Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-03
TIE NEWS IN nRIEF.

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ton than many people imagine. Accord
ing 10 tho latest reports Of the national
! grange there are at present %, 925 local So
cieties and ,450, 900 members. II seems TO
have made comparatively little Roadway in
New England, but in some OF the western
! states there are from 1900 TO 1000 oranges
in each, all organized and making their re-
| ports at stated times TO the "head centre"
Cook, tue famous English excursion
manager is going TO doa big stroke OF bust
ness in bringing over English people to
our centennial. He has sent an agent over
here 10 make arrangements. lie will leave
his excursionisls certain length of time at
the centennial and then divide them into
two crowds and make tours of the country
in two directions, eXcursionists to take
their choice of routes. Tho enterprise is to
lie on the most colossal scale, Cook having
already chartered seven steamers to bring
over his crowd.
Our defense against the claim of Canada
on the fisheries question Is simply this:
The treaty of Washington gave each nation
the rights to fish, and TO land, dry nets and
cure fish within the three-mile limit of the
shores Of the other it gave each nation
free trade in fish in the ports of the other.
Canada claims she has lost something by
the exchange. But the fact is that since
the treaty has been in force our imports of
fresh fish have vastly increased, while our
exports are nothing. The free American
market is worth much more to Canada than
her free shores are to us.
The Russian government, which for
some time held aloor from declaring its
purpose to participate in the centennial en-
hibltioh, for the reason that she believed il
was not really Intended 10 be an interna-
tional affair but private speculation mere
~, has applied, through its secretary of le-
gallon, for 10000 feet Of space, with the as
surance that Russia would not only make
a display Of her goods and merchandise,
but that IL would be an unusually fine one.
The developments in the whiskey ring
prosecutions at st. Louis and other places
indicate such a decentralization of the officers
of the government as is fearful TO contem-
plate. The number who have been con-
victed or pleaded guilty during the last
month in Missouri, Wisconsin and Indiana
is about 49, The forfeitures and fines Sc
cured 10 the government thus far amount
TO about 81, 200 600, but it is estimated that
the powerful combination that comprised
the whiskey ring has robbed The govern
ment and divided among themselves tpice
that amount in Missouri alone.
/ 1t seems that Mr.. Wilson fully anlo-
pated lie should meet his death in just the
way ii came, having remarked to one of
his attendants, few days ago: "If could
arrange for my own ceath, l would die
| quietly in my home and have the privilege
of saying good-by 10 my friends and be
laid quietly away. But have premoni-
ton that l shall die suddenly be snufIed
| out like candle without an opportunity
TO say good-by TO any one.
The new deed Of trust OF the venerable
aud variable Mr.. James Lick Of San Fran
cisco was recorded a few days ago, and peo-
pie are beginning to believe that the old
gentleman will really stick, this time. The
Lick family, exclusive of John Lick, who
gets Sl50,000, are TO receive $4,000, which
they think very contemplate sum, as
long as Mr.. Lick gives 500, 600 for an OBJ
servatory for the university of California.
To the dead Licks he gives as much as TO
the living members of the family, $4,000
being assigned for monuments over their
graves. To establish free baths in San
Francisco he gives $4,000 and for the cree
ton of the monument in bronze for Francis
Scott Key, author of the "Slar Spaneled
Banner" 100000. The gifts amount in val
ne 10 81 500, 900, large sum being given TO
charitable societies.
The investigation at New York in the
case of "Prince Leo" the child acrobat, has
developed the fact that the business of
training children for public performances
is regular business and one that has as
many objectionable features as child farm
ing. The man Leonard; who was the keep
err of the child rescued while performing at
Tivoli gardens stated that he got the child
through an advertisement, and that he
could get thousand children at any time
in New York or Philadelphia by simply
advertising for them. In Philadelphia he
claimed there was "Mme Lopez" whose
business is that of trainer of children for
acrobatic performances, and that she now
has many children in her house, one not
more than five years Of age and one only a
babe. The business must be paying one,
to judge from the statement Of Leonard,
that he was paid $50 week for the per-
formances of the lite boy he had in his
possession.
The French people propose TO erect a
colossal statue in New York harbor as a
centennial commemoratOn of the part of
France in the Revolutionary war. The site
selected for the statue is Bedloe's island,
which is near Governors island, and in
full view from New York, Brooklyn, Jer-
sey City, the Narrows, and from up the
Hudson. The statue itself will be a gigan-
tic figure of Liberty, cast in bronze 100 feet
in height above the lofty granite pedestal,
and will thus be visible from every part of
the great bay and the three great cities on
its margin with their nearly three millions
of people. The majestic figure will be the
first object to catch the eye of the traveller
approaching the city by sea or land. 1t will
surpass in size any statue in the world.
The Colossus of Rhodes, which was one of
the seven wonders CT the ancient world,
was a baby TO what this will be. The
French expect TO raise the bulk of the mon
ey for the work with just enough from us
10 make it JOINT enterprise.
THE EDDY BROTHERS ExPosED.-The
New York Sun, published, last week, what
purports TO be an exposure of the Eddy
brothers naturalization performances,
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