Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-05-04
BHEVITIEs.

"A bill offering bounty of five cents for
every rat killed in the State has passed the
Missouri Legislature.
The contract for supplying the schools
of New York city with coal for the year
commencing June, 1877, has been awarded
to j. d. Leary at $500 per ton.
The first extra session of Congress ever
held was the longest. 1t lasted from March
4, 1889, to The following Goth of September.
The debt of $4,000 on the superb
ch urch of the Rev. DIR. Hall of New York
has been lifted, the whole amount having
been subscribed in less than a month
Robert Bonner was one OF three subscrib-
ing S25, 900 each. The church and grounds
cost million and quarter.
There is a 14-years-old news girl in
Chicago, who has made money enough
selling papers to furnish a comfortable
home and buy a piano. She purposes
sticking to the business for Il few years
more, when she expects TO retire on COM
Portable competence.
Clothes pins are made al several large
factories in Pennsylvania aud Ohio and one
near Saratoga, each of which has capacity
of Il, 900 pins per week. Over 100, 900 boxes
are shipped annually to England, and
similar number to other foreign countries.
The generally received idea that the
abolition of the death penalty in Maine has
been followed by an increase in the num-
Der OF murders is disputed by DIR. Quimby,
editor of the Gospel Banner, who is strong
in statistics, and ciphers out much small
sr number since the law was changed.
"A large amount Of counterfeit silver
coin is in circulation throughout the coun-
try, some of which is SO good as to be hard
| ly detected. Within few days the secret
service force has captured counterfeit sill
yer enough TO fill bushel measure. JOHN
Graham, Chicago lawyer, has been arrest
ed for having counterfeit half dollars sent
| him.
"A bomb shell was ploughed up in Nor
gan county, Tenn, a few days ago, which
had been fired from one of Gen. George
Morgan's cannon during his retreat from
Cumberland Gap, in 1862. The finders, 10
test the keeping qualities took It home and
put it in the lire. A man about two miles
away on a hill reports the experiment as
highly successful, but the immediate actors
| III hiO oNShO navy NV yet OCSh
Not long since a negro was caught
stealing a COW in Pike county, Miss. The
parties who caught him cut the COW open
aud placed him inside of her. took grass
rope and sewsd him in securely, leaving
only his head out. Iu this manner he re-
NAMED for four days, when he was discoY-
cred nearly dead. He said that it was all
that he could do TO keep The buzzards from
picking his eyes out.
"A Danbury couple have a nice little
girl of some five summers. A lady visitor
lately observed to the mother, "What a
pretty child you have She must be great
comfort to you" "She is indeed" said
the fond mother. "When Pm mad at John,
don't have TO speak to him. She calls
him to his meals, and tells him to get up
the coal and other things that want. She
is real handy"
II, as is stated, Rev. and Hon. John ID.
Grinnell of Grlnnell, Iowa, is the original
of Mr.. Greeley's famous advice TO $50
West, young man." it must be admitted
that the venerable editor knew what he
was talking about. Grinnell took the ad J.
vice about rs years ago, aud since then has
grown rich, founded and given his name
TO town, built a railroad and exchanged
the pulpit for seat in Congress. He re-
Gently celebrated his silver wedding, at
which great collection of local and State
celebrities we're present.
The San Francisco Chronicle has been
put in possession of curious story by
Capt. Refs Of the British steamer Fleur de
Lis, which recently arrived at that port
from Androssan. The captain says that
when off Staten Island, which lies eastward
from Cape Horn, The ship encountered q
school of whales, which seemed to have re-
solved itself into an escort to attend her on
Ihe remainder Of her passage. The whales