Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-04-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

\ gigantic copper trust was formed at
Philadelphia last week.
Gov. Hill recommends that New York s
share of the direct tax money be used to
| liquidate the state debt.
The centenary of the American patent
law was celebrated in Washington last
week by large gathering of inventors.
The oldest postmaster in the United
States in point of service is Roswell Boards
ley, who was appointed postmaster at North
Lansing, Tompkins county, n. Y, on June
| %, 1928, and still holds the office.
Henry NJ Stanley, having completed his
lecture tour Of the United States sailed on
| wednesday from New York. A compli-
mentary dinner was given him at the Lotus
| club in New York on saturday.
| Patrick Brennan, who died at Hurley.
| Wis, last week, was lO2 years old, and had
| lO4 living descendants. He voted for Is
presidents, and only two days before his
death cast ballot at a local election.
Captain W. H. F. Hams, commander of
the Etruria and commodore of the Cunard
fleet, completed his jOlst voyage across the
Atlantic last Saturday He has been a
sailor since 1888 and has commanded IL
Cunard steamers.
iht III Ihe CtubIdl lOJel Dullul0B at New
London, Conn, a few mornings ago did
$40, 900 damage and an elderly man named
Daley father of the proprietors, was suffo-
Gated. A number of the guests barely es-
capped in their night clothes
The administrator of the estate of Mrs
Obear of Beverly, Mass, who was supposed
to have left but little property, was looking
about her residence when he found gold,
clio arn1 Iar,t al.
10000
Thomas Munce's three small boys found
nearly empty glycerine can near Wash
ington, Pa, last Saturday They pelted it
with stones, causing an explosion which
blew two of them to atoms and probably
fatally hurt the other
President Harrison left last Tuesday
for jO-days' trip through the South
and to California. He will be accompanied
by Mrs, Harrison, Postmaster-G eneral
Wanamaker, Secretary Rusk, and others
The party will travel nearly 900 miles
The silver anniversary of the Grand
Army was celebrated at Decatur ILL.,, last
week Thursday, with great display. In the
parade were over 2500 veterans, including
Commander-in-Chief Veazey and staff and
| four surviving charter members of the orig
inal post.
A freight train at Bridgeport, Conn
took the wrong track on count of a mis-
placed switch, aud crashed into some emp
ty passenger cars and into the street be
yond. A young woman who was crossing
the street was struck by the cars and in
stantly killed.
The will of the late P. 7. Barnum shows
that he was possessed of a fortune of So,
OOO, 900. His will is a voluminous docu-
ment, covering over 0Opages of legal cap.
He makes generous provisions for his fam
| lily, and for the Barnum & Bailey show.
His most important institutional bequest is
$40 900 to Tufts college He also left SO,
900 to the Bridgeport Universalist church.
and sums ranging from $4,000 to $500 for
other educational and benevolent purposes
Reports received at Denver, Colo, from
the southern Ute agency are to the effect
that the Indians have lost nearly all their
stock by heavy snow storms The snow
covered the ground TO a depth of four feet,
and horses and cattle starved to death by
the thousands. The Mowaches and Capotes
had 1000 horses, and equally as many
cattle, of which they lost 50 per cent The
Apaches in New Mexico, who own the
largest herds of sheep and horses of any
people in America, lost entire herds by the
storm.
One of the few cases where father and
son fought ON opposite sides during the civil
war is recalled by the death of Gen. j. R.
Cook at Richmond, Va, last Friday He
was one of the brilliant officers on the Con
federate side, while his father, Gen. Phillip
st. George Cook, who had been for wears
in the United States service, remained in
the Union ranks. The espousal of the
| southern cause by the Young man produced
an estrangement, which was not recon
cied until five years ago. The elder Gen.
Cook is still living in Detroit.
Chicago suffered the most destructive
| fire since the confiagration of 1871 last
| Sunday evening. The loss is fully 81 900,
600. The flames started at almost the ex-
act geographical centre of the city and
| like the terrible disaster of 20 years ago,
began in a stable. The stable was in the
rear of the big furniture establishment of
John NJ. Smyth, which was DESTROYED
/ Other buildings in the vicinity we're also
| destroyed and a number damaged, includ-
ing the Hay market theatre. A dime mu-
scum was burned out. In it were 400
| people at a variety performance and all
! fled for the front door. The emergency
brought out hero in the person of Police
man. Patrick Sheehy Forcing his way
through the frightened people, who were
madly retarding each other in the jam at
the exit, he stationed himself at the head
of the stairs, and drawing his revolver
declared his intention to kill the first per
son who refused TO obey his orders. By
GOODNESS and determination he succeeded in
| quieting the panic, and with one exception,
young man who jumped from a window,
| Rvaruhn raachad the atrnnt in snfnA,.