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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28

BY J. Fl. Valentine. Auctioneer.
1896 east Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days.

BY John T. Goddin & Co..
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.
Bank and eleventh streets.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28
EMPLOYMENT WANTS.
TO HOTEL-KEEPERS.

4 GENTLEMAN 80 YEARS OLD,
with sixteen years experience in mer-
Had entire charge of store for seven
years. VIII work for small salary to
start with First-class references. Ad-
dress MERCHANT. care Dispatch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28

BY George w. Mayo. Auctioneer.
Nos. % and Is north Ninth street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28
AIMS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND

Gas A. M, From Atlanta and Jackson
VILE
$50 p. NJ. From Atlanta and Augusta.
$40 A. NJ. From Keysyille.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28

ANTIQUE FURNITURE WANTED,
especially SOFA TABLE. mahogany in
laid with brass or light wood. Also other
Address Box II. Wayiand, Mass. fe 20-9t'
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WANTED, A HUsTLING AGENT FOR
A NOVEL PLAN OF INSURANCE..
Monthly dues, 81. Salary after trial not
to exceed SO. Chance for promotion. Do
not apply unless you can average one
member per day Box 130 city. fe 2S-lt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-28

WANTED. A SECONDHAND TYPE
WRiTER. in good condition. State lowest
cash price. Address +. o. Box q.
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BUSINESS WANTS.

WANTED, a GENTLE.MAN'S LIGHT
WEIGHT SECONDHAND BICYCLE.
State price, how long in use, and present
care Dispatch fe 2S-lt'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

The hills and the valleys are fast asleep
In the warmth OF the summer noon;
| The yellow lilies stand straight and tall
Like sentinels under the grim stone wall;
Butterflies, amber and white and brown.
| Whirl and flutter and settle down;
Birds, like bits Of the cloudless sky,
Silently over the pathway fly;
Brown bees tired of the chase they've led,
Rock i'm the clover blossoms red
And softly, sleepily Groom
Poppes, scarlet as sunset seas
Nod and bend in the idle breeze:
Grasses, fringing the fields of wheat,
Simmer white in the waves of heat,
And naples under the light winds play
Glimmer with mingled green and gray.
The quiet world in the silence mild
Thrills like the soul of dreaming child.
But when the days brief reign Is past,
And shadows rise to rule at last,
And all the flowers are dying;
When down the misty mountain sides
The murky twilight turks and glides,
And all the lights are flying;
When gently through the silent dusk
The pink rose leaves are falling
And from the shining upland plain
The whippoorw lis are calling;
When fire flies flash their torches bright
Through willow boughs low bending
All me! fear
The summers ending.
Into my heart there comes
vague but sad regret.
All! fair sweet summer day, too soon
We shall forget
Too soon forget the mystic charm
You weave above you
Too soon forget your smiling face,
Though now we love you.
Oh golden lie the waiting fields
With sunshine DER them CHANGING,
And bright the winding river CLEANS.
And all the ripping rills and streams
With mirth are dancing;
The lakes are seas of burning glass,
The brooks are crystal clear;
Like CHEEKY prophets in the grass
The crickets' chirp we hear;
But through the beauty and the glee
There rings a note of sorrow:
Today is sW eet, but all too fleet
Too soon will come the morrow.
-Angelmd ", WraB IL, Hdrper's Bdz
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
Seals Were Never So Scarce.

The officers of the United States revenue
cutter fleet in Boring sea report the almost
total absence of seals in northern waters
this year. Captain d. f. Tozier, command
ing the United States revenue cutter Grant,
writes under date of July TO- from I'm
alaska, that during the month of June his
vessel cruised 4457 miles, and that up to
July 3, he had seen in Boring sea but four
seals. From July Is to July 30 the Grant
cruised $500 miles in the Boring sea. Four
hundred seals, he said, were found during
June on Walrus Island, thing heretofore
unknown. Such great scarcity of seals at
this season of the year, has never been
known before, and it is believed to be due
TO the previous slaughter in the open sea
of pelagic seals.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
WILMINGTON.
Death of menry G. Wnre.

