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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-24
GREEHsBuRe's CANDIDATE CROP.

The Announcements Made for the Coming
Republican Primaries.
GREENsBURG, Feb. 2a-[Special. 1.-The
preliminaries of the Republican primary
election contest have been formally made
by the following announcements: For Con-
gress. George F. Huff; State Senate, County
Chairman John II. Brown; delegate to
National Convention, Editor James B.
Laux; Assembly, James B. Hammond, M.
II. Lenhart and A. B. Hunter; Sheriff,
Captain B. Hurst and Major Cyrus Thomas;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-24
BLACKMAILED BY A PREACHER.
The Parson Arrested for Attempting to Ex-
tort 81, 900 From q Victim.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23.-In East st. Louis
to-day Rev. j. NJ. Laird, of Gill
lespie, was arrested on charge
of attempted blackmail, preferred
bv Frank B. Bowman, the largest land
owner, and probably the wealthiest man in
East st. Louis. Mr.. Bowman received two
letters from Rev. Mr.. Laird, charging him
with immortality, and offering to compro-
mise the ofense on payment of 81, 900 in
cash.
Rev. Mr. Laird acknowledged writing the
letters He attempts to Justify his demand
for money on the ground that he is poor
man, and deemed that 81, 900 would pslliate
the crime to certain extent, and would
teach Mr.. Bowman useful lesson.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-24

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb 23.-fSpecia,. J.
The Union Electric Street Railway was
stripped of two miles of trolley wire by
thieves last night after the cars had stopped
running. The wire was valued at 81, $50.
Cars could not be operated to-day until the
wire was replaced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-24
THROUGH THE WINDOW,

Two Shots Fired at vincenzo Feraro, With
Murderous Intent.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Feb. 23.-
Especial ]-yincenzo Feraro. an italian, was
shot and seriously wounded last night, in
the boarding house of Joseph Palladeno.
Feraro was writing when two shots crashed
through the window. Feraro happened to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

Capt. Alfred f. Hunt, commanding Bat
terry f at Homestead, Pa. sends letter to
the Nashua, y. H., Telegraph which puts
very different view from that heretofore
taken on the alleged inhuman punishment
OF Private lams for calling for three cheers
for the man who tried to kill Mr. Prick.
Capt Hunt says: Private Iams was not
tortured in his punishment by Lieut. Col.
Ntreator. as the suspension 10y the thumbs
did not throw the whole weight Of his
body on those members After five min
utes suspension he asked for a chew Of
tobacco in the same arrogant, insolent
manner which was characteristic of his en-
tire conduct in camp and also all through
his service in the guards. He purposelv
swallowed some of the tobacco to make
himself sick, according to his own state
ment afterward He was let down after
being tied up 20 minutes. suffering from
nausea which he had caused i'm this way.
He treated this punishment as Joke. and
all that he complained of at the time was
the shaving of one-half of his head.
When his uniform was stripped off him
coarse, but new and clean suit was nut on
him. and he was then drummed out of
camp to the tune of the rogue's march in
the presence of the entire brigade drawn
up in line.
So far from being simply young mans
thOughtless act lams's offence was DELHI
crate and grossly aggravated. When en-
postulated with and reprimanded and earn
eStly requested to withdraw his eXclama-
ton he dOggedly and persistenty refused
to do il. He was entreated not only bv his
colonel, but by other officers of the brig
ade To whom the matter was referred not
once, but many times, and the same dog
gcd, persistent refusal was made He did
this knowing the situation perfectly and
the dangers which the troops We're there to
face. The newspapers alone are response
BILE for the statements that Iams was dis
franchised and robbed OF his rights as a
citizen. This is not true No such results
follow the military sentence i'm his case
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
The Great Alpine Avalanche.

