Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08
NO. 6.
Nv GENERAL.
The Russians lost so, i35 men.

knOWn throughout tnk world as tne discover
er Of the satellites of Mars, has been awarded
the Lalande prize of Astronomy by the Acad-
emy of Sciences ut Paris.
1t is probable that the coinage Of 20 cent
pieces will soon be discontinued by act of
Congress. They are nuisance in all branch
es of trade, owing to their closc resemblance
to the 25 cent pieces, and lead to good
many annoying mistakes,
A notable pastorate closes ON the LIST Of
May, when Rev. DIR. Stephen II. Tying rttires
from 33 years service to st. Georges Episco-
pal church upon life salary Of 5000 year
as rector emeritus. Dr. Tying is almost ~,
but still hard worker.
John Green, newsboy On the New York
and New Haven railroad, was blown from n
train going at full speed near Mt Vernon,
n Y, in a recent gale, while going from one
car TO another, and carried over fence Mt the
bottom of an embankment. about % feet high,
but escaped with some severe cuts and bruis-
es.
"A New York letter says that Tweed
reads a great deal and exercises every day in
the Jail yard. His son Richard calls to see
him three or four times a week, and his other
son also visits him. but not so often as for
merly. Mrs Tweed goes down from Con-
necticut to visit him about twice a month.
Some old crony drops in about every eve
ming and the old man keeps in pretty good
spirits.
Matilda Stanley, the queen of large and
wealthy community of gypsies that owns a
large tract of land near Dayton, o., has Just
died Mt the South, where the tribe has been
accustomed to spend the winter months. She
was one of the oldest gypsies in the country,
and was recognized as head in authority by
all the gypsies in the United States. The
body has been entombed at Dayton until mex
Iuna and then will Ia Irria1 With ooro1no
MES peculiar to the tribe.
A sad story comes from Texas. A Miss
Moore was preparing for marriage, and in
vited friend, Miss Williams, to assist her.
In rummaging through drawer an old pistol
was carelessly handled by Miss Williams,
sultng in the shooting and instant death of
Miss Moore She was buried on the day that
was to have been her wedding day, and the
other young lady who was the innocent cause
of it, has become insane.
A singular character recently died in the
Sandwich Islands in the person Of William p.
| Ragsdale, Governor of the leper settlement
on the island of Molokai. He was the most
noted orator and lawyer in the kingdom, but
being afflicted with the loathsome disease of
leprousy he voluntarily withdrew to the Gov
| ernment colony where all lepers are kept, and
was appointed the Governor. He did much
to alleviate the sufferings of his unfortunate
associates, and was much loved by them.
Mrs. Southwick, whose snug New Eng
land kitchen attracted so much attention at
the Centennial, proposes to establish q similar
one at the Paris Exposition. 1t is possible
that the identical kitchen which was so at
tractive a feature at Philadelphia may be sent
abroad for the purpose. 1t was the intention
to serve up New England dishes in connec-
ton with the kitchen, but as the right of cater
ing for the entire Exposition has been sold to
a French firm it is doubtful if this feature can
be added.
The largest boulder in the world is sup
posed to be an immense one in Montville,
Conn. 1t lies on the very crest of knoll,
and is estimated to contain 105, 600 cubic feet.
Detached portions lie on every side. The
largest one is GO feet long, and out of it might
be hewn half dozen monoliths as large as
Cleopatras needle The boulder is known as
''Shehegan rock" being named after n war
rior of the SIohegan tribe, who was found by
the first white settlers of eastern Connecticut,
Leffngwel, Lathrop and their followers liv-
ing under the shelter of its eastern side.
All but four of the Mormon apostles want
to have a sharp investigation of Brigham
Young's accounts to see whether he turned
the church property into his private treasury.
Three of the four who profess confidence in
the late prophets honesty are his executors,
but n man who was his confidential agent for
many years offers to point out how Brigham
took 81 800, 900 from the church by few
large grabs, one of which was a charge of
$50, 900 year for eighteen years services as
prophet, priest and king, so to speak, of Nor
mondom.
One by one all the public gaming estab-
lishments are being broken up. On the LIST
of January that of Saxon, Switzerland was
closed by the Government. Homburg, Wies-
Baden, Baden-Baden, Aix-la-Chapele, and all
the other former noted gambling rendezvous
have been suppressed. Monaco is now the
last place of refuge in Europe for the profess
sional gambler and his victims That will not
long survive the common fate, as its suppress
sion is urgently demanded by the people of
Nice and other neighboring localities, on ac-
count of the disorders and crimes of which it
Is the cause.
The South Carolina House of Representa-
tives has given another illustration that the
dominant party in that State is not governed
altogether by partisan considerations in seat
ing the Republican elected in Sumter coun-
ty in place of a Democrat, who was declared
by the Commissioners of his own party to
have n majority of 53 votes. Upon an inves-
tigation by the Committee on Elections, it
was proven that the Democrats, being out
numbered at the polls mustered in sufficient
force to capture the ballot boxes and secure
|
own party; and, upon this showing the
House promptly condemned the outrage by
seating the Republican in his place.
The recent death, in Canada, of an old
schoolmate of the late A. I. Stewart shows
how little circumstances may determine the
course of n mans life. The two lads were of
the same age attended the same school and
started in life with the same capital. They
came to this country about the same time, and
=. 1 b. n. IL A..
ey he had, though not by any means n reck-
less lver the other kept turning his over
until he accumulated an enormous fortune.
, The one became n religious enthusiast, sub
sisting on charity; the other hard featured
man of business, dispensing it. One died a
millionaire, the other a beggar. Such is life.
The Stroll family of Mauch Chunk, Pa,
is probably the largest in the country. The
head of the house is Nicholas Stroll, 7G years
old, who has had three wives and by them 80
children, % of whom are still living. His
first wife presented him with eight, and his
second and third with IL each The young
est child is only three years old and is 73
years younger than its father. Nineteen of
the 81 children are married, and their fami-
lies average eight children, Mr.. Joel Stroll,
the Oldest son, possessing H. including two
sets of twins. There are over 200 members
of the family and all reside within the limits
! of the county.
Prof Tyndall says that the shock which
would be created were the motion of the earth
to cease would be sufficient not only TO set the
; whole earth on fire and melt it, but also to
convert it into n whole mass of vapor. The
heat would be equal to that derived from the
combustion of II globes of coal, each equal to
the earth in magnitude. And if after the
stoppage of its motion the earth should fal
into the sun, as it assuredly would the amount
of heat generated by the blow of contact will
the sun would be equal to that developed by
the combustion of 5000 worlds of solid car
, bon.
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