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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The Newark IN. J.) Advertiser makes
what is doubtless an authorized statement
of Judge Bradley's conduct on the electo-
raj commission, correcting, as follows, the
Suns story that he had prepared an opin-
ion different from the one he delivered
and had read it 10 various members of the
commission: Judge Bradley had already
decided on the Florida case that he could
not go behind the returns of the State off,
cials. In the Louisiana case he finally, and
after anxious thought, held to the same
opinion, but of two sets of returns he chose
the one he thought most authentic and le-
gal. That elected Hayes. As to the doubt
whether Judge Bradley could have prepar-
ed a written opinion on one side while he
was expressing different opinions orally on
the other, the facts are worth telling, and
we dare to assert them without any other
auth orization than our challenge that they
cannot be contradicted. The morning be-
fore the opinion was given Senator Ed
munds had guessed out Judge Bradley's
dec ision, but he did not know it. Up TO
that time, as we understand, the opinions
delivered had been oral. There may have
been one or two exceptions. At the ses-
sion next day, Senator Edmunds whisper
ed TO Judge Bradley that as the opinion he
was TO give was to be decisive, it ought TO
be in writing. The argument had not then
closed. Bradley accepted the suggestion,
and sitting at his place dashed down the
decision on paper within an hour, in the
presence and during the debate of his col
leagues. He was subsequently urged to
enlarge the argument, but it stands in the
printed report just as 1t was then written.
Aud therefore Judge Field is very correct
in saying that Judge Bradley did not, at
any Time before, read to him an opinion"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The Boston Journal of last Saturday an
nounces the completion of the Billerica
and Bedford 24-inch gauge railroad-lhe
first and only railroad which has been built
or attempted in this country with so mar
row gauge. The road is eight and a half
miles long, and runs from the Bedford sta
ton on the Lexington and Concord line OF
railroad TO the Lowell railroad at North
Billerica. The first trip over the road,
which was made last Friday, showed the
perfect feasibility of this gauge in the three
essentials Of speed, safety and smoothness.
The cost Of the road has been only 81, 900,
including buildings, bridges and equip
menls. The latter consist of two locomo-
tives and IL cars. The locomotives weigh
IL tons, and cost $500, each. The two pas
senger cars, six feet wide and carrying thir-
~ persons. weigh only One-quarter as much
As the standard cans. and cost bat Sls00 and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The Confederate Admiral, Raphael
Semmes, whose exploits during the war as
a blockade runner, and in capturing United
States merchant vessels, attracted so much
attention, died at Point Clear, Ala, last
Thursday morning, aged 6s. Since the
close of the war he has devoted himself
chiefly to literary pursuits.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

Vice President Wheeler passed through
Wells River last week, bound for his home
at Malone, N. Y. He has been at the Twin
Mountain House. He will remain at Ma
lone till the middle of October, when he
returns TO Washington to attend the extra
session of Congress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

Next Monday the State election in Maine
takes place, and the prediction is confident
ly made that the Republicans will achieve
their twenty rst consecutive victory in
the Dirgo State. The indications at pres
ont are that Governor Connor will be re-
elected by the average "of year" majority.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

reat excitement was occssioned last
W eek in Chicago by the failure of the State
Savings bank, one of the oldest and largest
institutions in Chicago. lis capital was
100000 and assets four million dollars.
The bank was considered sound till after
the recent bank failures in st. Louis when
withdrawal of deposits began, and contin-
ued until the officials concluded to make
an assignment. The affairs of the bank are
sa id to he in bad condition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The relatives and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Stockwell, numbering 05
persons, enjoyed a family reunion and pie
mic on Wednesday, Aug. %, at their home
in West Brattleboro, which was tastefully
decorated for The occasion. The exercises
consisted of music, croquet and a general
social visit, concluding, AFTER sumptuous
repasi, with an enjoyable dance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The President will decline public recep-
lions during his approaching visit to Ohio,
except at Marietta and Dayton, where there
are to be military reunions, and at FIRE.
mont, where he will meet his old regiment.
The Lexington, KY, people will try to per-
suade him to go there from Louisville and
attend the State fair,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

lanta have raised fund sufficient to pur-
chase the plot of ground upon which Gen.
McPh erson was killed. The spot has been
marked with a Parrot gun firmly set in
the ground, and the lot has been inclosed
with a substantial iron fence. The trees
which grow in the lot still bear marks of
ehof
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

