Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-14

above suspicion when there are a hundred
clean and true men that might be taken.
Roger A. Pryor of New York, an ex.rebel
general who has always refused to ask Con-
gress to remove his political disabilities, has
been moved to make the request this year on
account Of being offered a Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress in one of the Brooklyn
districts
The will of Elliot c. Cowdn leaves to his
widow his country house and farm at New
CASTLE Westchester county n Y, all the per-
sonal and household property therein, as well
as that in his residence in New York and an
annuity of 5000 The rest of his estate is
divided equally among his children.
1t has been widely advertised that the Re
publican National convention would meet
June 3. This is an error. The convention
will meet at Chicago Wednesday. June ,.
Burdette says that the Democratic party in
Iowa is like gong. The harder it is beaten
the more noise it makes
Ex-senator Sprague heads the Rhode Is
land delegation to the National greenback
convention.
The intensely Democratic Governor of
Kentucky has appointed his brother, Hon.
James Blackburn, late State Senator, to the
important position of Secretary of State. The
usual Democratic howl of "nepotism" can
now be waited for
Prince Leopold, the youngest Of Queen
Nictoria's children, will soon cross the water
TO visit his sister, the Princess Louise, and
from Canada will go west to Chicago, Cincn-
natl and St. Louis, and thence to New York
via Washington.
fatal result OF the persistent hurry Of the
American people was illustrated in New York.
on Tuesday, in the terrible death Of bust
ness man, Mr. Z. NJ. Goodall who. TO save
two minutes and Il half, crossed the track Of
the elevated road to catch an up. going train
and was cut to pieces by a train going in the
opposite direction.
Instances have been occasionally mention
ed where persons have become insane on the
subject of religion and the churches were
bitterly blamed for it. Now, there is man
in Kentucky who has been adjudged a luna
tic and confined in the Lexington asylum. all
from reading the writings of Bob Ingersoll.
1t would seem from this that no religion is as
bad as too much.
The widow Oliver has lost her case against
ex-senator Cameron, in her appeal to the SUI
preme court Of the District Of Columbia.
from the rulings of the circuit court. She
will have to endure the damages to her feel
ings, without the soothing So, 600 she want
I'd for the eN-seLator's alleged breach of
promise Of marriage.
Martin l. Townsend has Withdrawn from
the Whitaker case at West Point. and re-
ported to the Secretary of War that he be-
lieves Whitaker innocent. He saws his
(Townsends s. presence at West Point is irri.
tating to the officials there, and that his out
spoken ways have served to make the dis
courtesy of the officials more marked
The supreme court at Washington has az
frmed the decree of the supreme court of
Mississippi rtvokiug the charter Of a lottery
known as the Mississippi agricul-
tural, educational and manufacturing aid So
ciety.' The grounds of the decision are i'm
portant rs the court maintains the right of
the government to stop lottery at any time.
and that companies accept charters with that
whether they pay for them or
not
Prof Bracket. native of Maine but for
many years the principal OF a colored normal
school at Harper's Ferry, Va. writes the
Lewiston journal that the book called The
Fools Errand" gives "a fair and generous
picture Of Southern character" He also
warns the Republicans not TO expect an cleo
toral vote from the Southern States unless il
should appear two months before the elec.
ton that the Republicans do not need any |
Southern votes TO insure the success of their
candidate