Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-06-23

Weston accomplished his task of walk
ing 400 miles in five days at New York at
ll.47, Friday night. with Is minutes to
spare.
Ex-Congressman Bowen, who was CON
yicted of bigamy, has been sentenced to
pay fine Of $3.50 and 10 be imprisoned two
years in the penitentary.
Gen. Leggct, Commissioner of Patents,
says that more patents have been issued
during the first four months of the present
year than ever before during an equal
time.
The late Robert q. Shaw of Massachu-
sets was one of the most philanthropic
of men. During 30 years he gave to OH
iccts of public and private charity not less
than 100000.
All over the country there seems to be
Il lively disposition to try the narrow guago
railroad experiment. One is planped in
Connecticut. several in PENNSYLVANIA and
New York.
The largest block of marble ever quar-
ried in this country has just reached New
York from San Francisco, for the new
Central park fountain. The slab will be
IL feet square all cut, weighs 10 tons and
cost $4,000.
George Fuller of Dceriield, Mass,
raised, last year, three tons of horse radish
on one and half acres of land, which he
sold for $3.50 per ton. This year he has
eight acres of it under cultivation ON ~
old muck swamp the same as last year,
AT the coming State election in Ken
lucky the negroes vote for the first time.
| Their full vote is estimated at 10000, near
ly ali Of which will be given to the Repair
| lean candidates. 1t is said the Republic
cans are making a most energetic and de-
termined canvass, and are reasonably hope
! full of carrying the State.
The visit of the Grand Duke Alexis of
| Russia to this country will take place in
! August. Exclusive Of the imperial suite,
| the squadron will have about 200 officers
and 5000 sailors and mariners ON board
the former among the most distinguished
in the imperial navy, and the latter picked
men from all the stations ON the Baltic.
Over 10000 surviving soldiers and sail
ors of the war of 1872 have applied for
pensions under the act of the last Con-
gress, and applications continue at AN aver
age of l76 per day. The disbursements To
this class of pensioners during tn current
fiscal year will probably amount to s2l3,-
$40 the preparation is s4,74O,0O0.
A very destructive fire occurred at
Potsdam junction, n. ", on Sunday after
noon, the 10th inst, destroying property to
the amount Of $4,000. The entire business
of the village was burned, including thy-
teen stores, Eve mechanics shops and a
bakery, hotel and four dwellings; sever
| al barns were also burned. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
A letter from Bueno5 Ayrcs, dated
May 18th, states that the fever scourge is
abating, the average number of deaths then
being about 20 daily. United States Con-
sui Clapp believes the total number OF
deaths to be over 30, 900, but the native pa
pers claim total loss of less than 10000.
The mortality among American residents
has been very small, because most of them
had Immediately left the city, and those
attacked received the best care.
The news Of the burning of the Peruv-
ian coolic ship Don Juan with $50 coolies
on board is confirmed. The ship took her
cargo of coolies at Macao on the 4lh OF
May. ON the 9Th, when within fifty miles
of Hong Kong, She was burned to the wa.
ter's edge and according to the reports oil
those who were saved nj least $50 persons
persisted, 800 of whom were fastened under
the matches and roasted alive. 1t is said
that there were fifty Europeans on board
1t is reported that the coolies mutinied and
set fire to the ship in hopes of forcing all
forward, and so obtain possession of The
ship.
If anything were needed TO prove the
wealth, power, and liberality of Pres
byteranism in this country, ii might be
found in the fact that the Presbyteries rep
resented in the Reunited General Assem-
bly,, recently in session at Chicago, have
raised during the last year. in addition to
the usual contributions to missions, sun
day schools, etc., the sum of 81 ,G07 400 as a
special Memorial Fund, to commemorate
the union of the Old and New Schools In
one body. This fund must be devoted tC
colleges, seminaries, church extension, ex-
tingushment of church debts, erection Of
parsonages, houses Of worship, etc.
The cyclone which recently devastated
portion of an Illinois prairie made q
pathway for itself of nearly three miles in
length and from twenty to eighty feet wide
In that pathway not spear of grass, not a
stalk OF corn or wheat, not u shrub, not q
particle of vegetation, was left alive. For
some distance the earth was literally plow-
ed up to the depth of six inches. The col
umn of whirlinP air must have been in
tensely hot, as every green thing in 10
path was dried to crisp. The outlines o.
the pathway were so we'll defined that five
feet from the outer line Of total destruction
of vegetation OF every kind not vestig'
Of its effects could he seen. Fortunately
no house stood In the tornado's line 81
} ! march.