Postmaster. G General Key is now hearing
from the other side. His mails are loaded
with letters from the South, deprecating
the harsh comments of few extreme
Southern papers on his New England
speeches, a nd commenting the conciliato-
ry tone of bis remarks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The New England Fair at Portland was
formally opened Tuesday, Hon. George b.
Loring delivering the principal address.
Brief addresses were made by President
Brown of the Maine Society, Governor
Conner, General Burnside and ex-Gov.
Parham
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

e. L. Davenport, the eminent tragedian,
died at Canton, Pa, Saturday, at the age OF
81 years. He had been on the stage for
nearly forty years, and was one of the best
and most popular of American actors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07
MR.. JoYcE's OPINION.

The following paragraphs indicate Con-
gresham Joyces opinion of the Presi-
dents Southern policy and his order TO Of
flee holders:
~ don't see how the President could pos.
siGly have taken any other course, in view
of the circumstances, or what right any
one has TO find fault, in view of the plat
form, President Hsyes's letter of accept
ance, and his inaugural address. l shall
say publicly in few days that, while l re-
gret the necessity of the adoption OF any
such policy on the part of the executive, il
is impossible for me TO see what other
course could have been pursued with any
hope of success and while II is perhaps
too early TO judge of the result of the poll
cy, yet have no hesitation in saying that
il is The duty of the Republican party TO
give the President a warm and hearty sup
port, until we are satisfied by results that
IL is not accomplishing what he honestly
believed il would accomplish.
~ don't think the separation ofthe office
holding element of the State from the par
~ machinery will injure il. 1t won't
amount TO a row of pins. II the Office
holders don't work others will. Leaders
will always I've found. l think the plan of
divOrcing forever and entirely the govern
ment officials from this kind of work a
good thing. The government service should
be kept clean and pure. and not be mixed
up with other matter. Every office holder
should devote his entire time and alien
ton TO the public work. What say here,
refers TO the country OF large. In our State
l am impressed with the honesty of our
officials and the purity of the service. We
have no such thing as an Office holders
clique here still the nature of the civil
service elsewhere, makes the order desir-
able one. The most perplexing question
in civil service reform is 10 ii upon peri
cd during which perfectly competent man
should hold Office"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

The telegraphic report of Brigham
Youngs funeral ceremonies closes with the
touching remark that "Brgham's first wife
stood by the grave sometime, leaning on
the arm of Amelia, his favorite wife,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

"A ran of timber measuring 1875, $50 Gu
bic feet passed through Lake Champlain
the other day. 1t is said to be the largest
shat ever went through those waters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07

Mrs. Chisholm writes to the Jackson
(Miss.) Times, denying that the Probate
Court of Kemper county has refused TO
settle the estate of her husband.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-07
TbeUtruront 9benit.
BRATTLEBoRo;
S FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 7, 1877.

The monument TO John Brown was ded-
icated at at Osawatomie, Kansas, last Fri
day, Senator ingalls, delivering the oratlon'
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
GENERA AL NEWS.

The President has offered John NJ.
LangSton the mission tb Hayti.
Generals Sheridan and Crook left
Omaha yesterday for atour through the
Yellowstone and Big Horn countries.
The practice ships Constellation and
May flower, with the cadet midshipmen
and engineers on board, sailed from An
napolis yesterday on their annual cruise.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued
a circular to commandants of navy yards
in regard to the employment Of working
men and inspection OF materials. The
employment Of working men is not to
depend Oh political influence or conside-
rations, and there shall be no assessments
for political purposes.
President Hayes arrived in Boston yes
tarday morning, and was received by the
Governor of Massachusetts, and escorted
TO the hotel by the military. the process
sion occupying about forty minutes in
passing a gwen point. The streets along
the route were thronged with people, and
the President was loudly cheered. There
followed review Of tile militia, a recep-
lion at Faneuil Hall. banquet given by
The Governor. concert at Music Hall,
and reception by the Loyal League.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27

