Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-17
NEWS ITEMS.

-Lomer Griffin probably the oldest person
living in the United States, celebrated his
18th birthday Mt Lodi, Ohio, a few days ago.
The people Of the town turned out to honor
him on this occasion and spread banquet at
which all the citizens participated
When his fathers back was turned, the
little three -years-old son Of Mr. Leids of Des
Moines, H., pulled the rcins Of the team of
horses standing hitched to u heavy farm roll.
err, so that they backed the roller over the lit.
tie fellow, crushing him to DEATH
The permanent exhibition Mt Philadel-
phia was re-opened last Friday with consider
able ceremonies The board of managers
have compromised with their creditors and ar
ranged with the centennial board of finance
for II reduction of the price Of the building.
The graves of Union and confederate
soldiers at Vicksburg, Miss, were strewn
with flowers last week, both ex-Union md
ex-confederate soldiers participating in the
exercises
st Louis has not woman's hotel. but il
has boarding house for working girls, built
| and owned by an association of ladies, who
provide food and lodging at from $3.50 TO -
a week. 1t is a handsome homelikc place,
providing excellent meals and having teach
ers and girls from the best class of working
women among its boarders.
Money might be made by the committee
having the Moody tabernacle at Boston in
charge, if they were winplg to let it for dra-
| matte entertainments pedestrian matches and
| other irreligious shows, but they prefer not
to put it to uses so different from the pur-
pose for which it was first intended, and it
will soon be demolished.
A New York World dispatch from Que
bee says that the people on the Labrador
coast whose fisheries failed last fall are living
on fish ofal and dog food and even the dogs
themselves. and that there have been many
deaths from starvation. OF five families con
sisiing of 10 persons in one parish only five
survive. Scurvy is epidemic. The lieuten-
ant-governor of Quebec has ordered food,
clothing and medicine to the coast.
The centennial of the massacre of Wy
oming, Pa, one of the most thrilling and re-
| voting Incidents of the Revolutionsis TO be
celebrated on the I'd and lth of July in ms re.
alistic Il manner as possible with the old forts
| rebuilt many ancient articles collected and a
| tribe of Indians present in full costume Odes
and orations will recall the particulars Of the
affair on the first day, and on the second Il
grand pageant participated in by civil and
military societies of the State, will be follow
ed by an evening display of fireworks along
the river BANKS. President Hayes and lots OF
other big guns are expected.
-lteV. Henry Ward BeeCher, who was re.
Gently made chaplain of the Brooklyn 18th
regiment. preached his first annual sermon Ia
his regiment at Plymouth church last Sunday
night The pew-holders resigned their pews
for the occasion, and the regiment marched
in in full uniform. Mr.. Beecher appeared in
his dark-blue chapAin's uniform, but omitted
the shoulder-stups and gilt buttons. II,
preached from the text. Wherefore take I'M.
to you the whole armor of God that We may
be able to stand in the evil day, and having
done all to stand"
John Roach has sent Dom Pedro one Of
Edison's monographs 1t went by the City
of Rio de Janero, the first of Mr.. Roach,
steamers on the Brazilian line which sailed
from New York Saturday. The instrument
was charged before its departure with an ad
dress from Mr. Roach to the emperor. ex
changing compliments and congratulations in
view of the establishment of the new line,
and is the first instance Of the use Of the pho
nogruph for such purpose.
The Hartford Conn Couraut, in speak
ing of the result of Mr. Moodys revival work
in that city says Already there have been
about eight hundred additions to the mem
bership of the different churches in the city
traceable almost directly to the Moody reviy
al, and it is thought that the number will be
increased to over one thousand. The effec
of the meetings extended outside of Hartford
of course, and probably the churches in TIA,
neighboring towns will have received acces
sions so as to bring the total number of con
versions which can be accounted for, up Il
at least fifteen hundred.