office in Bos-
ton, on Friday afternoon last, by person
unknown to the public. There is mystic
ry about the case, as Mr.. Britain refuses to
give tie name Of his assailant. II is be-
lieved that he hopes TO obtain large sum
of "hush" money out Of the affair, as pub
lie suspicion fastens on a young man whose
father is very wealthy.