Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-11
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BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1883


It d, evidently true Of states aud towns, .
AS Of individuals, that advertising pays. /
MIR. Sprague Of Jamaica, whom Mr.. Naen- /
tine mentioned in his last circular as one /
who would give further information about |
abandoned lands in that town, has already |
received l49 letters Of inquiry Let the |
good work go on.
Assistant Secretary Bussey has reversed |
Corporal Tanners ruling that hereafter no |
pension Of less than s. month shall he |
paid. This order, MIR. Bussey says has
neither the color Of law nor the authority |
of precedent and he adds that "lf such |
an order might be egitimately enforced by |
the commissioner in one case, he might by |
a stroke Of the pen increase and rerate all
pensions for non specific disabilities without |
any restraint excepting his own discretion.
The sentiment in favor Of a republic in
Brazil is said to be growing rapidly. The
sudden emancipation of the slaves brought
about in 1888 has reacted upon the govern
mcnt, as the landed proprietors were de
prived Of their help before the crops were
gathered If the campaign pledges Of the
last election are carried out, Brazil will
soon have universal suffrage with no prop
erty qualification, free education, provin
cial autonomy, abolition Of all customs duty
on exports an increase Of railroads, and
Dom Pedro is likely to be the last emperor
Or Bradbury, one Of the principals in
the bogus medical college scheme mention
ed last week. has been arrested and lodged
in jail at Concord, ~ II. While he chose
to locate his sham university in Vermont,
on paper, it was shown in his preliminary
hearing that he had lived in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, and was native of
Maine, but had never lived in Vermont He
was taken before the United States court
on Wednesday, and sentenced to pay fine
Of $3.50 for fraudulent use of the mails and
500 for aiding a fraud
A characteristic Western thing is taking
place at Pierre, South Dakota, the town
chosen last week to be the capital Of the
new state As soon as it was known that
the choice had fallen on Pierre, the widest
kind Of boom began there. Spectators
and adventures are hocking in by the thou
sand, lots bought week ago for 500 are
selling now for $1,000, and great amount
Of property is changing hands on the same
extravagant basis. This will col tinue until
sober reason and hard fact take the place
Of excitement and "a good many victims get
badly left.
Secretary Tracy has decided to send to sea one
uf the finest fleets that ever tioated the American
nag II will consist Of four Of the new steel crtlis
rrs the Chicago. Boston. Atlanta and Yorktown
Thus the blessings Of Democratic administration
liz" after it, Reformer of last reek
One would say so, since the Chicago Bos
ton and Atlanta are Roach cruisers which
the Democratic Secretary Whitney did his
hest to discredIt and condemn, and the York
town is vessel built under an appropra
ton insisted on by the Republican senate in
1884. If the Democrats had had their way
none Of these ships would now be in exis-
tence
\ PittSfeld, Mass, man writes to the
Springfield Republican about abandoned
lands in berkshire county, mentioning -
unoccupied farms in one town and 10 in an
other, which can be bought, some of them
rs low as - an acre, and others at - to s..
Farms with fair buildings, he says, can be
bought at so to $l2 per acre, and plenty
Of waste and pasture land at 50 to -, which
only needs one or two years cultivation to
Ia il IN, ba
This writer thinks the example of Vermont
and New Hampshire should be followed and
European immigrants encouraged TO settle
ON these lands
The second ballot in the 1856 contested
districts in France, held last Sunday, re.
suited in a further sweeping victory for the
Republicans, the Boulangists deserving the
waning cause almost in a body The new
Chamber Of Deputies will consist of 1902 Re
pubcans against a combined opposition of
ID. The moderate republicans outmumber
the radical republicans two to one, and the
outlook for the republic has apparently
never been so hopeful Bouanger left
London secretly Sunday night, and has tax
en- up his quarters in the Isle of Jersey.
One account has it that he means to appear
suddenly on the coast Of France, raise his
standard and attempt a coup d6tm as his
last desperate hope of coming to power
The case of Henry w. Tewksbury OF
West Randolph, who has sued the Contra
Vermont railroad company for $50, 600 dam
ages for injuries received in the Hartford
disaster in February, 1887, went on trial in
the Massachusetts, superior court at Boston
last week. The jury, with several officers Of
the court, were taken Friday in a special cal
to the scene Of the accident, that they
might get clear idea of the surroundings
Gen. h. +. Butler is the leading counsel fol
the plaintiff and Hon. A. A. Ranney for tn,
defendant. On Monday postponement Of
the case to the next term of court was an
nounced, for the reason, doubtless, that al
understanding between the parties has beer
reached
Hon. and Mrs, Frederick Billings hav,
again been sadly bereaved by the death OIL
Monday, at the family home in Woodstock
of their third son, Ehrick, promising anC
attractive lad who lacked only ten days o
being 1 years old He has been for seve
raj years a sufferer from heart disease, tn
sequel h a severe attack Of scarlet fever il
childhood, but there had been hope until o
late that he might outgrow the malady
lie showed great promise as a student an'
had pursued his college preparatory cours
until recent date, bearing his suffering
and privations with remarkable sweetness
and manliness of disposition. 1t is littl
more than a year since the eldest son of tn
family, Parmelee died suddenly in Chicag
on his way home The stricken parents hav
the sympathy Of their friends throughou
the state in the double bereavement whic
has fallen upon them.
Gen. Asa P. Blunt the 18th Vermont
old colonel died at his home in Manchester
n. H., last Friday, after brief illness fror
brain fever, Gen. Blunt enlisted from 81
Johnsbury early in the war, and served I
its close, being appointed captain in tn
regular army when he was mustered out c
the volunteer service in 1868. He was i
charge of the government prison at Fol-
Leavenworth from 1877 to 1885 and froI
that time until his death was depot quarter
master at Boston. When Gen, Blur
was colonel of the 18th, ex-Gov, FarnhaI