Henry C. Ware died at his home last
Saturday and was buried Monday. Mr..
Ware was a Woodworking industrious
farmer, an obliging neighbour an affection
ate husband and father, a good citizen.
He enlisted Aug, y, 1862, in Co. E, 18th
Vermont Volunteers, and served until
June "a, 1865. He was one of the best
soldiers ever sent from this town. Since
returning from the army he has lived in
town, following the occupation of farm
er. He never sought publicity, but dis
charged all duties and obligations faith
fully and well, He married Miss Mary
Boyd, who survives him with several chill
dren. Mr.. Ware was a member of c. b.
Lawton post, G. A. r., which attended
the funeral in body and conducted the
regular service at the grave. Rev. r. C.
7. Mckenzie conducted the services, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Kidder rendered appropriate
music.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
MRS. j. G. WHITNEY.

Mrs. j. G. Whitney, who died at her
home in Halifax on the goth ult., was the
daughter of Jonathan and Lavina Bing-
ham of this town. Most of her life had
been spent in Brattleboro, it being only
about three years ago that Mr.. Whitney
went back to the home of his childhood
and bought the farm among the naples
where both had since enjoyed the quiet of
farm life. Her long illness was one of in
tense suffering, and was borne with the
same patience and loving Christian spirit
which marked her whole life and won her
so many friends. Besides her husband she
is survived by three daughters-Mrs. Mix
er, Mrs. Ernest Convey, and Mrs. Frank
Convey. Three brothers and three sisters
also survive-Elihu and Marshall Bing-
ham of Brattleboro and Willard Bingham
of Newfane; Mrs. Thomas Kaye, Mrs. A.
b. Gibbs and Mrs. d. w. Tenney, all of
BrattlebOro. Mrs. Whtneys funeral was
held at the house Wednesday afternoon,
Rev. A. A. Smith, pastor of the West
Halifax Baptist church, officiating. A
large company of relatives and other
friends gathered to pay last tribute of
love to one who always had word of love
and cheer for them. The choir sang APP
propriate selections, and loving hands COW
cred the casket with the flowers which
Mrs. Whitney had loved so well. The seuti-
ment of all was voiced in the words of a
friend who said, "A devoted wife, a loving
mother and a true friend has passed
away"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
His Death as a Loss TO the Art of Arch
iIecImre

His Death as a Loss to the Art of Arch
itecture.
From the editorial columns of the New York
SUM
In Richard M. Hunt the art of architec-
ture has lost its foremost and its most in
spring figure in America. He has left no
monuments to denote his strength and
power to posterity equal to the growth of
the art in this country and the extraordi-
nary progress that it has made during the
last quarter of a century, which are insepa-
rably identified with his own career. He
was man of genius and of heart; and in
those qualities of both whereby the great
army of his friends knew him his was one
of the unique and charming personalities
of his time.
Many beautiful structures attest his
taste his learning and his intensely artis-
tic spirit, but those who knew his career
and its surroundings more intimately will
best remember him by the ambitions that
he excited in others, by the wonderful vi
tally that he impaired to the whole art
movement about him, and by his abso-
lutely unselish devotion to the best inter
ests of the profession that he adorned.
Hunts was a broad, manly, gener-
Gus, and a lofty soul, and his place will not
soon be filled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
The hammock indian Troubles.

