Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Wheat west of Omaha averages about 50
cents per bushel TO farmers.
George L. Fox, the well-known pantom-
mist died in Cambridge, Mass, Wednesday
afternoon
A man named Hunter walked 1Gs miles
in IS hours in England last month. and died
day or two afterward.
B. +. Story, Springfield, Mass, job
printer, gets prize of 5000 from the Louis
ana lottery, in which he held n single +
ticket
The wife of William G. Gilman. the New
York forger has become insane and has been
taken to the Hartford retreat, and the chill
dren are to be distributed among the friends
The Roger Williams monument erected
in Roger Williams Park, Providence, was UNI
yelled Tuesday. The dedicatory exercises
were conducted by the Freemasons.
The man who vowed he would never
shave or cut his hair until the Confedemcy
was established lives in Newton county, Ga,
and has not got over the foolishnoss yet.
The wrecked steamer Massachusetts, of
the Providence line was got off the rocks last
week and taken to New York, where she will
be renovated for service in the spring.
The Boston Flower Mission has made
public its ninth annual report. It shows that
II, 800 distributions of flowers, contributed
for the purpose, were made in the several hos
pitfalls of the city during the past season.
"A New York jury has given verdict
against the Hudson River railroad company
awarding widow $1,000 for the killing of her
husband and $175 for the horse and wagon
that were smashed up with him.
A letter has been received from Can't.
Tyson of the schooner Florence the forerun-
ner of Howgate's Arctic expeditions She had
han ,vpotI,., hat
her winter quarters in Cumberland sound. and
all on board were well.
Some dabolcal wretch wrecked a train
Monday, running on the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad near Noble, ILL.,, by raising one end
| of IA rail with jack screw. The cars were
damaged considerably but the passengers cs-
capped unharmed.
Suicide is alnrmingly on the increase in
| New York. Between August ~ and October
Ii there were % cases OF self-destruction and
II attempts which is the largest number for
the same length of time in the history of the
city.
The large Demonstration in the New
| York aquarium gave birth to 80 small hoas on
| Saturday night-an occurrence without pre-
| cedent in this country. The family is kept
in large glass box. The mother is l3 feet
and her young about feet in length.
Mr.. c. Gilbert, after passing a satiafa, Ito
ry examination in theological studies, has
been refused admittancc by the Tennesste
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
because he used tobacco, and the Conference
also passed II resolution that it will in future
refuse to admit any ministers who use to-
bacco.
While II party of five emip7lnts, with
two infants, were on their way down the
Mississippi Sunday night in two skffs and Il
a.
and man and woman and the two babies
were drowned. The party was from Hamil-
ton, ILL.,, going South to locate.
Miss Alice. eldest daughter of Senator
Blaine, aged about eighteen years. was seri-
ously injured on Saturday evening mt Augusta.
Me-, by the premature discharge of n toy PTS
tol belonging to a younger brother, with
which she was playing The ball entered her
forehead inAictng an ugly wound, though
the physicians say if inflammation does not
set in her recovery will be speedy.
The Episcopalians of Portland had II
red-letter day last week Thursday, in the con
secration of st. Luke's Cathedral in that city
Eight bishops and nearly fifty clergymen wer,
present and the service, four hours in length
was grand and impressive. II is the iirst
Protestant cathedral in New England. and DR.
Dix suggested in his sermon that with FIRE,
seats and services for all classes of people, il
is to provide for religious work on largci
and freer scale than is possible in the usua
parish church.
The Philadelphia militia who participated
in the Pttsburg riots of last summer are in
state of great excitement over the manner il
which they have been treated in the matter
and the probabilities now are that one OF
more regiments will be broken up. The FRS
Regiment, the crack corps of the city com
plains that it gained censure where it deserved
praise Lieut.. Col. Clark and Mai Ide hav,
already resigned. and Col. Benson and stat
are likely to do so.
The eleventh anniversary of the organi
zation of the Grand Army of the Republic
was celebrated with much spirit at Philadel
phia, last week Thursday. General John c
Robinson, commander-n- chief of the order
!, occupied the platform with GOV. Hnrtranft
and Gen. Mcclellan, Heintzelman. Gregg an,
others. 10000 people Were present and II,
600 members of the order were in the process
sion. exclusive of the numerous bands and tn
soldiers orphans from the orphan schools
Speeches We're made by several of the ger
) erals present.