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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
To Extend Rural Delivery.

The Postmaster-GeneralW Wants Lsrg-
er Appropriation from ConFress---
Success of the system In England and
France.
Postmaster. General Gary is taking much
interest in the matter Of the extension of
a free mail delivery in the rural districts
The department was given $4,000 with
which 70 try experiments in this line dur
ing the present fiscal year, and those al
ready tried have proved very successful.
Gen. Gary hopes that Congress will make
a much larger appropriation for the pur-
pose during the coming year with which to
extend the sphere Of the experiments al
ready undertaken He has sent to Chair
man Loud of the pOst-otiice committee,
report showing the extent 10 which the ru-
raj free delivery has been put in operation
in Europe. All mails are delivered IN Great
Britain, al the office of the addresses
without extra charge. the rural postmen
making a daily walk Of from Lotto Il miles.
Rural posts are believed to be self-support-
ing.
In 1880 rural delivery was established in
France Even the most outlying hamlets
Of the country receive al least one free de
livery a dav In the German empire
small charge of from 10 t. % pfennigs
two to four cents according to weight, Is
made for the delivery Of mails in the rural
districts In Austria Hungary a small ex-
ira charge. ranging from half a cent to
cent and half. Is made for delivering let
tiers and small packages in rural districts
The service Is not seif-supportluE. kura.
free delivery prevails all over Belgium.
The average trips OF the carriers are from
Is t. | : miles daily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
Wants S5.OOO.OOO Indemnity.
Dr. Cornelius Herr. an American chi
zen, Claims To Have Been Prosecuted
by the French Government.

DR.. Cornelius Herr has presented aclaim
10 the state department al Washington
claiming damages from the French govern
ment in the sum Of 5000. 600 He Was
born in France Of French parents. hut
came to the United States when child
He was educated in colleges in New York
city and abroad, and served for a short
time a a lieutenant in the United state,
army. He stands high as an electrician
and physicist, He married all American
woman and when their children were born
in Paris he had them registered a. Ameri-
cans al the United States consulate. He
was arrested in England il 1898 under ex
tradition proceedings on q warrant charg-
ing him with embezzlement growing out Of
the Panama scandal. He was kept under
arrest while i'll in bed for four wears. and
the British parliament then passed special
act 10 attend Herz's bedside to take the
testimony. The magistrate declared the
charges utterly invalid and scarcely deserv-
ing of notice Meanwhile the French gov
eminent had instituted numerous proceed
ings against him in France ard contiscated
all his property. He alleges that this was
persecution pure and simple, and that the
French government knew that the charges
against him were baseless before his trial
and that he has been injured in name and
in health.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
ACROSS THE BROOK.
An Interesting Item Picked up in t..
teyyille by Our Representative.

When Nspapers had only the stage coach an8
sa..lu- y-ss-., Q. depend upon O. gather foreign
news. when the t-l- graph. The telephone the
steam engine and -..ctr.. motor were not 90 ez-
l~,-uc. -."-- houses ana inns were regularly
taraugel ry ..uu-ers. and the pl1H, generally
who exchanged scraps ut Information brought o.
them ~ tl- post au1 who listened 81 the news
read aloud g. them uy some La 1i,u- The item
which follows was PICKED up by oar REPRESENTA-
tive while str'.lus Arou.d d, aud although th-
reai-- Is 10, indebted O. electricity OF steam
power t.r tue Information 30 contains .t 5 iust a.
Interesting AID d-c-i-t.y more r-ilAb.-. head
this.
Nr. 70 " Bingham ~ NJ Pheasant stree:
Est-yslll- ssys. Il saw DoAu Kidney Pins Adyr-.
tis-c ana got tlX az L. uur-iu drug store
They helped me q great deal and an feeling t--,
ter IN every way than I have for long time
Ny kidney, troubled NE for YEAR with shArt
pains iu the small Il my nscE !, va, NOR ~
we're .r the morning for al hour or two until had
moved soou, considerably Sometime. IL wouIi
last a through the day and perhaps for several
days IN succession. The pains were quick. dart
ius and were very severe. The secretlons from
the sidney W-r- scAut and a. times distressing
% a poor hand g. tAs- medicine ana Il did not
seem a. u / would tax THE pills regularly out
whenever ! fe.- the pain particularly seven.
took d dose. 10 this way found they saen r.
Lev-l me b.an Kidney i.l, arr a splendid
medicine aud Will recommend them Whenever
can
Deans Kidney Pills ar sold for 81 c-nt- E.er
box FosterNuturu Co.. Buffalo. y Y. solr
agents FIR the United States sent by mail on
receipt ~ price For sale ny all dealers
Remember the name Deans aud take DO other
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
\ Dark Record.

