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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
The ARMY Of the POTOMAC.

The 21th annual reunion of the Society
of the Army of the Potomac will be held
at Burlington on the 10th and 18th. Maj.
Gen. Orlando Smith of Baltimore will de-
liver the Grafton and Capt. Jack Craw-
ford, the poet scout, will recite an original
poem. The regular troops, 2lst United
States infantry, from Pittsburgh bar
racks, the Sd United States cavalry from
Fort Ethan Allen, and the first regiment,
V. n. g., will be reviewed by the society.
An excursion on Lake Champlain Thurs
day and a banquet at the Van Ness House
will close the meeting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
CheIsea's Centennial.

Chelsea was made the shire town of Or
ange county in 1896 and the centennial OF
the event will be celebrated August 20
Hon. Matthew Hale of Albany, n. Y. a
native of Chelsea and son of Harry
Hale, who was county clerk in 1886, will
deliver the principal address of the day ex-
Gov. Roswell Farnham of Bradford will
give a historical sketch of the county
bench and bar; other addresses are expect
cd from the supreme court judges, and
United States Senator VIM. F. Villas of Wis
consin, who was born at Chelsea in 1910.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

A recent number of the China Decora-
tor has very complimentary notice of
George T. Collins, who is now abroad for
a years study in European art centers. 1t
believes Mr. Collins is destined to be one
of the greatest painters America has ever
produced. Mr.. Collins was born in Ira,
Rutland county, in 1868, and has made
rapid advancement as an artist, as his nu-
merous pupils and customers in Vermont
and New York will certify. Mr.. and Mrs.
Collins are now in Berlin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
A Trolley Horror.

A horrible trolley car accident took
place Sunday night at Columbia, Pa, six
persons being killed and 81 injured. The
car was overloaded and was returning
from park when the brakes refused to
work on a sharp grade. When a sharp
curve was reached the car shot across the
turnpike, distance of 100 feet, crashed
into tree and then fell into ditch 20
feet deep.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

Y ESTATE OF OZIAS i. MINER.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of MARI
boro, Commissioners, to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Ozas l.. Miner, late Of Brat
tleboro in said district, deceased, and all claims
tSd @ Oset o Sne tS ngreoy give n9ce
the Vermont National bank on the 10Th day of
August and the Goth day of January, next, from
and that six months from the 25th day of July,
1896 is the time limited by said court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for exami-
nation and allowance.
Dated at Bratteboro, Vt, this 9th day of Au-
gust, 1896
90 GEO, s; DSo6WWILLEY, Commissioners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
, TERRIFIC Thunder shower.

The worst thunder storm that has beer
experienced for half century prevailed
throughout New London county, Conn.
Friday night. News has been received Of
the killing of one man, dozens of horses,
cows and pigs, and the destruction and
partial burning of several barns and houses
causing a loss of fully $4,000. Herbert
Hewitt of New London, while at supper
with friends in Bozerah, was struck dead
by a bolt. No marks were left on the
body.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
C,TATY 81 VERMONr. Mainland Isl

- fle Probate Court for Said District.
Tor .,e ,ons interested in the estate of So
PHI NJ w. ROOT, late of Newfane, in said
di5 oct, deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, Achsa R. Fream, Executrix of the
last will of Sophronia W. Root, late of Newfane,
in said district, deceased, has filed ner petition
in this court setting forth that the sale of the
whole of the real estate of said deceased is nee
essary for the support of Alwilda Root, accord
ing to said will and praying for license to sell the
same. Whereupon 1t is ordered that the same be
heard at the session of said court to be held at
the Probate Office in Brattleboro on the last
Saturday of August, A. d. 1896, when and where
you may be heard in the premises, If you see
cause. 81 f. w, STODDARD, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

~ ESTATE OF LEILA f. w. TYLER.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Marl-
boro, Commissioners, to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Leila f. W. Tyler, late of
Brattleboro in said district, deceased, and all
claims exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid
at the Peoples National Bank on the Goth day
OF August and the 3Oth day of December, next,
from O'Clock until 1 o'clock p. NJ. each of said
days, and that six months from the Sd day of
August, 1895, is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims to us for
examination and allowance
Dated at Brattleboro, this Sd day of August,
A. D., 1895.
32 w. II. BRACKETT NoniIll9sloneIs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
STATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro, SIS.

