Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-04
IN GENERAL.

Bob Toombs is going to the Paris exposi-
tion. which will be the third in the French
capital that he has attended. He says that
he went in 1855 as a senator in 1867 as a ref
ugee, and this time he is going las a gentle
man"
Gov Colquitt of Georgia Inns issued his
proclamation declaring that the new Constitu-
tion is now of force and effect, that Atlanta is
the Capital of the State of Georgia, and that
the homestead article is part Of the organic
law.
California really promises to add material
ly to the oil production of the country. New
wells Of superior oil have lately been struck
in Kern county, petroleum companies abound,
and a more extended development of oleagin-
GUS resources is probable.
--Well-bred Parisians never treat In pub
lie resorts, cafes, buffets etc, the French sys-
TEN of every man paying for his own drinks is
strictly observed save in the case of beggnrs.
who are treated sometimes to cup of coffee,
but never to whiskey.
The Jardin dAcclimation in Paris has
just received some living specimens of the
gorgeous bird of paradise which it has hith
erto been impossible to bring alive to Europe.
1t is a native of New Guinea and the neigh
boring spice islands, and its principal food is
pineapples and nutmegs.
Gov Vance, Of North Carolina, delivered
the address at the Sampson County Agricul-
tural Fair in that State on Friday and advis-
ed the farmers to improve their lands, to grow
their own provisions, to preserve their forests,
to promote education and to guard their po-
ltical rights. 1t was good advice.
Exile makes strange companions. The
London World states that the Prince Imperial
is frequent visitor to the British Museum,
and was seen there recently deeply absorbed
in the perusal of historical documents while
sitting between two of the most noted Com
munists, who were quietly indulging them
selves in reading French novels.
A private letter from Cairo reports great
astonishment in Egypt over the report that
the khedive was going to let us have an obe-
lisk. The writer says nobody has ever heard
anything of the sort talked of over there, and
intimates that the khedive isn't the sort of a
fellow TO be making such presents to Ameri-
cans.
New Rochelle, n. Y. presents the an
omaly of a Roman Catholic clergyman who
protests against the abolition of religious ex-
ercses from the public schools and even goes
so far as to ask the retention of the Protes-
tant Bible, to the exclusion of the Catholic
version. rather than the banishing of the sa-
cred volume altogether.
Three children, two belonging 10 David
Hatfield, broke through the ice at Tusket lake.
| j miles from Yarmouth. n s.. Sunday, and
| Hatfeld's family rushed TO the scene, and in
the excitement all got into the water. A
daughter 10 years old another and a son 10
were drowned.
N. b. Forest. the ex-rebel general who
recently died at Memphis, Tenn, bequeathed
to his son. William NJ. Forrest, ''the sword
and pistol with which fought in the confed-
crate army, with the injunction to use them
whenever called upon to do SO in the honora-
ble service of his country"
A monument is now being erected over
| the grave of Andrew johnson at Greenville,
| Tenn, by his children, the cost of which will
be about Ss0OO The general design is an
arch spanning the graves of the late ex-presi-
dent and his wife, surmounted by shaft.
| The hight will be about % feet, and the
weight about % tons
Brigham Young appointed three execu-
! tors, his eldest son being one of them, and
his wives continue to occupy the Lion
Ho Ise, " Bee Hive" and "Amelia's Palace"
tn property having been divided into groups
for each family" and each mother having
| supervision over her own part. under the gen.
eral supervision of the executors.
1t occurred to a small boy of Fond dr
| Lac. Wis, that good way to get rid Of an
ownerless dog that pIowled about was n give
| the animal kerosene bath and then touch =
match to him. This brilliant conceit produc-
u
borhood being lighted up by the flames of the
barn under which the dog took shelter in his
| baptism of fire.
Minnesota people are beginning to reap
the fruits of their dsgraceful action last sum-
mer in voting. by an overwhelming majority,
| for reputation. A man who came on to New
York the other day to raise money for n new
railroad enterprise was advised TO go home
without delay, as eastern capitalists don't pro-
| pose TO invest in a state which refuses to pay
| its honest debts.
Perhaps nothing illustrates more vividly
the cosmopolitan character of New YORK than
its poyglot play-houses. There are two Ger
man and two French theatres in nightly and
successful operation. Something of the same
| characteristic is shown in the newspapers,
which are printed in the German, French,
| Spanish. Portuguese. Italian, Hebrew, Welsh
and Native Irish languages.
Washington gossps are again busy with
Simon Cameron's breach-of-promise suit, and
it is said that all efforts to effect compromise
with the Widow Oliver have failed, because
she is not to be bought off cheaply. She de-
mands good round sum. Cameron objected
to the price demanded and meant to fight it
out but Don Cameron does not want the scan
dial the suit must cause if it reaches trial,
and is making desperate efforts to settle with
| the widow.
The largest bell in the world is said TO be
| in kyoto, Japan, and to be perfect in tone.
By measurement it exceeds the great bells of
| Pekin and Moscow, both of which are cracked.
Nobody knows when or by whom it was cast,
and though it's surface is covered with char
acters no scholar has yet been able to trans-
| late them. The bell is "a feet high and 1G
inches thick at the rim, and the booming can
| be heard for miles. 1t sounded by n suspend
/ ed piece of wood, like battering-ram, which
strikes it on the outside.
| The Baldwin locomotive works at Phila-
delphia, have received telegraphic directions
from their agent, Mr., Parry, who was sent to
Russia some time ago to arrange the terms of
| a proposed contract, to proceed at once to the
construction of forty large-sized, first-class
freight engines of five feet gauge. Nearly all
the Russian railway plant has been absorbed
! by the government for war purposes, and the
immense crop of wheat in Southern Russia
and Bulgaria is spelling in store for lack of
| transportation. The locomotives under the
Baldwin's contract are to be completed and
delivered during February and March.
| San Franciscans have fondly imagined
that their glorious climate was full of protec-
tion against attacks of glanders in horses, but
recent unhappy experiences have convinced
| them of their error. One of three horses in
| fre-engine stable was recently attacked. The
animal was Immediately taken to convenient
locality and shot, and the other two were sent
out on the hills with keeper who was given
instructions to kill them the instant any signs
of the disease became visible. The stalls were
then torn down and the harness, curry combs
blankets, brooms, and in fact every thing in
and around the stable destroyed, to prevent
the spread of the disease. Not long since the
United States authorities Mt Benicia killed
large number of horses and burned down their
stables to prevent the spread of the dire dis
ease.
Maine, the great numbering State of the
Union, now stands sixth on the list, and the
business seems fast decaying on account of
the wasting away of the forests and the over
crowded condition of the trade. The cut of
logs ON the Penobscot river decreases every
year, and the bulk of the production hereafter
tba tha actYa