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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18

Stenography and typewriting are to be
taught in the High school at ST. Adams,
The insurance on the Congregational
church at st. Adams has been settled at
$4,000.
The old ladies' home at Rutland has re-
ceived a bequest of 500 from Mary f.
Daniels.
George Bouvia, a ST. Adams barber, has
been arrested, charged with shaving people
on Sunday.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs,
Ira Boynton of Coventry was celebrated
on the Sth inst.
The Congregational society at Pittsford
has voted to extend call to Rev. f. NJ.
Williams of Minneapolis, MINI.
Oliver Sanford of Orwell was struck by
a locomotive and thrown several feet, re-
ceiving fatal injuries about the head.
S. II. Waters & Co., lumber dealers, of
Morrsvlle, have filed petition in insolv
ency Their liabilities are about $1,000.
A New York firm has paid 1000 to the
farmers in the vicinity of Charlotte for ap-
pies, which are to be used for the spring
trade
John NJ. Goodenough's barn at Pittsford
was burned on Wednesday night of last
week with about 80 tons of hay. Loss,
| $1,000.
The new railroad bridge which is being
| built at East Barnet was blown into the
river recently, causing loss of about
/ $1,000.
1t is expected that Congressman Powers
will represent New England on the judici-
ary committee of the House of Represen-
tatives.
The sugar house of F. F. Miner of Fair
field was burned last week Tuesday, to-
gether with 500 buckets, an evaporation
and heater.
Justin Slack, STAFFORD farmer, was
struck by falling limb on Thursday night
of last week. His skull was broken and
his recovery is doubtful
Amos Demper fell backward distance
of eight feet at the electric light works al
Vergennes Saturday night and was badly in
iured about the head and side,
n. A. Bailey, restaurant proprietor a
Rutland, is insolyent, his liabilities being
$1,000. Grocer Parkhurst of Middlebur,
is compromising with his creditors.
Fred Sulham, lame boy at Marshfield
fell while he had a broken piece of glass Il
his hand, and the glass entered his mouth
cutting a ragged cash in his throat.
A man named Burr from Canada, Will
working for S. W. MoultrOup, at East Ha
ven, was instantly killed recently by tn
roots of a tree turning back upon him.
At the meeting of the New Eng Ian
trotting-horse breeders association held !
Boston last week II. Il. Cults and IL. W
Keyes were chosen the vice presidents froI
Vermont.
The sawmill of II. X. Page of Mort
Troy. was burned last week Tuesday
The contents, consisting of 5000 feet
pine and hard wood lumber, sleds, etc
were destroyed.
John G.. Blair, news agent, has been
rested for selling obscene pictures an
books on the Delaware Hudson tram
He was released bail being furnished
the sum of $500.
Heavy fines were inflicted on the liqu'
dealers in the Washington county cou
last week. William Millers fines amour
ed to $40 John r. Evans's to $500, al
w. p. Reeds TO $3.50.
Frank l.. Fuller, aged %, dropped del
at his bench while at work in the sh
, shop at Chelsea last week Thursday. l
! was a Tunbridge boy and was highly
. spected. Heart disease was the cause
death.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18
Murdcrous AFFAIR Near Bristol.

Frank Scarrick, keeper of an Italian
boarding house near the Bristol railroad,
was shot, probably fatally, near Hubbard 5
crossing in New Haven on Monday by one
of the Italian laborers on the road. -Four
bullets took effect in Scarrick's body-in
his left ear and arm, above the heart and
in the right hip The assailant then rob
bed the wounded man of 500 and a gold
watch and fled to the woods. Scarrick i,
in a critical condition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18
Christmas
Goods

That all may be supplied My prices are reason
able aud my goods are bought to sell, not to
keep, as you cannot fail to appreciate after a
careful inspection of the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18
New Publishing company at st. Albon-

From the Montpelier Waterman
According to an advertisement in last
Thursdays st. Adams Messenger. Col. +.
c. Smith, W. II. Hunt, W. Tracy Smith,
f. Stewart Stranahan and Chas. ;. Forbes
have formed a corporation, to be known a,
the ST. Adams Messenger company. The
capital stock is 1000, divided into 1OC
shares This announcement means that
radical changes will turn the Messenger of
fee inside out about the lst OF January.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18
Millinery
Oh, FiddIeSticks