No professional or or official men in
the world have so easy a time of it as IT.
ish Judges. The Lord Chancellor gets
$4,000 yepr, and retiring pension, no
matter how brief atime he serves, of 500
900. The Chief Justice of Ireland has
$4,000 salary, and $1,000 retiring pen
sion after fifteen years service. The
Chief Justice Of the Common Pleas has
S23, 900 year, and the Chief Baron the
same. Their retiring pensions are S12,-
600. The five puisne Judges have over
Sl7,500 year, and retiring pensions on
the like liberal scale. All the other Judges
of Inferior Courts are literally paid, and
though the salaries are some thirty per
cent. lower than similar functionaries re-
ceive in England, this is amply compen-
stated by the difference in the cost of liv-
ing. A house which would cost $1,000 a
year in London, can be had for $1,000 in
Dublin, and wages and expenses are moro
than thirty per cent. less in most respects
The Irish Judges have, too, at least one
third less to do than their British breth-
ern. who are very heavily tasked owing
| to the immense pressure of business i'm
the London Courts. An Irish Judge gets
at least four months leisure in the wear,
| The Irish bench is almost invariably fill
ed by men of tirst-rate ability, and it is
rare to see its judgments reversed in the
| House of Lords.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
MARINE NEWS.

By telegraph to the GAZETTE.
NEW YORK, June 25.-The steamship
Frisia, from halifax, has arrived at San
dy Hook.
The steamship Huntsville, which left
here Saturday for Portokico, with hea-
Wy cargo and passengers, returned last
evening in disabled condition. Au ac-
cident happened to her shaft when about
100 miles from Sandy Hook, and the en-
gineer being unable tolepair damages,
brought her back to port under sail.
The following steamers have arrived
at Sandy Hook.-The New York, from
New Orleans; City of Atlanta. from
Charleston; City of Dallas, from Fernan-
dina; p. c. Almond, from Rotterdam;
and Loland, from Rio Janiero.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
CURRENT col lMMENT.

There are some republican newspapers
which are not we'll pleased with the Pres
ident's civil service ideas. The Brook
lyn Union Argus says that "the active
men OF the Republican party cannot be
excluded from its active work" without
making havoc Of that party, and open
ing the door for the democrats to step
in.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce
is "strongly under the impression that
Judge Bond was the inspirer of the
statement about Chief Justice Waite
being "cut" in Charleston, and that the
Chief Justice and his daughter were
"the victims of this mans coarseness
touching them, and of his hatred toward
our people,"
1t is the earnest eXhortation of the
Chicago Inter- Ocean that the Iowa re-
publicans come to the flOnt. aud let their
voices be heard in opposition TO the hate
fll rule Of the "minorlty" in South Caro-
lima and Louisiana. All of which is very
hard on Hayes.
Hayes civil service letter encoura res
the New York Tribune to believe that
everything is lovely and the goose hangs
altitudilum. No ofiicelolder is afraid OF
that letter.
The Danbury News want somebody to
pass the Wing party a chair. This is
''sarkastical."
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
PARTIAL BLINDNESS OF GENE
RAJ TOUMRS

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle of Thurs
day says seen. ID. Nj. Dubose, the SON
in-law of Gen. Toombs, was in this city
yesterday, we regret to learn through him
that Gen. Toombs has lost almost entire
ly the sight of one OF his eyes. He did
rot know that anything was The matter
with his vision until last Sunday. On
that day he went to hear Bishop Gross, of
the Catholic Church, preach in Washing
ton. While attempting to concentrate
his vision on picture in the church by
looking at it through his fore-fnger and
thumb, he suddenly discovered that he
could not see with his left eye. The
power of sight in that eye is not en-
tirely destroyed, but is so defectiv We as to
be Of little service to him. What adds
to the singularity Of he case is the fact
that Gen. Toombs' father was affected in
the same way five orsiX years prior to
his DEATH
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
PERSON A L.

