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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23
New Teachers Engaged for the Coming
Year In the Public schools.

New Teachers Engaged for the Coming
Year In the Public schools.
At meeting of the school board held
in II. D. Ryder's office Saturday last, a
board of teachers for the ensuing year was
decided upon, subject to such changes as
are necessary before the beginning of the
school year. In the High school Homer
j. Bacon, a graduate of Brown university,
'Q6, and Jessie A. Judd, a graduate of
Mount Holyoke seminary, are to be as
sstants in the places of Misses Candee and
Head. A second ninth grade is to be
formed with Miss Florence Young, Bel
lowsFalls High school, '9l, as teacher.
MissAddie M. LeBourveau of Hyde Park,
Mass, and Miss Mabel Goodhue of West
minister West take the places of Miss
Hatch and Miss Keefe. The old High
school building, it is expected, will not be
used at all. All the rooms in the new
building will be occupied, and these with
Nos. 2, 8 and 4 will be sufficient to &C
commodate all of the schools for the
present.
Monday evening the school board and
the building committee met together and
perfected plans for furnishing the rooms in
the new building. A system of "Robbing
Peter to pay Paul. was agreed upon. The
old High school desks are to be used, and
as many new ones of like pattern as neces-
sary are to be procured. The desks from
the ninth grade room are to be used in one
of the recitation rooms. Whatever new
desks are needed are to be furnished by
George S. Perry Il Co., of Boston, who
have fitted some of the other school build
ings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly re
heved and permanently cured by Doan's Oint
ment' the sovereign remedy for all tchness OF the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

There is no other remedy on earth so simple, so
ehectual, so natural, in the cure Of summer com.
plant in all its FORMS DR.. Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

YsudIen Death OF Samuel c. Fleming.
Another life has gone out suddenly and
Unexpectedly, this time that of one of the
lest, well-known citizens of Bellows
pills, S. C. Fleming. Yesterday about
S on Mr.. Fleming walked down to the
rber shop of S. d. Hartman on Bridge
I,aet as usual. He sat down to await his
ma and a little pleasant conversation
assed between him and those present,
Jhen without warning he fell from his
chair to the floor and before physician
,ould be summoned he was dead. Exam
nation showed the cause to have been
angina pectoris, form of heart disease.
de had never shown premonitions of diff
,ulty with the heart, and his death was
wholly unexpected TO his family and
friends.
Mr.. Fleming was born in Bellows Falls
Il years ago and had always lived here
with the exception of intervals of a few
months each, but always keeping his resi-
dence and home here.
In early life he was employed as con-
ductor of passenger trains on the Vermont
Valley road between here and Brattleboro,
being so employed very soon after the road
was first started. Later he was proprietor
of the Island House, while it was one of
the foremost hotels of the Connecticut
valley, making a large success of his bust
ness. He was also at different times man
ager of the Wilson House at North Adams,
Mass, and other well known houses, be-
ing employed number of years in the
management of the Crawford House at the
White Mountains.
A few years ago, owing to failing eye
sight, he was obliged 10 retire from bust
ness, and has lived quietly here at his
home since. Few men here have been
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23
WE ARE ~
DIFFERENT:

special reduction in price we touch bottom at the
start No use awhile thinking we'll go still lower because we
won't That's the differences between this store and other
stores that nobody touch our prices and
qualities together We've facilities and system for working closer
0 than any body else and we do il, too
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23
0'NElL CONFESSED.
Sensational Testimony in the
Murder Trial at Greenfield.

David Davis Says O'NIel Told Him
That O'Connell, n Circus Man, Killed
Mrs. McCIoud and That He. O'Nen,
Did the Rest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

any more widely known among travelling
men in past years than "Sam" Fleming,
as he was always Familiarity called, and the
circle of those to whom his death comes as
a shock will be large.
He leaves a wife and two daughters liv-
ing at home, Mrs. Chas. Barker and Mrs.
Geo. L. Burnside. He has two sons,
Henry and Ned, both of whom are engaged
in railroading in Tennessee. Both have
telegraphed that they will be here to at
tend the funeral, which is to be held on
Monday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