Tn iespatche, Of Friday and SATURDAY
contained a long record II lawless deeds
McGelSy and simpson, Seminole Indians.
were tied 70 trees and burned l. death hy
q mob Of 30 white settlers near Farlbor1.
Oklahoma The settlers are searching for
three other Seminole> implicated in the
crime. -Four colored men were lvnchei
within few days near Bearnien. Arkan-
sas. Two had committed rape and the
others murder. Chadwick Marshall. the
suspected murderer Of young Hayden. near
Pennington, on the night Of Oct = was
taken from Jail by a mob at Colfax. Wash
ington, on saturday morning, and hanged
70 the west wall of the courthouse The
authorities made no resistance. Mcdonald
another prisoner, Darricaded his cell and
escaped
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
Mother Lode Pound in Alaska.

W j. Jones. who arrived at seattle
Tuesday from Alaska. on the steamer City
Of Topeka. brings new Of the discovery Of
what Is supposed to be the mother lode and
quart origin OF the placers Of the klon-
dixie
he discovery was made within four
hours at four different points one Of them
at the dome, high mountain at the source
of the Eidorado creek. by Frank ~lavin.
the second at No. 81 Eldorado. by s. II.
Jose and partner. the third one in Nugget
Dulch at NO So and the fourth somew here
IN the Iveutie> on bonanza creek
The trend of the vein is northwest by
west westerly from the dome Ii is found
at about q" feet below the surface and AN
der the muck and aiiuviai deposit.
The ledge j, about : inches wide and
makes a uniform width Ii D. generously
sprukled with free gold.
Mr. Jones brings down samples of the
ore and every one who has seen them say>
the rock j, precisely the same IN character
a, is found IN southeastern Alaska
Great Britain has informed China that
she is willing To advance her a loan prob
ably sos. uuu UUu Great Britain asks for
certain changes IN the administration Of
China, including the restoration Of Ii Hung
DhanE T. power
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
The Government Robbed.
The Amount is Thousands OF Dollars---
Postmasters Made out Money orders
for 500 and Charged Themstlyts
with 81,


with 81.
Henry 4 Castle. auditor for the post
office department, has discovered that sew
era postmasters at money order offices
have taken advantage Of the careless sys-
tenn Of bookkeeping and checking of &c
counts IN vogue under the last admiristra-
,iou and have robbed the government.
Enough frauds have already been di,
covered 70 show that the losses will run up
into the thousands # dollars.
For three wears the department LA, been
auditing the accounts Of the money order
offices uy means Of stubs. & book of orders
was furnished each postmaster. Along the
left hand side Of the blank is a column ct
figures II be tore out the blank properly
the figures ou the rlCht-Aani side II the
stub would correspond O. those ou the Left
hand margin of the money order and the
advice and the account would tally But
If he chose he could tear OFT the order and
the advice al the 800 mark and the stut
a. the 5 mark. and by selling the order
for 500 pocket the $40 difference Ietec-
ton WAS almost impossible. for the reason
that the accounts were all audited by mean,
Of the stubs Inc order N course II time
reached another office and was paid II
was sent with the advice 70 the department
as a receipt for the disbursement ot the
money. but they We're never compared
with the stub Of the office of issue In
checking up the amount Of money received
for orders the stubs were compared with
the record furnished by the postmaster
and if the accounts tailed they were &c.
copied, nus. II the postmaster. after fill
Ing out an order for larger amount OF
money than his stub showed should make
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD
New London Division.

