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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
FRATERNITIES.

The degree was conferred at a meeting of
Bingham chapter, o. E. s., Tuesday even
ing.
The installation of the officers of Fort
Drummer Royal Arch chapter will take
place this evening, and will be followed by
the comforting of the fourth, fifth and
sixth degrees.
The annual meeting of Brattleboro
lodge, No. 102, F. & A. NJ, will be held
Thursday evening for the election of Off
GERS and the transaction of other business.
1t is proposed to make this gathering the
annual reunion and all members are urged
to be present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

There is more catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed TO be in
durable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing 10 cure with
local treatment, pronounced II incurable Sci
ence hes proven catarrh TO be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires constitutional
Treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
constitutional cure on the market. IL Is taken
Internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaapoonful
IL acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case that 1t fails 70 cure. Send for cir
eulars and testimonials. Address, II. j. CHE
NEY & Co, Toledo, o.
taHf-Sold by druggists, rs cents t--
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
If a small bottIe Of Shaken plrestirs cord

If a small bottle Of Shaker Digestive Cordial
does you no good, don't buy a large one
prove all things; hold fast that which is
good" It's not good for everybody, only for
the the thin, pale, sick, weak and weary For
those who are starving for the want Of digested
food. For those who cannot get fat or strong,
because their stomachs do not work as they
ought to.
These are the people, millions of them, whom
Shaker Digestive Cordial win cure
Food makes strength, muscle, BRAIN blood, en-
ergy-after ii is dgested. If not digested 1t will
do you no good at all.
Shaker Digestive Cordial helps your stomach to
digest your food and cures indigestion perma.
nently. When you've tried a small bottle, YOU
can tell
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Y. M. @. A. NOTES.

The bowling tournament closes on May
80.
The annual meeting of the association
takes place May 9.
The speaker at the 4 o'clock meeting
Sunday afternoon will be G. A. Raynor,
general secretary of the Keene association.
There was a special meeting of the asso-
citation Monday evening, at which a COM
mittee was appointed to arrange for ban
quet at the time of the annual meeting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
ORANGE NEWS.

The regular meeting of Protective grange
for working the first and second degrees
will be held next Wednesday evening.
Windham county Pomona grange will
day at 10 o'clock A. NJ. In the afternoon
the fifth degree will be worked.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

meeting Of the Republican Club will be held
at the town hall Friday evening, April "a at 7:3O
P NJ for the purpose of eecting 10 delegates the
convention of the Republican League of Vermont
to be held at Montpelier at P. NJ. Tuesday, April
% Per order the executive committee, W. Z.
Hubbard, secretary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Smokers,

wish to call your attention to our complete
line of over 80 brands of domestic and imported
cigars 1 buy in large quantities and will make a
low figure to the box trade.
E. A. TYLER, Brooks House.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
A Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our most heartfelt thanks
to all friends and neighbors who have done so
much to aid and comfort us in our hour of mourn
ing for our daughter and sister; for the beautiful
flowers and the singers, May the God of love
always keep you in the midst Of such friends
WARREN FESSENDEN
MIR. AND MRS. r. H. BRIGGS.
JOHN @. FESSEND en-.
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Brooks House Barber Shop.

Having three BARRIERS in NV shop pre-
pared to meet all customers and guarantee salts
faction. Ladies' and chdren's work a speciality.
GEO. II. DANYEw
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

All disorders caused by bilious state of the
system can be cured by using Carter's Little
Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or discomfort at
tending their use. Try them.
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licensed Auctioneer.
Republican League Club.

q. p Miller, Office with A. f. Miller, Elliot
street, Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

C. G, Leonard formerly with the Phoenix life)
has secured the general agency for the old and
reliable Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company
of Newark, N ]. Assets, S58,269 1877 06, market
value. This is an old line company, organized in
1915, is up to date in every respect. In economy
of management, in largeness of dividends, in
liberality of policy, in absolute nonfoffeture and
in fair dealing with members it is excelled by no
company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

WALL PAPERs-We are showing line of wall
papers this sprng at s. :, 10 1919 and 10 cents roll
that are better value to you than anyone any
where can show you, Come in and let us prove
it, VAN DOOM a. NoRRIs
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
From Foreign Shores.

