Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-30
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Aho ulreCtOrs OF the tltChDurg railroad
company have voted to withdraw from the
agreement with the Hoosac Tunnel line, on
account of the excessive tolls
Judge Asa Packer, the PENNSYLVANIA mil
honaire, who died on the 9TH inst, gave by
his will upward of 81, 33O, 600 to various be-
nevolent institutions.
Since the compulsory education law went
into effect, there has been decrease of TWEEN
tty-four per cent. OF Juvenile criminals in
New York city.
The sediment in the water discharged by
the Mississippi river in one year would make
q piece of land one mile square and reach n
height of two hundred and sixty-eight feet
-Four Sunday schools in Brooklyn aggro-
gate over G000 scholars, one of the largest
being that of the Twelfth street Reformed
church under the superintendent of Silas b.
butcher, numbering 1870 children.
The poet Moore's centennial anniversary
was honored Tuesday night at Boston by n
banquet at Parker's, attended by the leading
lrishmen of the city and many Americans,
among whom were Mayor Prince, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, James 7. Fields, j. T.
Irowbridge, and others.
The Georgia papers are demanding a
careful investigation of case of bull-dozng
IN Wilkes county, where colored Berry Hicks
".-o DS"tSh bO bIutuug ny u purity VI uhhheO
whites that he died. Hicks had driven a white
man from his home who had been too init
mate with his wife.
Paul Morphy, the once noted chess play
er, is hopelessly insane, his delusion being
that he is n great lawyer, with an abundance
OF clients. The great case that absorbs near
~ his whole attention is an imaginary one
against parties who had charge of an estate
left him by his father. He utterly repudates
chess, and denies having ever known any
thing about it.
"A printing-press Benjamin Franklin is
said to have worked was recently disposed of
10y sherilf's sale at Jonesboro, Ga The press
is said to have been the first to hoist the
name of Gen. jackson for president. 1t is
built of ash, hickory and mahogany is heavi-
ly ironed has a marble slab for bed and
works by hand with horizontal lever
A foreign journal recalls the case of a
French Catholic scholar who determining to
renounce superstition, ordered himself ham
omelette on "A Friday. While he was eating
II thunderstorm came on and made him
jump. He took up what remained of his ON
elette and threw it out Of the window ciacu-
lating in disgust, IAN that noise about an
omelette"
james Russell Lowell, United States min
lister to Spain, reports ull-fght in Madrid.
He says II attended officially, as matter
of duty, and escaped early. 1t was my first
bull-fght, and will be my last. To me it was
a shocking and brutalzing spectacle, in which
all my sympathies were on the side Of the
bull"
The resignation of Mr.. Riddle, superin-
tendent of the New York schools, who has re-
Gently been converted to spritualism, has
been accepted by the board Of education of
the city.
Horace Waters & Sons, the well known
New York dealers in pianos and organs, have
made an assignment for the benefit of their
creditors. Their liabilities are estimated Mt
500 600 and the total preferences on promis-
sorry notes, S4G,Gl7. The failure is due to
depression in trade and difficulty in collect
ing bills.
Charles Goodwin, a middle-aged resident
of Portsmouth, N H., has been taken to the
Concord asylum having become insane
through religious excitement brought on dur
ing recent Second Advent revival He in
sisted that the Lord had commanded him to
initiate Freeman by sacrificing his children,
and begged that they might be taken away
from him before he committed the deed.
p. l. Walker, noted smuggler was car
ried over Niagara falls Sunday, while intoxi-
Gated. lie had frequently crossed at the
same plAct, nut one oar caught CrlD TINS
time and he lost control of his boat He
saved two young men from the same fate last
year.
Frederick Billings of Woodstock, has
been elected president Of the Northern paci-
fic railroad, vice Wright who has resigned on
account of i'll health 1t has been decided to
Immediately place under contract for con-
struction the POO miles of road from the head
of navigation of the Columbia river to Lake
Ponds d'Oreile.
The president of the Metropolitan life in
surance company of New York is credited
with saying that fighting possible frauds ben
etits life insurance companies by soaring poll
cy-holders into abandoning policies upon
which they have paid large sum without
getting anything in return, and that insur-
ance officials approve Of it,
Two cars, fitted up in luxurious style, are
being made at Troy N. Y, for Governor
General Lorne of Canada. One will be used
as a sitting room and the other rs a smoking
room, and they will cost $4,000. The Mar
quis and his wife will use them for all their
railroad travelling, including their contemplat.
ed tour in the United States.
Joseph Casey, l years old, employed in
filling and lighting the street lamps at Belle
vue, suburb of Scranton, Pa, Saturday
night, while on a ladder upset an oil can over
Il, Ill. 1 a.
MS cio'neS' "heu, II - HiIeseI' anothsf hoy
alPll'a hiatcl 10 nm GINeIopihs nm IN
nnine rom neau 20 ioo1' ne rusneu lor the
river, quatter Vi " iiille away Dut was over
lah1n ny ei'ITens WHO tnIeT parts OF thelr
but not until he had received fatal injury.
The blessing OF the magnificent new St
Patrick's cathedral at New York took place,
with imposing services on Sunday The
pullulllg was crowuIu' ana thousands OF per
sons VINO were UNABLE 20 o9Iali auhllSSloi'
Nlo~eu "a Tue ceIeinoll's oi H 'ne "el9
ana Ine procession outside. me occasion
was h0'nole Ior 'ie Breni hullpIr Oh Hieh
cieriG"I algni'arleS II oIouen' .oee'her. oar-
uinal heCloshey Gel9pIaleG mass, ana the
sermon was PreaCneu ny Co"uJ"'or DiShoP
r"'rlck D. hyaii Oh o'' l'ouls,
When Garrison was IN England IN 1888,
Az thnt aentIeman odyanced 70 Greet him hc
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