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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

A st. Paul, Mimi, despatch Of the 18th
inst. says that the most important suit that
has been filed in the United States district
court for many years was begun there ON
the 3D. inst, on behalf of the United States
government. 1t is an action against the
Northern Pacific railroad company, which
involves between -, 600, 900 and SO, 000 600
1t is charged that ever since the road was
built, about twenty years it has been tres
passing upon government land along its
line, denudiug government timber lands
and causing great loss and damage to the
to timber land in various parts of Idaho,
Washington territory, Montana and Mime
sofa. The petition says that the govern
meut has made numerous attemps to pro
coed against the company in the several
territories through which the railroad runs,
but it has been compelled to abandon such
a course of policy having found that it is
practically impossible to sustain such cases
on account Of the limited jurisdiction Of the
territorial courts, the difficulty of obtaining
eNlltl'ti tl'. llt 'ltluhlllE VI Nlt lllll'ti
lands results in great and irremediable loss
Unless the company is stopped at once, by
injunction, the entire country now being
trespassed upon will be entirely denuded
The government has frequently requested
the Northern Pacific railroad to desist but
1T not only refuses to do so, but threatens
to continue cutting the timber" The gov
eminent asks that an injunction be immedi-
ately issued to stop the cutting and that
the company be compelled to appear in
court and respond to a list of questions
concerning the timber how and where it
has been used, and SO on The petition is
signed by A II Garland, Attorney General
of the United States, George n Baxter,
United States Attorney for Minnesota, and
Henry W Hobson, Special United States
| AttnrneN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

When Senator Edmundss resolution re-
affirming the Monroe doctrine came up in
the Senate last week it was opposed by
senator Gray of Delaware and consider
ton of it went over to Monday. On that
day it was considered in secret session, and
when the doors were opened it was found
that the discussion had been carried on by
Senators Elmunds, sherman. Gray and
Jones. and the resolution had finally been
been adopted-yeas 49, nays 3. The nay
votes were cast by Senators Black
burn, Hampton and Vance, all Southern
Democrats The resolution was changed
from concurrent to a joint resolution,
thus giving it the force of statutory en-
artment, and its language slightly modified
So that it now reads
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives that the government of the
United States will look with serious con
Germ and disapproval upon any connection
of any European government with the con
struction or control of any ship canal
across the lsthmus of Darien or across
Central America, and must regard any
such connection or control as injurious to
the Just rights and interests of the United
States and as a menace to their welfare.
That the President be, and he is hereby,
requested to communicate this expression of
views of the government of the United
States to the governments of the countries
of Europe.
This language is stronger and more i'm
perative than that of the original resolu-
ton. If adopted by the House the Presi-
for Veto and after it is signed or passed
over veto he must announce it to foreign
governments as the action of our govern
/ mput
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
Vermont. Prosperity in Isss.

An article recently prepared for the Bos
ton journal bv Forbes shows that the year
1888 was one of unusual prosperity for
Vermont The crops were not so good as
in some former years, but the yield of sta
Pile farm products was sufficient to create
surplus, which was disposed of at fair
prices The total value of all farm pro
auctions is estimated at S23, 600, 900. Not
withstanding the drawback of a presiden
tial year, there has been healthy growth
and activity in business and manufacturing
circles. The wooden industry was some
what depressed on account of President
Cleveland's free wool cry and the Demo
cratic assault on the protective tariff, the
result being a decreased production of
manufactured wooden goods. This was
true, also, of some other branches of man
ufactures, but on the whole, despite the
tariff agitation, there was an increased pro
duction over 1887. The output of blocks
and finished material from the marble and
granite quarries and mills was greater than
ever before, being estimated at 5000, 900
superficial feet, valued at 80 600, 600. The
Estey organ company have turned out over
1900 organs, and the Fairbanks scale com
pany of st. Johnsbury and Howe scale
company of Rutland have done a thriving
business. The season was very favorable
for lumber operations, large amount of
logs being cut and lumber manufactured
The aggregate value of the manufactured
products for the year is estimated at S33,
900 600 Last June the assessed valuation of
the real and personal estate was $3.50, 600, 70
600 The deposits in the savings banks
and trust companies amounted to Sl6,6O1,
O67, an increase of over 81 900, 900 from
1887. The gross earnings of the railroads
were $500, 600 in excess of the previous
year Building operations were quite ex
tensively carried on, More than 500 now
houses, half "A dozen churches, about the
same number of school buildings and many
business blocks make up the record in the
larger towns. Probably $4,000 600 was
expended in new buildings. Electric light
stations were erected in st. Adams Rich
ford, Brandon, Bennington, Brattleboro,
St. Johnsbury and Barre, and those towns
are now lighted by electricity. Swanton
built system of water works costing $50,
600 in 1888, and the citizens Of Bellows
Falls established free public library of
5000 volumes, at a cost of $1,000, last year
st. Albans expended $4,000 in improve
ments ON the public park. Extensive ad
ditions were made TO a number of industrial
works, and the material resources of the
state were more fully developed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