u The Probate COURT Tor SAID District.
To all persons interested in the estate of LUCY
E. STRATTON, late of Keene, in the state of
New Hampshire, deceased, Greeting.
Whereas j. Albert Sherman has filed in this
court copies of the records of the Probate Court
of the county of Cheshire and state of New
Hampshire, allowing the will of said deceased in
said county, and praying for the allowance of
same in this state. You are hereby notified that
this court will decide upon the allowance of the
same in this state at the session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro, on the
last Saturday of August, A. D. 1896, when and
where you may appear and contest the same if
you see cause. A. F. SCHWENK, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

A bully entered Chinese laundry in
New York the other day and demanded of
the proprietor, "de change for dollar what
haven't got" 81 sabe," said the heath
en-; "you wantee alice samee flee silver
and put him out with much violence. And
yet they say the Chinese do not catch the
spirit of American life.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
OOMNnssIONERs, NOTICE.

~ ESTATE OF EDWARD A. TYLER.
We the subscribers, being duly 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 Edward A. Tyler, late of
BTattleboro in said district, deceased, and also all
claims and demands exhibited in offset thereto;
and six months from the 31st day Of July, 1885,
being allowed by said court for that purpose, we
do therefore hereby give notice that we will
attend to the business of our said appointment at
the Brooks House in Brattleboro, In said district,
on the 25th day Of August and the 10th day of
January, next, from 10 O'Clock A. NJ, until 4
o'clock P. M, on each of said days.
Dated at Brattleboro, this Sd day Of August
A. d. 1896. "
.. g g p y Es GETHR68&K, Commissioners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

Lady Emily Tennyson, widow of the
late Lord Tennyson, the poet, died Mon
day.
WSamuel johnson of Duchess county,
N. Y, 100 years old, was killed by trolley
car the other day.
The collection at the Christian Alliance
meeting at Old Orchard, Me-, last Sunday
amounted to over 100000. Never in the
history of the Alliance meeting has so large
a sum been raised, and never has the eX-
element been so great at any meeting at
Old Orchard. Last year about $75, 900 was
raised. The articles pledged included gold,
stock, valuable estate, watches, diamonds,
rubies, rings, and earrings.
w. S. Hemingway, %, was speaking be-
fore 2000 people at a Bryan ratification
meeting at Santa Fe, n. M, Friday night
when he was struck in the abdomen by a
bullet fired by an unknown person. He is
not expected to recover Hemingway be-
longs to a prominent family in Memphis,
Tenn. He went to New Mexico Is months
ago and eight months later was elected tc
the legislature and one of the aldermen Of
the city of Santa Fe.
The accidental flooding of the dry docl
in the navy yard at Brooklyn, N. Y, Sun
day caused 100000 damage. The respon
sibility for the accident has not been fixed
as the navy officials are reticent. The
dock was nearly empty at the time and the
force of the water rushing in caused the
moorings of the torpedo boat Ericsson t.
snap, hurting it against the end of the dock
About II feet of the bow of the Ericsson
was stove in and the stern of the boat wa
also damaged. The captains launch wa
also torn from her moorings and carried
by into the dock, where she is now com
pletely submerged. The monitors Purital
| and Terror were damaged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

