Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-18
IN GEN ERAL.

IN GENERAL.
Mamma and sister died this evening what
must / do Z" was the pathetic telegram re-
Gently received by gentleman at Dallas,
Texas from his nephew, little boy, left all
alone in New Orleans.
At Hartlepool, England, the other day a
man gave himself up to be returned to his
regiment and punished for desertion. 1t was
the only way he could identify himself as the
heir to fortune of 49,, 900.
A Virginia woman offers to sell her hus-
band by auction and apply the proceeds to
the liquidation of the State debt. II can rec
ommend him to purchasers" she adds, as a
man possessing all the qualities woman ca
pable of controlling him could desire"
jumping sheets" are being introduced
into the English fire brigades They are Of
stout canvas, with sixteen loops or handles,
to be held by as many men, aud so break the
fall of a person jumping into them from n
burning house. Trials have resulted very sat
isfactorily.
Reports have come that the present sea-
son has proved n complete failure to the arc
tic whaling feet. At latest accounts not one
vessel had taken u whale. No vessel had been
able to pass through Melville Bay on account
of the ice, which completely blocked the bay,
and all efforts to penetrate it had failed.
DR.. Schliemaun states that his excaya-
tions on the island Of Ithaca have resulted in
the discovery, on the southeast part Of the
island, of 80 houses of Cyclopean construc-
tion, belonging to the Homeric city OF Ithaca
He states that the winter rains have washed
into the sea all the ancient treasures, but that,
nevertheless, he has made valuable discov-
cry in finding the ruins.
MT 4 ,,, t,s-f,
Norwich, Ct, murderers the other day; One
Goddard, who killed man for presuming to
interfere with him in the pastime Of beating
his wife, was sent to prison for Is months
and fined 500; Norwich rumseller, named
Mallory, who kicked man to death, was fined
5000 and sent to Jail for 80 days
An ingenious system has been adopted in
Australia to prevent the savages from destroy
ing the telegraph poles. The engineers have
arranged supplementary electric currents 50
that whoever touches any of the poles instant
ly receives n violent shock. This unaccouut-
able result has inspired the natives with such
terror that they no longer dare tamper with
the mysterious wires, which, TO their perplex-
ity, traverse their country from end to end
On the Northern Central Railroad of
Pennsylvania, recently, an engine drew from
Clark's Ferry to Sunbury distance of 81
miles, train consisting of ls3 empty freight
cars, one loaded eight-wheel car, two caboos-
es and another engine, which was not fired
up. The train was drawn up grade at the
rate of ten miles an hour, and was G2OO feet
long, or 920 feet more than n mile. II il
claimed to have been the longest train even
drawn by single engine.
The village of Kollmar, in Holstein, is
noted for the longevity of its inhabitants II
is not uncommon for persons to live there to
be %, 9S and even 100 years old, and a man
| of 20 is considered middle-aged. In the last
| II years, II diamond weddings-the seventy.
| fifth auniversary-have been celebrated there
and more are impending. No village of it,
size-it has l, 800 population-in all Europe
has it is said, so many old people who as
cribe their longevity to simple habits out
door exercise, and steady occupation.
Japan is taking wonderful strides in civi
| lization, and is at present engaged in some
very important and costly public works. She
has Just completed railways from Yokohama
to Toxic and from Piogo TO Kioto and tele
| graph line connects HakOdate with Nagasaki
Her coasts are lighted by 81 lighthouses, ;
light-ships, IL light-buoys and beacons, ant
Japanese steamers ply between the seaport'
of Japan and to China, COrca, and occasion
ally to England
Jonathan Brinton, of Washington, Iowa
| got the idea that he was commissioned by tn,
Savior to open an inn near Jerusalem, and 81
| become a pioneer in the work Of rebuilding
and Christianzing the Holy City. He WA
worth $50, 900, half of which he gave his wifi,
and sou, who preferred a sure thing in low
| to speculation abroad. Brinton went
| bought several acies of desiable land two
miles east of the city, built his inn, and open
ed it for the accommodation of tourists to th,
Holy land, and has made good thing of it
Lately he wrote home for his wife, who ha
finally concluded to join him in his tavern OF
the slopes of Judea.
William Bragleton, who was killed few
days ago at Tucson, Arizona, by Sheriff ant
his posse, was one of the most notorious des
peradoes in the Southwest. He had robbie,
nine coaches during his career, slew his frs
man when only II years old, and once, il
! New Mexico when closely pursued by par
ty of detectives, killed all seven of them. II
was ambidexterous, shooting simultaneous,
with both hands, and rs effective with one a
the other. He was always armed to the teeth
and kept the whole country in dread by hi
| boldness.
A Chinese pharmacopGia, now on eXhi
| biton at the Paris Exposition, contains som
extraordinary remedies for the ills which hesl
is heir to. The Larvae of grasshoppers drie
and roasted are prescribed for headaches
dried fowls gizzards for Indigestion, gutin
Gus decoction of donkey's skin for pulmonar,
diseases, and n powder of elephants skin 70
rheumatism. One of the stimulants is a tinct
ure of scorpions, and the most recommends
tonic, q trituration of tigers bones, though
is very costly. A remedy possessing mucl
virtue in restoring persons suffering iron
fainting fits or hysteria is a snuff prepare
from flour mixed with the saliva of toads an,
dried.