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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Public examination Of school teachers
for Nottingham on Saturday, May al g
0 clock A. N II tbs school room st Sadawga
The sugar season in this section has
proved 20 be bsttsr than an average, and the
sugar made Is Of an excellent quality.
For few weeks past there have been
some cases Of scarlet fever. though Of mild
type.
SNOW gone. roads settled and mercury
IN the neigh6orhood Of the eighties
-Masa Willis Of Brattleburo has been ap-
pointed administrator Of the estate Of the late
Rsuel Willis, and will sell al public auction
on the S0th inst. at Pm. at the residence Of
George Nelson, several pieces Of real estate
and variety OF personal property.
Henry Grover has moved into the house
Of Widow Gates lately occupied by Charles
Huber
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

The family Of the late Wm. II. Fuller OF
Halifax has been Visited with sickness and
death under specially trying circumstances.
Toward night on Saturday, April 4th, Mr..
Fuller came to the house $50 sick be could
not work, and the next Saturday at 3 A. N.
be died. During the week his wife bad been
attacked with erysipelss, and on Sunday, the
day OF her husbands burial, Was 50 sick that
the brief service at the house was not held IN
her presence. Mrs. Fuller is now much bet.
ter, and would express to the neighbors her
thanks for their kindness Mr. Fuller, though
a man Of few words, was good neighbor and
an honest man, and his place in the commu-
nifty will not easily be filed IS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
PHoNIx AND RECORD AND FARMER FRIDAY April "a

ters Mrs. Henry T. Drake and Mrs. Helen
Wright survive him. There are siz grand
children The shepardsou family were re
markable for longevity. two sisters, Mrs. sally
Barney and Mrs. Ruth Willard dying at the
age Of 80, and nearly al the family attaining
more than fourscore years Mr. Shepardson
died Of Brghrs disease ending in dropsy
C. n. Bonds old biddy sends The Pho
nix the biggest egg Of the season, weighing
au even B o..
- Preaching al Bethany Mission neat sun
day 81 . 2. NJ. by Rev. 1. Nc Ann Of Brnttle-
hurO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

For those confederates who fought their los
ing fight to the end but when the end came
gave up in honest fashion and returned TO Q
cheerful allegiance to a common country, one
can have only respect, and no question about
their patriotism can Justly be raised to-day.
OF men Of this sort there are enough for the
new administration to choose from for places
Of honor at home and abroad without going
into the little inner circle Of men who, with
JEFF Davis at their head, are still bemoaning
the lost cause, showing their contempt for
the government, and, to all practical intentE
and purposes keeping up little rebellion Of
their own
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Geo. W Pepper, who WAS one Of Gen.
ShermRns chRplRins during the wal. and Is
now 8 western lecturer of some prominence
has printed in the New York Sun q report Of
al interview which he had with Gen. Lee
soon after the surrender It gives a new view
Of the southern sentiment at that time to read
Gen. Lee declaration that 'the soldiers Of
the South and the entire people regarded the
murder OF the President not only a. q crime
against our Christian civilization and our com
mon humanity, but that his death at that
time was terrible blow to the vRnquished
who would have 10 bear the responsibility
OF the cruel and bloody deed. Gen. Lee
further said that be was opposed to the war
1T the beginning, and wept when he heard Of
the bombardment of Sumter. He thought
that, judged by NRpoleons test Of who did
all that ?" Gen. Grant was the greatest Of
living American or European soldiers. What
WAS perhaps, Gen. Grants strongest chsrRc-
teristic as a military commander Gen. Lee
summed up in this sentence He never CON-
plains of adverse and manageable circum-
stances, but seizes the N RteriEls as they are
presented and masters them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