The disaster 10y which the Savoyard vii
lage of ST. Gervais-leS- Bains, on the direct
road from Geneva TO Chamuoni and Mont
Blanc, and the smaller villages of Favet
and Bionnay. in the valley of the river
Arve, have suffered so terribly, turns out
to be one of the most remarkable i'm that
long series of avalanches that make the
human history of the Alps so thrilling and
so painful. 1t seems, by the careful and
scientific study which Prof +. A. Forel of
Morges, has made, that high glacier on
the tes-ROuSses, sO-called (at an altitude
of more than 10000 feet), let fall a glacial
mass of more than $1,000, 900 cubic feet.
down height of at least 5000 feet.-that
this enormous mass of ice and rock olsen
gagged so much heat by its fall. as To melt
as well as TO pulverize the glacier fragment
which was further melted by contact with
the warm surfaces and substances it EN-
countered on its way; was thus converted
into viscOus mud, and, in that form.
rushed suddenly down en- the unluckv
villages. The result was shocking.
Prof. Forel thus describes it: The
molten mass was fluid enough to slip
down slope of 10 feet in a hundred; ii
was dense enough to overthrow everything
in its passage. | estimate that it spent
about half an hour, perhaps a little more,
in reaching the Avre, from the point of its
fall. In few minutes, everything had
gone by, and there remained only coating
of mud, covering all the ruins with its
infected and viscous slime. In this enor-
nous fall from so great eight,-eXtend-
ing horizontally more than eight miles, |
find the most gigantic example | know of
glacial avalanche.
What adds to the singularity of this
disaster is, that no such avalanche has been
known to occur in this region; nor was
this huge and distant glacier at all dreaded
by those who lived near it, In the three
villages, more than $50 persons seem to
have been destroyed. The houses that re-
main are mostly uninhabitable. Where
the soil has not been swept away the crops
are choked up with thick layer of mud.
The small animals have persisted. CLAP
py are the families, says one writer, that
have been annihilated with all that they
DOSspss -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
The WORLDS Food supply.

When Humboldt visited South America
he examined the banana fruit carefully,
and declared that a single section of Cen
trail America could feed the whole world
with farinaceous product not inferior in
nutritve quality to the best grains, says
the Boston Globe. This declaration has
been the theme of thought for European
statesmen constantly, and as the producing
power of the banana is 40 times as great
as that of the potato, it is sought to utilize
it at first in feeding armies.
The banana is now being made into flour
and sample barrels of it have been sent to
Europe and this country. 1t is said to
make excellent bread and cakes, and with
the aid of milk and other appliances is
canned in various forms. The German
vegetable chemists report that the banana
is more nutritious than meat, and is not
lacking in the beer-producing quality.
This prolific fruit grows well in various
southern sections of the United States.
and capitalists are moving in the matter of
its home cultivation. That which is chief
ly of interest to the humanitarian is the
knowledge that the earth bears a farina-
ceous product of limitless productive pow
er, healthy, palatable and nutritious,
which, were its full resources called out,
could keep the whole world supplied with
food
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

his child which was in possession of the
mother, Lamora 5. McFarlane. The Of
iicers aided McFarlane, acting on the adj
vice of the attorney. McFarlane has re-
turned to Danbury and has been bound
over to the superior court.
The large steam saw mill of Edwin Lane
in Marshtield, on the line of the Montpelier
Wells River railroad. was consumed
by fire Sunday morning with seven freight
cars, some loaded and others partly loaded
with lumber for shipment. The railroad
depot building and large shed partially
filled with wood were also burned. The
total loss is estimated at not less than Slj.-
600, with $1,000 insurance on the mill and
its contents, leaving Mr.. Lanes loss on
thai part of his property not less than
5000, as he had full outfit of machinery.
Aid was summoned from Montpelier. but
the fire company arrived too late to be of
service
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

THE VERMONT NEWS.
Ncrm0nt's Military Post.

The Establishment VIII Involve the EN-
penditure of Hundreds of Thousands
of Dollars.
According to the provisions Of the sundrv
civil bill, Vermont will have the military
post which its delegation i'm Congress has
so earnestly and persevcrngly labored to
secure, says the Burlington Free Press.
Senator Proctor and Gen. Grout have
worked together in this matter. and as a
result the House and Senate both agreed TO
the provision i'm question. This is a mat
ter OF no small moment as it involves the
future outlay by this government of several
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and il
has been secured only by the most persist
ent and watchful effort for its success. 1t
may be said that without such experience
and standing as Gen. Grout has in the
House its success there would not have
been possible, and without the weight of
senator Proctor's intuece i'm military
matters, derived in part from his services
as secretary of war, the favorable action of
the Senate would not have been secured.
lhe advantages which will result to Yer
mont from the establishment within its
borders of military post like that contem-
plated in the sundry civil bill, cannot be
i' - '''lli"tOu 1T IlllS lllne. III
times OF peace it will afford no small feel
ing OF security to the residents of this re-
glon while its influence upon our state
militia, by way of example, will without
doubt be highly beneficial. Should war
ever ensue between England and the Unit
ed States the military post would serve as
the nucleus for a force which would do
much to repel an unexpected armed inya-
sion of orr territory. Congress has done
well in this matter to make provision for
an ounce of prevention before there was
necessity for pound of cure.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
CTATE OF VERMONT. Marlhoro IS

