Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-03-26
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, RECORD FARMER, FRIDAY,

with body Of gray brocade and train Of
gray velvet lined with gray brocade.
Mss Abigail Bates who Is said to have
scared the British out Of Scituate harbor in .
the war Of 1912, by playing on a fife while |
her sister beat the drum, died last week. aged |
81 years
Dom Pedro the enlightened Emperor Of
Brazil, has always recognized the natural in |
ducements for close commercial relations be- |
tween the two Americas. He gave an evil
dence OF il in attending the centennial expo
stion in Philadelpbia in 1876, and be has
now sent his grandson on a Brazilian man Of
war to visit the New Orleans exposition.
Alderman Jaehne OF New York finally &C.
cured four bondsmen Wednesday and was re.
leased from prison.
A despatch from Carrolllon, NJ ssissipTi
after recting the details Of the recent massa-
ere Of negroes in the court house at that
place, closes with the naive remark mo
inquest was held AZ the Coroner recently
held one in case Of violent death, and the
county would not pay for it, on the ground
that the manner Of death was known to ev-
| erybody." This remark goes well with Gov
ernor Lowry's stat, ment that there was no
need Of Executive interference, because ev-
| erything was quiet there now" In other
words, because all the negroes are either dead
or dying, the Governor sees no occasion to in
terfere, and because the massacre took place
in broad daylight the Coroner concluded that
the facts were too well known to call for an
| inquest. But the South, as whole no long
err sees affairs Of this kind in this light.
Gov. Hill of New York has appointed Ma
~ Seymour aud Mary Wilson Of New York,
Mary p. Morgan OF Brooklyn, Mrs. Carrie
L. Dinsmore of Orleans county and Ida NJ.
Blake OF Putnam county nOtaries public for
their respective counties. THIS action is re.
garded a. a great victory for the women who
have been urging their claims and e1cites
considerable interest.
The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier journal thinks Roscoe
Conkling il acting on the advice of the shrewd
and willy Gen. Simon Cameron, who sad to
him some time since, "Conkling, il you show
any anxiety to get back into public life you
will find it very difficult but IL you are per
fectly Indifferent about II and go on attend
lug to your business, the people will sooner
or later call you"
The postmaster. general on Thursday, in
response to the Senate resolution, informed
that body that the total number OF removals
of fourth. class postmasters from March 4,
1885, to March 3, 1886, was $685..
The alleged imposition practi4ed upou the
late Mrs. Mary Jane Morgan by class Of
art sharpS" il very graphically described 10y
the New York Times in a long article devot-
ed to the history OF the now renowned Nor.
gan peach blow vase" According to this
article the vase was purchased by Mr.. Austin
Robertson, the agent OF the American Art As
sDciation in 1884, for the insignificant sum
of $3.50, and resod to Mrs Morgan for Sl2,
900, quite II snug little profit when it is taken
into consideration that the vase is not what
1t il claimed to be-a piece ne resistance in
, the porcelain line. The vase ia not per.
feet one of its kind, is of color, and is not a
} peachblow az peachblow is understood in
China but comes under the head OF crushed
; strawberry. This class Of porcelain is
not made for the imperial family, is not what
it was claimed to be, aud Mrs. Morgan and
7 the American public generally have been
wonderfully duped.
: The post-ofiioe department is doing nothing
i | towards recovering the lost mail of the Ore
q Ron, for the reason that the lost bags we're OF
British mail, in charge of British contractors,
4 and it is their duty to deliver the mail in this
r country. The expense Of deep-sea search il
very great, there Is no appropriation for it,
s and so the government takes no action.
e Both branches OF Congress have passed the
! bill granting pension Of $1,000 to Gen Han
cocks widow
The first fruit OF the Broadway investiga-
! ton is the enactment Of law by the New
York legislature providing for the sale Of
street railway franchises at auction. The bill
has been signed by the governor, and takel
effect at once. This puts an end to specula
tive purchases of aldermen by horse railway
projectors
: District Attorney Kumler of Cincinnati filed
Tuesday, in the United States court at Colum
J. bus, o the government papers to test tn,
e validity OF the Bell telephone patents. Tn,
d attorneys for the government named in tn
petition are Solicitor General Goode, Distric
/ Attorney Kumler, Allen G.. Thurman, Gros
e venor p. Dowry, Hunon and Chandler ant
Chas. f. Whitman of special counsel. Pro
o cess was issued directing appearance by Ma!
y /, and requiring that the answer be filed oil
l. or before June /