The last two weeks have been very busy times
with and last Saturday the store full
OF happy people who found what they wanted at
the price they wanted. Here is partial list of
what they bought: Accordions Blnj rs and VIC
Inns, Celluloid goods, Dolls, black and white, gifts
in boxes ready to send by mall gilt-edged TRAN
guar sauce dishes, Gates Ajar" Albums, one
dollar albums that have had such a large sale.
Fancy cups aud saucers, Lemonade sets, Shaving
sets, Fancy Mugs. five cent embroidered handker-
chiefs, Toys by the CARLOAD, Vases and Lamps,
and then after buying other things of us had
money left because we sell our goods low
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18

Nothing particularly gorgeous, but a choice varie-
" of such ribbons as you will naturally want to
finish your Christmas gifts. We are having good
sales in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18

To suppose that in a few lines can tell you all
about the Christmas goods that it has taken
months of time to select All l expect to do is
to awaken your interest, so that you may be sure
TO call and see for yourself. All former custom
ers will be expected and some new ones. Many
new goods have been received in the week past.
More are on the way. viii mention a few: Fam
lily Bibles Prayer Books Diaries Calling And
Shopping Lists, entirely new style Albums for
table or mantel, Gents and Ladies' Travelling aud
Toilet Cases, Some wonderfully pretty Manicure
sets in unique cases. Jointed Dolls and Kid Dolls
and other things selected for the little ones. You
will find many things to interest you at
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20
squaw JIm's wild Wife.


Squaw jim was white man who once
basked in the sunshine Of my friendship.
We were quite intimate in those days. He
was q white man, originally from near
Napoleon, Ark. He gave his name in
marriage to Shoshone dehutante with an
Indian name that would fence in house
and lot. She apparently loved Squaw
Jim in her untutored way, but he told me
that she was as wild as hawk. In winter
time he could tell pretty near where to
find her, but when the grass got green
along the sunny banks of the mountain
streams, and the pussy" on the tall and
graceful willow began to get its back up,
and the smell of the moist earth as the
frost began to heave out greeted the glad
nostrils, he could no longer make Push
me-ta-ha-to-le-quah, etc., coSne up nights.
When the pocket gopher began to build
his fresh embankments along the sides of
the sandy hill, and the bittern walled in
the buffalo wallows; when the kildee
chirpcd in the low draws" where the
grease wood grew and the track of the sage
hen wound along the gray margin of the
alkali pond. then Push-me-ta-ha-to-le-
quah, etc., with glad cry lit out like q
frightened comet, and for q moment the
air along her trail seemed to be full of moe
casins.
Squaw Jim said that one at such time
could easily play tiddledewinks on the
coattail Of his savage BRIDE He would
have been very lonely during the summer
time if he had not been blessed with a
white wife in Omaha, with whom he
dawdled away the glad summertide.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20

and their associates, assigns, successors
or executors to erect and maintain gas
works and to lay down pipe for the sup
ply and distribution of illuminating gas
in the city OF Seattle, territory of Wash
ington. for the term Of twenty-five years.
The ordinance was signed by NJ. r. Mad
docks, acting mayor, and G. N. McConaha,
clerk.
The city election in 1873 resulted as fol-
lows: Mayor, John Collins f5A, H. l..
Yesler IA; recorder, r. w. Blake 165. d.
8. Smith 131; marshal, Fred Minick 1853,
H. A. Atkins 10; councilmen, Leary LIZ,
Abrams 10, Slotter 1875, Anderson 1854,
166, Yesler 100, Matthias 127, Hinckley 141
Smith 1874, Mcdonald 1873. The council
elected Edward H. Brown city clerk, d. 7.
Wheeler treasurer, Il. w. Blake assessor
and collector, Fred Minick and H. g.
Thornton policemen. ]. s. Anderson city
sexton, D. N. Hyde road supervisor.
EDWARD H. Brown.
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CnlcagO Tribune.
'sWhat is your speciality" inquired the
visitor at the dime museum. "Are you the
living skeleton?"
"No," answered the cadaverous party on
the elevated platform. I'm doing the
forty-five-day fasting act"
"How long have you been fasting?"
This is the thirty-seventh day."
Have you eaten nothing since you be-
GAM"
"Nothing-that is to say, nothing you
can call eating. They give me perhaps a
pnit or two of bean soup every morning
and evening, but that's ALL"
"And you call that fasting!" exclaimed
the visitor, purple in the face and grasp
ing his cane neryously. "You are an iiil-
fernal humbugl Why, good heavens, man,
he reared. trembling with rage, s'bean
soup is
But the attendants hastily seized the
maddened visitor and hurried him out 81
the building. He was gentleman from
Boston.
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AT FULL CASH VALUE.
The Standard OF Assessment Set by
ConventiOn.