- BY the Probate Court for said District
10 all persons interested in the Estate of
EBENEZER ALLEN, late Of Wardsboro. In
said district, deceased Greeting
Whereas +. c. Allen. Administrator upon
the estate of Ebenezer ALI n, late of Wardsboro
in said district deceased, has filed a petition i'm
thls court setting forth that the sale OF the whole
OF the real estate of said deceased will be beneficial
TO the heirs and all persons interested therein
ana praying for license to sell the same, and at
the same time filed in this court what purports to
be the consent in writing of all the heirs residing
IN TINS state to such sale Whereupon it is order
ed That the same be heard at the session of said
court TO be held at the Probate Office in Brattle-
ooro, on the last Saturday of August A. d. 1892
when and where you may be heard in the prem.
ises If you see cause
% r w STODDARD Ragistar
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

and cures; a tonic that invigorates and builds
up; nervine that soothes and strengthens
And if it doesn't do what its makers claim
for it, they don't want your money.
For all the functional arrangements, pain
ful disorders, and chronic weaknesses that
afilict womankind, the Prescription is a
safe and certain remedy-a guaranteed one
In g female complaints of every nature, pc
riodical pains, internal inflammation and
liberation, leucOrThea, and all kindred all
ments-if it fails to benefit or cure, you have
your money back
No other medicine for women is sold on
such trying terms. II any could be, you may
be sure that it WOULD be. Is something else
which pays the dealer better, likely to be
:" Just as good ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Train Robbers Use Dynamite.
They Blow up an Express Car and Sc
cure 100000 Ia S5O.OOO.

They blow up an Express Car and Sc
cure 100000 to $4,000.
A passenger train on the Central Pacific
railroad was held up by train robbers near
Coils, Cal, on Thursday night of last
week. The sum in the messengers safe
was between $50, 900 and $4,000. Sever
al deputy sheriffs were on board the train,
but no resistance was offered. Two rob-
bers boarded the tender as the train was
pulling out of Coils station and covered the
engineer and tiremen with dOuble-barreled
shotguns. When the train passed Rollinda
station the engineer was ordered to stop.
The fireman was ordered to touch off the
fuse of a dynamite cartridge which the
robbers placed on the piston rod on the
left side of the locomotive The explosion
was terrific, breaking the piston rod and
partially disabling the engine. The rob
bers then proceeded to lombard the two
doors of the express car by exploding
dynamite cartridges, which tore the doors
into splnters and smashed the floor of the
car.
The robbers entered the express car and
covering the messenger with shotguns,
ordered him to open the Wells Fargo com
pany's safe. He was so nervous and eX-
cited that he forgot the combination. The
ROBBERS struck MN heavy OlOW on the
head with gun and threatened to kill
him if he did not Immediately open the
safe. With trembling hands he did so and
they took out the sacks of coin. When
the desperadoes exploded the first cartridge
on the engine the passengers put their
heads out of the windows to see what was
going on, but they drew them back again
when they found pistol bullets and buck
shot whistling past their ears. A panic
ensued, the passengers making a wild
scramble under the seats to keep out of
range of the flying missiles. The express
car was shattered into atoms by the con
cussion. The time occupied in blowing
open the car and securing the money was
not more than % or 80 minutes. Although
only two men appeared to do the principal
part of the work, it is believed there were
several confederates.
The two robbers were captured the fol-
lowing day after an exciting chase, during
which they shot deputy sheriff in the
neck. Both men showed fight to the end,
but were finally brought to bay by 100
armed men. Their plumber was not found.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

