Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-16


ries Window and Hunt stepped on the plet.
form here for n moment. Mr.. James uog
not seen, being asleep at the time. All ibe
cabinet gentlemen are described as LOOKING
sick and worn under the continuous strain ~
anxiety during the past two months. Tbe
party will return after few days by way m
Boston.
The arrangements made for the trans
portation of the Vermont military escort
the Estey and Ransom Guards-to the Yorl
town centennial celebration, by way of the
steamer Francis Of the Stonington line, have
fallen through. This arrangement, it will be
remembered, was for the transportation Of
the military and citizens, with board and
lodging on the steamer during the slay Al
Yorktown. This would of course, implv "a.
cilities for going back and forth between the
land and the steamer at the pleasure of the
company The steamer owners now refuse
however, to land the company more than
once, and this, of course, precludes the dea
Of living on board her. The inference il that
a more profitable job has been found for the
boat. Other arrangements will be made for
transportation, the probabilities now point.
ing toward journey by rail TO Baltimore and
by water the rest Of the way, in which case
tents for camping and caterer will be taken
along. Under these arrangements no ciG.
zens could go with the military. The faci.
ties for reaching Yorktown are Of the most
primitive character and, as the saying ia
There is nothing there after you get there"
There is no communication by rail and no
wharfage for boats Temporary wharfs will
be built for such boats as carry troops or
other passengers there during the celebra
ton.
THE HEARING IN THE CASE OF THE FIRST ma.
No evidence of importance was taken af
ter last Friday noon, when our record closed,
in the hearing before the commissioners on
the claim of the First National bank against
the estate of s. N. Waite. N. O. Sawyer
w. S. Guild, DIR. Post, Hon. ]. M. Tyler and
Mr.. Price were called by the defence, the
purpose of their testimony being mainly to
show that the bank was robbed in June, 1871
and that there we're large credit balances
standing on the books as being due certain
parties which in reality belonged to Waite
On Saturday night the hearing was adjourn.
ed without day, this being necessary on ac-
count of the sitting Of the county court this
week. Contrary to general expectation the
defence failed to put Waite on the stand, aud
it is plainly open TO question, from the
amount Of time spent with the witnesses named
on Friday afternoon and Saturday, whether
they intended to put him on before the ad.
journment, or whether they will care to sub
nit him TO a sharp ss-exsmination when
the hearing is resumed. Haskins & Good.
now, counsel for the bank, had shorth
reporter ready on Friday and Saturday to
take down verbatim everything that Waite
said, and perhaps this fact had some influence
on their course. Perhaps Waite would rath-
or rest satisfied with what he has got than
take the chances Of having perjury trial on
his hands. Speaking for ourselves, however,
we should say that very few people in this
community would care to see Waite indicted
for perjury, if only he would go upon the
stand and tell honestly and in detail what
was done with the money of the ruined bank
how much of it he Incorporated to his
own use and how much was lost by bad loans
or other investments. 1t is only by this
means that anything definite and satisfactory
can be made out of the tangle of guess work
which now exists with regard TO the affairs Of
the bank. II Waite would do this, regard.
less of how the truth gave the lie to his
previous stories and statements, it would do
more than anything else could TO soften the
public judgment against him, and we do not
imagine that anybody would be anxious to
trouble him with suit for perjury. 1t is
this very thing, however, which it has been
pretty certain that he does not mean TO do
ever since he wrote his reply to Mr.. Prices
report to the stockholders last February.
The deputy marshal kept Waite here until
Monday morning, when he went with him TO
Bellows Falls and sent him on to Rutland
from there, telegraphing Mr.. Ayres, the su-
perintendent of the House of Correction to
meet him at the station. The commissioners
hearing will be resumed at some time to be
agreed on after the session of the court is
over. We desire to suggest TO the marshal
or his deputy that, should it be necessary to
bring Waite here again. it would better com
port with the general idea of propriety in this
community should the prisoner be kept from
placing himself SO conspicuously on public
exhibition as was the case during his recent
visit.
AN INTERESTING NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMEN.
There is on exhibition at the store of
Frost Sigsbee very rare and interesting
specimen of PentdorinuS, or sea lily, which
is worth seeing. 1t is deep-sea animal, hav-
ing been dredged up of the island of Montser.
rat in the Caribbean sea, during the explo-
rations of the United States coast and geo.
detic survey steamer 'Blake," in the winter
and spring of 1888. The first ever known
to have been dredged up was obtained by a
Swedish expedition, which got four about
$780, and nearly a whole century elapsed be-
fore another was seen. In 1850 the coast
survey sent Dr. Simpson in the steamer
'Bibb" to dredge of the harbor of Havana
for them, and he succeeded in getting one the
first haul, but dredged for two weeks contin-
uously thereafter, and did not succeed again
in obtaining fragment. During the much
pulled up and expensive cruise of the ''Chal-
lenger" few were secured, but the palm
must be given to the ''Blake" for her won
derful success in getting so many. As Prof.
| Agassiz was in charge of the specimens dur.
ing the cruise made in 1877-7S and 1885
he was anxious that the "Blake" should get a
number of those specimens, but none were
dredged up until he left the vessel at New Or
leans Soon after this about forty were Sc
cured of the harbor of Havana, and during
the next cruise many more were dredged up.
When the specimen is alive its 'tfangs' OF
arms are similar in form to q persons
hands when put together, and the hands as
sumo the shape of lemon. The farms"
move the same as when the hands are closed
and opened slowly, which motion draws the
vegetable matter in the water, on which the
animal lives, to its mouth. When dredged
up they are generally dead, because out Of
their natural pressure but once, on board
the Blake, four or five were put in a tub Of
water containing some ice. The specimens
being in water at q temperature in which
they lived commenced to move as described
above, and those who saw this are said to be
the only persons living who have witnessed
their movements. During the last cruise OF
the BLAKE" in the West Indies, two hauls
were made between Bequia Island and Do
minica, and nearly 500 sea lilies were brought
up on the tangles.
FORT DUAnIER RANGE
These scores were made at the practice
shoot at Fort Dummer range, Vernon, on
Wednesday:
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