Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-05
NEWS ITEMS.

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report since 70.
Man, the newsboy," saved three BOYS
from drowning at New York, Sunday
Three or four thousand people witnessed
the unvailing of the statue Of Gen. Custer at
West Point, New York, Saturday Gen.
Banks delivered an Grafton upon Gen. Gus
ter's life and military services
-Alvah Davis and wife, while visiting
Miss Kate Waters, so years old, at Bath, N.
H., became involved in a dispute, and scuf-
he ensued between the two women, when Da-
Wis threw the old woman down, inficting
probably fatal injuries
The bank of California Mt San Francisco
recently received bar of fine gold weighing
400 ounces and worth S2S, 1854, which rep
resented five weeks work of four miners in
the Fresno Enterprise mine.
Sir Bartle Frere, the incompetent lord
high commissioner" governing the colonies
in South Africa, receives $50, 600 year, the
amount of President Hayes's salary.
On n recent Sunday evening 1900 per
sons in st. Johns Roman Catholic church at
Rochester, Mimi, stood up and repeated a
solemn pledge of abstinence from all intoxi.
eating drinks for one year.
The centennial celebration of the battle
of Newtown, N. Y, near Elmira, held last
Friday, was attended by 20, 900 people. in
Guiding many distinguished guests of nation
nj reputation.
In 1859 Flora Temple" made herself ia
nous by trotting mile in 2.193; in 1867
Dexter" covered mile in 2174 in 1874
Goldsmith Maid" fixed her record at PA,
and in 1879 ''Rarus" made mile in 2.13i.
San Francisco furnishes another sensa-
ton. Tuesday forenoon n political manipula-
tor was shot dead in his cigar store by fell
low named Dudley Haskell, employed in II law
Office The offence of the victim consisted in
applying an opprobrious epithet to Haskell
Through the munifcence of Thomas Hol-
loway, the famous pill man, England is to
have college for young women, similar to
Vassar Mr.. Holloway has purchased %
acres of land for the institution at Bingham,
near Virginia Water, and the contract has
been signed for the completion of the build
ings within four years at an expense of 81,
100000.
Lieut.. Carey, who was court-martialed
because he did not save Prince Napoleon
when the Zulus came upon the party from
ambush, has been released from custody. II
was no proof of cowardco that he should re-
treat on such an occasion, and had common
soldier instead of prince been left behind
nothing would have been thought of it,
10 blli' H. Olhlldill nus Dttu dIItSltN
at Portsmouth, o., for inhumanly treating an
orphan girl she had adopted The girl was
dashed with a whip till her body was covered
with blood, and her toe-nails were pounded
with n hammer. Pepper pods were then
placed on her wounds, which were afterward
washed in salt and water, and, to cap all, the
girl was compelled to eat the peppers that
had been soaked in her own blood.
Two men, two horses and wagon were
blown to atoms near Bradford Pa, by an ex-
plosion of nitro-g lycerine. The men were
shattered into such small fragments that not
single one of the many pieces of flesh found
scattered around on the trees and hillside
could be identified MS belonging to either of
them. 1t is supposed that they were lifting
a can of the explosive from the buggy, when
the handle gave way.
Jerry Goldsmith is the hero of Stone
Mountain, n precipitous mass of rock used by
Georgians rs n sort of picnic ground. On
Friday little Emma Jones fell over the steep
side of the mountain, which has a perpendic.
ular height of 1900 feet, but fortunately
lodged on ledge, where she could hold on
by sticking her fingers in crevice. Jerry
Goldsmith tied a rope about his waist and
swung down fifty feet below the brink and
rescued the child. \ man was dashed to
pieces at the same precipice II few years ago.
"A few days ago police officers of Houston,
Texas, arrested several United States officials
for breaking quarantine by insisting on run.
ming the mail train into that city, despite the
protests of the city officials. On Tuesday
Judge Jones of Houston dismissed the charges
against those parties and decided that the
Board of Health had no power to declare
quarantine under the city charter. 1t is hint
ed that the Mayor and Board of Health viii
be arrested for obstructing the United State.
mail
1t is asserted in London that firm oil
German engineers have positively construct
ed an electrical railroad, with three carriages
capable of carrying twenty persons, and line
of rails 220 yards long. The train moves al
the rate of ten miles an hour. The power i,
derived from dynamo-electric machine, the
current from which is transmitted to another
machine which works the train.
The condition of some New York tene
ment houses may be inferred from the fact
that the Health Inspectors last week founC
that many houses on the east side are utilized
for poultry raising, -geese, ducks and hens
being cooped up in cellars and under bed
steads. In one basement 300 ducks and 2OC
hens were housed; in one cellar go ducks
at another place were $50 chickens, while II
ducks roasted under the bed and at still an
other house 200 geese and ducks were crowd
ed into the cellar The fowls were unusually
fat and plump while the people who shelter
ed them were pale and sickly.
w. II. II. Barton of Yarmouth has in
vented q machine which he calls pulse me
tire, as it is operated by the pulse. This ma
| chine, which has taken him four years t.
make, when placed on the wrist records thu
| pulse At every beat hand advances on
| degree over a dial, thus recording the mum
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graduated scale which shows the force or in
tensity of the pulse. More remarkable still
hammer is made to strike bell and Civ
forth a clear and distinct sound, thus making
| the human pulse audible as well as visible.
1t is calculated that there are now fully
quarter of q million of Jews scattered owe
| the United States. They have fourteen pub
| lie institutions under their exclusive control
| although some of these are not sectarian il
their benefits. There are fifteen newspaper
| and magazines devoted TO the cause of Juda
| ism and published and edited by Jews. The.
| have four Jewish orders, all secret societies
| having for their object the advancement o
| Judaism, the mutual assistance of their mem
bers, and general charitable objects. Tn
| value of property of all kinds owned by con
gregations is valued at upwards of So, 600, 900
Mr.. Edison exhibited on Saturday befor
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Science at Saratoga his new electro-chemioa
telephone. In its capacity to convey tn
voice to a room full of persons without an.
earpiece exists the difference between thi
and the ordinary telephone. singing and
talking voice can be conveyed distinctly a
| the same time. Mr. Edison surprised his au
dience by asserting belief that ere long
will be possible for an audience in Saratog
to hear through the electro chemical tele
phone person making speech in NeN
en- whenever desired by artists in anothe
city.
Among the passengers for Europe iron
New York the other day was Lieutenant Com
mander Henry II. Gorringe, of the Unite
States navy, who goes to Alexandria vi
Liverpool, for the purpose of bringing theme
Cleopatra's Needle, which is to be set up j
New York city He expects to reach Alexan
dria by November, with the construction
now being made by a firm in Trenton, n; j.