Dobbns' Floating. Borax Soap is the only float
ing soap that contains borax. For toilet or laun-
dTy use 1t Is Incompatible; A perfect soap for
OF your grocer. Red wrapper,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American branch of the Red Cross Society,
has started on her return to the United
States, her mission of distributing relief to
the Armenian sufferers having been ended.
A fire in the 4. X. Warren electrical re-
pair works in Greenwich street, New York
city, caused the loss of five lives Tuesday,
and eight persons were injured and two
are missing. Twenty-Five girls escaped
through the roofs of adjoining buildings.
Fire destroyed the Atlantic saw mills,
the Old Dominion guano factory and the
Merritt wrecking warehouse and the docks
at Norfolk, Va, Tuesday. The heat was
terrible, and no less than % firemen were
removed to the hospital. Loss about $780,
900.
Herr Lilienthal, German engineer, who
for many years has experimental in the
building of flying machines, started to fly
from hilltop at Rhinow, near Berlin,
Tuesday. The apparatus worked all right
for a few minutes and Lilienthal flew quite
distance, when suddenly the machinery
got out of order and man and machine fell
20 the ground. Lilenthal was so badly
injured that he died in a short time.
James Campbell, the millionaire sugar
planter who disappeared at San Francisco
last week, has reappeared and says that he
was decoyed into the house of one Oliver
Winthrop and there pounced upon by
masked men, bound and gagged and held
for ransom in the sum of $4,000. Camp
bell refused to buy his release and was
strapped to bed and kept there until the
newspapers published the story of his dis
appearance, when his captors became
frightened and, after dark, released him.
DR.. Wilmer L. Pressey, %, of Bangor,
was instantly killed by lightning while in
his summer cottage at Islesboro, Me-, Sun
day. The house was badly splintered and
wrecked but no other person was injur-
ed physically. DIR. Pressey was be-
throthed to Miss Elizabeth G. Brown,
daughter of j. G. Brown, "the iron king"
DR.. Pressey was killed at his sweetheart S
side the bolt striking the arm which was
resting on her shoulder. Miss Brown was
uninjured, but was Frustrated by grief,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

The American liner st. Louis has bro
ken the western record from Southampton.
She arrived Friday at New York after a
voyage of six days, two hours and "a min min
of her sister ship, the St. Paul, in six days,
five hours and 50 minutes. These Ameri-
can liners have not half the engine power
of such Cunarders as the Lucanica.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
Disastrous storms i'm Michigan.

Four distinct storms visited Michigan
during the "a hours ending Monday
night, carrying widespread destruction of
property and large loss of life in their
wake. In the Detroit river four people
are known to have been drowned. The
yacht Corsair capszed off Belle Isle and
one of the crew was drowned and boat
containing three people was swamped by
the high waves and two lives were lost.
In Benton harbor four men were lost
while attempting to swim ashore. The
number of deaths will probably exceed 20.
The property damage by the four storms
will be over $250,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

A FEW reliable solicitors can find permanent
IA paying employment representing the Mount
Hope Nurseries. Satisfactory salaries paid to
the right men. For particulars and full informa-
ton write 10 ELLWANGER & BARRY, Roches-
ter, NY. 25
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
LegaI Notices
CTATE Of VERMOi

= The Probate Cou s / District
To all persons interested III the ate of JO-
SlAH R. DAVIDSON, late of Wardsboro, in said
district deceased, Greeting
Whereas, Henry n. Fits executor of the last
will and testament of Josiah r. Davidson, late of
Wardsboro, in said district, deceased, has filed
his peutiod in this court, setting forth that the
sale OF the whole of the real estate of said
essary for carrying out the provisions of the will
and praying for license to sell the same. Where
upon il IS ordered that the same be heard at the
Probate Office in Bratteboro. on the last Satur-
day of August, A. D. 1896 when and where YOU
may be heard in the premises if you see cause
33 ANTHONY F. SCHMENK. Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

Lady Emily Tennyson, widow of the
late Lord Tennyson, the poet, died Mon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14

Well-knOwn Scientist Claims to Have
Made the Greatest Discovery OF the
Century
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
Hunted for n Better Job.

Mr.. Kellond, the district passenger
agent of the Illinois Central, tells a
good story on himself and a cOlored
boy whom he employed when his head
quarters were at New Orleans.
Mr.. Kellond had hired Sam, a young
black boy, to run errands at salary
of So n week. But Sans clothes were
so dilapidated that he was an eye
sore, so the railroad man bought him
a suit of clothes, the condition being
that only fifty cents were to be de-
Quoted from Sans wages every week
until the suit was paid for.
The purchase was made on Saturday
and on Monday Sam did not show up
at the office. Mr.. Kellond went down
TO his home to investigate He found
Sans mother washing and asked her
where her son was.
"ui-hi, ky-hi, clare he done look
SO scrumptious in spectacle close l
dun tor him ter see f'e couldn't fin a
bettah job. Hi-hi-e-e!-Loulsville
Commercial
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
Respect the Stomach.