In spite Of the pacific assurances Of week
ago, the situation between Russia and Eng
land steadily grows more wsrlike. The Rus
sian government sends conciliatory and e1.
planatory dispatches TO London about the
attack on Pendieh, while at the same time
the British war Office learns from the general
IN command on the AfghRnistRn border, who
witnessed the whole affair, that the Russians
were clearly the Rggressors and deliberately
forced the fight On Tuesday Mr. Glad
stones ministry asked for a war credit Of
Sd, 900, 900, fact which Rttssts the serious
nature of the existing crisis and signifies
that war preparations are to be made on q
large scale
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Miss Ella Ciough Of Grafton has be en-
engaged to teach the spring term Of school
commencing the FIRST Monday in May
Il. Il Eastman lost quite q valuable
three years-old colt last Monday.
Miss Emma BurWell teaches IN Westmip-
ster tins summer, Miss Allie II PownAl and
Miss Hattie IN LAngdon, n f.
Mrs. Truman Plant, formerly Of this
place, nov living with her son Jason IL New
York, has had stroke Of paralysis and lies
IN q critical condition
Lew lenney has been awarded pension
with back pay amounting to Sl035. ..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

The body Of Patrick MAroouey. who fell
into the river from the railroad bridge al
Windsor last January, vas found here las,
week Thursday afternoon, while the ice was
going out. Apparently It came along With q
large cake OF ice, from which she current sep
arRted II and took il into the canal. The
body Wa cared for and sent 70 Charlestown.
where Marooney's family live On the bod :
was found nearly $50 in money in such 8
state of preservation that ii can all be used
or saved
The old lookup hAs been torn ont, and
viii be securely rebuilt with three cells on one
SIDE, q corridor on the other, and a police Of
nee in front - TimeS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Warm and dusty
The sugar season is past, and the farmers
are satisfied with it,
Amos GOodel Is doing quite q business
IL furnishing cemetery work from tn
marble quarry al Darlington. where his broth
err J. " GoOdell, has large interest
Mrs. Ripley from New York arrived OIL
Tuesday to visit Der sister, Miss Dora HI ideF.
who is very low with consumption.
Mrs. z 5. Kidders remains. Acconpa
by many friends, were carried to Winthrop
Ne her native town, for intermsnt OIL the
10th inst
CARD OF 1HAEKs.-Mr. a S. Kid6cr wishes o.
express ms thanks in TINS public way 10 the man
Trends who nobly assisted and Tor their many "a
kens o. sympathy, during the sickness and death 90
his wife
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

DEATH OF CLARK sHEPARDsoN IN MILWAUKEE
CLARK shepardson died in Milwaukee
Wis, March 25th, aged 81 He was born in
GuitoTd, Aug. 10, ] s04, and was the last one
OF 10 children of the late Zephania Shepard.
sou. In December 1927, be was married 70
Miss Lnrinea Franklin of Guilford They
lived for a few years in Hadley, Mass, where
Mr.. ehepErdson worked al his trade ~ black
smith and accumulated few thousand dol
lars. 10 September, 1885, they removed 10
milwaukee, aud Mr.. Shepardson began spec.
nlating IN iron and also bought quite a tract
OF land BY industry and perseverance, be
accumulated handsome property. some
$500 OOh few years ago be buried his
only son, Hart, but his wife and two daupb-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Mr.. Reed Of Cambridge, n. Y, the new
hotel landlord, arrived and took possession
last Friday night. His wife and niece came
Tuesday night, having been delayed on the
way py an accident at or near North Adams.
mr.. Ano Mrs. Reed come With excellent rec
concentrations and the community hope 10
see the hotel restored 70 its old excellent
standing under their management
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Rev. Rollins B. Fay of Pest Mills viii
preach ~ the Congregational church next
Sunday afternoon.
A part Of the Professional club has nitaled
to the croquet ground.
W. I. l. Walker has Just returned from
boston with an invoice of new goods.
Misses Myra OonAnt and Eva l. Kimball
are the teachers in the village schools for the
summer term.
There is to be dance Al the rink, Nav
first
The band will play al home in the fore
noon and at Chester in the afternoon of Ne
mortal day
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

The warm weather has dried the land 80
that farmers on the intsrvRle lands are sowing
oats ana preparing the ground for corn
Considerable building is conte mplated
this summer. b. F. Richmond viii put NJ q
house and barn, Frank Sears = barn. and ses
eral Old barns are 10 be raised ana altered
Carpenters are full of work
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Il ?. Bailey, the former proprietor OF
the express and passenger business Of THE
place, has bought back the business OF bi-
brother Charles 7 Bailey, and Is expected 10
resume the business the first OF May.
1t mas been quite sickly IN this town Of
late, and nov measles are prevailing.
The sohool'in District No. ! Of this VII.
lage begins next Monday, the 9th inst
Teacher, Mrs. l. W Ashley. W.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
south N@wfane.