Two large audiences greeted d. L.
Moody yesterday filling the opera house
t bothjthe Afternoon and evening sessions
Il the afternoon it was raining, and had
tained hard since morning, but this did
not seem to dampen the interest of the peo-
pie, both of the village and in places around
here. Large numbers came from every
locality within radius of many miles,
ooth by Mans and trains. Including the
'6Nus %the stage there were about 900
/ the house in the afternoon and 1000 in
he evening. A chorus of nearly 100 fur
lshed music, assisted by the Mount Her
don quartet which came up with Mr..
.oody at noon. The music was under di-
ection of one of the Mount Hermon boys,
owing to the illness of Chas. H. Sawyer,
Gho was to lead it.
In the afternoon Mr.. Moody took for
vii the Saviour's words, Come unto me
next that labor and are heavy laden and
the Cot you rest" emphasizing in his own
rrho Srner the rest of life bound up
Uddnosd His address was listened to
o',ssio,,S )st breathless interest by the
oJ sDn which was moved first to tears,
The tev.rg hter by the graphic portrayals
1870 ker.
~ Pt Ia nings text was Whatsoever a
ciotv of tLh that shall he also reap from
70 ;bo o,rew one of the strongest lessons
sor,aJ 81 Bellows Falls audience. 1t
1oiaoo Co 4 into four heads, man ex-
f p when he sows," "a man ex-
0p the kind he sows," "a man
r.u,,,ou. cap more than he sows," and
of the kind of seed sown makes
Misses Re in the harvest" He illus
tolk' va, thought by showing the simili-
Tor the sEeen the farmers sowing and
saping, and the sowing and reaping of
.esults in the lives of men. His topic
II up to point which he wished to make
! his audience regarding missionary
New among the criminal classes of the
with. At the close a generous collection
taken for the prison work in which
clI Moody is so deeply interested.
a The influences growing out of Mr..
lNdy's visit to this village will be'lasting
r0a many who heard him, and this
see has been placed under deep obliga-
,ons to him for the effort he has made to
one here.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
Important Canal Deal.

One of the most important canal deals in the history of the Sat River Valley is under way in Tempe, and likely to be consummated. The proposition, as stated by Manager A. St. John Gay lord of the Highland Canal, to the Tempe Canal Company, is as follows
 We will sell you our entire canal, rights, franchises and all appurten- anees. and as a bonus on the trade we will deed to your company 1000 acres of land that lies under our canal, situ- ate at different points. All we ask is that you protect us to the following extent:
 "First-Give us s1o0,0O0 frst-mort- gage bonds (gold) running for ten years, at the annual interest rate of per cent, to be secured on osr present property, thus not interfering in any manner with your present organiza. tion.
 "secondly-That you protect all shares of our company now out.
 "Thirdly-That you will keep ir force the present water rights under our canal, and recognize them. sThe benefits of this trade to you and your people are quickly summed up as follows:
 HFirst-You will own your indepen. dent head on the river, where you would not be inteffered with by any company.
 'Second-The development of an i'm mense water power (with your owr water) at the point where the cana curves, opposite Lehi.
 "Third-You secure territory thar you can develop under our system witt water that you can spare during ths year. The profits derived from thi, source will more than pay the priIcip pa on the bonds in a few years. This i, not taking into consideration tue 100t acres of land that will be deeded if ths trade is consummated
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

SENATOR PETrIGREw, on June 1st, in- troduced a bill to provide for the sub mission to a popular vote at the Con gressional election of 1898 of the fol lowing questions: "shall Congress at once enact a law providing for the i'm mediate free and unlimited coinage oi silver and gold at the ratio of 1e to l ?'' Shall the Constitution of the United States be so amended as to provide for the election of United States Senators and of the President and vice-President by direct vote of the people?' It i. made the duty of each Secretary o' each State to forward the result of tho vote to the President, who is required to transmit the statements to Congress
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
HIS REIGN IS OYER.
The kaffr King Leaps to Death st Sea


