Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-29
NEWS ITEMS.

pcu. DCuuItknfu Is WflllnB up MS rccOl-
lections Of the rebellion for publication.
The amount of the Halifax fisheries
award 81, SOC, 600, was paid over to the Brit
ish government last week
Representative Alexander II. Stevens's
body servant Harry" by his own thrift and
industry, has become wealthy, and is said to
be richer man now than his master is.
An explosion occurred last Thursday in n
coal mine at Sullivan, Ind Thirty men were
in the mine at the time, 13 of whom wero
killed and several badly wounded.
The volcanoes of Izalco and SANTA Ana,
in South America, are in tremendous activity.
The inhabitants have fed in terror, and whole
communities nro seriously contemplating re-
moval.
Search for the despoilers of Stewards
grave is Mt complete standstill. Detectives
have not the least information as to who COM
mitted the deed, or where the body now is.
and the whole affair is apparently an unfath-
enable mystery
The number of deaths from the yellow
fever scourge in the Southern States is esti-
mated at -, 600, or about one-thrd the num-
Der of cases. This death rate, however but
family expresses the amount of suffering, loss
and absolute want entailed by the scourge
just as Gen. Sheridan was entering his
IOOlA ~ lht hlllltI AulCAkO, the OLllGT
day, the transom over the door fell cutting
cash three inches long on his head The
wound is not II serious one.
--Kimball, the church debt raiser, found
his match in Connecticut He wrestled with
u New Haven church all day Sunday and near
ly all night, and only got a third Of what was
wanted.
A story is told of the discovery of i'm
mense caves in Virginia which, for size and
magnifcence, far surpass the Mammoth Cave
in Kentucky.
A resident of Charlottesville, Va. has in
his possession two rihe-balls one rebel the
other union, welded together, which he found
near the High Bridge in Appomattox just be-
fore Lees surrender.
The greatest number of pairs of shoes
ever made by machinery in one month in the
United States was 4,19l,77G pairs. made in
September last. The total for the year end
ing Sept. Both was %, l97, 900 pairs, against
81, 2s5, 600 the previous year. reduction of
about per cent.
Miss Agnes Scott of Tiflin, O., was for
mally admitted to the practice of law the 9th
err day in Columbus. Among several other
applicants admitted to the bar at the same
time was Mr.. Burchard A. Hayes, the eldest
son of the President.
"A Washington correspondent says that
work on the Washington monument has actu-
ally begun at last, though it will be several
months before any fresh marble is hoisted
into place. 1t will take all winter 10 put in
the new concrete underpinning, which is to
prevent the structure from settling any more
Upwards of 200, 900, 600 persons were
carried on American steamers during last
year, and only one and one-tenth were lost
in each million. 1t is believed that travel by
., l. ~
ted States, is safer than in any other country.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the philan-
thropic New York Indy, who gave the money
to send the yellow fever commission down
South, has given $500 for another commits
sion of doctors to investigate the alleged sue
cess Of homeopathic physicians in treating
the fever.
One of the oldest requests ever heard of
is that made by Alexander McGill Of Allegha-
ny City, Pa, who leaves $50, 900 TO the de-
mocracy, provided there are no relatives in
Ireland after those in this country have had
life use Of it. The president is to be the
custodian of the money, if he is democrat,
but if not, it is to remain on deposit until a
democratic chief magistrate is inaugurated.
That dreadful scourge diphtheria is no
respecter of persons. 1t attacks the prince
as readily rs the peasant The Grand Duke
with the disease, one of his children having
died. The Grand Duke is son-in-law of
Queen Victoria. He married Princess Alice
of England, second daughter OF the Queen,
and is sovereign of a German State having
about million of inhabitants.
Clark Lewis of Cassville, " Y, thinks
he can do away with brakes and brakemen
on passenger trains with an invention on
which he has worked six or seven years, and
has just patented device under thec
troll Of the engineer let's n counter current of
steam into the cylinder of the locomotive.
and makes the power which runs the driving
wheels stop them as well. The LAckawanna
road is putting the invention to practical tost,
and quite successfully SO far.
Among the guests at New York city
wedding the other evening was eK-Gov. Til
den, who took the bride in to supper. On
again entering the parlor, the lady of the
house introduced Mr.. Tilden to several of her
friends, and, suddenly turning to a young
lady said Gov, Tiiden, allow me to intro
duce you TO Miss Hazeltine of st. Louis, the
lady to whom you are engaged, you know"
Mr.. Tilden, much embarrassed, hesitated and
blushed at thus being brought face to face
for the first time with the lady whose name
has recently been so publicly connected with
his; but on recovering himself he laughed
over the widely circulated reports, and treat
ed the whole affair as good joke.