The Standard OF Assessment Set by the
Convention.
The state assessors closed their conven-
ton yesterday morning, and the commit
tee appointed to go to Olympia to present
the matter to the legislature started on the
Bailey Gatzert.
The principal point decided by the con-
vention was that every piece OF property
in the state should be assessed at its full
and fair cash value. This conclusion was
reached after a long and careful discussion
of the situation, during which the futility
of the scheme proposed by some to arrange
schedule of values was shown.
The convention also approved of one
part of Senator Forests bill, which they
will try to have incorporated in the Plum
mer bill. At present, when the state board
of equalization raises the total valuation
Of county, it IS necessary to raise each
item on the assessment roll SO that the tax
alton at the regular rate will bring the
necessary return. The part of the Forrest
bill which the meeting commended urges
that instead of changing each item on q
county's roll, that the rate for the partic-
ular county be changed SO as to make up
the difference.
The plan of increasing the state board of
equalization from three to nine members
be one member of the board, and the gov
ernor is to appoint eight others. Thus
every part of the state will be adequately
represented in the body.
J. n Dougherty, Of Island county, said
that all the steamers of the Puget Sound
and Alaska Steamship Company we're as
sessed in his county. Other members
thought there should be an arrangement
by which the cities where the boats spent
most of their time, and where they re-
ceived fire protection, should receive the
revenue from taxation.
was going to obtain from the customs
collector the name of every steamer regis
tered from the county, and assess 1t at its
full cash value.
The conventional adjourned to meet at
Walla Walla the second Monday of Febru-
| arv 400
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20
IT IS GROWING NOW.
What Resident Of the Southern Part
Of the City Says OF It's Progress.

OF the City Says OF Its Progress.
Heretofore the southern part of the city
has not been pushed as fast as the suburbs
in other directions. The preparations of
the Valley Street Electric Railway Com
pany 70 build line to South Park has
caused South Park in particular to push
ahead.
Mr.. George Brown, of that place, was
seen yesterday and was very enthusiastic
over the prospects of South Park. Mr..
Brown said: 81 moved to South Park
about year ago and bought seven lots,
and built Immediately and moved my fam
lily there. | am pleased with my
investment in South Park. My prop
erty has increased largely in value
and will be worth much more as soon as
the Valley street electric cars are running.
/ am convinced that South Park has a
great future. 1t has fine location, pure
water, is within easy distance of Seattle,
and can be quickly and cheaply reached by
electric cars as soon as they are started,
and, in fact, has every element to build
up a prosperous and populous suburb.
The prospects are that very large
amount of building will be done in South
Park during the summer. The coming of
rapid transit will enliven building opera
tions wonderfully. Many who will build
have only been kept from doing SO by a
lack of transportation, which the Valley
street electric line will furnish. l regard
my investment in South Park as for
tunate one, concluded Mr.. Brown.
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cording to the facts elected by the testi-
mony. Probably every one believes that
the young man came to his death by ablow
on the head, delivered BY Doyle, but the
testimony did not show it. The evidence
placed before us was Of the weakest and
flimsiest character. It all tended to show
that the fight was only tame sparring
match, and we could not, according to
law, bring in verdict on an assumed state
of facts.
''When the doctors came in and testified
in turn that the deceased came to his death
by natural causes, I asked each of them !:
DO you state on your oath, before this
jury, that Shafer came to his death by nat
ural causes?'
"And they answered:
Eyes
4What coiYld any jury do but render .
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Changes of Climate