Emperor William will not attend the
races at CoweS this year.
Heinrich Gotham Won Treitschke,
the German historian, is dead. He
was born in 1884.
1t is said that Russia is preparing
TO strike AfghaniStan before a British
force could reach ii from the other
side.
The Dutch forces are Smelling Lampi-
sang, the chief village of Loe Koe Mar.
Java. the leader of the Achinese who
rejected the ultimatum Of Holland.
The Carthage. Mo-, ministerial ALI
nee has published a card urging
Christian people TO stay away from
the lecture to be given by Col. Robert
G.. Ingersoll.
The North German Gazette says that
the statement that the imperial chan
cellor, Prince Hohenlohe, will be alb
sen from the remainder of the session
Of the reichstag is unfounded.
The CHILEAN minister Of finance, Sc
o Perez Arce, declares that the ru-
mOrs of the return TO a paper currency
on the part of Chilli are malicious in
ventionS.
Prince Christian of Schleswig-H ol-
stein, husband Of Queen VictOria'S
daughter, Princess Helen, was knock
ed down by a cab in Praed street, Lon.
don, and slightly hurt in the ribs. He
was able to proceed to Buckingham
palace.
The report is confirmed that the
Italian government has given Gen.
Raldissera, the commander OF the ltal-
ians in Abyssinia, full liberty to evac-
uate KasSala. The semi-official Cor
riere Napoli declares that the evacua-
ton is perhaps only a question Of days.
Godfrey Drage, member Of parlia-
ment for Derby, was married to Miss
Ethel ISmay, eldest daughter of Mr..
Ismay of the White Star line of stedm-
ships. The ceremony took place at
Th~urslastOn. Cheshire. Mr.. Drage has
written treatises on the foreign labor
question and is the author of Cyril
Il novel.
The N~icaraguan government Is cele-
brating a great victory over the in
surgentS. Having captured La Paz.
Pueblo Luevo. Pital MomOtombO and
CanaS from the rebels. the government
now controls the eastern part of the
Leon railroad. Three officers and some
men We're killed on the government
side. while 20 officers and 800 men
among the rebels were slaughtered.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
miscellaneous.

Thomas =. Seabrooke, the comedian,
has been sued for a separation by his
wife, Elvia CrOiX SeabroOke. upon the
ground of cruelty and abandonment.
William Rue owner of the stallion
GambOnitO. 2:19 1-2, that won the
championship medal at the Worlds
fair, died at Danville, Ky, Of blood
poison.
The body of Alexander Knopfel. a
prominent merchant of Bay City,
Mich, was found in the Ohio river
near Cincir natl, The body was identi-
fed by papers found on it.
John Donahue, veteran of the Mevi-
can war and who surveyed a large
part Of the gulf and Pacific coast re-
glons, died at Newmelleray monastry,
Dubslue, Ia, aged 80 years.
At a meeting Of bondholders of the
Omaha n st. Louis railroad held in
New York it was voted to accept the
proposition of syndicate believed to
represent either the Wabash or Rock
Island companies.
The Arkansas compromise bill to
settle the claims between the general
government and the State Of Arkansas
was finished by the house committee
on public lands, which has been work
ing on ii.
Miss Matte Reed, who was stricken
with paralysis while teaching in the
high school at Anderson, Ind, died
the following day. She had been in
the schools for eight years. When she
was stricken her pupils began crying.
This was mistaken by the pupils in
other rooms for n cry Of fire and the
500 stampeded. Several were injured
in the rush to get out.
Workmen have begun to remove the
stone In front Of the Washington
statute on the steps Of the subtreas-
ury at New York. The stone will he
taken UP and placed in the wall Of
the rotunda Of the subtreasury. where
it will be out of danger from the ele-
ments. 1t Ia the same stone Washing
ton stood on when he took the oath
OF office on becoming 6rst President Of
the United States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

