Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25
WIS ITEMS.

One Boston firm sold 49, 600 panes of
glass ut retail the day after last weeks lorna
do.
1t is stated that Vanderbilt purchased last
week four millions of four per cents as an in
vostment for his family.
A party Of IL French Canadians, most of
them people Of prominence, went on yacht
ing excursion last Friday on the st. Lawrence
starting from Point aux 1rembles; they were
struck by sudden squall, and eight of the
party were drowned.
Vanderbilt is to build railroad from
Troy to Saratoga, 80 miles, to rival the pros
porous Rensselaer, d Saratoga road, leased 10y
the Delaware a. Hudson canal company. He
will begin work this fall, and have the road
ready for next seasons business.
Samuel w. Brown, well-known resi-
dent of the Charlestown District Boston, is
under arrest, charged with conspiring to burn
his furniture mandatory, for the purpose Of
defrauding the insurance companies.
An Internal machine exploded in a state
room on one Of the Hudson river boats Fri
day night, causing CONSERVATION among the
passengers. person giving the name OF
Henry Evans, mailing from Easton, Pa, was
arrested as the author of the mischief
Pittsburg Pa. property holders ARE be
ginning suits against Allegheny county for
losses in the riots of 1877. Thus far the suits
amount to S2jOOOO but the total loss for
which the county is liable is stated at -, 700,-
600.
Two sisters committed suicide at Hyde
Park, H., on Monday and third was made
insane. The father of the ladies had squan-
dered all their property and left them penni-
less.
A genuine and fatal case of yellow fever
has occurr, in Brooklyn, N. Y, the patient,
n fireman ON the City Of Merida, plying be-
tween New York and Havana, dying in a ten
ement house at Is Columbia place, Tuesday
afternoon.
The Secretary Of War has ordered q sup
| ply of tents to be sent to Memphis for the ac-
commodation of the poor people who cannot
leave the city.
Two boilers in the Central Pacific rail
way shops ut Sacramento Cal, exploded on
Sunday, killing one man and doing consider
able damage to adjoining property.
A recr,aut lover, by failing to meet his
| proIns, Il bride in the Catholic church at De-
catur, H.. Monday, caused the death of two
ladies. The young lady sought to hide her
shame and grief in the river; her mother
rushed to her relief, and both were drowned
Postmaster General Key and party visit
ed Deer Island Boston Harbor, Monday fore
reception 10y the Board of Trade. Later they
visited Bunker Hill Monument and in the
evening started for Halifax.
-Kansas reports an increase in her popu-
lation in the past year Of lO7, 743 in 60 out
Of 80 counties. Returns from the rest will
bring up the increase to 1900 The popu-
lation of the State is now over 1000
Secretary sherman was in Boston on
Tuesday on his way to speak in the political
campaign in Maine, and was very handsome
Is entertained in dinner given by the Com
mercial club at the Parker House.
The shaft Of the Zulu assegai, the woap
on that killed Prince Napoleon, is about hvt
feet long and az thick rs a mans little finger
1t is made Of wood not unlike mahogany
brittle and elastic, the latter quality giving the
spear q vibratory motion, on which Its accu
racy of flight depends.
The Pacific coast has Just had It's frs
wedding where the marriage ceremony wa
performed by a woman. Rev. Ada q. Bowie,
of the First Universalist church at San Fran
cisco was the officiating clergyman, DIR. Jen
ME Bearby Of Oakland was one of the higl
contracting parties, no mention is made of th'
man in the case, and the woman's rights ad
vocatos made it a grand occasion.
Last Saturday Edwin Forrest" trottet
the fastest mile that has ever been made t,
seconds, the half mile in l.O73, the three
3 fourths in Al, and the full mile in 2.li4
5 The horse trotted on Mr. Bonner's pryat
; track near Tarrytown, i'll the presence Of sov
5 eral well. known gentlemen from New York
: He was driven 10y his owner, Mr.. Bonner.
The Fall River Mass. operatives are oil
a strike, and on Monday night INDUCED il
riotous proceedings Two new corners,
woman and her son. who were peacoably al,
: industriously disposed, were attacked becuas
they presumed to mind their own bushes
and take the plnces Of the idlers their win
dows were ridded with stones and the pro
: lection Of the police was sought. Larg
: crowds gathered, and for a time serious dis
I turbance was threatened.
, The State Line steam ship, State Of Viz
, | ginia. which sailed from New York for Glas
! | gov on the 10th inst, went ashore ON tn
evening of the l2th, on n sand-bank oil tn
I cast end Of Sable island, in dense iog-th
/ captain supposing at the lime that he was >
q miles from land. In the attempt to land tn
= Messengers n surf boat was capsiZed, and min
, persons women and children--wer drowned
The reminder of the passengers and GREY
q were safely landed. The vessel is a total los
/ OF the cargo a small portion tloated ashore
n and some cattle thrown overheard to ighte
: the vessel made their way to land.
4 -Pittsburg is one of the blacklist of cities
b by reason of the smoke from its manufactc
e ries; but a plan is being tested that promise
II to make it clean. The proposition is to was
e the smoke, and the way of doing it is thu
v described The washing is done by passin
e the smoke through the spray caused 10y pat
= die wheels revolving in tank of water holC
# ing soda ash in solution. The tank an
wheels are placed in the fue, between the flu
mace and the chimney, and, the wheels bein
made to revolve in the direction of the chin
a ney, the draught is increased, The smol
@ after being thus treated will not soil whit
4 handkerchief.
+ -Chastine Cox, who murdered Mrs. Hu
lie in her bed in New York a short time ago wi
E. placed on trial last week, and on Friday nigh
after an hours delibeption, the jury brougl
e in a verdict Of murder in the first degree, an
t the Judge sentenced him to be hung Aug. 2
4 Cox affected smiling and indifferent demeal
or during his trial, and even while the JUDI
lie was reading his sentence, He is now IN ''mu
20 derers' row" in the Tombs, and still maintain
,e his air of cheerfulness and continues to
I, scrupulous and even foppish in his dress. /
1r has Indian as well as negro blood in his vein
is and to that fact is attributed his indiferen,
Of TO his fate.-On Saturday stay of proeee
ings was obtained in Cox's case, and justice
le likely to be delayed somewhat through Il
BIT efFOrts of the fellows counsel.
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