News from the alleged uprising Of the
Bannock Indians at Jackson's Hole, Wy
oming, continues to be contradictory.
Stories If battles and massacres of settlers
by the Bannocks have been reported and
denied. Five companies of infantry and
a detachment of cavalry have been de-
spatched to the scene of the trouble. A
clearer view of the cause of the difficulty
has been gained BY treaty with the
United States the Indians were granted
hunting privileges in Jackson's Hole which
conflict with the local game laws to which
the settlers are ameDable. 1t was on the
charge of violating these game laws that
some of the Banuocks were arrested, and
six or seven shot down on the plea that
they attempted to escape. Then the tribe
went on the warpath to avenge what they
considered the murder of their brethren
The region known as Jackson's Hole is a
narrow valley lying about 5000 feet above
the sea, just south of and bordering on the
Yellowstone National park.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

81 have carried this joke a little too far
remarked the humOrst, as he found that
he had walked six blocks beyond the office
of "The Weekly Comic. "-SyrdcuSe Post.
A month after the elopement: She-I
got a letter from papa today saying that he
had made his will.
He-Do we come in anywhere?
She-Not directly, but he has left all
his money to an asylum for idiots.
Indianapolis journal.
81 am sorry, colonel" said the foreman
to the veteran editor "but your editorial
on the death of Major Short is no good"
'What do you mean, sir ?"
"He's done got WE'LL"
"That's bad. But just switch it around
to his grandfather; I'm certain he's dead
for killed him myself"
Atlanta Constitution.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
COunterfeiters Captured.
The Gang Were Preparing to DO an
Extensive Business and Had n Conn
plete Plant.

The Gang Were Preparing to DO an
Extensive Business and Had Conn
pIete Plant.
The biggest gang of counterfeiters that ever
operated in this country have been captur-
ed within few days in New York city
and Hoboken, n. j., by secret service Off
cials. The leaders of the gang were DR..
o. +. Bradford, who was ostensibly den
fist in New York city, and who has a state
prison record, and old William e. Brock
way, the noted counterfeiter, who return
ed to his trade at the age of %, although
he had a 3O-year sentence, imposed in 1880,
hanging over his head to be put in force if
he should be ever arrested again for coun-
terfeiting
DR.. Bradford succeeded in slipping
through the hands of two officials who
were guarding him in his room, but Brock
way, Mrs. Abbie Lbbie Smith, VIM. +.
Wagner, Adolph Smith and Sidney Smith
are under arrest. The latter is an engraver,
son of Charles Smith, the noted bond and
note forger. The headquarters of the gang
were in a cottage at Ioboken, n. j.,
where a complete counterfeting plant was
found. The stock included large quanti-
ty of fibre paper cut into the size of gov
q llOlfSs AuOlllfl llllN was udlh
notes which, if genuine, would be worth
500, 600, all of the 500 denomination, of
the bank of Montreal, Can. These were
printed on one side only. The plate for
the other side was found. Another batch
was counterfeit notes representing $780,
600 worth of 500 gold certificates, with
the vignette of President Lincoln These
were printed on the reverse side only.
There were however, 5000 of these gold
certificates which were complete except for
the numbering.
The fibre paper found in the counter
feiters' shop was of tineAuality and bore
the water mark of the Crane company of
Dalton, Mass. This concern makes the
paper for the government bills, and its
process is kept a close secret and every
sheet counted. II appears, however, that
the government paper has no water mark
and that the stock used by the counterfeit
ers was simply Crane ~ Co.'S bond paper
made for general commercial use.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

Miss Leone Russell is visiting in Green
witch and Saratoga.
c. D. Spencer has been in Springfield,
Mass, this week on business.
The village trustees have ordered the
erection of four additional street lamps.
S. c. Pike and Gilbert L. Morris are at
Troy, n. Y, at work in a new knitting
mill.
The selectmen and road commissioner
have examined ground near Chas. NJ
Wares with a view to laying a road to
Mountain Mills.
The concert given Monday evening at
the Methodist church by Prof. Harrington
and Miss Randolph and the class that has
been under their instruction was well at
tended, and was thoroughly enjoyed by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
NoMMIssIoNERs, NOTICE.

