Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-02-08
TIE NEWS IN BRIEE.


and the most oxacting votaries Of this frosty
fete, illustrative OF the characteristic sports
and pleasures of the Canadian people, had
their fondest anticipations fully realized. The
frost king reigns triumphant, and clear zero
weather ushered in the frigid festival. Ten
thousand pilgrims from New England and
the sunny south are in the city tonight, and
nearly every state is represented in the Wis
itors from abroad Montreal fairly vies with
Venice and New Orleans in tho picturesque
and gala appearance of her streets, in the
novel and exciting nature of her sports and
pleasures, and in the cosmopolitan character
OF the crowds that throng her streets. Roy
al ensgns and British colors float from thou
sands of house tops and gaudly colored en-
blematic banners hang on the outer walls along
all the principal thoroughfares. Snowshoers
and members of tobagganing and other
sporting clubs, singly and in throngs, mas
querade the streets in their picturesque and
unique costumes, presenting picture strange
TO visitors from tropical Chimes The centre
Of attraction is the ice palace, a medieval
castle of crystal transparency, in Dominion
square, opposite the Windsor hotel. 1t is
much more elaborate and palatial-like than
the one of last season. The extreme length
of the palace is 100 feet, its width being O.
feet. The centre tower is 80 feet high. BY
day its color varies from the emerald green
at the base to q silvery white that seems to
lose itself in the air above. BY night under
the electric light it is a very fairy castle of
pearl. Next to the ice palace tho most nota-
BILE feature of the carnival produced is the
snowshoers living arch, constructed especial
ly for the reception of His Excellency the
Governor General. This arch stands oppo-
site Victoria square. The monster frame
work is trimmed with evergreen sprigs and
gayly colorod bunting, and an artistic effect
is secured by the ingenious arrangement OF
snowshoes and tobaggans The arch is man
ned by hundreds of snowshoers in costume,
the various colored toques and the emblem
attic groupings Of the several clubs produc.
ing grand effect.
The most important event Of the day was
the arrival of Lord Lansdowne the new Gov
ernor General, who visits the metropolis for
the first time The viceregal party arrived
from Ottawa by special train over the Cana
da Atlantic railroad this afternoon. The
Governor General was received at the station
by Mayor Beaudry and the city council and
was escorted through the principal streets by
the Victoria Rifles to the Windsor hotel. All
Montreal seemed to have turned out to vel.
come the viceregal party. The streets and
the housetops were black with the multitude
along the route, and as Lord Lansdowne
passed under the snowshoers arch it became
q wild, waving mass of color, and the nation
al song, God save the Queen, was chanted
as the vocal greeting to His Excellency.
To the locker on at the carnival the most
brilliant scene ia presented after dark To.
night Montreal is Respondent in electric
lights, blazing torches and fireworks The
various tobagganing slides are illuminated by
hundreds of Chinese lanterns, and the Gid.
ing of numberless tobaggans down the dizzy
ice.covered slides makes an inspiring scene.
fine torchlight procession by the snowshoe
clubs, with an extensive display of fireworks
and an illumination of residences along the
line of march was feature of the evening
Tonight it is bitterly cold but thousands
of donizens and strangers have braved the
Arctic blasts to witness the Inauguration OF
the ice palace. This crystal castle presents
beautiful sight under the rospendent rays OF
sixteen electric lights, and the added lustre
and glare of colored lights, Roman candles
and rockets make q spectacle of rare beauty
and splendor.
On Tuesday the day began with hail and
ended in n drizzle that froze to everything,
but the weather had no effect on the DAVIS
programme. The sports consisted of snow
shoeing at the Lacrosse grounds and the curl.
ing bonspicl at the government flour sheds.
In the snow skating races the time for one
milo was ak minutes and thirteen seconds
In the evening the city was all agow with il
Nominations, immense throngs moving amid
bonfres, torches and lanterns, which gave to
the ground of the Tuque Bloue Tobaggan
slide the appearance of an oncamped army.
The browning events of the carnival were
witnessed on Wednesday by a great throng
Of people. Lord and Lady Lansdowne held
an informal reception at the Windsor hotel
after which grand sleighing parade, headed
by the viceregal party, started from the ice
palace and moved through the principal
streets Of the city. The ice palace was iu-
minated at night by electric lights Of 90, 900
candle-power Fifteen hundred members of
the snowshoe clubs, armed with lighted
torches and fireworks stormed the palace
which was defended by others. The capitu
lation of the latter was followed by the as.
cent of Mt. Royal by the snowshoe clubs.
FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ONO.
All the lower part of Allegheny, Pa, is
under water and it Is estimated that 1900
houses in Allegheny City alone are inundat-
ed The water and gas supply on the north
and south sides have been cut of large
part of Pittsburg is submerged. Every street
south of Penn avenue to Sharpsburg, dis
tance of five miles, is under from one to ten
feet of water. Business is completely sus-
pended throughout the lower part of Cincin-
natl and the Grand Central depot is abandon
ed Duckworths distillery warehouse fell
into the water Wednesday, and soon after the
cattle-pens, capable Of feeding 1000 cattle,
were swept away Wheeling, W. Va, Bridge
port, Martins Ferry, and Bellaire, O., are
partly submerged. Trains have been aban-
doned at Cleveland, o., and the people liv-
ing along the river fronts are being taken
from their houses in boats A Louisville
(Ky.) despatch says 800 people have been
driven from their homes at Shipping Port and
Portland. Reports from Wheeling, W. Va,
are peculiarly sad. 1t is said that 10, 600 per-
sons are homeless and the pecuniary loss will
reach 81 100000.
The Charlotte IN. o. Observer tells of a
robin roost in canebrake near that place
where they come in great hocks every night
from all the country for miles around, and
where they are nightly slaughtered by the
thousand and sold in the markets.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Barrows,
charged jointly with Oscar Blaney with tie
murder at Kittery, Me-, of the husband of
Mrs. Barrows, has rendered a verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree. Blaney
came into court and retracted his former plea
OF not guilty, and the court pronounced him
also guilty OF murder in the first degree.
Oyster wars are always the rule and not
the exception on the Chesapeake at this sea-
son, but this winter the conflicts with pirates
are more humorous than ever A Virginia
police boat slipped into fleet of IS Mary
land pirates unawaros the other day fired
cannon and muskets until the whole atmos-
phere was blue, captured one vessel with 1000
bushels of fish, and then marched the crew
away in triumph. The only man hurt, how
ever, was man on the police boat, who lost
thumb by the bursting of his own gun.
The dredgers were well armed, but did not
think it was good time to shoot.
An Austin (Tex.) despatch says: Ben
Thompson, who pistol in hand, recently
cleared banquet hall half filled with mem
beers of the late cattle-men's convention, be-
came incensed Saturday at certain structures
published in the Austin Statesman, entered
the composing-room of that paper, flourished
pistol and forced the printers to retreat
He then pied two galleys, smashed lamp
and left. Subsequently he was arraigned in
court and while there struck Mr. Weasles
with chair, for which he was fined $50 for
contempt of court Sunday night Thomp-
son notified Mr.. Gaines, proprietor of the
Statesman, that he would hold him personally
responsible for repetition of the structures,
and the editor had force of 20 men guarding
his office.
Mrs. Mary Lewis, about 55 years of age,
was brutally murdered at the residence of
Charles Twitchell at North Bridgeport, Ct,
Monday night Three men, living in the
north part of the town, while under the in
fiuence of drink called at the TUitohaIIis