John Mantle, employed to investigate
mail robbers in Arizona, was caught
leading u gang that stopped and rifed a
stage.
1t has become the fashion in Paris to
have a monogram of the owners initials
in the centre of the window shades and
curtains.
The State of kentucky pays dollar for
a fox's scalp, and this year nearly all the
taxes in Adair county have been paid
with sealps.
Thieves pried contribution box from
the door of an orphan asylum in BaltI-
more, broke it open, and got nineteen
cents for their pain.
Arthur Berryer, son of the famous
French advocate and orator has poison
ed himself in his castle; cause, pecuniary
EN- barraSsment.
A man at Pawlet, Vermont, recently
lost fourteen cows, which broke into his
potato field and ate vines that had been
anointed with kerosene to keep off bugs.
Seven clergymeu ate so much fruit
while attending Baptist Convention in
Rockingham, Y. c., that they became
sick, and had to be attended by ply
sician.
The Count of A brial whose father was
peer of Frarce under Charles y. and
whose grandfather was Senator under
Napoleon, is head waiter at a Paris cafe.
His daughter is cashier
The King of Spain is to visit the Paris
Exposition of 1878 with the Princess of
the Asturias and a small suite. The party
will also pay a brief visit to England
Belgium, Austria and Italy.
Greenbacks are the favOrite currency
in the Black Hills. They are worth S11
more on the hundred than gold dust
Building lots that sold for 500 last fall
al Ie now in active demand at 81 800.
Peter Simpson desired to shoot a show
man in Shady Grove, Ky, and asked
George Sigler to lend him pistol for the
purpose. Sigler refused, whereupon
Simpson killed him with knife, and the
Snowman escaped.
n New Haven correspondent saws
there are two thousand unoccupied build
ingS in that city, one-half being Stores.-
II thinks the population of the city is
three or four thousand less than it was
three or four years ago.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27

nLACK CASHMERES.-Dire IRON
ID the iD' ,,orter, full line of Black Cash
meres az IS, SIX, Sl.OO, S1.l2K, S1.25, S1.37 u
1.5O. These desirable fabrics are at lower
rices than we have offered for years, and
we recon- IN end them for color and dura bill
ity w. b. SHARP,
Tourth and Market SITS
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27

DEATH OF ROBERT DALE OwFN.-A
dispatch from Lake George, N. Y, an
nounces the death at Peerless Point, Mon.
day, of Hon. Rob't Dale Owen, author,
politician and spiritualst. Robt Dale
Owen was born in Glasgow, Scotland
November Z, 1907. He was principally
educated at Fellensberg's College, Swift
zerland, accompanied his father to the
United States in 1923, and in 1923 com
menced the publication in New York of
"1he Free Enquirer" which was con
tinued for three years. He then removed
to Indiana, where he was three times
elected to the Legislature and afterwards
served in Congress from 1843 to 1917
where he took a leading part in settling
he northwestern boundary dispute. He
so introduced the bin organizing the
Smithsonian Institution, and was for a
long time one of its regents. In 1858 he
was appointed charge de affairs to Naples,
and in 1855 minister sremaiuing there till
1858
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
GLEN,S FILLS NSUR.ANCE COyUPlN.

II & Ro.isternl Bonds market value s@gI
ock r
Lfiie ef6 G1 oS h''u anu Nio'.7'So 39O
n3ondan md
OF
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ook
tied in I 81 Gleas Fails.
In
Total Avala Asts-January /, 1871 s%'
LIABILITIES.
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Unpaid Losses al
> .,.,,rs ovor car,a and all other liabilities, Sl
DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1876
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THE YEAR. n
Prcmiu xceeiI Ioss and Expenses
Investments
npai los
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n
Depe Government Bonds during year
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
S3iG,STS Is
FIRE AsSOCIATIONo of PHILADELPHl

STATEMENT ASSETS, JANUARY IL" "A
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of he
OF
fhe('ty of
the Naso Philadelphia, @I
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The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
ARREST OF SUSPECTED MURDER
ERS.

BALTIMORE, June 26.-James Gardener
ana j. w. Grove were arrested on FRIDAY
last at Sandy Hook. Maryland, on suspicion
OF being the murderers OF Rev. j. NJ. FRIDAY
(lae pastor of the Luth,rm Church nt
harper's Ferry, w. Va.), whose dead body
was found in the canal near tia, Ilace on
June /.
At the time. the Coroner's jury rendered
a verdict of accidental drowning, but fur
ther developments and examination of the
body led to the impression that Mr.. Friday
was knocked down and his body thrown
MO the canal. Gardener aud Grove are in
jail at Hegerstown, and an investigation
will take place Tomorrow before a Justice
1t is stated that Gardener has confessed to
having witnessed the murder
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
THE TICHBORNE ROMANCE.
A REMARKABLE STORY FROM SAN
FRANCISCO CONCERNING THE MISS
ING HEIR.

