Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-11-24
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Tho Florida orange crop will be large
one.
Motley, the historian, Is writing his
torlcal novel.
The Virginia Legislature is TO meet BIZ
ennially hereafter.
Eight survivors OF the battle of Trafal-
gar, the last of Nelson's great naval con-
tlicts, still live in England.
The Black Hills miners are stampedlng
to newly.dlscovered fields of wealth at
Wolf mountain, 200 miles northwest of
Deadwood.
Charles Hemans, son of the poetess,
has just died in Italy, where he spent ma
ny years in valuable historical and archm-
illogical labors.
"A new industry is in development in
alfornia-that of raisin making. Three
tons of grapes eau produce one of raisins
equal 10 those imported from Spain.
Mrs. Kimberly, the woman who has a
stock farm in Iowa, has taken over $4,000
worth Of premiums this fall on her stock.
"A Kentucky woman Is mother of eigh-
teen children, nine having blue eyes and
light hair, and nine having dark eyes and
dark hair Seventeen OF the children have
married and have families, aud the mother
| visits them yearly.
AT bedtime now, after the little Phila-
delphia boy has said lis snow lay me-"
he adds In truly thankful spirit, "Ma,"
amt glad don't have TO sleep out in the
shed any more"
About ten miles from Cincinnati last
Saturday night wagon containing SO peo-
plo on their way 10 wedding party, tum-
bled over preclpice. 25 feet high; several
OF the party were fatally injured.
Another ancient Indian village, COM
posed OF two-story adobe houses, has been
discovered in Utah. The only entrance to
the houses is a sort OF man-hole in the top.
Bone needles, rude appliances for grinding
corn and other relics were found in some
OF the houses.
The floor Of Moore's Opera House in
Sacramento, Cal, which is built over a sta
BILE, save way on Saturday night. Five
persons were killed and one hundred
wounded.
A sheep herder in Marysvile, Cal, has
for some time been depositing S. month
in the bank for his dog and mule, that they
might have something TO live on after his
death, but the dog died recently, and the
mule is now full heir to the estate.
The once famous trotting mare, Flora
| Temple, il now in the possession of Mr..
Welch at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia.
She is 81 years of age and very feeble, and
| 1t is believed cannot live through the win
Ter. The best Of care is given her.
The bronze bust OF Horace Greeley, Sc
cured by printers subscriptions throughout
the country, will be unveiled over his
grave, December 4th, the fourth anniversa-
ry of his death. ThurlOw Weed, chairman
OF the Memorial Association, will preside,
and the address will be delivered by Bay
ard Taylor.
Estimates based on official returns
from the various police sections give the
total loss OF life by the recent floods in In
dia, caused by the great cyclone, as 2l5,OOO
in three districts, and it is probable that
even this estimate is too small. An i'm
III ense wave swept over several large and
thickly settled islands, destroying two
thirds of the inhabitants.
The Eucalyptus tree is doing wonders
in purifying the pestilential Roman CAM
pagna. This tree grows IL or 20 feet high,
he wood is hard, and the leaves have a
most remarkable absorbing power. 1t
originated in Australia, and both there and
in many other parts of the world where 1t
has been cultivated, malarial fevers have
been entirely destroyed by its action. An
elixir has been prepared from it which Is a
remedy for fever, and it almost exempts
vineyards from tho attack OF noxious in
| secis.
A machinist, of Cleveland, o., ramed
Charles Langschmit, has invented freez-
ing machine in which no chemicals arc
used, the principle on which it IS construt-
ed being that air when compressed gives
off its heat more readily. Air is accord
inely condensed TO one-tenth of its orig
inal bulk, and, in this condition, is passed
through small pipes surrounded by run
ming water which absorbs and carries of
the heat. The air is then passed into the
free zing tank, allowed to expand anG found
to be OF a temperature Of 20 degrees below
zero.