Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-02-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The nitro-g lycerine factory at Fort
Tconderoga exploded Monday, killing
two men.
ID avid Friedrich Strauss, the celebrat-
ed German theologiar, author ola life OF
Christ" is dead.
Eek Sheriff Brennan and Ex-Deputy
Shields Of New York, were released from
prison on Saturday.
The national grange Of the Patrons of
Husbandry will hold their next annual
session at Charleston, S. c.
Judge Alfred Conkliug, father of SEN
ator Conkling, died suddenly at Utica on
the 9Th inst, aged eghty-tive years.
Gen. Sick los took final leave OF the
Spanish government at Madrid, Friday,
and placed Secretary Adee in charge Of the
legation.
Five huadred aud nine members have
so far been elected TO the new British Par
Lament, of whom 2G7 are Conservatives and
242 Liberals aud Home Rulers.
Mrs. Putnam, the widow Of the gentle
man killed by Foster the c1r-hook muir
dercr, has failed TO recover Of the horse
railroad company.
A little boy named Carter was fatally
shot by Il band Of masked robbers in Mont
gomery county, Ky, Saturday night, while
they were robbing his fathers house.
The attempt TO make ii appear that
Hon. Ezra Cornell bad misappropriaIed the
public lands belonging TO the Cornell Uni
versily has been found, arlcr Investigation,
to be entirely groundess.
DR.. J. II. Schenck, the well known
proprietor Of several patent medicines,
died at Philadelphia, Wednesday morning.
The Kansas House Of Represen atives
hUs requested the attorney general by
vote of 81 to 90, TO take steps TO bring cx-
Senator Pomcroy to trial.
Old John Harper, Of Wocdiutd county,
kentucky, the owner Of the race horse
Longrellow, is very IL, aud, it is said, can
not recover. lie Is nearly eighty years old.
Noble Hurdle, the oldest citizen in the
District of Columbia, and who bad shaken
hands with every President of the United
States, died at Georgetown on Thursday,
aged "a.
The printing establishment of Bartlett
& Hosford, Boylston market, Boston, was
damaged TO the amount Of 1920 by fire, on
the Sd inst The loss is fully covered by
insurance.
Mexico is in an unusually peaceful
state. kidnapping aud stage coach robbing
havo been less frequent during the past
year than during any single year since the
fall OF the sU-caiIeu n.~piro
-Ex-Senator Patterson OF New IianI,-
shire, is in Washington seeking reversion
ofthe judgment in the Senate report against
him at the close of the last session, and
which was not acted on.
"A Western paper has made up The
grangers' ticket for 1876 already. 1t il
Gov. Robert w. Fernan, OF Nebraska for
Pres ident, and Judge William Schley, of
Georgia, for Vice President.
The rear car of the Rensselaer, & Sarato-
ga II. Il. Tain which left Whitehall, n. Y,
at 40 Saturday afternoon, was thrown
from the track into a ditch by n broke
rail. The car tooS fire, and one Of the pas
sengers was killed and throe injured.
Edwin Booth the well known actor and
brother of J. Wilkes Booth. President Lin
coins assassin, has filed a petition of vol
untary bankruptcy in the United States
district count At New York. Mr.. Booths
embarrassment is OWN. to the failure of his
attempt to establish a theatre IN New York
devoted exclusively To the legitimate dIa-
ma.
The Liberal Republican party in New
York must bo about run out. At the last
meeting OF their Central Committee the on
lv hn~inn.> WAS the raIdinu of a series of
resolutions, intended to Ice funny, directed
against reverend gentleman who has
gone abroad under an appointment to in
spect American Cousulates.
The new Fremont House." in Chicago,
which has been erected on the site of the
old house, will be opened TO the public on
the 10Th inst. Tho house has been built,
finished and furnished in n style OF prince
ly magniGcence. James aud Ira Couch
are tue proprietors.
In the United States circuit court, at
New York, Saturday, Judge Benedict de-
MED the motion for new trial in the case
Of Beroni Howard, the millionaire, con-
victed of countcrfeiting match stamps. \
motion in arrest Of judgment was also de-
med, and Howard was sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the penitenliary.
d ron Mayer de Rothschid, one of the
firm of eminent bankers, whose dea.h at
London was announced, by cable, Friday,
was younger son of the late Baron Nathan
Mayerde Rothschild, who died July 2S, 1886.
He was born in 1918, and was educated at
Trinity college, Cambridge. lie had been
a member of the British Parliament, and
was liberal in politics.
-Tweed's counsel have settled the bill
Of exceptions on which they hope to carry
his case before the general term of the SUI
preme court for review. This bill of ex-
ceptons covers several hundred pages, aud
is, of course, mainly technical, but nobody
seems TO think it is going to accomplish
anything.
The Changers begin to havo their
troubles. In some Of the local oranges Of
Iowa they complain that the State Grange
has been arrogant and tyrannical that the
machinery Is cumbrous and expensive
that the order has fallen into the hands of
politicians who want office, and for speou-
lators who want to palm Off upon them
worthless patents for agricultural machin.
cry. The Marion Grange has Withdrawn
from all connection with the State and Ma
tional Oranges, and others in the neighbor-
hood are considering tho proprieIy of the
same course.
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