Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-09
NEWS ITEMS.
10 Sleep

Fifty degrees below zero is The fire.
quent record oftemperalure at Folt Garry,
near The Red river of the North.
The product of beeswax ia the Uuited
States is 10000, OJ0 pounds annually, worth
al least g., ,OOO, 900, while the product of hon
ey is worth nearly S9,OOO,O0O.
Henry b. Wilkinson of New York,
who bought $500 worth OF lottery tickets
without drawing anything, sued the mana
ger of the scheme for the amount, and re-
covered Sl42276.
The annual number of deaths from
snake bites in India is reported at IL ,416,
though this estimate is believed TO be far
below the actual number, and DIR. Fayrer,
who has compiled statistics on the subject,
expresses his belief that more than 20, 900
people die annually in India from this
cause.
The fact that we pay millions of dollars
yearly for foreign flax, which can easily be
grown here, is stimulating lis production
in the Mississippi valley and on The Pacific
coast. Oregon fax is of the best, and far
u.ers are beginning 10 build mills and
manufacture the crop where it is grown.
"A young bank clerk at Toronto, named
Barber, has been paid 100000 by num-
Der of men of high position 10 plead guilty
to charges OF embezz!ement preferred
against hi m and accept the penalty of five
years Imprisonment, rather than stand
trial which might expose them os his ac-
completes.
The owners of ocean steamers are talX-
ing of sending a number of carrier pigeons
out with each vessel, so that in case of dis
aster the news may be obtained, and such
mysteries as the loss of the city OF Boston
may be avoided, while If any persons es-
cape TO lonely islands, as sometimes hap
pens, they may have the means of reveal
ing their whereabouts.
Miss Linney of Sacramento, Cal, was
loved by a Mr.. Roberts, but refused 10
marry him until he could support her in
opule nee. He went to San Francisco, EN-
barked in mining speculations, and recent
ly returned to her with The information
that he was worth 800, 900. She expressed
herself satisfied and appointed day for
the wedding, when he coolly said that he
had changed his mind, and a breach of
promise suit has been commenced.
The value of the agricultural produc-
tious of California last year is estimated at
$40, 0O0, 900. Adding the gold yield OF $780,
100000, this makes the splendid total of
800, 600 900 for the Queen of tho Pacific
coast. That for a State hardly more than
| quarter of century old, with population
of only 100000, is a cheering augury of
what may be ex pected when the magnih-
cent resources of the country are more full
| ly developed.
"A company is about to be started at
Lockport, N. Y, for the purposes of heat
ing houses, churches, shops and offices of
| the town by steam. So far as we know,
his is an experiment, an innovation in the
plan or supplying one of the most urgent
necessities of life in our northern latitude,
but 1t appears to be practical ip lis nature,
and no reason appears why it should not
be successful in its operation. II Lock-
port makes the plan work, larger places
will probably regard 1t with favor.
"A funny suit for damages has been
brought by New York drummer against
his firm for commission on wife courted
and obtained by him for one OF the MEM
bers. He alleges thatshis employers In
strucied him some time ago to go to New
Orleans and there negotiate for wife for
one member of the firm. He went, and he
pleaded, wisely and not, as John Alden
did, too we'll. He loved the young woman
as a proxy, and won her affections for his
absent employer, so that In due time she
became that employers wife. He charged
5000 for his services, but his client refused
to pay more than 500, and hence the suit.