 LONDON, June 14.-rBy Atlantic Ca. oie.l A special dispatch from Funchal Island of Madeira, of the west coast of Morocco, says that on the arrival there to-day of the British steamsbin Scot, which left Table Bay rcane Iown) oh June for Southampton. it was announced that Barney Barpato the South African diamond king who was among the passengers, had com mi.ted suicide by leaping overheard. His body was recovered
 The late Barney Barnsto was ;3 many respects the most remagkable speculator of the century. ofan the Englishmen who have taken nart in the development of South Aries two only have secured q worldwide rem. tation. These have been Cecil Rhodes and Barnett Isaacs, more often and less respectfully styled Barney Bar nato was an assumed name, sort of stage name, for he began his life i'd South Africa by exhibiting a trio donkey some twenty-five years sg He was then about 20 years old.
 Barney Bsrnato was an English gst Up to the point where his fortuaes be gan to decline, he made money by  leaps and bounds, and in 1895. when his good fortune was at it's zenith, it was estimated that he controlled in- terests worth in the neighborhooa of slOe,Oo0,Ooo. It was the fashion to call him the richest man in the world At that time he was virtually the ing of the London money market.
 In the autumn of 1895, wher the boom in Kaffirs, the shares of the .om- paratively new gold mines of the Transvaal, South Africa, was al it's height, every man, woman ard chi d in London, with money to invest, invested 1t In kaftirs. The craze was the last Of those financial levers which periodi. cally attack conservative England the South Sea bubble" being the .irst For months it was the contro line passion in London, and it was ilosf rampant in Paris and Berlin. Tn shares went to unheard-of figure, ant fortunes were made in day.
 The center of this tremendous f ian cial outburst was Barney Bartl ato and he was conservatively estirnatt q n that time as worth between sl00, ,00 ,00 and $50, ,oO0,OO0. Among his asiert was bank originally capitalizid a 12,500, ,00O. In very few months it capital stock rose in value to s4E ,00O, 1 900.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

Roy Matteson, the swift young cyelist, looks anything but handsome now, as his face is almost completely covered with strips of plaster. The lad was praeticing at the park the other even ing for the bicycling races when his machine became vicious and buclxed him off. His brother Archie was directly behind him and could not turn out of the way in time to prevent one of tlle pedals of his machine striking the fallen cyclist in the face. A generous slice was taken from the young fellows nose and deep gashes distributed over his face testified to the severity of the con tact. Notwithstanding, the nervy young fellow still continues praeticing and is more than ever determined to win a race next Sunday. Phenix Gazette.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
The Silver States @
From the Washington Post.l

Editor Post: The coming gold min inc convention at Denver has an inn portant mission to perform in remov- ing popular errors in regard to the trsnsmississippi States. So much has been said and written about the "silver States of the West, ]" "the flood of sil- verj' the "cheap metal," &c., that widespread delusion has arisen in the Eastern States in regard to the facts. Of the precious metals, in the States west of the Mississippi, gold, not silver, is the leading product. From the first development of the mines, in those States, to 1s96, their total products were as follows, in value:
 Gold d.........,... $2,05s, ,946, ,769 Silver ............,..1 l, ,368, ,90l ,000 or 60 per cent of gold and 40 per cent of silver.
 It is, therefore, more correct to call thega gold States. There is every in- dication that gold will continue in the lead in the future, as well as the past The recent revolution in gold mining, caused by the invention of the cyanide process, which permits the working, at a profit, of low grade gold ores hereto fore deemed worthless, and the recent discoveries of extensive gold fields in Utah, Colorado, and other Western States, indicate that for the coming ten or twenty years, Rt least there will be a production of gold far in excess of that of silver.
 But great as are the products of pre- cious metals, the annual yield is, in value, comparatively insignificant when entrusted with the grain products of the transmississippi States. During the year 1896 the corn crop was, in round numbers, as follows:
 Bushels. United States ...... 2,204, ,000, ,000 Transmississippi States l ,lsO, ,Ooo,OOO or 5l per cent,
 During the same year the wheat crop was
 Bushels. l United States. ............ .427, ,680, ,OOO Transmississippi States. 24s. .6s0, 900 or bS per cent.
 In view of these facts the trans mississippi States should hereafter be known as the Land of Gold and Grain.
 ALEX D. ANDERSON.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

