Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11
IN GENERAL.

are baby and other household articles. They
came from Luzerne county, Pa, on foot, and
pulled the wagon all that distance, and their
destination is the Black Hills.
A bridegroom at Grinnell, Iowa. recently
received a cigar by mail accompanied by a
written assurance that it would be found TO
be of an unoommonly good flavor. The bride
jected sutton, and unrolled the cigar, to find
several grains Of strychnine in the end that a
smoker would bite off.
An Ohio idea is "Society for the Pro
motion of Matrimony." 1t was organized at
Cincinnati in 1877, and its managers claim
that since that time more than two thousand
marriages have occurred through its agency.
II is TO have a grand picnic Aug. 10, when one
hundred weddings will form a suggestive fea-
ture of the occasion.
The shad catch in the Hudson river has
been larger this year than ever before, and
the size of the fish is also greater, specimens
weighing from five to seven pounds having
been plenty. Lands along the river have been
MANFRED with shad, and tons thrown away
because the fish-mongers would not ship at
the reduced prices demanded by the market
men.
The empress Eugene has become almost
childish with grief, and she carries about with
utI uli uhN u hlllhll udBBcI-huhptul IAN, DOuBul
at some fancy fair and Of no intrinsic value,
which happened to be her sons last gift to
her. She listens to all that is said to her,
steadily regarding the flower painting on the
fan. The immediate concern of those about
her is not for the fate Of the dynasty but for
the health of her mind.
The famous Egyptian obclisk, which was
recently set up ON the banks of the Thames,
and which IL was found would rapidly become
dsorgauiZed by the action of the peculiar at
mosphere, has been coated with a silicious
wash. The obelisk now appears as if Just
chseled from the rock, showing its original
colors the quartz and feldspar glttering in
the sunlight. The intaglio also comes out
much more distinctly than before
The future king Of Italy, Victor Emman-
uel, Prince of Naples, got into passion the
other day with n playmate, daughter of his
mothers maid Of honor, the Marchesa Mon
treno, and cried out IF | were king I'd
fenced him to eight days confinement to his
room and deprivation OF one fayorte dish at
each meal, and further ordered no military
honors to be paid to him during another pc
Rod of similar duration.
A Florida paper says that during the re-
cent dry weather in Manatee county, the low
er Miaka lake dried up all but one hole in the
middle-a thing never known bcfore-which
was quite deep and the only place in the re
gion where cattle could obtain water. This
hole was full Of alligntors, and, rs the stock
men feared their depredations on the cattle, a
number Of them went there one day and kill
ed 723 alligators, from six to II feet in
length.
A Boston journal correspondent tells the
story OF an alleged remarkable cure effected
on young woman AT West Galway, y. Y, by
supernatural power, invoked by prayer She
was paralyzed in both tongue and limbs for
four years, and was reduced TO mere skele-
ton, when suddenly, in answer to prayer, she
recovered the use Of her faculties, and is now
on the road, apparently, to health. The cor
respondent takes care to state, however, that
the populace Of the vicinity where this re-
markable event happened are exceedingly
ignorant, and far removed from any city
Five thousand persons assembled at Ma
CARA Falls Friday afternoon. to see II. p. PeeI
jump from the new suspension bridge into
Niagara river. At half past two he made his
appearance dressed in tights, but in such m
intoxicated condition that he was not permit
ted to make the attempt. lie came out once
or twice more, but at five O'Clock was snug
gled away, amid the complaints Of the crowd
4 large number of people came from distant
IlhNtH III 1huhuh anu tAtuIblOn lthluh lhO
been run from various places. Peer is tho
same man who made the jump successfully &
few weeks ago.
A correspondent of the Louisville Mcdi
cal News writes that after suffering excru.
ciatingy from dental neuralgia, and trying
all the ordinary remedies without relief, he
suddenly bethought himself Of an anUsthetit
which We always carry with us He then
began to initiate his lungs to their utmost ca.
pacity and then forcibly blow out all the all
he could Immediately the pain began &c
lessen, and after n few ropetitions of the
process it had entirely ceased, being displaced
by delightful tickling sensation in the
gums. He slept soundly all night and awokC
in the morning without a symptom of his all
ment left.
An inventive genius in Bushnell Ill
named Hamilton has discovered process fol
making hard wood lumber out Of common
wheat straw, and produces upon it all the cf
fects Of polish and finish that can be obtained
on the hardest of black walnut and mahogany
and at rs little cost as in manufacturing cleai
pine lumber The straw is soaked in a chem
ical solution until its fbres are completely sat
urated and softened, and is then run through
n succession Of rollers coming out Of the end
Of the machine as hard, dry lumber ready foi
use. Lumber thus produced is imperyious
to water, and only a very hot fire will burn it,
1t is susceptible Of very high polish, and even
in saving it is difficult to distinguish it from
the wood which it initiates.
For some time past interesting expert
ments have been made at Sermaize- les ains
| (Marne), France, in the use Of electricity as
motive power, and recently AN important tria
of blowing by electricity was accomplished in
presence of various officials belonging to the
department The pillow used was double
furrow pillow, and the experiment was mos
satisfactory. The motion was conveyed to
| drum from the electric machine, and thence
| by coil of wire to the pillow. There was NJ
stoppage of any kind, but the plow did it,
work steadily, about eight inches deep. Tn,
| trial was so successful that the inventor. NJ
Felix, owner of large sugar factory in town
| is very sanguine that motive power from cleo
tricity can be utilized in many useful ways.
| The largest fire ever known in Amherst
| Mass, broke out at twenty minutes past ont
on the morning of July 4th, and spread rap
| idly, burning the Amherst House, the Am
herst savings bank, the post office, o. q
| COUGHS grocery store, Williams tailor shop
Stebbins' livery stable, the library, Rawson'
| ewelry store Nelson's book store, Kendrck
market rooms, the halls of the Psi UpsiloI
and the Alpha Delta Phi fraternities, and Star
bucks jewelry store. Much of the portable
stock was saved, but it was impossible to say,
the buildings because of lack of water
The fire is supposed to have been of an in
cendiary origin and was undoubtedly lightet
on the stairs in the sheds back of Couch
store. Everything was burned between tn
northeast corner of the Amherst House an,
w. W. Hunts tin-shop, which stands near tn
Baptist church, distance OF about 20 rods
The loss will reach $4,000, largely coveret
| by insurance.
At Montclair, N. j., last week, Mr.. 10
seph A. Blair reproved his coachman, Johl
Armstrong, for beating his horses and 70
stopping for drink of beer at a saloon
Armstrong talked back in an insolent an,
abusive way and threatened to leave. A dis
pute about wages followed, and Blair, beconl
ing incensed by the coachman's language
went to his house and got revolver and end
ed the discussion by firing two balls int
Armstrong, from the effect of which he died
| Rlair saws hp killed tha man in self defanpa