Kill more people than is generally known. Par
ucularly is this the case in instances where the
constitution is delicate. and among our immi-
grant population seeking new homes in those
portions of the West, and where malarial and
typhoid fevers prevail at certain seasons OF the
year. The best preparative for change of
climate, or of diet and water which that change
neccssitates, Is Hostetters stomach Ritters
which not only fortities the system against ma
iarla. variable temperature, damp, and the de-
bllitatng effects of tropical heat. but is also the
leading remedy for constipation, dyspepsia
attack enigrants and visitors TO regions near the
equator, mariners and tourists Whether used
as a safeguard by sea voyagers, travellers BY land
MINERS or OF agrieulturists in newly populated
favorable testimony.
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"BY NATURAL CAUSES"
Captain Manning Explains the Strange
Verdict OF Coroner's Jury

Captain A. III. Manning, member Of the
board of police commissioners, returned
from San Francisco Wednesday evening.
''Since my enforced absence from home
notice that the papers have been CRITICS.
ing me very sharply because the coroner's
jury, of which | was foreman, recently
found that George Shafer. who had a rrize-
Eight at the Peoples theater with Billy
Doyle, came to his death by natural
causes, " said the captain yesterday after
noon.
The papers should not censure me and
he other jurors, for we only did what we
we're sworn to do-bring in verdict ac-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20
MLEAN STILL IN LIMBO.
The Dashing Timber Claim agent
Deserted by Friends.

N. H. Mclean. the timber claim ''agent, !"
was arraigned before Justice Won Tobel
yesterday afternoon on a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses, but the
case was continued until this afternoon at
2 O'Clock, so as to enable the state to Sc
cure important witnesses.
Mclean asked the court to allow him to
go until his hearing upon his own recog-
nizance. but this request was not granted,
and in default of bail in the sum Of $1,000
he was remanded to JAIL
Mclean appears to be deserted by his
friends. There is one, however, who has
not forsaken him. for handsome young
woman called on Sheriff Woolery yester-
day and pleaded for his release
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Death of a Centralia Man.

Charles Bolts, young man aged n
years, who was taken to Grace hospital
about ten days ago, sick of typhoid pneu-
monia, died yesterday morning. He had
been in the city but a few days, coming
here from Centralia when taken ill. He
originally came from Florida. He died
among strangers. having no relatives near
er than brother in Spokane Falls, who is
on his way to this city to attend his BROTH
er'S funeral
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DRIVER HEAD FINED.
He Had No Right to Beat His Unto,
Tormentor.

He Had No Right to Beat His Union
Tormentor.
Thomas Head was fined S25 and costs
yesterday by Justice Neagle for assaulting
John Wagner.
Head is non-union man and drives a
bakery wagon for ID. n Holden & Co.
Wagner. who is a a union baker, followed
Head abont the day the assault was COM
mitted and tried, so il was claimed. to
keep people from patronizing the wagon.
Finally Head grew angry and wallopped
Wagner all over the pavement
Although the states attorney moved
that the case be dismissed ut the plaintiffs
cost. Justice Neagle held that Head had
no occasion to resort To blows, and fined
The defendant S25 and costs
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That's Different.
Chicago Tribune.

Irene taking walk with her friend)-
Laura, lookt Who is that handsome
gentleman on the other side of the street
Miss Kajones docking straight ahead)r
/ wouldn't turn my head on the street to
see the handsomest gentleman that ever
drew breath. You ought to have more
dignity. ca minute or two later, having
met and passed an acquaintance)9
Doesn't Mollie Glizzard's cloak fit hor-
ribly in the back?
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Bribing the Porter.

Professional Guide Ito palace car porter)
Il have an English lord in charge and
want him to get fair impression of the
comforts of travelin this country. Here's
s..
Porter-Yes, sab. DO you want me to
gin him extra attention. sab?
Guide--6reat scott, no. | want YOU TO
KEEP away from him.
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. 1Vs1f'' usJFI1I
This work was done at a cost of loss days.
labor, amounting to =, SOC, or 81. 1869 per linear