TEE Phoenix Republican "lets the cat out of the bag" in the following paragraph:
 - We do not look for better times as the irn- mediate result of the enactment of the tariff law. The currency system of the country must be overhauled and readjusted before prosperity will again smile upon the country at large. This system is so full of flaws that the wonder is that we have borne with it so long. It is gratifying sign that the Presi- dent fayors the creation of a currency com mission. We shall expect to see such com mission named soon, and earnest work by that commission pending the meeting of Con- gress next December.
 The Republican is known as the most pronounced gold-bug organ in the Ter ritory, and if 1t had it's way would adopt Grover Cleveland's financial policy to the letter. However, we are glad to know that it does not look for better times from the enactment of the pending tariff bill-no sensible man does-and if it would further admit that the appointment of commissioners to secure an international agreement on bimetallism was merely intended as bluff, and that no ore ever expected it would come to anything, there might be some hope for "Arizona's greatest daily" But that old hackneyed ques- tion forever arises: If bimetallism is the correct financial policy, why don't Uncle Sam adopt it-isn't he big enough?
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

THE announcement made several days ago of the appointment of Hon. H. J. Cleveland to be Indian agent at Sacaton wes premature, but on Thurs day last the President sent Mr. Cleve- lands name to the Senate and he will be promptly confirmed. As was an nounced by the TRIBUNE the nomina- tion was withheld awaiting the con frmation of Colonel McCord for Cover nor. If there were any danger of the latter's rejection Mr. eleveland's name would not have gone in at this time.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

Qua comradre, the Honorable Charles Perrygreen Mason, in order to wipe out the odium of having been mem. Der of the 1'in-horn Legislature, moved recently to the Hawaiian Islands. And now a Tin-horn Congress is agitating the question of annexing those islands to the United States, No use talking-the world isn't big enough to smother disgrace of such magnitude.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

THE Phoenix Herald, which has no higher conception of political principle than what there is fin it" for Nancy, throws a ccutemptible siur at the Flor ence TRIBUNE because of it's course in opposing the Hanna Rothsehild com bination controlling the Republican party. The TRIBUNE is meta "Populist outfit" by any means; neither IS IL Democratic. It claims to be so far superioron questions of principle to the Herald that the little minds conducting that bread d-and-butter sheet must nec- essarily fail to grasp the idea. It has not left the Republican party-that party has merely abandoned its princi- ] ples and left the TRIBUNE. The fusion ticket, with the grand Bryan at its head, came nearer representing it's ideas of what was right than Mark Hanna did, and hence Bryan and the glorious principles he espoused received the earnest support of this paper. It has neither apologies nor regrets for its course. But of course the Herald isnot expected to understand this.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

A few cowboys having shown a dis position to defy the local constabulary and to run things to suit themselves, Bert Alvord, the efficient-constabl oi Pearce and his deputy, came up last Saturday to assist in enforcing the dig nity of the law, with the result that order now reigns. A few arrests were made and some fines imposed. Wilcox has always been cattle town and our citizens feel very charitable toward the little excesses of their cowboy friends 'hen they come in and attempt to
 h the dust out of their throats with
 le spiritus frumenti; but shooting
 town is too dangerous sport
 .rated.-T Range News.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

A TUCSON paper remarked of a prom inent citizen who recently died, "He was fine whist-player." 4 clergyman who was called upon to pay the last sad tributes to departed Pheniciau, who, unlike certain brand of baking powder, had not been absolutely pure, ? said, He was good whistler" And there you have the two cities-one is sportive, the other musical.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

well as the wandering Papagoes, who are now compelled to prey upon the herds of our farmers and ranchmen for subsistence.
 4. The construction of storage res- ervoir at the Buttes by the Govern ment offers a plain business proposi- tion for the correction of these evils.
 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory be instructed to transmit a copy of the foregoing Memorial to our Delegate and Delegate-elect in Con gress, and also copy each to the Presi- dent of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
lnscrintions pacinharad,L. ]