y ESTATE OF JANE f HIGGINS
The undersigned having been appointed BY the
Honorable Probate Court for the District Of Marl.
boro Commissioners. to receive, examine and ad
Just all claims and demands Of all persons against
the estate of Jane +. Higgins, late of Brattle
boro in said district deceased, and all claims ex.
hbtrd In offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
office Of william S. Newton, on the Both day Of
August, and the Goth day Of December. next
from 10 O'Clock A. NJ, until O'Clock p. N, on
eacn Of said days, and that six months from the
twenty.nnth day OF June, A d. 1895. is the time
limited by said court for said creditors to present
their claims to US for examination and allowance
Dated at Bratteboro this Both day Of July
A. D. 1895.
81 CA HARRIS. COMMISSIONERS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

Mrs. James Coburn, who was injured
by falling into an abandoned well at Win
chester short time ago, as described in
The Phoenix, died last week Wednesday.
The new Boston d Maine engine house
at Claremont Junction was burned Mon
day morning, involving loss of about
$500, covered by insurance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
Are You Ever Annoyed

BY buzzing roaring sound in your headY
Have you any difficulty in hearing distinctlyi
Are you troubled with a continual dropping of
mucous, irritating the throat and causing YOU to
coughy Is your breath unpleasantly affected
and accompanied with bad taste? Is your hear
ing less acuteS If so, you have catarrh and
Balm, the best known remedy. The balm will
give instant relief
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
AtgaI Notices.
~oMMIssIoNERs, NOTICE.

- ESTATE OF JOHN GOULD
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of
Marlboro, commissioners, to receive. examine and
adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate Of John Gould late Of
Brattleboro, in said district, deceased, and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give no.
tice that we v i'll meet for the purpose aforesaid
at the Probate Office in Brattleboro, on the 10th
day Of August, aud the 2sth day Of December
each Of said days, and that six months from
the 21th day Of July A. d. 1895, is the time
limited ny said court for said creditors 20 pre-
sent their claims to us for examination and al.
lowance
Dated at Brattleboro, this 3lst day Of July,
1895
A. STARKEY, Communications,
81 b. A. CLARK. oO'i'iiiis9I'HeI7
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
Why Not YOuI

When thousands of people are taking Hoods
Sa rsaparilla TO overcome the weakness and
languor which are so common at this season.
why are you not doing the same? When you
cure rheumatism, dyspepsia and all diseases
ca used by impure blood, why do you continue to
Hood S Pills are prompt and efficient. Price,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

all. Miss French of Boston, elocutionist,
gave several pleasing recitations.
The Montpelier Watchman says: CDR.
A. w. Rice is in Boston at the city hospital
and the Massachusetts general hospital, TAX
ing special courses in surgery under Pro-
fessors MiXter, Monk, COnant and others.
He will go to New York to take post
graduate course before his return to Mont
pelier."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
WANTED.

Ten men at once as solicitors. We
have some rich territory open, Come
with references. Apply to O. G LEON
ARD, General Agent, 81 Main Street,
Brattleboro, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
For Sale,

A HANDSOME place in a delightful village of
"A Nindham county, two-story house, large
rooms, Two piaZZas, upper and lower; painted
white with green blinds in good repair Beauti-
full shade trees pine and maple, and large mum
Der OF excellent fruit trees. Commodious barns.
new poultry house, sugar house, shop. Running
water 10 house and barn Seventeen acres az
land, part moving and part pasture. The grass,
trult ana pasturage alone will pay six per cent on
cost OF place. This is a most delightful place for
a summer residence, or retired business man.
This property recently came into my hands and
having no use for the same l am ready to give
some one bargain. Write at once Tor particu.
lars and photograph. Terms so low you will be
VT. 10y e''H
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
The Vermont Academy
SaXtOns River, VT.