~ ESTATE OF ELISABETH B. ROWLAND.
- Inc Undersigned having been appointed by the
NJ hmable Probate Court for the District of MARI
ooro commissioners to receive, examine and adj
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
tle estate OF Elisabeth b. Rowland late of Brat
tleboro IN said district deceased and all claims ex
hblted IN offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we VIII meet for the purpose aforesaid at the
olce OF ,. y. Herrick ia Brattleboro on the
next from 2 A. NJ, until O'Clock p NJ. on
eaGh OF said days, and that six months from the
oot9 nay OF July, 1892, is the time limited by
sald court for said creditors to present their
claims 70 us Tor examination and allowance
Dated at Brattleboro. this 9th day of JuIy 1922
% s. " H Hi1EfHE' Commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

According to press despatch family
living near Buena Vista, KY, and the
cook, ate cabbage for dinner Saturday and
were soon taken with pains which caused
the death of four of the family and the
cook in few hours. In looking for the
cause of the sudden deaths, it was found
that snake of the spreading viper species
had been cooked in the pot with the cab
bage. How the reptile got there no one
knows, and whether the story is actual
fact, or just Kentucky snake story, we
do not know.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

ESTATE OF OLLIE . BLOOD
?, We the subscribers being duly appointed by the
honorable Probate Court for the District of West.
munster commissioners To receive. examine and
ADJUST all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate Of ollie .. Blood late of
futney, in said district, decreased. and all
claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give no.
ice that We VIII meet for the purpose aforesaid at
the house OF Denison Davis in Putney. on the 9Th
DAY OF September ami 10Th day of December
next, from p N, until p. NJ. on each Of said
DAYS ana that six months from the 18th day of
June last, is the time limited by said court for
SAID creditors to present their claims to us for
examination and allowance
~ Dated this 18th day of August. 1892
81 DENISON DAVIS.
GEO. II. PHILLIPS commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
COMMTssIONERs, NoT,CE

-, ESTATE OF ISAAC A. WELD
The undersigned having been dulv annointa5
by the Honorable Probate Court for the District ~
Marlboro Commissioners to receive. examine and
adjust all claims and demands of ali persons
FORD, in said district, deceased and ali claims
exhloted in offset thereto hereby give notice thar
we VIII meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the
late residence OF said deceased on the twentyffth
day OF August and the thirteenth day OF Jan
uary next, from p. M until O'Clock p NJ on
each OF said days. and that months from the 18Th
SAID court for said creditors to present their claims
10 us Tor examination and allowance
Dated at Guilford, this 18th day of July, 1892
80 G. W FRANKHfTNI-N Commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
CTATE OF VERMONT,
~ Nlndham County Clerks Office
In Chancery, August ?. 1892
ALBERT T. DOOLITTLE AND
MARY DOOLITTLE
EUGENE L. SATNnERs-

FL NE.NE l.. OAl NlEkS.
Whereas, Albert 7. Doolittle and Mary Doolit-
tie OF Wardsboro, in said county have this day
filed in this Office their petition against Eugene
l.. Saunders, formerly of the same Wardsboro
now gone TO parts unknown to the petitioners
setting forth that Herbert f. and Selma A. Kid
der on the 18th of October 1891 executed a mort
gage 10 the Mindham County Savings bank Of
Newtane. IN said county, of the following describ-
ed lands situate in said Wardsboro viz: One par-
eel OF land bounded north by the highway lead
i,ng easteIly from Mardsboro common. east by
lands OF II +. kidder, South WardshOro Gene
terry; II. +. kidder's mill pond and lands of A T.
DOohttle; south by land of said DoOittle and west
by , iand s OF II; H. kidder, lr and the highway
White $. Also parcel of land bounded north by
the highway leading from South Wardsboro vii
lage TO \, G. Johnson's southeasterly by the high
way leading from South WardsbOro village 10 f.
K; Whites; westerly by lands of n c. johnson
Also parcel of land bounded north by land of
A, T. Doolitte east by land of Levi W. Crown
lngshleldi south by land known as the Noah Har-
rls farm, and west by land of A T. Doottle.
Conditioned for the payment of a note of 800
10 SAID savings bank, signed by said Kidder, and
that SAID mortgage and note has been assigned 10
SAID petitioners. And that the said Eugene L.
saunders subsequent to the giving Of said mort
gage purchased all the right and title of the said
hluuef IN sad premises and took deed thereof
and on the 10Th of January, 1892 executed mort.
gage OF the above described premises, subject 10
salI hrst mortgage TO said petitioners condition
ed Tor the payment of note of S525 dated said
10th OF January, 1892, payable to said petitioners
on demand with interest and signed by said Saun-
ders' ana also conditioned for the payment of a
note given to II. e. Kidder for $50 and signed BY
said Saunders as principal and said A. II Doot-
Tie as surety, all of which notes are now due and
unpaid and praying for the foreclosure of said
mortgage Which said petition is retunable To
the next term of the court OF chancery to be held
IN Newiane in and for said county on the second
Tuesday OF September, 1892 And il appearing
that the said Eugene L. Saunders is without this
state and IN parts unknown il is ordered that the
petitioners notify said Eugene l.. Saunders of
lHelr SAD petltlon ana OF the term OF court to
which the same is returnable, by publishing this
order three weeks successfully in The Vermont
Phoenix the last publication to be twenty DAYS
previous 10 said next September term of said
court which publication will be- deemed sufficient
notice to said Eugene L. Saunders TO appear and
make answer TO said petition.
r. TYLER, Clerk
Haskins & Stoddarl, solicitors for petitioners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

