Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-11-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

In Utah, whenever a polypemous wife
wishes to locate homestead, she calls
herself widow and the United States has
been swindled out of thousands Of acres
of land by this dodge.
There Is a project on foot AT Chicago to
buy large hotel building and turn 1t into
a home for working girls. where they can
be boarded better and cheaper than at
their boarding houses.
So far five colored men have been elect
ed TO the next Congress, and they are all
new men. Two are from South Carolina,
one from North Carolina, one from Ala
hama and one nom Louisiana. One of the
South Carolinans (Lee) Is a democrat, and
was elected by a democratic and boiling re-
publican constituency.
The latest reports from Tennessee are
to the effect that cx-Alderman Andrew
johnson stands no chance at all for Parson
Brownlow's place in the United Safes
Senate. The Jouoornts won 50 decided a
victory at the state election that they pro-
pose to elect full blooded democrat, and
not a"mongrel," a. they regard Mr.. John
son.
Five men belonging to this crew of the
schooner William II. Bradley of Rock port.
Mass, started to go from Portsmouth to
their vessel in a wherry on Wednesday
night. and, all being intox icated. the boat
tipped over and four of the men were
drowned. George Mitchell, who was less
intoxicated than the rest, kept afloat till he
was rescued.
Miss S. NJ. Pollard of Bingh anton, y.
Y, Is glad now that she took interest
enough in her uncle, who went 10 Cali
fornia, many years ago, and passed from
the knowledge OF his friends, to hunt him
up and write few friendly letters TO
him, for he died, the other day, and left
her all his property, worth S2OO,9O0.
After a considerable period Of quiet,
the Cuban insurgents appear to have brok-
Ell out with active assaults at numerous
points on their lines. From official SQUIRE
es we have reports Of a numAer of engage
ments in which the rebels were the assail-
ants, and in each of witch, as might be ex-
pected, "the rebels we're compelled to with
draw" Nope of these sklrmshes were of
great moment, but their number and spr-
1t indicate that the insurgents keep up their
guerrilla organization with great pertinac-
ity.
The showing MP which the chrome
premium business has received at the
hands Of the secular press is having an ex-
cellent effect TO discourage the use of that
sort of bait for subscribers on the part of
religious papers. The fact is. 1t doesn't
take so well as II did before the public got
wind of the fact that the IS chromos cost
publishers twenty-five cents apiece. There
is growing disposition among periodicals
and magazines to discard the chrome sham
entirely, and depend henceforth on their
merits for recommending themselves TO
subscribers.
edward s. Stokes, though lost to sight,
is not wholly forgotten. He has money,
and that is great quickener of the mem
DRY. 1t is one of the maxims OF New
York that man can't be very bad as long
as he has plenty of money. In the recent
attempt to get up library for the prison.
ers at Auburn, Stokes contributed $500.
Mrs. Stokes il one of the most snowy wo-
men on the street. Her husband Is legal
ly dead and the courts have given her a
formal release. She does not sit weeping
at home, but enjoys life with the merriest.
She attracts much attention by her fine
taste and snowy dress. Tllden was great
political friend of Jim Fisk and the chances
Of pardon the next two years are quite
slim.