Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-12
IN GENERAL.

The diphtheria quarantine in Mortified !
was raised Monday and the schools allowed
to reopen. The Mortified churches were
closed for several Sundays.
Gold to the amount of $1,375, 900 has
been shipped from Australia to San Fran
cisco. This makes the amount of Austral
ian gold imported since July $9,325, 600.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Gen
Paine of Massachusetts,, two of the com
missioners who have been in Europe in the
interest of bimetalism, have returned to
this country. Senator Wolcott has had an
interview with President Mckinley since
his return, but he declines to talk for pub
LEGATION.
The experts representing the United
States, Great Britain and Canada had
their first meeting at the state department
in Washington Wednesday TO consider the
seal question. The meetings will be Sc
cret and nothing will be given out for pub
LEGATION before the end of the deliberations.
The boy baby at the Cleveland home
stead in Princeton, n. j., has been named
Richard Folsom Cleveland, greatly to the
disappointment Of the Princeton college
boys who had named the youngster Grover
Cleveland jr., and hoped it would stick to
him. The name decided upon is given in
honor of Mrs. Cleveland's father.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian prime
minister, accompanied by other officials of
the Dominion, arrived in Washington
Tuesday. The purpose of Sir Wilfred's
visit is understood to be for conference on
the sealing question and to promote, if
possible, closer trade relations between
Canada and the United States.
To, al avfn kan hav
been in existence more than a quarter of a
century, and have been established in all
British colonies, in Russia, France, Swe
den, Italy, Austria, Japan, and almost all
other civilized countries, including Hawaii
where there are between 1000 and 5000
depositors with savings amounting to more
than a million. Last year in England
there were 6, 453, 597 depositors in these in
stitutions, their funds amounting to nearly
$500, 100000.
BY the will of Charles A. Dana, which
was offered tor probate in Jamaica, l.. l.,
last Saturday, all of his real and PERSONA
property is bequeathed to his wild w with
the exception of his stock in the Sun cor
poration, which is held in trust for her by
the son, Paul Daoa, during her lifetime.
The value of Mr.. Dana's property is esti-
mat ed at between : 900 600 aud 81 $50
600. The estate includes the ample grounds
at Dosoris, on Long Island Sound, the
home of Mr.. Dana. The entire estate is
free from encumbrdncr.
Rev. George Bachelor, secretary of the
American Unitarian association, has re-
signed that position to accept the editor
ship of the Christian Register of Boston,
the paper of thu Unitarian denomination.
A fund of $4,000 has been secured for the
Register and important changes in the
management and makeup of the paper
will be made Jan /. Rev. Samuel A Eliot
of Brooklyn, y. Y, who is a son Of Pres-
dent Eliot of Harvard university, will sue
coed Mr.. Bachelor as secretary of the as
ISOLATION.
AT the Lord Mayors banquet in London
Tuesday night the Marquis of Salisbury
spoke Of the conflicting claims and inter
ests of Great Brtain.and France in West
Africa. Among other things he said:
1--WE wish trade to pursue an unchecked
course on the Niger, the Nile, aud the
Iambesi, and in doing these things, while
| we wish TO behave in neighbOrly manner
and TO show due cOnsidera ion for the feel
ings and claims of others, we are obliged
to say that there is a limit to the exercise
of this particular set of feelings, and we
cannot allow our plain rights to be over
ridden"
Karl B. Kline, Columbus, Ohio, went
| into the seed business and advertised in re-
| ligious publications new branI of early
Surprise" wheat, guaranteed to do won
ders. He sold this wheat, or promised to
do so, for $3.50 per bushel. When pressed
| by people who sent him money he for
warded a fine sample Of condemned wheat,
of which he bought carload. Here is
where the rare humor of the man comes in
it would be surprise if any of it ever
| sprouLed, and the name was right, after all.
The postal authorities were destitute of
any appreciation of humOr, and now Karl
b. Cline languishes in Jail. He averaged
| 500 day while the game was open.