Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-24
IN GENERAL.

ExSecretary Bayard is to he married to
Miss Clymer of Washington early in the
summer
The Massachusetts, Senate has rejected
toy a decisive vote the bill providing for an
elevated railroad in Boston.
John r. Lynch the noted colored ex-
Congressman from Mississippi, has been ap-
pointed fourth auditor Of the treasury.
The Queen of England is very much an
noyed because she is expected to pay the
Sl2j 900 which it will cost to entertain the
shah of Persia in London this summer.
Ten convicts whom the English authori-
ties hal shipped to this country to get rid
Of them have been intercepted at New
York and returned to England on the
steamer which brought them over.
Mrs MAVERICK. IA niece of jefferson Da-
Wis. aud IA French Canadian aristocrat 10y
birth. has been arrested at Liverpool on the
charge of poisoning her husband, proml-
nent merchant, with arsenic.
The leading photographers of the United
States are uniting in an organization for
self protection against the rate cutting
which has been going ON in all parts Of the
country during the last few years
The work of the committee on irrigation
appointed 10y the last Congress is a very
important one An effort will be made to
ascertain if it is practical to reclaim about
one hundred million acres uf land by means
of irrigation
Senator Morrill, has been chosen chair
man Of the board Of managers of the Cor
Coran monument association of the city OF
Washington, organized 10 secure the cree
tion Of memorial statue the philanthropy
ist the late W. W. Corcoran.
William T. Walters of Baltimore, the
owner of the famous peach blow vase,
which attracted much attention few
years ago when sold at the Morgan auction
for SlS, 900, keeps it securely locked up IN
the safe aud no one ever sees 1t.
Some 1860, 900 acres of the finest land in
South Dakota will probably be thrown open
| to settlement within month on the com
pletion of negotiations by the government
with the Sioux Indians of the Gankton
agency. The Indians will sell seven town
ships on the north side of their reservation,
and another rush of speculators, settlers
and adventurous may be expected to follow,
The steamer Missouri, Capt. Murrell
| from Baltimore for London, arrived in the
| Thames last Friday. Two steamers loaded
with passengers went down the river from
| London 10 meet lue MlSSoullt anu Copb
Murrel was given an ovation for his con
duct in rescung the passengers and crew
of the lost steamer Danmark. Every gill
button on Capt. Murrells uniform was Sc
cured as "A relic by enthusiastic admirers.
Miss Sybil Sanderson who scored great
vocal feat and triumphant debut in Pari
last week and is named the new American
operatic star, is of Vermont descent. Hel
| at m
chief Justice of the supreme court of Cali
fornia and the leading attorney of the Cen
tral Pacific railroad, was the son of Hon
John II. Sanderson of Sandgate, a proml
nent man in Bennington county. Judge
Sanderson was born in Sandgate, which
a small town in the western part of tn
county,
Gen. b. f. Butler publishes in the NeN
York sun Il reply to Admiral Porter's re
cent charges, in which he gives long ex
tracts from a letter by Admiral Porter t
Secretary Welles, written on Jan. "a, 1856,
in which the admiral crlticises Gen. Gran
very harshly. Gen. Butler calls it abuse,
and says that Admiral Porter afterwar
denied its authorship, and attacked Secr'
tary Welles for publishing it, Gen, Bu
Ter says: Il think | can bear the abuse b
the same person which Grant and Wellt
had to stand.
f An uncommonly pathetic sequel of I'll
death of a young woman in the recent te
rible prairie fires in Dakota, is told by IL
Rapid City Republican. Back in her o.
home the unfortunate girl left lover, wi
was soon to make her his wife, fe
weeks after her death, ignorant of her te
rihe fate, he arrived in the hills with d
the ardor and happiness of lover, al
- called unexpectedly ON friend of the fan
g ily. The restrained greeting did n
arouse suspicion and addressing the woma
q of the house he asked, Does Nellie pli
: and sing as much as of old y MY God
= exclaimed the woman, don't you kno
i that Nellie is dead and buried She "
o burned to death in prairie fire" III
h sudden announcement was too much f
% him. lie passed from one fainting fit
% another, and after weeks care recover
% sufficiently to journey home broken in hea
= aud strength. Three days after his arriv
q there he died