NhNoh DIVISION.
Taking effect October 1872.
GOING SOUTH.
Trains leave Brattleb1ro as follows
~ n, Tor Springfield and New YORK
- A X, FOR Mlliers Falls Palmer and Na,r I NJ,
Don connecting al Mlllers rams WIN -,
1urE K X, ST Palmer with BuSt0n e AIbe-'..
n, n, az iAmantlc with New England h r
az New London with y y \ II I'll - II;
s;4S A. L, Tor Springfield ami New YorE - IL
NO. A \ tor MlIlers Falls and stations ON Eit,h
burg z r Palmer ami stations on Ros,,,, ''h
Albany h, R. and for New London s'ON y
~ ? Il, for SPIRIT Ctield and New York
. : p X Tor hlllers Falls ana stations On T,i,,h
3ure H. X Palmer aud New london ana ~
1orE Via Norwich Line N' 'eN
''o' p NJ Tor Springfield and New York
GOING NORTH.
Trains arrive at Brattleboro as folloUs
W. A; H., from New York via Norwich in. ~
Lohaon. Palmer and Mixers Pals 'Ne~
il;oo A. n, from Springfield
Falls -NO1' amer and Millers
s'S 81 $40 and 1915 P n, from Springfield .n,
~ ?. n, from New London. conn.,tiD,, -.
s,lller, hlies balls and lntermediste ststi -
N ~ SSul1lSSt % change without notica 'i'ns
~ "a u a m hhNLik, Supt., New London
G. W, CUMMINGS, g. p A 81 1h.r
j. A soUTHARD, D. P. f., New 1 f.osSo,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
Railroads.
BOSTON 6 MAINE RAILROAD.

4 ana after Oct s, 1897 trains on this road
N)wl leave Brattleboro for an poinfs pc,,b -
y 90 a 300, 5;40 and 1905 P n
he HOS Y. tram Is mail train for Noutu-.jiar
the Passumlsic read. va Nuu
The 20 ?. \ train is the New York and Mon
Junction and Rutland A'V'
lhe -uS P \ train is express for Montreal
Shtrbruok and Quebec. with sleeping 49, -
treal only ." Mon
n GolnG south trains arrive in Brattleboro fror,
bellows ais and points north al s:2i A. N tnieb1
express. POI n mail. S:.O mai. 4.Vs -
Montreal and New YORK dAv expr,-Ss r. 4
Al $50 P. Il, mixed train from Windsor
Al trains make Close counectlon VIII H..
Albany road both east anC west Of Sr-i rsfsi{
b. J. FLANDERS, Gen, Ticket ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

Thomas a Edison the electrical wizard
has made a discovery which promises 10
revolutlonize the iron business Of the world.
Il Is nothing less than a new metal which,
admiNed with iron, renders cast iron as
tough and strong as wrought iron. The
discovery was made purely by accident
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
Physician Shot 10y a Widow.
She AnerNard Killed Herself---She
Left Letter saying He Had Squan-
dered Her Money and Refused TO Mar
nv Her.

Dr. =. a. Rogers, formerly president of
the city board Of health and one of the
most prominent physicians Of Memphis
Tenn, was shot fatally on the banks Of the
Nonconnah creek. SIX miles from that city
Friday bv Mrs Mary >andorink, a wild
ow. who then shot herself causing instant
death. The shots and pr Rogers cries
for help attracted the attention Of farm
er and three negroes The doctor was car
ried to Memphis where he died in nospi-
tai. pr. Rogers scrawled a note to a rela-
tive before his death Il read she de
coyed me. she killed me Mrs sand
brink left long letter in which she stated
that Rogers had borrowed all her money.
SO that she was low peuuiless that he
proposed to her ard was accepted. but that
after he had gained her love he refused t.
marry her
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
c. P. gibson, AuCtioneer.

COMMISSION DEALER in Horses. Real Estate
- ana personal property. Stables, 50 Eli, /
street, Brattle6oro, vi.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
OF MY ENTIRE STOCK OF

Dry Goods Carpets, COaks Fur Capes Feather Boas Ladies'
Wrappers, Skirts Silk Waists Mackintoshes
NorSted Goods Cotton Underwear Jersey Knit
underfannels, Hosiery, Gloves COrsets Handkerchef
Finest Perfumery Toilet Soaps. Ribbons Laces and
Fancy Goods in great prousiOn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
II. r. BROWN.
Don't Wait