deacon" S. V. White of the New York
stock exchange has shown remarkable
ability in paying his debts. Six months
ago the deacon was reinstated in the eX-
change from which he had been dropped
on account of his corn failure. On Friday
IT was announced that he had paid $780,
600 OF the amount which stood against him
a half year since and for the payment of
which his creditors had taken his word
of honor. Mr.. White knows the ropes
evidently, but who knows out of whose
pockets came the 100000 which he has
made in six months in Wall street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
OOMMIssIONERs, NOTICE

~ ESTATE OF JAMES. A. WILLIS.
~ Inc Undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for tn. bstrict 81 Ill 0
O0ro. commissioners to receive, examine and
ADJUST az claims and demands of all persons
against the estate OF James Willis late of
Stratton. in said district deceased and ali
claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give no
ce that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at
I I mn Oh Mlon r Perry in Stratton on the 3Oth
day of August and the 9Th day of December nsTt
from 10 A. NJ until p. NJ, on each of said days
ana that six months from the ID day of JuIy
said creditors to present their claims to ms for az
animation and allowance
Dated at Stratton. this 9Th day of August 1892
HENRY p. FORESTER, C..-.,--,-
j. d. STYLES. 81 commissioners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

- BY the Probate Court for said District
10 al persons interested in the estate of OR
kiN PARSONS, late of Stratton. in said
District deceased Graating
You are hereby notified that this court will de
eide upon the allowance of the account of Daniel
Sherwln, Administrator upon the estate of Orrin
PARSONS, late of Brattleboro, in said district de.
ceased. and decree distribution thereof to the
persons entitled thereto at the session thereof to
DE held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro
on the last Saturday of August A. D. 1892
when and where you may be heard in the prem.
Uses. if you see cause
y r w STODDARD Reo,;star
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12

CTATEOFYERmONr. w.stn,in.... =,

y The Probate Court for said District
10 all persons interested i'm the estate of
FRED NJ RYDER late of Jamaica, in said dis.
- Wiu ueoet'se IN, Greeting.
on the estate of Fred VI. Ryder late of JaInaica
IN SAID district. deceased has filed her petition
~ ts court setting forth that the sale of the whole
OF the real estate of said desceased viii he hen
ehca 10 the heirs and all persons Interested
eneIelh' and praying for license to sell the same
anu AT the same time filed in this court what
purports to be the consent in writing ~ ali tha
helrs residing in this state to such sale. Where
upon " is ordered that the same be heard at SEES
Se 9i VI salG court TO be held at the Probate
2u uay OF September, A d. 1892, when and where
you may be heard in the premises if Won see canss
u ZlNA H. ALLBEE, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
l,TATEOFVERMONr. wn.tmins,0r u

; BY the Probate Court for said District.
10 all persons Interested in the estate of
JOIN a. ADAMS, late Of Putney. in said Dis
u ~ u'CedSeu' Greeting
uu are hereby notified that this court will de
Cldt upon the allowance of the account of William
II Adams. Administrator upon s2id estate. and
decree distribution thereof to the persons entitled
at the session thereof to be held at the Pro.
batr Office IN Bellows Falls. on the 30 day of
September. 1892, when and where YOU NAV be-
heard in the premises if YOU see cause
81 LINA II ALLBEE Register.