Few people do have proper respect
for the stomach. If a thing tastes
good" and is not so hot or so cold as
to be painful to the mouth or throat,
it is swallowed by too many people
regardless of consequences.
Do not give the stomach food that
will irrltate It or retard it in the per-
formance of its natural functions, or
it will retaliate in a way that is decid-
edly unpleasant. A headache, a
slump" or "heavy feeling" in the
stomach, and irritations of the skin,
are mostly symptoms of disordered
digestion resulting from unwholesome
food
Alum baking powders are respon-
sible fon the larger part of this un-
wholesome food, for 1t is a fact we'll
recognized by physicians that alum
renders food indigestible and unwhole-
some.
The danger to health from this
cause is SO imminent that it behooves
everyone to adopt precautionary
measures to keep alum baking pow
ders, which are now so numerous,
from the kitchen stores. 1t will be
found that those powders sold at
lower price than Royal are almost in
variably made from alum, and there
fore of inferior quality and dangerous
to health.
The safer way is to look for the
we'll known red and. yellow label Of the
Royal Baking Powder. That is GER
tain to cover a powder free from alum.
The Royal is made Of cream of tartar,
pure, wholesome fruit acid derived
from grapes. 1t is renowned for add
ing anti dyspeptic qualities to the food,
as well as for making finer and better
food.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
susquehanna Navigation.

Among the estimates Tor river and
harbor improvements presented to the
secretary of war by the chief OF
engineers we note an item Of twenty
thousand dollars for the Susquenanna
river. Ifthe chief of engineers seriously
contemplates transforming the rocky
Susquehanna into highway of com.
merce he should begin with twenty
million instead of twenty thousand
dollars, and should study the ancient
history of slack water and canal navi-
cation as recorded in the newspapers
of The port Of Lancaster some forty
years ago.
1t is hard for our citizens of to-day
to realize that there was once a port
of Lancaster with at least one iron
steamboat making regular trips from
Reigart's Landing on the Conestoga
to Philadelphia and return. The
short cut across country by rail killed
that round about transport service,
and floods and freshets ruined costly
locks, SO that we have long ceased to
think of the Susquehanna as a posi-
bic highway of commerce, but full
explanation from the chief of engin-
eers would be interesting. The ex-
penditure of twenty thousand dollars
to improve the navigation of that river
appears at first glance about as sens-
bic as the squandering of a like sum
to tap the bottomless pit. The Sus-
quehanna in dry seasons is just a river
of rocks with little water down in
the cracks, and in the spring freshets
it is bowling torrent of icebergs and
trees. The chief of engineers may
know what he is about, and in these
days of engineering marvels almost
anything is possible, but it is suggest
ed that Congress had better call for
plans and specifications before voting
even a little twenty thousand dollars
for the navigation of the Susquehanna.
Lancaster htelHgeAcer.
The Lancaster paper is right in
estimating that $4,000 would be but
as drop in bucket in comparison
with the enormous amount it would
require to make the Susquehanna
navigable. But it is wrong in its con-
clusion as to what the appropriation
is asked for. 1t will find upon lnvesti-
cation, we think, that it is only for
portion ofthe upper North Branch, or
the West Branch above Williamsport,
or for both, as the people of those two
localities have been asking govern
ment aid to improve the channel to
lessen the danger from foods.-SHn-
bHry Democrat
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
MRS. LEASES EPlGRAMs.
sho Rings Merry Change on the Gouid
Castclaine Wedding,