The Hermosillo correspondent Of the Associated Press; under date of June 9th, relates the following:
 A rock recently discovered in the mountains of Magdalena district; State of Sonora, which is covered with Chinese inscriptions, has just been visited by Sen Yuep, a we'll educated Chinese of Guaymas. He says the inscriptions are Chinese, but are some what indistinct.
 He made copy of them and has translated enough of the lines te show that the writing was probably inscrib- ed on the rock at least two thousand years ago. There are ten lines of characters on the part of the rock in view, and some of the lines may be still buried under the earth. There are ancient Chinese tombs and monu- ments to the north Of Magdalena, near the mining camp of Jojoba. These have never been explored.
 Sen Yuep asserts that, in the history of China, there is a tradition that an exploring expedition, divided into eighteen parties, landed on the vest srn coast of what is now Mexico over twenty centuries ago.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

TIE TRIBUNE has been criticised for classifying certain prominent Pinal county citizens as "dead-beats and bilks" on account of their well-known practice of refusing to pay their honest debts. This paper proposes soon to issue Blk Directory, so that all who run may read. In the meantime the counting room of the TRIBUNE office will be open for the reception of de- linquent subscriptions from 8. m. till 6 p. m.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
cHAs. E. PERKINS. ORA D. RRPrY FINAL COUNTY !: Real Estate
 OFFICE.
 Main Street, opposite A. F. Barker's Store, Florence. Arizona.
Real Estate
 Mines
 6 Cattle.
Bought and Sold.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.

BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. 80 acres patented land with water right $500 60 acres patented land, 4e acres in fruit.
 vineyard and alfalfa, house, out
 building and good well .............. SS0O0 1e0 acres patented land, 20 acres under cultivation ........................ .$2S0O 50 acres with water right, in cultivation s12Oo 240 acres patented land tho water right) s1soo 2l acres in alfalfa, E mile from Flor
 ence, with water right .......... .s15o0 S2O acres patented land, with water
 right, SzO an acre or ..,............... S6000 Is acres, quarter mile from Florence
 all in orchard in full bearing, good
 4room house and well l..........Ss 800 block of land in South Florence, un-
 improved (2oO feet square). ............S 200 Many other choice bargains. S1 acras patented land, 20 acres water
 right, all in cultivation. ............. 8 55e 2S1z acres patented land in 5-acre tracts
 one mile from Florence. ..,....... s 800 29 acres patented land, E mile from
 Florence ..-.-.....................$ s 600 50 acres patented land, with water-right.
 cultivated .......................S s 900 10 acre tract in South Florence, a choice
 bargain. --..-..,................. s 800 4 block adjoining Court House grounds
 with buildings thereon . osn lot in West Florence, 50x150 feet ... s 7s s0acres patented land with water right s4oo 10 lots in Douglas Addition, price on
 application.
 Six room house, with A block, in Flor
 ence price on application. For rent, five room house with half block of land, good condition, well
 and outbuildings, price S10 month, For exchange Chicago real estate fo Final county farm lands.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

An old mining man said to the Star yesterday: "Why is it that miners and prospectors deliberately deceive themselves and then turn around and try to deceive others, and bring men thousands of miles to see 8 prospect which is not one-tenth as good as de- scribed, and all the trouble is for naught? Don't these men know that they cannot substantiate their grossly exaggerated statements, and that both time and money are lost 2" The Star replied there is too much of that kind of business; but it is the result of en- thusiasm. They don't mean to misrep- resent. They simply can't help it. It is the bigness of their hopes agitating their imaginations, that is all, but it don't sell mines ali the Tue. son Star.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

GRAHAN county should keep it's con demned murlerers in tent, and not compel them to expend so much labor in digging through mud walls. A fine place for United States prisoners Uncle Sam should be proud of his Judge who selected such place for their ''safe-keeping.''
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

cHAcoN, the murderer who was to have been hung yesterday, escaped from the sheeneyville jail last Sunday night by digging through the adobe wall with case-kuife. IfJudge Rouse, who in fit of spleen removed she United States Court from Florence, where we have an elegant court house and secure jail, can find any satisfaction in the fact he is welcome to it.
The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19

WE have been requested to notify certain people in this town who svery week persist in borrowing the TRIBUNE from their neighbors that they are looked on with contempt for their meanness. If they don't care to sub scribe for the paper at least let them have the decsncy to refrain from borrowing it.