Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-02-15

The tidal wave on the Atlantic coast last
week swept away 100 houses and business
buildings on Cape Breton, and it is be-
leved that many lives were lost.
The 10th birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Julia G. II. Dorr, Vermonts most noted
poetess, was celebrated by large recep-
ton and literary exercises at her home IN
Rutland Wednesday.
The Vermont Merino Sheep Shearing
associations annual meeting was held at
Middlebury Wednesday, when +. n. Bis
sell of East ShOreham was chosen presi
dent and Ira l.. Hamlin of Cornwall secre-
tary.
Count de Castellane, of an old and hon
ored French family, will soon marry Anna
Gould, the younger daughter of the late
Jay Gould. She has a fortune of S15,-
100000 and will settle 100000 on the
count.
w. A. Burbank's store at Barnet was
burned early Wednesday morning of last
week. The stock was valued at $4,000
and insured for $4,000. The building,
owned by Mrs. j. Q. Hoyt, was insured
for $500. Morgan's harness shop in the
basement was insured for 500.
Florida had its second severe freeze of
the winter last week, which completed
the damage begun the latter part of
December The loss is thought to exceed
s., 100000, the damage being great to veg
etable crops, pneapples, strawberries, and
| orange and lemon trees.
Three men employed at the intake tun-
mel of the Milwaukee water works on Lake
Michigan lost their lives in the gale of last
week Thursday night One of them was
cast adrift in yawl by accident and the
other two tried to save him on an impro-
vlsed raft.
The result of the Worlds Fair dairy
tests are to be printed by the government
They are full of valuable information for
dairymen, showing effect of breed, feed,
etc, on the quality and quantity of milk
| butter and cheese. As the edition will be
small it wilt be well for those who wish a
copy to make early application to Gen. w.
| w. Grout, Washington, d. G.
The jury in the case of Lizzie NJ. Cross
of Westmoreland, n. H, against Cyrus w
! Cross of Palmer for the alienation of heI
husbands affections, returned a verdict at
! Springfield Mass, yesterday for the plain
tiff, and assessed damages at $3.50. Mrs
Cross was several years older than her hus.
EDdhh, ilt btiiiE bAi1 az INC tllht VI blltll
marriage. The defendant is the PLAINTIFF
father-n-law Suit was brought for $1,000
Hon. John l.. Stevens, eX-minister t,
Hawaii, died at Augusta, Me-, Friday
aged 70. He was associated with Jane
G. Blaine in the management of the Ken
nebec journal, and had been United State
minister to the United Republic of Uru
quay and Paraguay, and to Sweden, befor
he came prominently before the public b,
his work in protecting American interest
and his efforts in behalf of American an
neXation at the time the republic wa
formed in Hawaii.
The rumor-disquieting or assuring, a
one chances to view it-comes from Pari
that the balloon sleeves, between whicl
femininity has so long been hidden, ar
about to collapse. The report declare
that in few short months these append
ages to the gowns of womankind will actu
ally consume less than one-half of the ma
terial required for the entire outfit. Their
is a prospect that in the near future tw
women will be able to pass each other o.
an ordinary sidewalk without collision, an
it is believed that the family remembers
custom of woman taking her escort
arm may be revived.