Stacking event occurred at Salem
Mass last week when Rev Fiel1er Israel
pastor of the First Unitarian church of that
city, committed suicide in his study con
nected the church He was a man G3 years
old, thoroughly devoted to his work, and of
broad public spirit in every direction.
The Atlanta Constitution the leadine,
Democratic paper of the South, cannot re
sist the temptation to fire parting shot at
the retiring head of the state department f.:
Secretary Bayard is credited with the in
tention of going 10 Europe TO live. He
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

A workingman in this city, says the Al
bany journal, who was complaining Of hard
times recently, was asked how he could af-
ford to take daily newspaper. well, 80
said he, 81 hope | shall never be too poor to
take paper. ! thought | was too poor for
ten years after | was married. My wife
suggested that take IA paper regularly and
did so, and it was the most economical
stroke Of my life It kept me home even.
ings, afforded me pleasure and instruction
and was "A comfort to the whole family. !
had to stop the use of tobacco for whole
year once in order to pay for the paper,
and the result was that | have not cared
for tobacco since, and in that one item !
have saved enough to pay for several daily
papers. So long as have money enough
to buy bread with will have money enough
to pay for my newspaper. There is not a
man too poor to read daily paper. 1t is
the cheapest investment he can make, both
for himself and his family. 1t is the last
expense I will lop off | will drink my tea
and coffee without sugar before | miss my
daily paper, and can better afford to dc
So"
There certainly are not many men too
poor to take so good and complete a daily
newspaper as the New York Press at 50 d
year, the price at which it is offered in con
nection with The Phoenix
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

\ Burlington Press despatch of the 18th
inst says:
The new liquor law which went into eff
feet at the beginning Of the new year has
resulted in a complete revolution in this
city, owing principally to the amendment
which provides for the imprisonment of a
dealer for first offence of selling liquor or
having liquor on hand with the evident in
tention to sell The hotel and saloon keep
prs as well as wholesale dealers took the di-
emma 10y the horns and closed up their es-
adjustments so suddenly that those who
were celebrating the wake of the old year
could not even get the necessary liquor
with which to sober off and were obliged to
resort to unaccustomed waters. Even the
drug stores are wary about filling prescrip
tons The present indications are that the
authorities will not be obliged to take ac-
tive measures for the enforcement of the
law, as the dealers say they will make the
law so odious that it will not be enforced
after little and they predict that it will
be repealed by the very next Legislature.
An announcement like this about "whole
sale" dealers saloons" etc, has curiou:
sound in prohibition state, but it is en-
tirely safe to say that the Burlington liquor
dealers won't succeed in making the new
law "odious' to the state at large by any
such measures as they propose.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

Now that SO many of Mr.. Cevelands pet
phrases are so busy hunting after their
original authors, it is just as well to put in
the claim of Judge Cooley of the interstate
commerce commission to the paternity of
one of them 1t has been credited to Dor
man b. Eaton, but his date does not 20 far
Their back than 1889 But here it is in
monograph of Judge Cooley's published in
the Southern Law Review in 1871. The
title of the article is Liability of public
officers to private actions for neglect of Of
fetal duty, and the first sentence reads {:
A public office is public trust - Boston
.ldrertiSer.
The New York Sun devotes half column
editorial TO tracing this expression back to
its source, and finds that, according to pres
ent information, it was first used by an
English Lord Chancellor in 1890 in an opin-
ion rendered in certain case, when he
said that this transaction concerns pub
lie office deemed by law to be place of
public trust The Sun adds, with wicked
sarcasm, that next year is the centennial
Of this justly celebrated maxim. We sug-
gest that the event be celebrated with
proper ceremonies and if his engagements
will permit, the Hon. Grover Cleveland
might very appropriately be invited to de
liver the commemorative grafton
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
something from Indianapolis.