who murdered Mrs. Johanna Hoffman
in New York Sept. 1, 1894, was eyecut-
ed by electricity in the state penitenti-
airy at Sing Sing, y. Y. FeingbaLm
protested his innocence to the last.
Robert A. Robinson, cashier of the
Peoples and provrr's Bank Of Wash
ington Court House, Ohio, prior to the
receivership last October, and Michael
Herbert. teller. have been indicted on
ten counts for emDezzlement.
At Fort Smith. Ark, Lucky Davis,
Louis Davis. Rufus Buck. Maoi July.
Sam Sampson and Ed Wilkes. alias
Davis. were sentenced to be hanged on
Wednesday. July |, for crimes against
women, committed in Indian Territory.
The many clients of Charles Kahn,
the missing st. Louis real estate agent.
who. il is asserted. left the city after
having embeZZled thousands. have
been unable TO find any clue to his
whereabouts.
4 story is made public ut C%arrollton,
Mo-, To the effect that George Taylor,
the escaped murderer, was seen in the
northern part Of Carroll county, in
company with one of the men hat
composed the first jury that tried the
Taylor case.
During the races at Lexington. Ky.
Tom Meade. the well known bookmak-
err, was robbed of $1,000 by an un-
known thief. The successful working
of this scheme to beat the bOOkies
without placing a dollar on the races,
is due, in part, 10 the new police force
on the track
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
In Print.

The queen of the Belgians plays the
harp eXquisitely.
Mrs. BOOth-Tucker, the consul Of the
Salvation Army in America, is very i'll
Ia San Francisco.
seventy years of age and a judge of
the Scotch our OF session, has won
the first prize in the golf competitions
at Cannes twice running.
Mrs. d.. J. Davis Of San Francisco
claims the distinction of having the
longest hair in the world. She is five
feet nine inches in height, and her hair
is six feet eight inches. long.
Lincoln was the first occupant of
the White House TO wear a beard. and
Grant was the first to wear a mus
tache. Cleveland has a mustache. and
Is the only one Of the presidents to
wear a mustache without a beard.
j. Il. Vietch. general agent Of the
Milwaukee. is lying sick at Chfllicothe.
Mo, of typhoid fever, with practically
no hope of recovery. Mr.. Vietch was
stricken while on the train bound from
Kansas City on a tour of inspection.
According to the Westminster Ga
zette, the young duchess of Marlbor-
ough, formerly Miss Consuelo Wander
bilt, is developing a strong taste for
pets. She has started a menagerie at
Blenheim with two ostrichas, several
eagles, a number of vultures. two ibis
and a garter snake (all purchased on
the banks of the Nilel, which she has
tanned in a wonderful tanner The
paper mentioned adds: "A gentle
eyed Nubian in native costume. also
brought by the duchess from Egypt,
will accompany her in her walks about
BleDheim."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
Casualties,

While attempting TO save the goods
I'm his burning residence, John Kauff-
man of Burr Oak, Ind, was burned
to death.
At Ironwood. Mich. George Hoff-
man and August Erickson, miners.
were killed by the premature eXplo-
sion Of a blast in the Pabst mine.
In a switching accident at Lebanon
Junction, Ky, James Crutcher, a col
ored jockey, was killed and Oscar
Alexander, trainer, and George Waite,
stable boy, were badly injured.
The Toledo Tube works and the
Smead foundry were damaged by fire
to the extent Of SO 200, with inSur-
To the extent of $4,000, with $4,000
insurance.
Lightning struck a gas we'll near
Kokomo Ind. destroying the machin-
cry and igniting the released gas, The
fire ragged furiously for two days, and
dynamite had to be resorted to to sub
due the flames.
Mrs. Ringberger's house caught fire
at Marshalltown. Ia. Mrs. Cronin, 81
years old, remembered she had left
her money In the house and went
after it, against the protest of rela-
tives. She persisted in the flames be-
fore she could be rescued.
Five coal cars from the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton yards dashed into
the Union depot ut Dayton. O., strik-
ing a sleeper on the e~ast-bOund Penn
s~ylyania express. G. o. Grief, of
Cleveland was killed and Philip Net
ter of New York had his leg broken.
Eight persons were badly injured
i'm a head-end collision between two
electric street cars at Bay City. Mich,
Both were filed with passengers. The
motormen say they did not see the
cars approaching until too late to avoid
the accident. although. both cars were
provided with headlights.
While attempting to stop a runaway
team that was dashing into a crowd
of people in the street at Elmwood,
Ind, Willard Thomas, a tinplate work
er, aged %. was crushed under the
horses feet and perhaps fatally in
jured. his skull being fractured. Two
occupants Of the vehicle were also
dangerously injured.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
Washington Talk.

