Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-03
NEWS ITEMS

NtWS llthS.
Admiral Tom Thumb, in London, is
six inches shorter than our General Tom
Thumb, is thirty-six years old, weighs
twenty-six pounds, is Hollander and
speaks five languages.
The losses by The French foundations
amounted TO 2l,OOO,OOO flames, and ls,OO0,-
600 francs have already been collected by
subscription.
The income Of Girard college at Phila-
delphia, last year, paid all expenses and
left surplus OF about S20O,C eco; it now has
$50 pupils.
The Saraiogiau says the real reason
why the Democratic STATE Convention was
not called at Saratoga, is because the price
of whiskey there is % cents glass.
"A fearful fall was that Of John Mccain,
a laborer, who slipped and fell from the
top of The New Yoik abutment ofthe East
river bridge to the ground, distance q
200 feet, Friday morning. He was crushed
into a shapeless mass.
-TennCssee hasn't Gilmore concerts, nor
Vokes families, nor any sedale public a.
musements Of that SOFT, but every now
and then there's somebody TO be hanged,
and people come from miles around with
their wives aud children 10 enjoy the enter
tainment.
The propeller Comet was run down
and sunk oil While Fish Point, Lake Su-
pc rior, Thursday evening, by the Canadi-
an steamer Manitoba, and IL persons were
drowned.
pT \
who lacks only two months of being one
hundred and one years old, is knitting a
pair of while worsted stockings for Dr.
La mbert, Of New York, and another pair
for \. I. Stewart.
Mr.. James IL. Noe, Of New York, who
was injured in an encounter with a burg
lar at his store in Greenwich street a week
ago la st Sunday morning, died last Thurs
day evening. No clue TO his murderer has
yet been obtained.
Something has been saved from the
wreck of the Freedman's savings bank;
the commissioners report SAG, 600 cash on
hand, are hopeful of bringing the sum to-
tai up to 100000 10y the first of next month,
and are going 10 declare q 70 per cent diyi-
dend.
-Son-in-law Sartoris, vile and the Long
Branch baby sailed for England, Saturday,
but will return in eason to eat ThanBsgiv-
ing turkey at the White House. The rest
of the Grants will remain at Long Branch
about Two weeks longer, and then return
to Washington.
The cattle stealing and the murder OF
peaceable American citizens on the Texas
border still goes on, especially in the inte-
rior, and according 10 prominent officer
down there is likely TO continue till force
is sent tn ere big enough and with authori-
~ to break up the bands of assassins and
thieves on both sides of the river and well
into the Interior of Mexico.
"A little Chinese girl about eight years
old, has been admitted to one of the prima-
ry schools CT the city Of Sacramento. APP
plication for her admission was made in
the usual way TO the Superintendent of
Public Schools, but lie referred the matter
TO the Board of Education. This is the
first time that Chinese parent has made
application for the admission of child to
the public schools.
Mrs. Mary Vaughan celebrated her
county, Tenn, on Friday, by a large gath
ering OF her descendants, Of whom $50 are
now living, with addresses, songs and pray
ers around a stand garlanded with flowers,
! aud then a big dinner. Mrs. Vaughan was
born in Nottoway county, Va, and is the
mother of 10 children, and the family is not
only large in numbers, but its members
are giants in size, but few of the men COM
ing under six feet in height, even down TO
the fourth generation. Her faculties are
all unimpaired; she hears well, uses no
specaces, and frequently walks a mile
she wove the cloth which uniformed her
grand and gleat-grandsons as soldiers in
the coniederacy. She is a strong believer
in ST. Paul's doctrine about the wife's rela-
ton 20 the husband, and attributes her
long life to "habits of uninterrupted indus
try and uniform obedience to her husband"
This is what Sheriff Clark of Boston,
who has charge Of the Pomeroy boy, thinks
of that youth: He is far above the aver
age of youth of his years in mental and
physical development he is desperate,
daring, artful and untruthful, and a dan
gerous being TO be at liberty; for some adj
ded proof thereof come and see his work in
attempting TO escape, read his Intercepted,
unpublished letters TO his mother and
brother for aid in such attempt, and hear
what he desired to do TO the Waterman on
duty. As his faithful counsel remarked
in terms, in addressing the jury in his be-
half: IF knew that he (PoMeroyl was at
liberty, aud living in the same town in
which | with my young children reside,
would at once leave The town with all my
family and so as far away from his neigh
bOrhoOl as prudent safely would dictate"
SO say i.