Webb sends To the Boston Journal re
port of certain interesting statements about
Gen. Harrison made by an old friend who
recently called ON him at indianapolis while
ON a business visit to the West This gen
tleman is not in politics, he is an earnest
friend of civil service reform, and does not
want an office His views, therefore, as to
some Of the probable features of the policy
of the new President are of more impor,
lance than those of the mere place hunters
or of the cabinet makers lie says:
In anything that may say don't care
10 be quoted as | am not in public life and
do not wish 10 appear in the newspapers.
But there is one thing that may be proper
10 give to the public. | am very confident
the new administration will he friendly to
civil service reform think that we shall
see step in advance in the reform, and
not any retrograde movement. There will
not he a clean sweep. The step in advance
may not he a very long or pronounced one (;
but it will be a recognition of the principle
in positive manner that will be accepta-
BILE to all who are sincerely Interested in
the reform If | am not greatly mistaken
the politicians viii discover that when they
present candidates for office they will be
required tn give proofs Of their capabilities
rather than of their political services |
| am very confident Of this, and am certain
that the mere spoilsmru are 10 be mistaken
! am satisfied Of one thing-tien. Harrison
will not permit himself % he killed by the
camurs of the office seekers as his grand
father was lie is capable of much hard
work, and is not unduly sensitive. lie is
not as thin skinned as many in public life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
lie VERMONT pGN1N BRATTGEBoRO JANUARY H. 1880

ed from indianapolis, aud who has had as
good opportunities as any one for ascertain
ing what the intentions of Gen. Harrison
are, explodes eHectualy the uumberess
cabinet rumors which are SO industriously
manufactured and circulated He says
that no one will he Informed as to the pur-
poses Of the President with respect to the
cabinet until after the electoral colleges
have met Between that time aud the lat
ter part of February it is probable that
some Of the gentlemen who will be in the
cabinet will be personally notified Of the
Presidents intention. But the informa-
ton then will be of the most confidential
character Gen. Harrison has very
strong aversion to any publicity as to his
determination with respect to the cabinet
especially in view Of the possibility that
changes might be made before the names
should be sent to the Senate This feeling
is so strong that he may decide not to make
the cabinet public until the names are com
municated to the Senate. In recent years
it has been the custom to make changes at
the last moment. 1t is known that Gen.
Garfield recast a portion of his cabinet
slate between / o'clock Of the night of the
| 3d of March and noon Of the It'll.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

The personal property of Mrs ; r. Bond
was sold by auction last Saturday She
will make her home IN Worcester, Mas.
The annual meeting Of the Halifax Agri
cultural society was al burned 10 Jan. 10,
at - O'Clock 1t Is hoped that there will
he a good attendance. for thi, year i, our
tenth anniversary and something little
better than usual, If possible, will Ice ex-
pected Of us.
During the past two or three years much
has been sand Of the decline of business gen
orally IN Halifax, but a hasty glance back
ward through the past year, show, that it
is always darkest Just before dawn" We
give some Of the real estate changes during
1883 having no authority but memory We
cannot say that the following are all
Parcel of land from Flora Davis 10 +. f.
Guild.
Farm from l.. b. Hall to Enos Olden.
Farm from administrator of r. Ii. Hough-
tons estate Samuel Wilcox farm to Elroy
Kenney.
Farm from Seymour Harris to Merrick
and Derrick Harris
Farm from H. j. Clark to j. l.. Grover
Farm from Brown, Corse and Chase to
Henry b. Brown
Half of mill and farm from a. F. Stone
to f. b. Stone
Farm from J.. b. Hall to Alonzo +. Stone
Dwelling house, barn and tanuery prop
erty from A. j. Tucker 10 +. +. Guild
Farm from H. r Stone 10 Orriu Wilson.
Farm from Albert Blckford to Armenia
Bickford
Store and land from CLas. Fowler to r.
Watson DeWofe
Certain share in farm from H. x Stone
10 Mrs H. Stone
House and barn from ". G. Niles to
Guiding Star grange, No 1853, F. OF H.
Farm from Jed Stark's administrator to
Horace Stark
Farm from Mrs X H. Houghton to Win
ME Houghton.
Farm from Mr.. 5. f. Bond to J. Hert-
zig.
Farm from Lemuel Clark to f. J. Cor
kins
We would add that there are yet several
good farms and fine homes awaiting pur-
chasers. Some parties looked at the John
Lambert farm last Saturday, with the view
of buying,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

