Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-04-07
NEWS ITEMS.

Mark Twain's horse car song, "Punch,
Brothers, Punch," has been set to music.
Eight out of every ten OF the leading
journals in the principal cities Of England
and Scotland are arranging to have cores
pondenls in this country during the cen
tennal.
Mail intelligence from India reports
that the steamship Jowad, from Shehr, has
been wrecked In the Arabian sea. She
had aboard about 500 pilgrims, chiefly Per-
SLAMS, bound TO Bushire. Three men, who
are supposed TO he the only survivors, have
reached Hodeida.
"A St. Louis artist, a. j. Conant has
been investigating some stalaciite caves in
the Ozark Mountains, on the Gasconade
| river. In the mouths Of the caves, under a
deposit of several feet of vegetable mould,
! bones, skulls Of a low facial angle, arrow
and spear heads, flint implements, bone
knives and avis for sewing skins and frag-
ments of animals, were discovered.
George Her;enstein dropped dead at
Columbus, o., few days since, AFTER re-
marking that lie believed a farmer, well
fixed and out of debt, was in position 10
enjoy the world better than any other man.
With a friend he was discussing the ques-
ton OF, "Wbo is the happiest and most
contented man."
John Cottiell of Melrose, ILL.,, a night
or two ago, turned his little stepsons, aged
and 10, out of doors, aud forbade them TO
return. The boys started for their uncle's
some miles distant, but on the way the
youngest died from exposure. The other
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lily. Popular feeling against Cottrel runs
very high, aud lie has been put in Jail to
prevent his lynching.
The extraordinary length TO which the
fashion OF rinking has been carried in the
London world may be seen from the fact
tina. there are now no less than one hun
dred Kinks in that city, some of them cost
ing as high as 100000 for site and build
ings. The basis of the whole excite ent is
the roller skate invented by Nj. Plimpton
of Brooklyn, n. Y, and which was vainly
sought to be made fashionable some years
ago in this country.
The New York papers have extended
obituary notices of the famous stallion,
Hambletonian, which died at Chester,
n. Y, recently, at the age of nearly twenty
seven years. His skin is TO he stuffed and
set up in Central Park to show the points
of a typical American stock horse. Ham
bletonian's chief claim TO distinction is that
he was the sire of about 1900 horses, among
them some Of the fastest horses known to
the American turf
1t is expensive to take care of insane
people in palaces: In Mas. achusetts, the
cost of two asylums in the course of con-
struction is fro m $500 TO $4,000 for each pa
tient. One is nearly completed in New
Jersey at an estimated cost of s., 900 coo, OF
more than $4,000 per patient; while in New
York three are in process o: building, The
estimates of the cost of which vary only
between $4,000 and $4,000 for each patient.
-Messrs. Copestake, Moore, Cramptor
& Co., of Bow Churcbyard, London, one o
the largest Wholesale dry goods houses il
that city, have lately distributed among
their employees the large sum of f35, 0Ot
sterling. TO each of those who have beer
in the firms employ years, the sum y
. $50; 10 years, Gl00; Is years, ESQ; aut
20 years and upwards, goo.
William Stevens of Manchester, Eng
land, came TO his death in a singular way
recently. He was an omnibus driver anC
during late storm was found sitting OF
the box OF his omnibus, with his throat Gu
from ear TO car. Investigation proved tina
piece cf telegraph wire, broken down by
the storm, had formed a loop, in which
Stevens head was caught, with fatal result
M. Nohack, French scientist, has beer
investigating the subject of Leer consump
ton. He finds, striking the average, tina
the yearly individual allowance in Bavarii
is 54s gallons per annum; in Belgium, As
gallons; in Wurtemburg, 3Sl gallons; il
r Great Britain and Ireland, 29i gallons; il
Saxony, 10 gallons; in Baden, Il gallons
t in Alsace-Lorraine, I2i gallons; in Prus
STA and Hanover, % gallons; in Holland
OF gallons; in Austria, 81 gallons; in ih'
United States, 81 gallons. According Il
these figures we drink more beer thar
France, Norway, Russia and Sweden, th,
= people of which average a, 3, 81. and 3
gallons, respectively, but the other efIett
= despotisms ought not to be allowed tC
walk by US Ii Ike that.