Mr. and Mrs J. W. Dexter Of Philadel
phis arrived ~ their summer residence here
on Thursday last.
Capt. Harrison Aldrich OF Boston hsz
been here for few days looking after bi.
farming interests and business mzttsrs gen
orally
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
MEMoEIAL REso1ur1oNs.
go on wheels this week

Mails go on heels this week.
Last week proved very favorable for the
sugaf-makerE, who, contrary TO their prophe
sizes, have made more than an average guam
tity and quality
Geo. b. Howard, who WAS for some time
in California viii not go back there, but is 70
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
BrookIins

We see our mRu-carrier again takes up
bis line of march Tuesdays and Fridays He
vii also take express each way
Mrs. W. Smith is quite poorly also Mrs
J y Stebbins
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Mr. Cleveland certainly has not been alto
gether happy in his choice Of candidates for
foreign ministers. The Richmond Va, man
Kelley, whom be named 10 succeed Hon.
George P. Marsh Of this state in the Italian
mission, is q man in not too good odor at
home, and now it turns out that in 1871 be
made speech denouncing the occupation Of
Rome by Victor Emmanuel in language which
tine Italian government has got hold Of aud
deems insulting. Prominent Italian gentle
men in this country say that MIR. Kelley will
not be received al Rome
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

RnIIfara.

Mrs. Martha Hancock of Orange. Mass.
Is visiting her parents Mr.. B. c. Wilkins
and wife of this place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
Gu,Ifora Centre
Mest asniIfera.

Rev /. W. Whitney will preach in the
Universslist church next Sunday at 2.3O p n.
All are cordially invited.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
GBtDnmont 4BoniF
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, APRIL "a, 1850.

Il begins to be evident that the Canadian
government has good sized job on its hands
TO take care Of Riel's half-breed rebellion in
the Northwest One fort has been taken
and part Of the garrison massacred. Other
places are threatened, and the rebels grow
more arrogant and bloodtbirsiy daily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

Mercury up IN the eighties IL the shade
Andrews Spencer have improved their
store with coat Of paint
The high water this week makes lively
work for Newton Brothers log drivers.
Clayton Wheeler chopped 81 enfds Of
wood IN 10 hours one day This week. Who
beats that
-sylvanus CLARK, who has been quite III
well for several months, Was taken very much
worse last Wednesday.
Frank Childs took the prize ct the riuk
Saturday evening
Frank Snow took sudden bath III the
pond last Sunday. II you had been at ohnrcb
Frank, you couldn't have been in the pond
II. Ii. KiddsF has made 2s5 gallons Of syr
up from GOO trees this spring.
There will be Temperance lecture at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
The closing event OF the season wRs d
sugar party At J. II. Kidders sugar place on
Tuesday afternoon. Quite party assembled
and all had good time. Weight of the par.
y before eating sugar, nearly two tone
weight EfterwErd not reported
Miss +. B. Harris held spring opening
OF millinery goods on Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Childs store. Miss Nellie LYONS
the new dressmRker, occupies the same rooms
Mrs. Pettes WAS taken suddenly III last
week, but Is now improving.
CAKD--We wish to extend our heartfelt thahts
% our tind friends and neighbors who 30 kindly ~
sisted us in our recent sad affection in the death and
burial Of our little daughter Edith.
Nh. AND Mrs. A. /. CO1E
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS.
At 3 recent meeting of the trustees OF
the Wilmington savings bank The following
resolutions we're adopted
MHHREAs, vacancies have been caused IN our board
by the deoease Of D. ?. Leonard Of Dover and r. "
sargent Of Wilmington; therefore,
has0iued, That in the death Of our associAtef
Measrs Sargent and Leonard state has lost
Die ana worthy citizens and bank faithful and en-
ceni oitoere and wise and prudent financial counsel
charge
Aesetrea' lnat their lives Of strict integrity and
unseinshl NOME ACTS snail be cherished by IN per
petuAi remembrance, ana We herein record tTl-
ute 70 their memory.
Afsofteal That We extend our deepest sympathy iu
Their respective families IN their sad berea Tement
H. MANN, JR., CLERK and Treas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24

hrroinla diseases manifest themselves IN tie warn
weather. Hood Baraaparilla eleanses the nuod and
removes every tAiut OF scroiulA.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-23
CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION

WE are firm in our primary conviction that to
fix the freight on fruit from this State at mini
mum is beginning of the solution freight
be put at $500 per car it may entail present
loss to the railroad, and probably Will until the
trade is so organized by natural selection as to
furnish volume of freight that will create n
profits. F. Alta.
THE Democratic press are taking a very philip
sophical view of the Ohio election A prominent
organ asserts it was only local contest, and
national questions were not Mt issue" 1t has
not been week since the same organ was
bowling about "Sherman's blcody-shirt speech, =
and g Foraker's tariff speeches" aud his me
glect of local issues. - Chicago Inter-ocean.
FoE its yie'd OF fruits of the orchard and gar
den this year of grace 1855 stands almost with
out a precedent With the single exception of
peaches which have been somewhat low in
quality and high in price, every kind of fruit
has brought forth its harvest in rare abundance
New Haven Comm News.
THE whole of the decent people of Ohio, it APP
pears. have become disguised with this man
Mclean, and the fear of mis- election to the
Senate by q Legislature containing majority
of his creatures, elected under the mask OF Dem
ocratS, was in Il measure instrumental in bring
ing about the defeat of the so-called Democratic
ticset--tNew Orleans States DEM.
THE Democrats were beaten in Ohio, as they
viii be in New York, because, under the exist
ing circumstances, they richly deserved it,
They deserved it because the machinery of
their party had been seized by bad men for bad
purposes.-tN. Y Times.
SOCIAL equality means amalgsmation, and
amalgamation has never failed to combine most
of the evil traits of the amalgamated-t Louis
Globe-Demoerat on the Chinese Question.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-23
alaska.
News from the Far North.

VICTORIA October 22d.-The steamer
Idaho arrived from Alaska to day, and
brings the following additional news
Frank Dunsmuir and Joe Hughes. Yu-
kon prospectors, have arrived at Juneau
from the Yukon country. They made the
trip down the Yukon river 600 miles, and
then up Salmon river 425 miles, to the head
waters. They found very good diggings
on the bars, and left twenty men in that
country, who are going to remain all win
ter. Some are on the Yukon, some on
White river and some on Salmon river.
All are making 81 and IS day to the man
on the bars.
The newly-appointed officers have taken
charge at Sitka, and Rev. Sheldon Jackson
has been before the Courts on several in
dictments found by the last Grand Jury
All the cases were dismissed, On account OF
the indictments not being made out accord
ing to law. This was the fault of the late
prosecuting attorney. Rev. Sheldon jack
sons cases will be presented TO the next
Grand Jury.
Some of the new Off Gals are going
around from camp to camp with petition,
TO have it signed by citizens to present to
President Cleveland, asking him to order
Governor Swineford to Washington, as the
Governor and some of his political friends
want to try and have the next Congress
give Alaska full Territorial Government.
This is a political scheme to make more
offices in Alaska for some old political
tramps.
On the 10th inst. there was considerable
excitement in the town of Juneau, caused
by some one posting notice calling for a
meeting of citizens, TO arrange for plans to
protect themselves against the Indians, who
were expected to break out at any moment
The notice for a meeting was signed by
many citizens, but on investigating the mat
ter it was found that the notice was issued
by one Alexander McGregor, who was in
the whisky business.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-23
OUR scANDALOUs DIVORCE SYSTEM