MRS. j. l.. WALKER

me death of Mrs Jane l. Walker. who's. sal,
ule rom paralysis about a year ago IL ,y,.ii 80
uleihoeltd ~ TINS community. took nlara ~ y.
S Ml III West BrattrhorO last Monday NJ
" aihrr was the daughter of the lat. Rrusi r.,
vi wilmington, man who was In ms lfatfigS,uu
wen KNOWN IN thus county. Mr. Boyd Vas a '' ,l
i've OF Wilmington aud was born and h,i,a,, "a
married HE ON the old Boyd homestead a. a. us
Two OF ms three children, Jane l. and Gsn ~
NOV nW prominent citizen Of Dover w,r,. hnr,, l.,
wilmington. lie afterward moved Ia Rraiti :"
gnoI'i Whtrt the third and youngest chilli ~ IL
FAMILY, Julia NJ, now Mrs j q Mar, W , .ne
uorh, FROM here he moved to Guilf,rJ ",i1
thence 70 Dover, where he remained a., , anu
"'it prominent citizen until his death in lsi,9 WV
- Mrs walkers first husband was Gsrir..
nuuwt, merchant in Williamsvillr In roi,,,,,,,,
Nun l., sherman He died in 1855 or 1Se5 az
tle "lIoM year or two later cam. In Rratti
gIro, WheIs she married the late b I. Wall.
, inlee Shlllren we're born "a Mr. aud Mrs H"SS..
~ n"' U VI Mhoh arr living The Youngest Franl
s az, nSMr' y wen remembered IN Brattlehorn as
ar a'tlNe Young grocer whose death a few v.nr.,
49, was shock to all his friends while Ia NE
rallied. " WINCH she never fully
After the death Of her late husband Mrs Wal,
~ ensaFeu IN the millinery business. ami was -,
sIiIakvu Mhrn the sudden illness came 1n0n ~ ~
~ i i mas now proved fatal In her husinaes a.,
~ Iel personal character she had the eonads.,l
, ~ ieslee' OF an IN the community She vyas a
t "oliian Oh qulet, domestic tastes ami nf MI
IN I'm personality but none the less she ,.niH,i
i, 'ul ueelee the love and friendship OF tbos y H.
@"e" h'' intimately. After she rallied slfiieisnf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
COL. ESTEY'S INAUG URATION
PARTY.

Col Forbes writes to the Boston journal
under date Of the 9th inst that Col Estey
has completed the arrangements for the
trip TO Washington next March of the Yer
mont party, which has engaged quarters
at the Hotel Maltby The Vermonters will
20 to New York over the Central Vermont
line via the New London Northern road
aud the Norwich line Of steamers lnaug
uration excursion rates through 10 Wash
ington have been made from all point, in
Vermont The rates range from Sl3 ~ at
st Adams tn 81 - at Brattleboro for
round trip tickets with time limit, from
Thursday, Feb 2S to arrive in Washing
ton until March T. inclusive. and good 10
return tp arrive at destination points until
March inclusive Col E.tey suggests %
members Of the Vermont party the alvi.i
bilty Of leaving the state on Thursday
morning, SO that they may arrive in Wash
ington on Friday afternoon. aud thereby
avoid the great rush of travel which will
occur later The Central Vermont will run
through cars to New London on the mail
trains on Thursday aud Friday II the week
preceding Inauguration week aud it is ex
/ pected that special cars will be provided for
/ the party over the Pennsylvania railroad
| The Vermont contingent will probably
number $50 persons, and will include about
/ ~ ladies'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

