Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-10

factory shut down Saturday morning, ow-
ing to the breaking of one of the arms of
the crank shaft The break was in
wrought iron, two and one-half inches
thick and seven inches wide, and was re-
paired by shrinking on an iron band one
inch thick The works were started up
Monday morning
The Williams Theatre company, which
have been performing in the town hall,
left Thursday, having impressed the very
few who attended with its genuineness as
a fake. They were advertised TO stay all
the week, but left after three nights per-
formances, the receipts being insufficient
to meet expenses. This speaks well for
our people, and we hope it will be a warn
ing to other cheap shows. Something of
a higher standard and more elevating in
character is what we want.
Rev. Mr.. Hodgden of Dartmouth col
lege is expected to preach at the town
hall Sunday, Nov. u, at 10:45 a. NJ.
A. W. J. wilkins, the marble worker, is
placing on the lot of the late James II.
Knight, in Maple Grove cemetery, fine
monument of Quincy granite.
A special meeting of the Universalist
parish will be held Monday evening, Nov.
Is, at 1880, in the chapel Rev. :. A.
Parker will be present. A full attendance
is requested,
Mr. Pierce, G. w. p, of Vergennes and
Mr. Kibby, p. G.. w. F., will meet with
the Sons of Temperance here next TueS
day evening to reOrganize and 9.
tn GOOD WORKING order q o7ir lot more than
ed are inv;.IiOin other lands, aside from
mo npmiuipu Of Canada
The annex 10 the transportation build
ing at the World Fair is to be converted
into big secondhand shop where every
sort Of article, great and small, used at the
fair, from steam iire-engine, down TO
benches, drinking-cups, towels and pitch
forks will be sold.
To show the fearful force of the dyna-
mite explosion at Santander. spain, it is
said that houses were set on fire - miles
away by burning fragments. An officer
who was present at the scene asserts that
1000 cases of dynamite exploded, while the
limit allowed by law for one cargo is only
20
Longfellow, the greatest of American
sires, and one Of the most famous race
horses in the world. died of old age at the
Nantura stock farm in Woodford county,
KY. Sunday night. He was the sire of
more winners and more noted race horses
/ than any other thoroughbred stallion, ma
| tive or imported, in this country.
/ ( The strength displayed by silver during
| the past week has attracted the attention
/ Of treasury officials who keep close watch
! on the least fluctuations in the matters af-
/ fecting the value of money the world over.
/ The cause for this strength is believed to be
/ due TO a well grounded opinion that Rus
STA, in the near future will adopt silver as
part of her monetary system.
The report of the superintendent Of the
/ bureau OF immigration shows that during
/ the last fiscal year 440. 1913 immigrants ar
/ rived in this country, a decrease OF al, G}4
/ from the previous year. OF those arriving
/ 1868 were debarred from landing from Off
/ cial causes, and 81 were returned, having
become public charges within one year
| after arriving in the United States.
The full bench OF the supreme judicial
/ court, in an opinion filed at Boston Friday,
/ holds that the interchangeable mileage act
I Of lsg2 is unconstitutional, and dismisses
/ information brought by the attorney gen
eral against the Old Colony railroad COM
pany TO compel the respondent TO sell
mileage tickets to all who apply for them
| and to redeem all such tickets presented by
any other railroad corporation.
Clarence King, the noted scientist, is in
sane.l THE two things by which he is best
remembered are his bold and successful
scheme Of surveying complete geological
/ section of the western Cordilleras OF the
/ 4Oth parallel in 1867, and his exposure OF
| the fraudulent "salted" diamond fields in
/ 1872. He also did good service in the es-
/ adjustment of the United States geological
survey, securing the necessary legislation
/ by personal efforts in the face of bitter OPP
/ position.
Dispatches from Honduras, one of the
/ Central American states, state that by the
/ alleged orders of President Vasquez, and
/ 10y the express command of the commits
/ sioner Of the port Of Amapala, seven can
non shots We're fired after the Pacific Mai
steamship Costa Rica, flying the stars and
stripes, as she steamed away from La Lib
! ertad Tuesday morning, because she re-
fused TO surrender one Of her passengers 10
the Honduras government. The passen-
ger about whom the trouble arose is Poll
carpo Bonilla, who recently led the revolu-
ton in Honduras, but was defeated by
Gen. Vasquez.