Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-07

early fields of spring wheat thus far cut
the yield is larger than the estimate of two
weeks ago. The only things feared are
too much rain and an early frost. 1t is
thought that 100000 to 10000 900
bushels will be harvested in Minnesota and
the Dakotas. Good reports for the Ore
gon and Washington crop have also been
received.
The first Bessemer steel rails produced
in Maryland was blown by the Maryland
Steel company at Sparrows Point last Sat
urday. With the exception of steel made
at a mill in st. Louis, this was the first
production of Bessemer steel south of the
Mason and Dixon line, and begins the
practical operation of one of the largest
and completest steel rail plants in the
world. 1t is said this plant will have a
daily capacity of some 2OOO tons, or total
annual capacity of between 100000 and
7OO,0 900 tons-a full third of the total an
nual production of the Bessemer works of
the United Kingdom.
Secretary Foster, in letter to a COM
mittee of Hebrews in regard ia the immi-
grafton laws as affecting the influx of Rus
sian Jews, advises that they be scattered
as widely as possible over the country and
not concentrated in few localities.
There are now 103 citizens of other
states in Sioux Falls awaiting action for
divorce or acquiring the necessary resi-
dence before action can be begun. One
firm of attorneys has II cases in which COM
plants will be filed during the next two
months.
One of the longest and most costly rail-
way bridges in the country is now being
erected in the newest portion of the Unit
ed States, almost in its extreme western
boundary, the great steel bridge which the
Union Pacific is building across the CO.
lumbia river at Vancouver, Wash. The
length from the Washington to the Oregon
shore will be 5000 feet, and the draw pier
will be over 400 feet long. The cost of the
structure will be over $4,OOOOOO.
S. Gerber of Omaha, Neb., returned to
Russia last March for the purpose of bring
ing his family to this country. He was ar
rested on a charge of running away to Amer
lea. tried, sentenced to Jail for one year
and five years exile in Siberia. His prop
erty was confscated. Gerber is natural
lied American citizen.
The drouth in Texas was broken by a
heavy rainfall last Sunday. For nine weeks
previous to that time only two showers had
fallen in the area south of San Antonio
for POO miles and west for 400 miles. Cot
ton bols were dropping from the stem, the
corn crop was ruined and the cattle ranges
had been parched. For II days great des-
titution had prevailed along the Rio Grande,
from Preside to Cameron county. Many
cattle in Hidalgo and Starr counties died
for want of grass. As a result of three
annual drouths that country is now desti-
tute, and lawlessness is general.
4 contract for extensive coast defence
armament was completed last Saturday,
when the board of ordnance and fortitica-
ton reached a decision in the most import
ant American gun purchase ever made.
This was in awarding the contract for lOO
big coast defence guns. The amount APP
propriated for this purpose is 81, 1OO,OOO,
by far the largest sum that has ever been
expended at one time for American ord
nance. The guns will not be built at the
government arsenals, but at one of three
private concerns, probably the Bethlehem
Pa, iron works.
company with a capital of S2,jOO,OOC
has been organized in England to operate a
line of steamers direct from Toledo and
other Lake Erie ports to Liverpool. The
Toledo flour mills have arranged to shiI
two-thrds of their output of 5000 barrels a
day to Liverpool by water.
1t was a pretty spectacle at Cleveland
O., Saturday when three fast trotter'
hitched up abreast went mile without a
skip in PA.
The town of Huntington, Conn, was
stirred to its depths Saturday by 'patri
Otto festival in honor of the withdraw
of the criminal suit against two boys fol
ringing the church bell the night before
July /. There were over 5000 people pres
cnt, band was engaged and various speak
ers furnished patriotic fire. A COLLATION.
was served and the two boys were the he
roes of the day. Most people would cal
it, instead of a patriotic celebration, al
idiOtic one.
The postal authorities have issued in
structons that all American post-office'
designated as exchange offices with Can
ada shall be treated as offices of destin
alton and pOstmasteTs thereat have beer
notified to refuse to certify money order
or forward registered letters payable to TIN
"Ilome FascinatOr company of Montreal
This company publishes monthly journa
and offered prizes to the persons sending
the longest list of words made from tn
letters in "the worlds fair" The conce1
adopted the scheme of notifying by lette
thousands of persons in the United State
that they had won the third prize, SIP
tea set, in the contest, requesting that the
should remit $500 to pay for packing AM
shipping the prize, and also return the let
ter of notification. Many money order
with the required amount have been fol-
Warded. The return of the circular lette
destroyed all written evidence against tn