Littell's Living Age began its lS0th vol
ume with the first issue in January. This
carefully edited magazine was never more
valuable in its contents OF Indispensable n
the general reader than it is today,
Col. Brice, chairman of the Democratic
National committee has done a courteous
thing in offering the use Of his private car
to convey Gen. Harrison to Washington at
the time of his inauguration.
The board of trustees of the new insane
asylum held their first meeting at Mont
peler yesterday and effected an organiza-
ton
According to full returns of the vote for
governor in West Virginia, published in the
Wheeling Intelligencer, Golf received IS,
9O4 and Fleming DEM 49, 70S, Gen,
Golf, therefore, was elected by plurality
Of 1906, and Mr., Fleming will have TO con
test his election, if at all, in the Legislature
The President has approved the regula-
tions made by the civil service commission
providing for the extension of the civil
service rules TO the railway mail service
With the exception of the general superin-
tendent and the assistant general superin-
tendent all the employees will come under
these rules.
"Do you want to 90 in and shake hands
with Mrs Harrison = inquired Mr.. Mckee
Gen. Harrisons son-in-law, of a country
man, who valise in hand had entered the
house of the president-elect and was max
ing straight for the library. "No-op,' an
swered the venerable lIoosier, "lm looking
for the old man. He was after an office
A recent announcement has been made in
Paris regarding the young Emperor of Ger
many by distinguished doctor, who says
that William has a tumor on the brain and
that it renders him temporarily insane. He
fears that it may suddenly break, when
the Emperor will die at once or become an
imbecile.
Gov. w. p Dillingham; will deliver the
Memorial day address at Waterbury.
During the year 1883 nearly 700 persons
disappeared in Philadelphia, a large per
centage Of whom We're never heard of.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11

The third in the course Of Y NJ c. A
entertainments will Ice lecture by Hon
Geo. A. Littletield of Newport, r. l. to he
given i'll the town hall ON "Wednesday even
ing, Jan. 9Th This lecture has been high
ly commended 10y those who have heard it.
aud an EVENING" Of instruction and enj ovment
Is ensured to all who may hear him. Tickets
20 on sale, with choice of sitting,, at the
room next Monday morning
Interest IN the gymnasium is increasing
and new members are coming in More
are wanted to take practice ia day class
Any who can spend time for this are asked
to come IN at once, as the time that Mr.
Fitzgerald Is engaged for will soon expire
Any who wish 10 join elias, in short
hand are requested to meet in the parlor
Friday evening, at O'Clock This will be
an excellent opportunity for all who mean
business
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
4 Notable Veto.

Gov. Gordon Of Georgia has Just taken
a step which will raise him in the estima-
ton of Northern people and of right think
ing men in his own section of the country.
The Georgia Legislature recently passed
special school bill for the city of Macon,
providing that the funds raised by taxa
ton for school purposes should be divided,
the money raised on the property Of white
residents being used exclusively for the ed
ucation of white children, while no money
should be expended for the education of
colored children except that raised by tax
es on the property of colored residents
This bill was mischievous in its immediate
purpose, and could not but he exceedingly
disastrous in its final results If made "A
law, it would be accepted as setting pre-
cedent for similar legislation all over the
Southern states, and the outcome would be
a still wider gulf between the white and ne
gro races, and vast obstacle in the way
of negro education. But fortunately for
the good name of Georgia and the real in
terests of the entire South, Governor Cor
don manfully interposed his veto and saved
Georgia from the disgrace which would
have fallen on it had the bill become law.
He characterized the bill as opposed to
sound public policy, and a violation of both
state and federal constitutions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-11
JacksOnViIIe.

The entertainment given at Village hall
on the evening of the lth inst, under the
auspices Of the Lawton post q. A. r., and
w. r. G, of Wilmington, was largely at
tended and much appauded The music,
recitations, tableauX and plantation songs
by cOntrabands were very fine. Thirty
Minutes for Refreshments, and The In
telligence Office and other parts we're ad-
mirably performed, and the frequent en-
cores showed a proper appreciation of the
entire entertainment.
The Universalist society will have fes-
tival at the hall Of the Glen House ON Tues
day evening, the 10Th inst. All are cor
daily invited,
A goodly number of relatives and friends
met at the residence Of Lydia Stickney on
the 4th inst, it being the 10th anniversary
Of her birth Pleasant memories were
revived, congratulations exchanged, gifts
presented refreshments received, and the
occasion made very interesting and graft
flying TO all present.
Mrs. Leora ellison, whose husband died