Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-22

z'lu, was not fast for running race
Kenny, who has been the favorite for the
last few days, won easily enough at the
inish. Fully 10000 witnessed the race.
The trustees of-the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art in New York have finally decided TO
open the museum on SUNDAYS
The recent abundant rains have LARGELY
eXtinguished the great forest fires in the
Northwest. 1t is estimated that the loss
III Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota will
reach somewhere from So ,OOO, 600 to 81. OOO.-
900, while hundreds of families are home
less The territory burned over is nearly
mali as large as all New England
"A negro was hanged at Trenton. Ga. a
few days ago. The landlord of a hotel i'm
that little town advertised as follows: care
you going to the hanging? The Blank
House at Trenton, Ca, offers an excellent
view to witness the execution. stop at
Blank House, Trenton, Ga, when visiting
the hanging, May 10. Can see all from
windows. Gallows within $50 yards Meals
so cents"
a heavy failure in New York last week
was that of the clothing firm of Levy Bros.
" Co., whose debts are said to aggregate
nearly S1,000,OOO The charge is made
that the members of the firm bave been
making heavy payments to relative in
Germany, presumably for the purpose of
securing an income after the crash came.
"A. b. Wilson, eX-mayor of Great Bend.
Kan, and prominent in Masonic and
Knights of Pythias circles, has disappeared,
after having embeZzled $4,000. lie was
the agent of several farmers who were pay
ing off their mortgages, and the money
placed in his hands for that purpose has
not been put to that use.
A remarkable family of centenarians is
eXtinguished by the death of Charles King
of Salem, Mass, at the age of 10 years.
One of his brothers, it is said, lived to be
lO7, and another 104, while a fourth died at
the comparative youthful age of 80. The
family appears to be no less remarkable for
fertility than for longevity; for his five
children are reported to have 10, II, II, II
and II children respectively, while most of
these grandchildren are equally prolific.
The grand jury at New York has indict-
ed Ameer Ben Ali, known as "Frenchy,"
for the Jack the Ripper murder of an
abandoned woman in that city April "a.
a French physician has published a
promise that to the wife of every poor man
in his native town of Burgundy he will
give present of 100 francs-say S20-for
each child born to her during the year 1892.
One of the features of the worlds fair at
Chicago will be a grand reunion of the
Union and Confederate soldiers.
Twenty-Five states have so far made ap-
preparations for worlds fair exhibits rang
ing from 5000 in the case Of Vermont to
$500, 600 by California and Pennsylvania.
The total is 81, S25, 900.
Mrs. Harrison has all the souvenirs of her
journey arranged ON the tables upstairs
in the corridor at the White House, and
they make glittering array of precious
metals. The presents made to the President
are also among the display and between
them all the number must reach 400. On
one long table are arranged all the gold and
silver souvenirs. Their value is very great
and in size and variety they range from the
superb silver salver presented to Mrs Har-
rison by the women of San Francisco to a
tiny bit of a silver baby carriage, not much
over an inch square, which was intrusted
to the President to present to his grandson,
Benjamin Mckee.
The heirs of John b. Berry of Kansas
City, Mo-, who committed suicide while
holding non-suicidal 5000 policy in the
Knights Templar and Masonic Indemnity
company, have just won their case before
Judge Caldwell IN the nlIeu states CIR
cult court There is a Missouri statute
making void any clause in a life policy for
feiting payment in case of suicide. This
statute the Federal court sustains
A draft for SS7, 403 was issued last Fri
day by the treasury department at Wash
ington in favor of the state of Rhode Is
land, this amount being the states share of
the direct tax fund, less about SD, 900 with
held on account of arms furnished to the
state by the United States.
1t is supposed that the recent forest fires
in Pennsylvania were set by natives so as
to cause huckleberTy bushes to spring up
yielding them profitable crop. The same
thing has been done many times before.
a terrific tornado passed three miles
northeast of Mexico, Mo-, Wednesday af-
ternoon. SO far as known Il houses We're
destroyed, some 10 or II persons killed,
and as many more fatally injured. There
was great destruction of property farther
east.
A fire at jacksonville, Fla, Tuesday de
stroyed half million dollars worth of
property, including the Mohawk and Clark
blocks, and a large quantity of tobacco in a
bonded warehouse.