IMENIlETH YEAR opens SeptemberlO. Lo.
a catoh unsurpassed for beauty and health
school Tor both sexes Prepares for any college
ADMISSION 10 college on certificate. Fine build
tary drill, Thirteen teachers Training for char
acter and citizenship. For catalogues or other
Information, apply to Vermont Academy. $50
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

A telegram from Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, says that Frank Buck, the young
bandit leader, who, in company with three
Others of his gang, last week murdered
Deputy Marshal Garrett at Okmulgee, has
added more tiendish crimes to his list. On
Sunday he and pal assaulted a white girl,
and the same evening wantonly shot and
killed a negro boy.
A burglar entered the residence of AL
bert O. Shaw at Lebanon, n. H., Sunday
morning and had large amount of family
silver packed into bag when discovered
The burglar fired at Shaw first, but missed
him. Shaw fired four times, one bullet
smashing the dark lantern in the burglar
hands and wounding him, drawing a large
amount of blood. The thief escaped.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
10000 More spanish Troops In Cuba

Cuban sympathizers believe that GEN
Campos, the Spanish commander, is sur
rounded by the insurgents in the vicinity
of Bayamo. 1t is scarcely probable that so
skilled a campagner as the veteran mar
shall would permit himself to be hemmed
in by the enemy. His visit to Cuba has
turned out to be no holiday jaunt. The
insurgents are deadly in earnest, have the
good will of the country people, and ap-
pear to have little difficulty in keeping up
supplies. Within two months the govern
ment forces will be reinforced with some
10000 troops and the weather will permit
of more active campaigning. The warfare
is likely to be long drawn out and an i'm
mense tax on the Spanish strong box.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09
HINSDALE, N. II.

Robert Blanchard, to whom The Phoenix
referred last week as the largest boy of his
age in the country, lives with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Blanchard, in that
part of the town called Chestnut hill.
Young Blanchard was 10 years old last
May is q feet y inches in height and tips
the scales at $50 pounds. His chest meas
ure, 60 inches, would delight the heart of a
life insurance agent, while the girth of
abdomen is 80 inches. His form is sym
metrical his muscles hard as iron, he is
neither awkward nor clumsy and possesses
great strength His father is man of
small stature and weighs 167 pounds. The
mother is not unusually large, and two
younger sisters are the ordinary size of
girls of their age. The boy is a general
favorite, great reader and a member of
the High school. Hinsdale is anxious to
put in her claim Of having the biggest boy
giant in the United States. William L..
White, the Jamaica, l.. l., youth of 10,
whose size has attracted much attention, is
6 feet and 3 inches in height and weighs
262 pounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

George f. Richardson. Phu4ba A Richard.
son, Cyrus VI White. Ella Stebbins " hite,
George Austin White, Frank Ebert White,
Lucy Amelia Davis and her husband,
Henry w navis
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

WIN. S NEWTON. o,o-,-,,-u,...-.
CA. HARRIS, N''ii iiaaioHeI9
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-04
RATFs OF ADvERTIsTNG.
THE MAID OF THE MIST.
A Perilous Trip That the stanch Little
Craft Successfully Performed.

A PeriIous Trip That the stanch Little
Craft Successfully Performed.
Everybody who has visited Niagara
falls has heard Of the Maid Of the Mist.
Her history is interesting. She was
built in 1854 for navigation between the
American and Canadian shores of the
Niagara just below Niagara falls She
was 20 feet long. with IL feet breadth
of beam and feet depth of hold,
and she carried an engine Of 100 horse
power. After seven years service her
owner desired to sell her. He received
an offer of little more than half her
cost if he would deliver her at Niagara.
opposite the fort, and after consulting
with her captain and pilot, Joel r. Rob-
inson, he decided to accept the offer.
Robinson consented to act as pilot for
the fearful voyage. Jones. the engineer,
agreed to accompany him, and ma
chinist named Mcintyre volunteered to
share the risk with them.
On June 10, 1861, in the presence Of
a large crowd, the little vessel left the
dock, which was just above the suspen-
sion bridge, ran up the eddy short dis
lance, cleared the smooth water and shot
like an arrow into the rapid under the
bridge. When a third of the way down,
she was struck by a jet Of water which
carried away her smokestack and keeled
her over. But she speedily righted, and
after receiving another drenching from
the waves dashed ON without further ac-
cident to the quiet bosom of the river
below Lewiston. New York Adver-
tiger