Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-02-02

the house occupied by Mr.. Shanben, in Mont
pelier, on Tuesday morning, which nearly con.
sumed the building. Loss from $500 to $500
no insurance.
- George Gilbert. Of Woodstock, hung
himself at New Bedford, on Saturday, when
partially insane. lie had $1,000 in the savings
bank, $1,000 to the credit of his mother.
- Hon Edward L. Cushing. Of Charlestown
n. H., in reply to an invitation TO be present
at The democratic meeting al keene last week
says AIN the various questions of National and
State policy which arc before the people. |
deem it 10 be plainly my duty to act and vote
with the democratic party" Judge c. was for
merly an active Wing.
H. In Fizwiliam, n. H., q subscription
paper is in circulation, to raise money for the
purchase Of arms and ammunition for The Free
State settlers in Kansas. The 'ruiIians' steal
their weapons from the United States arsenals.
To purchase weapons is sectional, to steal them
is national, according to the administration yo-
cabulary
.I~ AT Philadelphia, Monday, the unanimous
opinion of the supreme court was given, in the
case Of the Cleveland, Plainvillc and Ashiabu-
Ia railroad VS.. the city of Erie, Pa, to the eff
feet that the railroad company has the right to
extend their road through Erie to the eastern
boundary, to connect with the northeast road
and that resistance and destruction of property
by the mayor and councils of Erie is unlawful
and must be restrained.
70 According 10 all accounts the use oflaud-
anum has now become very prevalent among
the female sex Of our population. a lady writ
ing 10 one Of the New York journals, states
that she has recently discovered that FIVE other
female acquaintances, belonging to the more
wealthy classes in that city, are habitual par
takers of it, and that, as a natural consequence
il is fast destroying their mental and physical
powers.
/ TT In and after May next, fifteen gigantic
man steam packets will leave Europe monthly
for the American continent, viz seven English
/ packets, four United States, three Belgian, and
one Portuguese. Fourteen of these will start
or touch al England-,he Portuguese packet
being the single exception eight of the four
teen steamers will start from Southampton, and
the remaining six from Liverpool These mail
packets will cross the Atlantic by three differ
ent routes WEIGH will terminate on the Ameri-
can side at the Brazils, Central America and
the United States
I " The wolves in Poitawatiomie county,
Iowa, are as ferocious as those in Russia A
boy was killed by them while getting water
from spring and pack Of them attacked a
man who was returning from a prayer meeting
on a horse with his two daughters the Oldest
daughter, aged 80 years, was dragged to the
ground and deyoured by the hungry beasts and
the unhappy father escaped with his other child
y The Panama Railroad, besides the i'm
mense outlay of money, has cost and is likely
to continue 10 consume an immense number of
human lives. The buggy nature of the soil,
with malaria, exposure and other incidents,
proved extremely detrimental to health, aud six
thousand workmen have found their graves on
the narrow Isthmns
/ y The poisoning case OF DR. William Palm
er of Rugeley, still occupies the English news
papers. 1t seems that besides Mr.. Couke, his
last victim, sirfecn persons connected with Pal
mer, and upon whose lives he had effected in
lions, died suddenly, aud it is supposed he pois-
oned them. The late Lord George Bentinck
is among the number. Palmer had race horse
named "Srychnihe."
- Liverpool papers predict that the new
steamship Persia, Of The Cunard line, will make
the voyage to New York in seven days. Ga
her trial trip from Greenock to Liverpool, she
made 10 miles per hour |. is the largest
steamship afoat heng 800 feet long II feet in
largest width, and 80 feet in depth, with ca
pacity Of 5000 tons. Her engines furnish 1900
horse power, according to the American mode
of reckoning. II has accommodations for 800
passengers.
~ The "American Almanac" gives the fol-
lowing as the aggregate population Of the world :
Africa, 100, 900 900 America, 81, 7O6, ss2 !;
Asia, 626 600, 600; Australia, 1880 Eu-
rope 263 SIT sci Polynesia, 800 600 To-
tai: $50, 1859 ,i03
ILT' In chemistry, the way to part two bodies
is TO introduce third The same holds true
in other departments. To increase the distance
between pair of lovers, all that's required is
to let Willie walk into the back parlor with a
lighted candle in his hand.
Y Commodore Charles Morris, the senior
retained officer in the nauy, died at Washington
Sunday afternoon, of pneumonia and peurisy.
u The newspapers which know every thing
say Bayard Taylor is to marry young lady Of
Springfield, Ohio, and spend year in Norway
and Sweden.
IL The American express company has re-
covered s35, 900 of the $4,000 stolen govern
menl money.
ODp FELLowsuIP The Odd Fellows Lodge
in this town, which was established in 1915, has
dissolved, surrendered its charter and divided iis