Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-04-24
CURRENT AFFAIRS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The official count does not change the re-
suit heretofore announced, aud Washburne,
the Republican candidate, will be mayor Of
Chicago.
Thomas jefferson, the celebrated stallion
is dead. He was % years old, had rec
ord of 2:23, won two $40, 900 races, and. is
the father Of number Of fast trotters
Mr.. Box, the editor of the Ladies' Home
journal, says that in year over 10. 900
manuscripts were received at the Office of
that magazine. of these 22S0 we're poems;
I46 stories and II l70 miscellaneous arti-
cles. Less than 800 of these contributions
were accepted.
A drunken hostler locked himself into
his room on the fourth story of a building
in 31th street in New York few days ago,
aud seating himself at IA window began
firing with IA revolver at whomsoever came
within range. Probably "A thousand people
were in sight when he began firing and
although the pistol was discharged 20 times
nobody was hurt.
An unusual funeral was witnessed in
Pennsylvania Saturday, when the bodies Of
four children Of Adam Stout of Marsh
Chester county, were buried in one grave.
The little ones ranged in age from two to
seven years and died within forty eight
hours, of the measles and grip. Dphthera.
grip and measles in short time have car
ried off POO children within radius of
twenty miles of Reading
Burglars fired a small barn on the out
skirts Of Norwich, Conn, Saturday night
aud while the police and others were
watching the blaze, entered Jacksons Jew
elry store, broke open the old fashioned
safe and secured several thousand dollars
worth Of iewelry aud diamonds A woman
boarder at the Norwalk hotel, adjoining.
watched the thieves from window, but
was too frightened TO give an alarm
In view of anticipated trouble among the
boomers, many OF whom were armed and
surrounding the tract of land in the Ashland
district IN Northern Wisconsin, Secre.
tary Noble last Friday suspended the order
opening the lands to homestead settlement.
Five thousand people were ready to file
claims. Hundreds had been in line before
the land office for three weeks, having
their meals brought to them by friends.
and protecting each other while taking
short maps. One man sold his place in the
line on Wednesday for $500 cash.
A young man camping in the Serras dis.
covered aud captured butterfly of an un-
usual species. He sent it to the Smithsonian
institution at Washington and received
therefor check for SlJO0, with the request
to make careful search for other moths of |
the same kind. II was an individual of the fos-
sil species, supposed 10 be extinct, and great /
was the excitement among the scientists at /
the discovery that one of the race had been (
recently seen alive. Although dilgent |
search has been made by men paid for the .
service no other specimen has been found. /
Twenty two years ago William r. Story,
Of Buffalo, y. Y, promised his nephew and
that If he would neither chew.
smoke, drink nor gamble until he became
bf age he would give him 5000 Young
Story accepted the conditions, aud in 1873,
having arrived at his majority, he claimed
the money. His uncle admitted the claim.
but wrote that he desired to hold the
money ON interest as trustee till some fu-
-ure day. After Mr.. Story's death his exec
ltor refused to pay the claim. The case
"as tried and judgment recovered last
week for 9,1S5. ~, principal and interest
lrtue was something beside its own re-
ward in this case
Rev. James Mcmahon, pastor Of the St
Andrew's Roman Catholic church in New
ork city, last week decided to the Catholic
University at Washington real estate in New
FORK and Long Branch worth half a mil
iphs luz llIt'lblS ol tnt lnNlltuIt nave .
authority TO sell the property if they choose
md to use the proceeds as they think
roper. but it is thought that the money
will be used for the establishment of a
chool of philosophy. Father Mcmahon,
sho is about 20 years old, has been a priest
ince he was young man and the property
which he has given to the university is the
'esult of years of careful investment of
ew thousand dollars left him 10y his family.
During circus performance at Knox
Vile, Tenn, last week Thursday the crowd
iegan to jeer the performers, and AS the
people became more excited they worked
heir way into the ring An attempt tn
urce them back resulted in several fights
clown who mounted block to sing was
nit in the face by brickbat and knocked
'enseless. In moment everything was in
an uproar Everybody started for the
exits, and scores of people were knocked
lown and trampled upon. The riot spirit
'eized the people, and they began to smash
everything in sight. Somebody cut the
'opes of the big tent, and it came down
"ith Il crash, burying POO people. The
'roWd kept up the work of destruction un-
ii every part Of the show had been
wrecked