The marriage relation can be broken off
more easily, and with far less legal diff
Guilty, than a contract to deliver a cord of
wood or pound of sugar 1t is damning
fact that a divorce by conniyance is easily
procured in this State, in the teeth of the
statuteiorbidding collision. Its areproach
that our laws permit such liberality Of di-
yorce that system of polygamy-practi-
cally-may, and to an extent does pre-
vail. There is no escape from the humili-
ating and shameful fact that Il husband may
be enabled by the law to cast off worn
wife who has borne him many childten
and been his faithful helpmate for
score of years. Nothing can obscure the
fact that under our system divorce is
procuable without that knowledge by one
OF the parties that the law contemplates
Nothing can remove from public consider
alton the fact that rank perjury is COM
mitted in divorce proceedings, and that no
one is ever punished for it. Marriages
are dissolved by oonnivance, criminal col
fusion and false swearing, and the Courts
are powerless to prevent it. However
earnest the Judges may be, the statute, in
ITS excessive tenderness to the plaintiff,
binds them hand and foot, and upon Ger
tain showings made they are bound to
grant DEGREES. 1t is possible that Judge
Ioh tafrvsa 10 af H.
bonds Of matrimony justified by the laws,
by adopting code of Court rules requiring
proofs not demanded by the law. But that
will be giving us judge-made law, and
opening the door to a species of usurpation
Of the functions of the Legislature The
whole divorce system is in bad state, aud
there is crying need for its radical reforma-
ton. There must be narrowing of the
causes; public proof of and publication of
the fact of service by parties or officers
wholly impartial; trial in open Court, and
where the Court has jurisdiction
of the person, requirement that both
shall appear in open Court !;
Its conscience by privily examining each
party without the hearing and influence
OF the other provision that there shall be
public notice given of the oncoming of
divorce trials; requirement that the attor-
news on both sides shall be sworn to their
innocence of collision between the parties /;
requirement that where there is a default
and non-appearance, the Court shall APP
point some reputable man as the next
friend Of the absent party, at the expense
OF the complainant TO conduct the defense
of the defendant and employ for her or
him able counsel to probe the case of the
plaintiff. The law should also exercise, as
1t does in New York, a restraining infu-
ence upon the divorced parties relative to
their again marrying. None of these things
are impossible, impracticable, or in the
slightest degree unjust they are such
provisions only as apply to the probating
of the estates of deceased and incompetent
persons. Shall VIC not do as much to throw
the guards of the law about that relation
upon which is based the domestic system
of our civilization, and that alone makes
us free and Independent people, nation
of homes that are the bulwarks of human
liberty?
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-23

music, who escorted them to the hall with
all honors, amid blaze of torches, fire.
works and booming cannon.
Inc report OF the Board reducing the
wages OF laborers at the navy yard was not
approved by Commodore Russell and Sec
rotary Whitney, and to-day orders for the
rate to be restored were received.
Oil and Water.
Los ANGELES, October 22d.-An import
ant strike of oil is thus reported in the
Ecenlng Express Jack Baisley reports this
evening that on Wednesday, at depth of
$40 feet, in the well he is boring in
Cahuenga valley for Ivar A. Weld, he
struck stream of petroleum which he is
unable to check. Mr.. Baisley bored for
water and struck oil, and has struck it
nch. The oil is of finer quality than comes
from Plco canyon, and the supply seems TO
be practically inexhaustible. Neighbors
feel considerable interest in the matter.
Briggs Bros. have been developing the
water resources of the Crescenta Canyada
tract, and on Wednesday met with success
IN tunnel which they have been drilling
Tor several weeks past. AT depth of $50
feet they struck flow of 36 miners inches.
First County Fair in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, October 22d-Application
Tor space for the County Fair, which opens
in this city next Wednesday, gives the as
surance that it will be grand success. 1t
is the first County Fair ever held in the
city, and an unusual interest is attached to
1t. Half-fare rates have been arranged for
by steamer between Los Angeles and San
Diego, and reductions by rail.
Held to Answer for Burglary.
NEVADA, October 22d.-Joseph Williams,
arrested at Colfax Monday night for burg
larry committed in this city, had an exam
ination, and was held to answer upon two
charges with bail fixed at 81, 900 in each
case.
Held to Answer Without Bail.
SAN JOSE, October 22d.-NeIson Pierce
was to-day held to answer without bail Tor
the murder of Joseph a. Mccarthy.