Onul spring, but have your hair. rAttr-ss
made over and your furniture upholstered
aua repaired while have time 10 do II.
When the rush Of carp-t LAYING comes Won
VIII have to wait 50 send down your work
select your covering. and III DC the RS,
While yol n abou, il bring DOM rbs.
umbrella with broken Srick o- ri.-,... -.
VIII be small 10 make a. goo5 a. new.
hrys h'ied TO all kinds Of locks 4 small
lNleA on tina; hot water bag. AMI II II! D. A.
s"'l As new Can do II, Ye.. all kinds Of
work done az the rrIair shop Of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
JANUARY H. 1898.
n,.. nallu At the BIaeksmIth's.

sooro.- Almost any black-mith's shop
l. ,,intor after "A sudden ir"rz-up. Inc
- are fun Of icy spots all the moro
il,,'.,r,5,. if thov happen TO bc covered
srJ concealed by light IAN Oh S""M'
anu Every horse own
/. !. !. !. !. !. !.
MNsfS cr hustler and
- IAN all who have tho
A tiLM charge 81 horses,
M~ MAN realizes that
AA NHA shoes must be
HM HNH shnIpcurd, and
M 40. ENh that immediate
~ Ao1orSI kKhlv For smooth
VA I'VE sh0d horse on o
HM HH slippery road II
A KH practically 10
VA III horse at all. The
~ consequence ~
" "rlu" on the
blacksmith comparable to run on a s ,il
XIV bank. But first come first served lhs
blacksmith bling hurried can give 10 one
Ma f...+ attention. aud even ct that many
ll-e th. who'll. If the short winter morning
merely getting their horses shod
The Never-lip Horse Shoe and Calk pre-.
vent. all this. The Calk is d'tnrhahle. II
Is screwed into the She ard "hen "ofn
partially down taken out aenih- an III
lew minute. Anybody Who can III, q
horse. f1.t can do it. ana tie animal i
sharp shod al once without leaving =
the stable Every tim the ol"S'lI"
,alki- rp--harpeue1 the shoe must b' kS
:aken of and reset. Any horse owner 49,
will apureciata this point l'en4 S
:he new method Won are yor own
hors--sh5er except when il is n'ces- 40
Iarv o. reset the shoe through the 3&
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

Taking effect October s. 1872.
GOING SOUTH.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
If You Have
A Hot Air Furnace

That does not warm your h.l.
properly, let me put iu "a b.
water connection that / la
been using for the past ,.
years and save you p per CENT
Of fuel Il is the coming a-
ran cement
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14
Darkness?

No. but light and heat Imt.
Just bought large stock OF II.
celebrated
The herald., 1898-02-28
Cats in the Forum

The Rome correspondent of the London
Morning Post says that the forum of
Augustus is the cats home of Rome.
There the superf1uous tabbies and tor
toise shells are carried and dropped over
the steep wall to join their numerous
fellows in the forum below. Every day
charitable people throw scraps of food
into this open prison, and, as seen from
above, its inhabitants seem to be plump
and happy-so happy. indeed, that they
make no attempt to escape. A few
years ago the forum of Trajan was also
used as a depositing place for cats which
were not wanted, but, as it does not
present the same facilities of retreat
and hiding as the forum of Augustus,
street boys and others took every oppor-
tunity of stoning the unfortunate ami
mails. Finally the authorities, after
many complaints, refused to allow any
more cats to be thrown there, and, in
order to get rid of those already living
in the forum, presented one to each SEN
try box on the walls of the city. They all.
however, speedily disappeared from their
new homes, some returning to the foot
of Trajans column, where they were
either killed by the street boys or trans
ferred to the forum of Augustus, while
others, 1T was whispered, were sold by
the sentries for few centimes to enter
prising young medical students in
search of subjects for dissection.
The herald., 1898-02-28
The Barstow Mill