Instructions were sent forward from
the navy department to San Francisco
for the trial of the battleship Oregon.
Representative Mccall of Tennessee
submitted favorable report on "A bill TO
aid and encourage the holding OF the
Tennessee centennial exposition at
Nashville in 1897 and apprOpriating
100000 for a government exhibit.
A bill to provide for the purchase of
the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln in
Kentucky was introduced by Popullst
Lewis OF that state. A national sol
diers' home TO be known as the Lin
coin soldiers home is to be erected
upon the site and 100000 is appropri-
ated for this purpose.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
E.sr
Pennsylvania to the p,o,o
HOS Han, SOasf

The officials OF the Great No., II
ger department yesterday, say tba ypassel
papers OF April y, received w.. .1e st. Pa,
rival at their destination Of tho OF the a,
passed through st. Paul ON tbeir Miners vi,
a few days ago. These way Wer
left Shamokin, Pa, last Sotm.sslh niDss
Go p. m, and reached Chicaanua, Nigh,
day at 8 o'clock. From Chicaro' last last SUI
here oyer the Northwestern. orr,r Sney can.
city Monday just after noon M ny In taa
afternoon they left On the Greo, NE SANE
overland flyer at 3 p. m, ana reaot NCFtheaI
land yesterday morning in tima t,ned Pot.
fast. The entire trip from %interlor% D Ofeat
vania OF the deck Of a Pacific coos. r%ehhsl-
which the miners took at Portland ,steaHe,
destination, Coos Bay, consumed 'or 'Aer
four and a half days, which is eAactI
by railroad men remarkably fast t%,ms'aettt
quick journey recalls that which Id
favorably commented upon at tba"as y
viz, Ia special Palmer theater t ra1. uHe
New York 10 San Francisco, which iron
the ~cross-country run in something 10. usd'
five days. Ns us
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

Here and there in Scotland and Eng
land are old ruins and houses with
ten upon in idle or fanciful moments
by celebrated people, and not very
long since a small pane on which Rob
ert Burns had inscribed a verse, and
which had been brought from Dunn
fries, sold In a London auction room
for 20 guineas.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
EVIL DOfnEs,

Eugene Camburn. a farmer. living
near Upton, Mich, was shot and fatal
ly wounded.
At Seattle, Wash. Albert Rieuliffe, a
mulatto. shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself. Jealousy was the
cause.
Bill West. charged with the murder
Of United States Marshal Kenny. in
Indian Territory, escaped from Jail at
Topeka, Kan.
j. ]. Bush, who was cashier of the
Elmira National bank prior to its fail
ure In 1898, was arrested at Elmira,
under an indictment charging him
with wrecking that institution.
Carl Feingbaum, alias Anton Lain,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
g. a. X. Encampmer,

The early predictions of a lorvo u
tendance at the Both National p|
campment, q. A. r., in st. PAM AL
ing the first week in September II
being verified every day, although NJ
cncampment is four months in ~
future. w
The state departments are repreSor,
ed in st. Paul almost daily. obtain.
department headquarters and loca,,rs
the rank and file who will come 10 \,
Northwest i'll great numbers.
New England will send an immer,.
turn out Of veterans and tourists Nss
SachuSetts expects to sent La
Their representative, III. ]. Lacey !
Fitchburg, has been here and secnrs
headquarters for this department AM
returned home prepared to let lcs
a broadside Of approval of Northweg
ern people and methods.
Special efforts are being made 4
secure the ATTENDANCE of Grand Arm
posts from states adjoining Minnesot,
and also Of the Minnesota posts. Tbi
important work is in the hands OF Ger
r.. A. Becker, of st. Paul. who has az
dressed a preliminary letter to ever
post in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesot
and the Dakotas, inviting and urglp
a large turn out of uniformed me
from every Grand Army post in II
Northwest.
Adjt. Gen. Pond. of Lansing, an
Quartermaster Gen. FOOte, of Kal;
mazoO, + here to-day representa-
Michigan, and have engaged heat
quarters for that department. The
predict that Michigan will rally at s
Paul n thousand strong.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