This work was done at a cost of 2,OS6 days
labor, amounting to A,596, or ST. 1869 per linear
foot.
The work for the month of January was car
ried on with great difficulty owing to the wet
weather. The rain filed the bitches with water
and caused slides, SO that great portion of the
material had to be handled twice. Then, too.
about one-half the work was done on planked
streets, where the planking had to be taken up
and replaced
The inventory of the material on hand has
not yet been completed. The checking of the
material shipped with that which has been re-
ceived will soon be ready, however.
Thus far we find that out of 40 cars billed
eight were not checked here. The weights of
the 162 cars checked were as follows Weights
billed, 4,2S96 $50 pounds; weights received, 4o02-
100 pounds leaving shortage of $3.50 pounds,
including breakage. The first car was checked
August q, 1880, and the last car February a. 1891
During the month of January per cent of the
original contract for cast pipe from the Schickle
Harrison & Howard Iron Company was ordered
400 pieces of finch pipe, 45 deg. 20 min curves
and $50 feet a-inch pipe on account OF the land.
slide on South Fourteenth street. There was
also ordered and received 70 tons of pig lead and
1000 feet of 4inch Kalamine pipe from San
Francisco. We have also borrowed from the
Tacoma water-works ! 2-inch Croson meters to
be returned.
Meters varying in size from one half inch to 4
inches have been ordered and are already
shipped from the Heney Manufacturing Com
pany. The cost of these meters is $1,S57 so
There are now in place 80 meters of the follow
Ing Sizes 10 inch, z-inch, 13-inch, A-inch, q
inch. 1-inch, 5-inch, II Inch, 14-inch and 2-inch
Operation: Our gross receipts for the month
were. $l0S,44i.6I
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THEBOARDOF WORKS.
Report Of the Water Office for
January.
CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE.
An Unusually Heavy Days work Be-
fore the Board Orders Received
From tho City Council.

At the meeting Of the board of public
works yesterday Judge Jacobs explained
that it had been necessary to employ q
stenographcr to take certain evidence in
courts, as his assistant would be regarded
as party in interest, and bill had been
incurred.
Complaint was made that the work
promised on the alley on Washington, be-
tween Commercial and Second, had not
been done.
City Engineer Gardner reported that the
cost of sidewalking Joy from knight and
on Black street would be s., O6S.17.
The city engineer submitted a plat of the
assessment district on Wall street for put
ting in sewers.
Mr.. Chalk reported in favor of buying
two seats for pumps which had been sold
by Mr.. Shepard to Peters. They could be
had at cents q pound. Major Rinehart
said there had been question whether
these articles were part of the materials
sold to the city by the Spring Hill COM
pany. 1t was left to Superintendent Chalk
TO ascertain.
Mr.. Diller appeared before the board and
said that in reference to the sidewalk on
University street, he had already paid for
sidewalking his side, and did not think he
!. should be assessed for building il on the
other side. The board agreed with him.
j. n. Hanna and ]. +. Cordray applied
for permission to erect bill board in front
of Mr.. Yesler's property. The permission
was granted.
The council reported that they had
authorized the planking of a portion of
Fifth street, the re-establishment of the
grade on Vine street, the planking of Mad
ison street on one side, the location Of
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Not a Full Moon,
Chicago Tribune.

Miss De Gushington (who has just
named the day1-And where shall we 90
to spend our-our honeymoon, Horace?
Young Mr.. Bizz-Wherever you like.
Angelica. But say! 1t would knock
things at the office higher'n kite if /
should be gone a month Suppose we
make it about honeywell or ten DAYS
sharp?
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In order to draw a balance we should have to
add to our expenses the interest on the bonded
Indebtedness. and the account transferred to
The sinking fund.
The amount of water pumped from Lake
Washington during the month was l26, 456. loS
gallons, at cost OF .0tl per 1000 gallons Our
gross receipts are based upon a consumption of
s,Sas-oUo gallons at .oS7 per 1000 gallons. Thus
IL will be seen that the total waste for the
month"; from which there was no revenue was
ISIS, los gallons-a loss OF over 80 per cent OF
The total number OF gallons pumped.
This loss can be accounted for in but two
ways: either by the willful waste of water by
The consumers, or by the inequitable system Of
water rates under which the department. must
work.
recommend that the board urge the adoption
Of new rules, regulations and rates, which will
be fair and just to all; that the expenses be re-
nueed by saving the waste, thus increasing the
revenue so rs to lower the fixed charges and to
leave small surplus for the purpose OF extend
Ing small mains to consumers.
The report was placed on file and the
board adjourned.
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Gall ana see plat and get prices of Cheriton
Acre Gardens. No. ll9 Washington building.