Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-04

plicity in the crime, is also
have been lynched, as he has
seen since he was captured by the


fJage OF more imam SSD,OUO IN the aC-
IS of the treasurer of Kings county
of Brooklyn is interesting chiefly be-
it reveals system, or rather lack of
EN-, in handling public funds which is
dangerous and disgraceful. This
jrtage, it appears, has extended over a
Nriod of years, and yet a so-caled expert
atcount~It has gone over the books every
IT, ,e months, made a perfunctory and
farcical examination of them, and reported
Everything all right to the supervisors.
> Deficit of SID 900, 900 in the Governs
ment Finances in January.
Omitted States Treasurer Morgan mailed
Monday 0,0jj checks, aggregating &c.,
S3j,404, i'm payment of interest due Janu-
airy l, 1895, on United States registered
per cent, consos of 1907, and bonds is
sued to Pacific railroad companies. On
January 1G, 81 1862 600 of principal and
S5S2423 of interest will have to be paid in
redeeming Central Pacific railroad bonds.
These two items, with the usual heavy eX-
penditures of January, will probably swell
the excess of government expenditures
over receipts for the month of January
1895, to S12,000,000 or Sl4,000,000.
A Daughter of James Fenimore Cooper.
Susan Fenimore Cooper daughter of
the first famous American novelist, James
Fenimore Cooper, died Monday in her
send year at Cooperstown, y. Y. She
was the second child of the novelist and
during his later years acted as his sec
rotary. She was the author of several
books, of which "Rural Hours" published
in 1850, is the best known.
A shortage amounting to between S15,-
600 and $4,000 is alleged to have been
found in the office of city collector of Lex
ington, Ky.
Geo. w, Robertson was found frozen to
death at Peekskill, n. Y, Friday. He
was formerly mayor of Peekskill several
terms, but drink led to his ruin.
The Carnegie mills at Braddock, Home
stead, Lawrencevile, Duquense and Beav-
er Falls, all in Pennsylvania, resumed work
Tuesday with a force of 12,00O men.
Phallas. 2:l34, died at Racine, Wis,
Friday. Phallas was foaled in Kentucky
in 1877, and at the age of seven dethroned
Smuggler as the king of trotting stations.
William f. Rossman, jr., bookkeeper in
the Hudson River national bank of Hud
son, \. j., was arrested Saturday night,
charged with the theft of about $4,000
from the bank
"a three cornered duel was fought at
Little Rock, Ark, Tuesday, between Jack
Stowe a wealthy mill owner, and two
brothers named Patrick. All three re-
ceived fatal wounds.
The Plat block in Waterbury, Conn,
was burned Friday. 1t contained Iery's
hotel, lawyers offices, and offices of city
officials. The loss was 100000. City,
anurt au1 oabopl r,apr,la ,t-ara burra1
Jacob Schane, %, a real estate man of
Coon Rapids, was robbed of $4,000 in
notes AMI drafts in Des Moines, Iowa, Fri
day night. His skull was fractured with a
coupling pin and his recovery is doubtful.
Barrett Scott, defaultng treasurer of
Holt county. Nebraska, was captured by a
mob while driving with his family Mon
day. 1t is supposed that he was hung by
the mob and his body thrown into the Nj
obrara river,
The home of Michael O'Connell of FL
Paso, Wis. was consumed by fire Sunday,
and Mrs. O'Connell and five children per-
ished in the flames. Two children escaped.
Mr. O'Connell was fatally burned in his
attempt to save the family.
Judge Ancon of New Orleans, dis
charged kid Lavigne and associate on
the finding of the cOroner's jury that Bow
en- the prize fighter, had net his death by
| conclusion of the brain, produced by strik-
ing the unpadded floor of the ring,
There are said to be in Quebec from
1000 to 5000 people out of employment in
destitute circumstances. The federal and
local governments and the city council
have been called upon to start some works
at once to give work to the unemployed.
a despatch from St. Paul says that
| Charles llochstaedter, manager of the
| United States clothing house of St. Paul,
| and part owner of the club clothing house
of Milwaukee, both of which failed Dec.
p, has disappeared with $4,000 to $40
| 600.
James A. Bailey, Nate Salisbury and W
| F. Cody(Buffalo BilDhave formed a part
nership to consolidate the Wild West and
| FOrepaugh shows next season, with a cap
| ital of 100000. The deal evidently
| does not include the Barnum Il Bailey
| show.
The President has approved an act tC
establish a national military park at tn,
| battlefield of Shiloh similar to those at
! Gettysburg and Chickamauga, carrying an
appropriation for 50, 900 for securing the
necessary land and for making improve,
ments.
Mrs. Amelia j. Bloomer, II, who dice
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, introduc
ed the costume for women which bore he
name, and also attained national reputa
tion as a lecturer for woman's suffrage and
temperance. She was one of the earliest
advocates of rational dress for women.
Mysterious and long-contnued series O
robberes at Rowley, Mass, have just beer
made public. Within six months 70C
pairs of shoes have been stolen from tn,
factory of G.. b. Prime. The thieves evi
IDENTIFY knew all of Mr. Primes movements
as no shoes were taken while watchmeT
were employed, but as soon as the watch
men were removed the stealing would be
gin again. State Officer Neal, who ha
tHau at work on the case, has found tn,
il shoes in Boston dealers store
men are uuifr suspicion of beiD'
ri picated in the Iobberl,s.