ono h'hgs Merry Change on the Could
Castclaine Wedding.
An exchange is reporting a meeting
at which Mrs. Mary Ellen Lcaq, of
Kansas spoke, had this to say Of the
noted woman:
Mrs. Lease is apparently proud of
her voice. She used 1t as spectacu-
larly as she could, ringing in ones
ears when any occasion gave the
vaguest excuse.
But 1t Is an admirable voice for pub
lie speaking, for it is clear, resonant.
and possessing deep tone in its car
rying quality, which has done so much
to make Mrs. Lease successful as an
outdoor speaker.
She had none of the coguctries of
woman. Mrs. Lease on the platform
Is masculine. and she exhibits n
strength in her endurance which is
not the possession of many of her
sex.
The matter Of her speech was not
as notable as the manner of it. She
seemed to enjoy the mouth-illing plat
itudes of the graduating day, when
all virtue is godlike and all vice the
possession of men. But once in a
while she abandoned the valedictory
phrases. and then she apparently
deeply impressed her hearers.
Among other things she said were
these which aroused the most notable
instances of enthusiasm:
New liberties cannot live with the
old tyrannies; the ideas of freedom
that today stir the heart of man. the
grand idea of socialism, cannot live
under the old forms Of tyranny, be
they Old World royalty or British
gold.
Increased production without in
creased consumption is valueless. We
are confronted by the menace of un-
employed labor-a condition which
makes II possible for one or two men
to become landlords of this proud
city, while Gods poor are packed,
scared and starving in the slums.
Here is a condition which enables
n mouse trap peddler to pay $1,000
600 for an impoverished French count
and then spend $4,000 for break
fast after the sale, while 10000 Amer
lean citizens go to work without any
breakfast at all.
I'VE are setting aside the compact
which made our nation great-the con-
stitution of the United States-and
substituting therefor the gold stand
ard of our hereditary foe, Great Brit
ain.
"Aristocracy Of royalty and arlstoc-
racy of gold since the world began
have crushed the common people. The
first is dying out, but the aristocracy
or gold is more potent more greedy,
more disastrous to labor than was
ever royalty, in all the plenitude Of
it's power"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
Men Who Garry Money.

The rich never carry much money.
There are millionaires who never carry
more than one dollar to five dollars
habitually. They have theory that
they are more likely to be " held up
than anybody else and are always
afraid of being robbed. 1t is one OF
the penalties of wealth. The robber
would be more apt to find money in
greater quantity on the body OF one
of their clerks. The clerk has no
bank account and carries his little
surplus in his trousers pocket The
pocket check book is the safeguard OF
the millionaire.-Mezo York Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
A Bomb Among Liquor Sellers.

President Judge Schuyler and his
associate Judge Scott, of Easton,
threw CONSERVATION into the ranks OF
liquor dealers recently by announcing
that all petitions for license in 1896
will be treated as new applications,
and every petitioner must make out
his case with the same precision as il
presented for the first time. Hereto
fore applications for a renewal Of
license were granted at once except
whele remonstrances were filed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-26
A Light In the window.

A light shines all night from an up
per window of John Y. McKane's
big house on Voorhees, avenue, Sleeps
head Bay. Every evening his wife
places it there-"so that John may see
the way when he comes home" she
saws. "He went away in the morning,
but l always think that he will come
back after sunset, and | want him to
know that we are waiting for him.
When the King of Gravesend was
sent to prison two years ago for vlo-
lations of the election laws his Wlfe
bore the blow better than her friends
thought she might. She hoped for
pardon. She thought at first Governor
Flower would act Immediately, and
then knew pardon was impossible un-
til the strength Of public sentiment
against her husband had abated. AS
months went by and no friends arose,
her hope did not die, but the daily dis
appointment wore on her health until
now her physician says she has not
long to live.
Her separation from her husband
has been her lightest burden, his dis
grace her keenest afiiiction. He has
suffered only in pride and has grown
fat in prison. The ignominy he
scarcely feels has crushed the wo-
mans heart and broken it. She lights
the lamp at evening and looks down
the walk to the gate, which is never
opened by the hand she longs to see
upon the latch. Neighbors have come
to know the meaning of the lamp, but
few dare to touch the sore spot by
mention of her sorrow TO such as
do she talks of her husband as mar,
tyr and gilds him with her wifely tri'
butes to his generosity and his ten
derness until those who hear doubt
the honesty of courts and feel that he
is under an unjust sentence.-New
York Journal.