Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

IT. ). Arthur upon the platform was al
address in itself although he said not
word. Rum-drinkiug and rum-sellin:
seems TO have rapidly become unpopular
as the Crusade has succeeded in creating
a new atmosphere. In this city during
the last five weeks l546 d~runkards have
signed the pledge, Il sa%loon-keepers have
signed the pledge to quit tie business, 81
bar-tenders have signed the pledge not to
drink again, and % members of churches
who own places where liquor is sold have
pledged themselves not 10 renew their
leases. This proves the women are at
work.
A delegation of Usage Indians arrived
at the Pierre House last Friday, on their
way to New York. They remained less
than a day as theils is a business route,
having been in W ~ashington recently at.
tending to business relating to their res
ervatiou.
President Grant and wife we've IN this
city over Sunday as guests of A.. j. Drex.
Ell, Banker. They left for Washington
Monday Eve.
The steamer Pennsylvania of the Am
erican Line sailed for Liverpool yester-
day. She has been 10 port here for sew
cral weeks undergoing repairs as she sus
tanned severe injuries during her last voy.
age across the Atlantic. beside losing her
Captain, First and Second Mates. and
two sailors overload in a violent storm.
Capt. Brady, a passenger aboard, immc.
diately took charge Of her and brought
her safely into port here. The American
Steamship Co. offered him $1,000 for his
gallant service, which he refused, and
sued the Co. for salvage, a suit which is
still pending. She sailed yesterday under
Capt. Harris.
There is nov at the Maynard here
monitor Terror, the war-ship Potomac,
and the old frigatc Constitution, the only
one Of those war vessels of 1912 which
performed SO many brilliant exploits when
the military operations were so badly con-
Quoted, that the whole country were en-.
couraged. This vessel was always success.
She it was that Aug, 10, 1879,
Capt. Hull commanding, captured the Gu
a British vessel, off the Gulf of
st. Lawrence. She also Dec. 30. 1912,
cambridge commanding, cap.
.ured, off Brazil, the British frigate Java.
These naval combats were desperate and
the herolsm of American sailors.
This ship is being fitted up for a receic-
ny ship during the Centennial.
Easter Sunday was duly observed. The
esurrection Of our Savior was commemo.
atcd in an expressive manner by the
Gp~iscopals and Catholics. St. Clements
church was magnifcently decorated with
he choicest flowers aud about SO silk ban.
bearing the figure of the cross, no two
like. These were placed In every con.
position, and festooneG with the
Arrest exotlcs. The ceremony was rerg
Impressive.
There Is now on exhibition IN one of the
windows of Caldwell & Co.'s %jewelry store
IN Chestnut Street, a very beautiful cork
model of the church at Stratford-o Avon,
n which Shakespeare is buried. This mo.
lei is the latest production of Mr.. Floyd
1oppin, one Of the results of his recent
r ip to Europe, during which he made
areful studies OF a number of famous
with the idea Of reproducing ,
hem in miniature in cork. 1t IS an ex-
.uisite piece of workmanship, every stone
d the venerable building having been cop ,
with the most s~crupulous exactncss.
f." A. L. NJ.
[Ths case of Capt. Brady against the {
wners Of the steamer Pennsylvania at ,
Philadelphia for salvage received additi. :
nal strength, Saturday, by the sworn at. I
OF George Keovca, ship store. keep
r on board the Pennsylvania, in which
e says that, before the gale in which she
'st the officers overload, the cargo for. 7
ard all mashed up and rolled back ward :
I'd forward, and four or five iron beams. {
'hich ran across the ship to strengthen a
er, were loose, the bolts having given a
'ay, and that new bolts we're showed off I
fast as put in. while the ship leaked g
cry badly forward. Keovea at first Y
bought, when the sea which carried away II
officers struck the ship, that she had q
roken in two, and, going on deck, found j
er in tho trough of the sea. He was t
the Pennsylvania never would :
ave lived through the night, had not >
qptain Brady taken command.-Ep.1 a