Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-11
THE NEWS I'm BRIEF.

Joseph N. Dubois, prominent hide and
wool dealer Of Kansas City, Mo-, left the city
week ago, and his whereabouts are unknown.
He is alleged TO be defaulter for about $780,
600.
Governor General Lorne sailed from Que
bee for England on Saturday He expects to
return early in january, but does not know
whether his wife, the Princess Louise, will
return with him or not.
The Venetian gondoiers are threatened
with extinction by the authorities, who have
made concession TO a steamboat company on
the grand canal, and now propose TO fill up
the smaller canals and convert them into
streets.
The total loss by the Mississippi overflow
is estimated at about SO, 100000
On Sunday last a pier at Hoboken, N. j.,
was burned to the waters edge together with
property Of value estimated in all at $685.
900. The FIRE department of that city has
been trying to obtain certain supplies for its
use for some time past but has been refused
them by the Mayor. In revenge they voted
to respond to no more alarms until their de-
mands had been complied with. This fire
might easily have been put out, but the fire.
men left their engines in their houses and
stood by watching the flames. Prosecution
of some of the leaders is threatened and in
hhl bfbuh tue Nlty Is likely 70 ktt ptiu mrs
department by the means.
Among the steerage passengers of the
steamship Gen. Werder, which arrived at
New York on Monday from Bremen, was a
little fellow named Goetlob Herman, aged 6
years, who came from Germany with his sis
ter Frederick, aged 4 J years, under his care.
Their mother died recently, and the two
youthful travellers were on the way to their
father who is employed in Illinois. Supt.
jackson of Castle Garden received word a
few days ago TO look out for the little people,
and to see that they were carefully shipped
by rail to their father. The stewards on the
Gen. Werder say that little Herman proved
himself abundantly able to take care both of
himself and his little sister,
H. E. Parker of Lisbon, N. H., has
bought both the Bradford newspapers, the
Bradford Opinion and Stanton's Bradford
Opinion, and will consolidate the two offices.
The fourth annual exhibition of the
Champlain Valley Poultry Association will he
held at City hall, Burlington, on December
| goth. 23d.
"A corner in crcuses is the latest monop.
| oily proposed by syndicate of the large pro-
| prietors who have suffered by the rivalry Of
the past summer. The shows that it would
| be necessary to consolidate under such a
scheme would be Barnum's, Forepaugh's,
| Coup's, Van Amburgh's, John Murray's and
about 20 others. The aggregate value Of all
| these shows is estimated at about 81 200, 900.
| The scheme of consolidation contemplates a
parceling out of the world 80 that routes will
not conflict, and running the business at low
er pressure.
--Adelna Patti sang at Steinway hall, New
York, on Wednesday evening. It was her first
appearance before an American audience in
20 years. She was most enthusiastically re-
ceived.
The government treasury of Cuba, it ID
said, has been defrauded of over $50, 900, 00C
by the theft of books containing the census
returns and statistics for the assessment Of
taxes.
The old Texas state house at Austin was
Quilted by fire on Wednesday. The walls are
still standing, apparently uninjured.
Bill Gutenberg and Sandy King two
members of the noted Arizona cowboy gang
were recently arrested for dealing in stoleI
stock and taken to Shakespeare for trial
Early "Wednesday morning over a dozeI
masked men lynched them.
A brick tenement house of four stories a
South Fifth avenue and Grand street, New
York, suddenly fell at o'clock Wednesda.
morning, burying the occupants in the ruins
The resulting deaths number at least seven
The French and German Yorktown dele
cations to this country had their final recep
lions at New York on Wednesday and sep
arated-most Of their number to return home
though two or three remain in this countr
for various purposes