a
FRANCISCO CONCERNING THE MISS
ING HEIR.
SAN FRANCISCO, June OLA short time
the Cal published news relative to the
schooner Osprey, said to have picked up
the lichborne claimant off the Brazilian
coast. The arti lie was read by an old man
named Oliver Perry, now prisoner in
the penitentiary in this state, who made q
statement, which is published in the Cal
Sunday morning, to the effect that he was
second mate and carpenter of the three
masted schooner Osprey, which sailed
from New York, February, 1884, for San
Francisco; that sometime in April or M ay
following they picked up five men in a
boat of the coast of Brazil, one of whom
was an Englishman, and was called
"TIck;" ought it was nickname con-
sidered him an overgrown boy about
twenty years OF age. He spoke English
with a German on French accent, and
said his father was lord or something of
that sort, and that he had been in South
America travelling for pleasure.
The Osprey, after coming to this port,
went to Australia, and he supposed that
Tick went on her, but is not certain. The
captains name was Owen, Perry is now
over seventy years of age. His remem-
brance of the circumstances came to him
by degrees in the course of conversation.
He knew little of Iichborue, having been
in the more unsettled portions of the Pa
cific coast for the part fifteen or twenty
years. He says he met Captain Owen at-
terward at Idaho City in 1873 or 1874
Parties who have known Perry say he
was always considered a reliable man, and
got into the pententiary more through
misfortune and whisky than dishonesty.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
THE EASTERN WARE
HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGHT.

.. t....... NEW YORK, June 26.
Gable special from Schumla SAYS, the
hottest artillery fight of war, began. Sun
day between Russian battery, at Guir-
gero, and Turkish fortress at Rustchuk
The people of Rustchuk are indignant at
wantonness'of Russia nfre; several of the
inhabitants were killed, and many houses
burned, Bombardment lasted all Sun
day and was renewed yesterday. Nine
people killed including several woman
and children.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27
FROM LATE EDITIONS OF
.Hh YESTERDAY.
EUROPEAN WAR NOTES.

qq NEW YORK, June 26.
BY Telegraph to the GAZETTE.
A special dispatch from Vienna says
no movement Of the Servian army will
take place until the Russian passage Of
the Danube at all points is effected, as
such will completely cover Servia from a
Turkish counter attack The prudence
of the resolution TO wait their opportu-
nifty is highly eommendable. The Ser
vians can assist in capturing Widdin,
and in establishing cooperation between
Russian right and Montenegrins.
CoNsTANTINoPLE,J June GA dispatch
from Ezeroum says Mouktar Pasha has
won great victory, and has taken 100
russians prisoners. A fresh attack of the
Russians on Batoum is expected. 1000
Russians capitulated at Bayazed.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-27

no Ration.l HuvaI,ds.-In sickness ev-
cry portion of the body sympathlzes with
the scat of the disorder Wnen the stom-
ach fails to perform its functions, the liver,
bowels, nerves, muscles, veins, arteries,
&c, are all more or less affected. These
delinquents require a medicine combining
the properties of a stomachic, an altera :
tive, "A purgative, tonic, and sedallve, 70
bring them back TO their duty; and all
these elements. in their purest and most
effective forms. are united in
Tarrant's Eflervescent Seltzer Aperient,
the great Saline Remedy for Indigestion,
and its concomitant consequences. Sold
by all druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-02-07

Mr.. Samuel Troll, Ills, of this city, has
just finished for the Khedive of Egypt
certainly the biggest and finest, and
probably, the handsomest musical box
ever made. Its beautiful ebony case is
bufet-shaped, as large as full-sized
brass work, and ornamented with
bronze chasings and plates. The in
terror of this remarkable box is a per-
feet marvel of mechanical ingenuity {;
it includes all the latest improvements
for selecting tunes, a patent moderator,
&C., and is finished with flute, flute
basso, drum-bells, and castanets. The
repertoire consists of 1872 tunes supplied
by IL cylinders (Which can be ex-
changed at pleasure,) each of them be-
ing inches in diameter, and % inches
long. Notwithstanding its Brobdigna-
gian dimensions, this instrument, like
others of its kind, performs automatical-
ly-when the Khedive desires to treat
himself TO a concert he needs only to
touch a spring, and if his Highness
should grow weary of the monotony of
his 132 tunes he has but to communi-
cate with the ingenious and enterpris-
ing manager of NJ. Trolls establish
ment-Mr. George Baker-whO can
speedily supply him with the materials
fer few hundreds. TO complete our
description we ought to mention that
the price to be paid for the box is 3O,00O,
francs.-Generd Continent.