Albert Smith, vice-president of the
Randsburg Railroad company, recently ad-
dressed a mass meeting at Randsburg on
the subject of low grade ores He said. ac-
cording to the San Bernardino Times
Index, that the company would be able
to handle ores of as low grade as ST per
ton and that after the mills had been in
operation thirty days he could then tell
more certainly what they could do. He
further said the company would take all
the low-grade ores in the camp, paying
for them on the dump; that in three
weeks time they would have man here
to go through the district sampling and
buying ore, although they did not expect
to have the mill in operation before the
middle of April.
Afterward Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Woodard,
general passenger agent of the Randsburg
road, expressed the opinion fully that they
would be able to handle 50 per ton ores
after they got fully under way.
This is the most important movement
ever started for this district. There are
vast quantities of low-grade ores on every
side, some veins running as wide as twen-
ty feet, but just little too low to be avail
able with any process now within reach
There are thousands of tons of ore here
running from Sc to SIS per ton, which will
Immediately have a commercial value, and
the prediction of Mr.. Smith that the Rands-
burg district will eventually prove one of
the richest and best ever discovered in the
state may be nearer that point than many
suppose.
The herald., 1898-02-28
HUSBAND NURsED THE BABY
He Stayed at Home While His Wife
Worked

Walter Davis of Jersey City was be-
fore Police Justice Nevin in the first
criminal court yesterday, upon COM
plant of his wife, who charged him with
beating her and with non-support.
Mrs. Davis testified that her husband
had not done any work for long time,
and that yesterday morning he struck
her. In reply Davis said that he former
ly worked, but his wife complained so
much of his staying out late at nights
and exhibited such an unreasonable tenn
per that he became disgusted and threw
up his position.
"And what do you do now?" asked the
justice.
"Stay at home and nurse the baby
while she works." was the defendants s
reply.
When the laughter which this pro-
voked had subsided Davis continued:
''She oversight herself yesterday morn
ing and pulled her out of bed, so that
she could go to her work in time. She
got angry and struck me. seized her
by the throat, and that's all there was
to it,
William Henry Davis, lawyer, who
appeared for Mrs. Davis, told the court
what Davis said was true. The family
lived in one of his houses and he had
given them rent free for two years. Mrs
Davis supported the family by washing
and housework, while her husband at
tended to the children during her abb
sence. They have three children, the
eldest being IL years old and the young
est 13 months.
Justice Nevins required Davis to give
bonds to give his wife S. week, and
made him promise to keep away from
her.-New York Herald.
The herald., 1898-02-28
A Grubstake Decision

Federal Judge Hanford at Seattle has
rendered an important grubstake decision
Seven Spokane men grubstaked a pros
pector a year or two ago to prospect in
British Columbia. After a period of fall
ure there he heard Of the Klondike. wen,
there and secured some rich claims, in
which the Spokane men have sought to es-
tablish an interest 1t was shown that
there were no definite limitations OF time
and place in the grubstake contract, and
the court holds:
II consider that the contract cannot be
fairly construed as to create any right
in favor of the plaintiffs to property sit
uated In distant foreign country, pur-
chased by Mallory with his own money
more than two years after the agreement
was entered into. Grubstake contracts
will be enforced by the courts, but only az
other contracts. It is not enough for par
ties to assert that they have rights in order
to secure legal protection, but they mus
be able to prove in each case clear ano
definite contract and by terms and condi-
tions in compliance Herewith rights have
become vested"
The herald., 1898-02-28
MINES AND MINERS
+f+*+++ + r. f++f+++t+fff + l. r III

That there are undeveloped mines along
the mother lode that will become Raw
hides, Uticas and Idahos when faith and
capital take hold of them is not doubted
by intelligent mining men. There are un-
questionably great bonanzas up there
which are yet plain, ordinary prospects,
wnich holders are vainly waiting to sell
or bond for few thousand. In a few
instances capital is now putting few
hundred thousand into properties which
seem to promise great things One of
them Is the Black Warrior in Tuolumne
county. Many mining men who know
something OF the property and the results
OF the development work of the past few
months believe that the Black Warrior is
destined to be another Rawhide. though
but little has been said about it. The latest
account OF this mine Is given in the Sonora
Union Democrat, as follows:
of all the mines in the county none are
being more aggressively developed than
the big North Star and Black Warrior
properties on Mocassn creek. Disinterest-
ed mining men who have been permitted to
inspect the underground workings and
who are thoroughly familiar with good and
bad indications on every ledge in the coun-
ty, unhesitatingly say that the North Star
and Black Warrior will unquestionably
rank with the most prolific outputters of
gold In the state. All about the mine are
many improvements that have been made
lately, including new buildings, shops, etc,
while the engines, air compressors, etc.,
are powerful and of the latest pattern. The
other day there arrived several carloads
Of new machinery for the mine, all of
which is the best that money can buy"