Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-08


the action Of the bailifs. The people old and
Young alike, seemed to have no heart fo,
qnla-eiay proceedings while they knew tina
Chief Magistrate Of the nation to be living =,
the point Of death, struck down by the re-.
vengeful act Of desperate and disappointed
adventurer
Miss Sarah NJ Rixford of Washington
D. c., arrived in town last evening on VIA,
10 her sister, Mrs. A. J. Stearns of this vii.
lage. Miss Rixford keeps large BOARDING
house on twelfth street, and has had some
acquaintance with the assassin Guiteau, who
owes her a months board bill incurred ast
April, less s. which he was obliged to pay in
advance. He had the general appearance Of
a gentleman, though bearing some marks Of
dissipation, and his manner of eating at the
table was such az to disgust some who sal
near him. He always ate as il half starved
When approached by Miss Rixford for a far
Their payment in advance Gin accordance with
the rules of the house. he remarked per
haps you don't know who | am 2" and handed
her a book purporting to contain his speech.
es made during the last presidential cam
paign. informing her also that he was &.
pecting soon to receive a consular appoint
ment worth 5000 year, and although At
present short of funds, desired to remain At
her house so AZ TO have better access TO the
DOuETHahlltn WuD bbhIutA NltEts BuH OF
these congressman was Senator Logan, to
whom Guiteau referred AS having promised
him an appointment. Miss Rixford imms.
diately went to Mr. Logan with Guitsaus
story. when Logan told her that the FELLOW
was a lunatic and a nuisance, and not Der
son whom she ought TO harbor. When his
month was up he left, and Miss Rixford
never saw him again until three weeks ago
last Sunday when she came across him on
one of the public parks. Contrary to her
expectation he recognized her and inquired
very anxiousy If she had ever reported that
he left her house with his board bill unpaid
because he said, IF you have. il will in
lure my prospects very much" His alleged
insanity. Miss Rixford thinks, is nothing
more than the desperation of a played-out
villain and dead-beat
The following is the list of letters remain.
ing in the Brattleboro post office, July
Ladies-Mrs F. R. Barrett, Mrs. NJ. c. Barrett Mr.
L. q. Dodge, Mrs. Eliza Eckiey, Mrs. Emma T. Ellis
Mrs C1rnelia Fuller Mrs. Julia Fisher, Katie e. FAY
peaus Mrs A. 1. Hawes, Bell HoltOn, Mrs Eta Eliza
HAYNES sallie johnson, Marion Morse, Mary Welcn
Gents-C. H. Brown. Chas. r. Briggs, Wm. BRYCE
Dana Bedford, Domeniei Buteldi, Lewis Brayman
Morris Bowler, Toney Burnap, Christie Crowell. T. A.
Cobb. J. C. Cutting, ". W. Dunkiee. Frank n. French
H. g. Holden. w. A. Hescoek, A. II. Mills. A. e Moore
H. A. Miller. Martin Martin. Geo. Morton, Harvey No
bic, John Nesbitt, Vernon p Noyes, Eugene 0'Don-
nell. W. F. sarksy, Jas. q. Taylor, Morehail Thayer
}. W. White, W. W. wilson.
INSTRUMENTATION 4 Brooks L. OsgOod Son
Package-Mrs. Joseph Houghton.
now THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED N BRArrLE-
BoRo.
For some unexplained reason. the news
Of the shooting of President Garfield was dill
atory in reaching Brnttleboro last Saturday
and the painful intelligence did not become
generally known on the street much before
ofoIorh Tbs sr-t daqr,atobaa mara v.,r,.
and unsatisfactory in their terms, and il wa
not until the despatch to TIE PHHSIx, which
we printed in an extra at half past I, that any
thing definite became known. Immediately
on the first announcement of the shooting
through the kindness and courtesy of Col
Hooker, we sent dispatches to prominent gen
tlemen in New York, Boston aud Washington
asking for full particulars In the excited
condition Of the public and the sudden ava
lanche of telegraph business, it seemed next
to impossible to get dispatches through and
receive an answer; but fortune was favorable
and at o'clock we received a very full and
comprehensive despatch from the manager Of
the New York Evening Telegram, which told
the whole story in few words. Half an sour
later we had this despatch on the street in the
form of an extra, and packages of these eX-
tras were sent to such subscribers in Windham
county as could be reached by the Saturday
evening mails. Here at home these extras
we're eagerly caught up, and in the meantime,
news having been received at $3.50 that the
president was in a less favorable condition. the
interest and excitement grew every moment
more intense. The street was thronged with
people till a late hOnr and large crowd anx-
iously waited at the railroad station for the
arrival of the night express with copies of the
Springfield { Mon The train was an hour
late, but even after it had come and gone
many persons fingered about in the vain hope
of learning something definite and encourag-
ing before going home Sunday morning the
| Springfield Republican sent up an extra train
which arrived about $50 and upward Of go
| copies of the Sunday edition of that paper
we're sold by Mr.. Carpenter. Dispatches
| during the day gave little satisfaction. and On
Monday the news was most discouraging al
| day, despatch Just at night alone giving a
little encouragement. Tuesday morning the
| tone changed, and the dispatches regularly
received from Mr.. Densmore during that and
/ following days and bulletined from The Pie.
/ MY office, materially shortened the faces Of
the public and ret.stablished a feeling of cheer
/ fulness which every good citizen hopes may
not prove to be ill-founded and premature.
Nh. cows SUNDAY EVENING SERMON.
| Sunday evening" at the Baptist church
Q
/ psalms, following which the pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Gov, spoke in relation to the President
assassination Mr.. Cow began by saying
| that he was well aware that the assembly
which filed the church had not gathered 10
hear him speak, but, overwhelmed by the
| terrible event which had filed the nation with
grief and indignation, had sought the place
of prayer that in God they might find con-
fort and strength. He spoke of President
Garfield a great and good man whom the
people had learned TO love and trust who in
all periods of his life and in all relations had
endeavored successfully to do his duty--as
the son of his widowed mother, as a student,
teacher, preacher, a Legislator when the
peril Of the rebellion first broke upon the
land, as soldier, al a congressman, as a can
dldate for the presidency and as president
II he had erred in any respect during bis
short term in office, no man would doubt that
he had honestly endeavored to do his duty
for the good of the nation If he had sought
the welfare of his party, it had been because
he believed the integrity of the party would
be useful to the nation. If he has ever been
too much influenced in his action by the de-
sires of party leaders, it had been from De-
sire TO do unto others in all honesty and truth
as he would wish others to do unto him.
From this tribute to the worth of the Presi-
dent he passed to the lessons of the hour
The first was that of the psalm which had
been read, the Odd Recalling the incident
of Gen. Garheld's address to the excited mul.
titude in New York on the occasion of the
assassination of President Lincoln, be said
that We ought to be restful and confident for
the nations future in the exercise of the
same faith. He spoke of the telegram which
stated that the President was in his excellent
spirits and attributed his calm courage to hi.
strong faith in God. The second lesson Of
the hour was to be drawn from the fact thai
the deed which had filed u with horror was
a political assassinAtion-not the meaningless
act of an idiot, not the blunder of a desper
ate patriotism as the assassination of the
Gar Alexander or the French triumvir Ma
rat not the outcome of religious or political
bigotry and fanaticsm es the assassination
of William of Orange and Abraham Lincoln,
but the legitimate fruit of the madness Of
personal ambition in the pursuit of political