Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-24

Mrs. Martin u. Drury, her son and
daughter, were bitten by copperhead snakes
while sleeping on the floor of their house
at Chambersburg, Pa, Friday night and
have since died from the effects.
Joseph Wesley Harper, until two years
ago a member of the firm of Harper &
Brothers, died at his home in New York
on Tuesday. He was known in publish
ing circles throughout the country.
Nearly three inches of rain fell in few
minutes at Morgantown, w. Va, Tuesday
night. The Monongahela river at Green's
boro rose rapidly and the town was under
water. The Grafton log boon at Morgan
town burst, and 10000 logs started down
the stream.
Clapp Spooner ex-president of the
Adams Express company, was knocked
down by horso nd trampled upon near
his home in Bridgeport, Conn, on Sunday
night. Mr.. Spooner was badly bruised,
his right hip fractured and two ribs on the
right side broken. AS he is 10 years Old it
is feared that the injuries may prove fatal.
A. j. Call, IS, and Nettie Call, his
daughter, "a, were murdered on their
shanty boat on the Ohio river, near Hunt
ington, w. Va, on Sunday night. Lottie
Call, another daughter, was fatally injured,
and Grace and otis Call were terribly in
jured. The crimes were committed by Ell
ia Robbins, who was with the Calls on the
boat She used an axe.
The sum of S3,3S0,000 in gold, of which
S3,030,00O is for export to Europe by Tues
days steamers, was withdrawn from the
sub-treasury in New York Monday. The
gold reserve in the United States treasury
lga1 80
New York national banks pledged them
selves to contribute in the aggregate Sl5,-
600, 900 in gold to the United States treas
ury in exchange for legal tenders. 1t is
possible that the amount will be increased
to $20,OO0,0O0.
Princess Maud of Wales and Prince
Charles of Denmark were married in the
chapel royal, Buckingham palace, London,
Wednesday. The queen, with her chill
dren and their families, were present.
The archbishop of Canterbury OBLIGATED.
The bride is the youngest daughter of the
Prince of Wales and granddaughter of
Queen Victoria and the groom is son of
the Crown Prince and grandson of King
Christian TX of Denmark.
The monument erected near the grave of
John Brown at North Elba, y. Y, in the
AulrOnuacKs, was unveiled TUESDAY IN the
presence of 1900 persons. Gen. E. A. Merritt
of Potsdam announced that the monument
was presented by the John Brown associa-
ton, to be kept in perpetuity in remem-
brance of Kate Field and her associates,
who bought and kept intact the farm and
gave it to the state to be preserved as
public park. The monument is of Barre
granite, about 10 feet high 1t is on a fiat
rock in the field, 100 feet east of the grave.
George Wallace Jones, who died at Du-
buque, Iowa, Wednesday night, was the
oldest eX-United States senator. He was
born in Vincennes, Ind, in 1904. He was
elected to Congress by the Democrats of
Michigan in 1884. He procured division
of the territory of Michigan and the estab-
lishment of the territory of Wisconsin.
Later he held the Office of surveyor-general
of the Northwest territory. He was
United States senator from Iowa from
1S4S to 1859. President Buchanan. APP
pointed Senator Jones as minister to New
Grenada, and on his return in 1861 he was
imprisoned for alleged disloyalty. Since
1862 Senator Jones had lived in Dubuque,
where his death occurred.