Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-01-15
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carriage that runs by spring power, wound
up like a clock.
Italy has voted two million dollars to
Improve the harbor of Venice. Tho works
will take eight years in completion.
The total number of public and private
buildings erected in st. Louis during the
year 1868, exceeds $500.
"A wealthy citizen of Tcrro Haute, In
diana, offers to give $4,000 to endow la
dies seminary in that place.
New Orleans is employing two thous-
and men in repairing the grand lcvee, and
is patching up the other lcvecs at the same
time.
"A saving woman is the very best saw
ings bank man can have, and such should
lie most respectfully invited to change their
names and become wives.
A careful comparison of the prices of
living in 1867 and 1868, as given in the N.
Y. Times, shows that the high prices come
down very slowly, not over seven or eight
percent
In cave ut Rock Island, ILL.,, the stat
ne of an Indian maiden has been discover
ed. 1t has a solid copper pedestal, seven
feet high, and obelisk OF solid brass. 9TH
or Indian curiosities have been lately dis
covered in the same vicinity.
ihe grc"V poPuiaIi'y vi M nooOnoi
hhds Significant muck III the reilarkaplc
result of the sale ON Tuesday last OF pews
in Plymouth Church. The receipts amount
ed TO an aggregate OF "in"fy-seven thous-
ana dollars
AT Bath' n Ia BOY VINO was co"s'-
lhs c""'u No' sup no siou 40 'i"iii VI
vars c"iiic "io"s' an" Hi'"' 'N0 an NV"
"cro7'' inc RAJ ro"u ''a'N pc'Nec'' 'he "ncc'S
Oh car, """ eSc"lc" '"o Si'B"'os. i.'"'9'
hESt''''nerS cNl'c'''o "Soo mn, N'iicu'
"A "cal'hy gentleman III IroNluc''c'
VINO has maze speclaIly Oh collec'lhg po-
lit'ca' c"ric"."reS' mas lu'i coiie'''on go
ing pack us lar us inc mart" clucr ca'nPals''
IL Is suu 10 DC tue rlchest Oh the KIM OK
tAit' rs nc mas pech oilereu repeatedly seN-
tral tlous''u uolIarS ioI IT,
"A fhiladelphla correspondent o' inc
ohlNcrSallst thlhks OhlNefSailstS nave
enough to bear, without having the odium
ni w"hah-prcachcrs added. Inc star oil
the w est, lnconmentlngo the above, says
Poor man, we hope he VIII survive the
ihilicton.'
The cemeteries for Chicago are located
some seven to ten miles north OF the city,
near the lake shore, ON the line of the Mil
waukee Halfway. Funerals go out by
train. TiT dead are shot Through ny eN-
press to their last resting place. and dying
ike lNIhS mere Is WIN inc rush oil the 10
conceive.
-keV' Mr. Addison, santa CARA cal,
has been expelled from the Baptst church
"i that place FOR administering ana partlcl-
patIhg III the sacrament al the presbyterian
church. Inc vote Tor expulsion STOOD
eleven to eleven, ana the chairman gave
the cHStli Note against hIil'
Inc members OF New YORK city hrlh
which manufactured, ana retail dealer
who sold dangerous article OF Kerosene,
by the explosion OF which little girl was
fatally burned, last week, have been held
III s'0OO ana s2oOO bonds respectively, TO
await the action OF the grand jury. n warn
ing to all dealers in the article.
Adj. Gen. Baker OF Iowa issues circu-
lar so4irltihE an Iowa forest tree from eV-
cry county III the state, Tor uansplanllng
III the public grounds about his office and
the state arsenal at Dcs Moines. n hum