1t is proposed to send 10000 unmar-
ried women from Eastern Canada to
British Columbia for the purpose of
supplying the demand for wives. The
same thing was once done by France,
il will be remembered, for the benefit
Of the preponderant bachelors of East
ern Canada, and the results were en-
tirely satisfactory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
Liability Of TnyIOr's BOndsmer

Attorney General Crawford has re-
ceived notice that in the suits against
the Taylor bondsmen in Indiana the
superior court at Lafayette holds that
the bond Is only good up to the statu-
tory re9uiremen Of $3.50 coo, and void
and ~uncollectable as to the 100000
voluntarily given by Taylor. An ex-
ception has been taken by the attor-
neys for the state, and an appeal will
probably be taken. A requisition war
rant has been issued on n requisition
from Iowa for Thomas Teller, who is
wanted on a charge of obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses. Teller is one
OF a gang which was killing wolves In
this state. where the bounty Is 81. so,
and taking them to Iowa. where the
bounty 10 So.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

The Venezuelan commission is pro-
ceeding in a very deliberate way, and
will probably not be able to make a
report before e December; but
meanwhile, it will be observed, En-
gland is carefully pursuing n policy Of
inactivity in the case, and so there is
no reason for haste on our part.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

There IS no end to the making Of
cycles or to the ingenuity Of the in
ventors. A quadricycle, composed of
two tandem bicycles arranged side by
side, has just been invented in Paris
to serve as a fire engine In cases Of
emergency. 1t Is worked by four men
and is fitted up with the necessary
hose pipes and fittings which occupy
the SPACE between the riders.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
tut The Advertisement Out
Then He Went Homo.

The young man who had Travelled
began:
"And there l stood, the abyss yaWl'
ing at my feet"
Was it yawning before you col
there or did it begin after you ar
rived:' asked the young woman Who
had never been away, and then ne
young man found that he had just
time to catch the last car.-lndianaP'
lis Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

A devil fish, measuring - 1-2 feet
from the tip of one of his eight arms
TO the tip of another and 10 feet from
the top of his head to the tip of his
longest arm, was killed in the channel
at Santa Barbara, Cal, by two boys
a few days ago. 1t was the largest
devil fish ever caught in those waters.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

There are something like 10000 &C
tors and actresses in England; but
only 1,25O have thought proper to join
the Actors association founded five
years ago. Moreover, Mr.. Charles
Cruikshanks. the secretary, has just
deprecated that the financial condi-
ton of the society was not as good as
might be wished.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

A sham election in Cuba has
troubled the S%paniards, but when they
find themselves tricked in Madrid they
begin to be noisy on the subject of
liberty. A taste Of the Cuban oppres-
sion and liberty will be good medicine
for Madrid.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

Emperor William will not visit
Cowes this year; but his new yacht
Meteor will make his flag conspicuous
In British waters. The German Kais-
er is trying to take a share of the
Prince Of Wales sporting honors.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

The Human Leopards' in the Sierra
Leone, in spite of the recent trial, are
still busy. In the Imperi district, Sher-
bro, the crime Of murder still continues
frequent. The so-called human leop-
ards, or men dressed in leopard skins,
attack solitary individuals and muir
der them for some special purpose.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

1t is reported that the petrified re-
main of a whale, 50 feet in length.
have been found in the hills north of
Lompoc, a dozen miles or so from the
sea in Santa Barbara county, Cali
fol- MIA.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t fur
nishes the desired strength by pur'
flying, vitalizing and enriching the
blood, and thus builds up the nerves
tones the stomach and regulates the
whole system. Read this:
81 want to praise Hoods Sarsapsriia'
My health run down, and l had the grip
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, SC hat I could not %
my own work. Our physician gave m'
some help, but did not cure. ! decided
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon coui'
do all my own housework. / have taken
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

Mr.. Gladstone has been forbidden TO
make any more public speeches this
year. The distinguished patient will
probably rest by writing twelve hours
n day and chopping trees at intervals
by way Of exercise.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07

1t is estimated that New York city
during business hours, contains a pop
ulation of $4,000 the railways and
ferries alone bringing to town over
5000 o passengers. The time is near
when Manhattan Island will be only
the nucleus of the city.