Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-10-17

Mr.. Gladstone reckons tea and coffee
among the curses of humanity.
One hard money Democrat in Maine at
the last election voted for Andrew jackson for
Governor.
The aggregate production of gold and
silver for the United States for 1873 is esti-
mated by the mint authorities at 500 000,-
600.
The Russian Gar is said to be i'll from
tine effects of the long continued mental strain
to which he has been subjected, and is daily
getting worse.
The Princess Louise and her husband,
the Marquis of Lorne, while travelling through
Canada, are always deluged with poetry from
sentimental admirers
A son of Attorney General Hardin of
Kentucky, although only fourteen years old
is six feet high and weighs one hundred and
forty-two pounds.
A London correspondent of the Boston
Post says that Mrs. Woodruff and Tennie C.
Clafin are soon to marry leading members
of the British aristocracy."
Mrs Julia Ward Howe preached in the
Unitarian church at Newport Il. l., on re-
cent Sunday. The church was crowded, and
many persons were unable to obtain oven
standing room.
-Blondin, now performing in Vienna, is
followed everywhere by Mr.. Thompson,
who has made a bet of $50, 900 that the hero
of Niagara will fall from the rope and be
killed ere he attains the age of GO. Five
years more and the cruel wager will be de-
cided one way or the other.
AT the carnival in San Francisco in hon
or of Gen. and Mrs. Grant the latter was pre-
sented with a bouquet composed of the How
ers indigenous to the various countries she
H..
world. The flowers were placed in regular
order, starting from Philadelphia and ending
with San Francisco. The bouquet-holder
five inches long, was made of pure California
gold and inlaid with quartz and metals found
on the Pacific coast.
The Young Mems Christian Associations
of the United States now number Sj4. OF
these, 90 have buildings of their own, valued
at 81, 1924, 40. Building funds to the amount
of 1924, 1872 have been collected by AZ associ-
ations, and will be expended hereafter upon
association buildings. The value of proper
ty of all kinds belonging to the associations
amounts to s., 205, 600. Reading-rooms are
supported by $40 associations, and 4GS ex-
pend $3lG, 2lO annually for current expenses,
A sword has been made from the Spring
field, Mass, armory for Gen. Ord of Texas
from piece of meteorolite which was picked
up in Northern Mexico some years ago. The
weapon is to be presented by Gen. Ord to
Gen. Trevino of Mexico, and is inscribed as
follows: "AIade from iron fallen from the
skies of Mexico, and presented to G. Trevi-
no, General of Division, by his friend, Gen.
Ord, L. S. A." This is a reciprocation of a
present given by the Mexican General to
Gen. Ord They have been warm friends for
a long time.
Among the checks sent out on the lst
inst, from the Treasury in payment Of the
quarterly interest on the United States four
per centum loan was one of $50, 900 to the or
der of VIM. II. Vanderbilt, being the quarter
ly interest on $1,000 600 United States four
per centum bonds registered in his name. Mr..
J. G. Flood, of the firm of Flood O'Brien
of San Francisco, also has s., 900, 900 regis
tered stock of the five per centum bonds
which have not yet been called. These gem
tlemen are the two largest single holders Of
United States registered bonds.