Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-29
IN GEM RAL.

A new York firm has received an order
from the japanese government for eleven pi-
amos.
Since the Paris Exposition, beer made in
this country is regularly exported TO France
and Australia.
"A widow 20 years old, not far from Aus
tin, Tex, has a cattle ranch with 800 head Of
stock on it, which she takes care of herself.
The competition of male and female stu.
dents in the art. science and medical exami-
nations of London university takes place this
year on a footing Of perfect equality.
There are $50 female dentists in the
country. Thirteen hundred and fifty women
are studying dentistry.
"A New Hampshire man found a live eel
imbedded in the hard pan, six feet below the
surface of the ground, the other day.
A beautiful young Austrian damsel trav-
eled all the way from Vienna to Fort Worth
Texas, to marry her sweetheart.
Immense beds of the finest bituminous
coal have been discovered near the Rio
Grande in Texas 145 miles west of San An
tonic.
According to the new code of Texas
posting a man as a coward in a newspaper or
otherwise, because he refuses to fight duel
subjects the poster to a fine of $500 to $1,000.
- Inc bullllnE IL BlCuIuOuu- va, kuONn
as Castle Thunder" and which was used
during the war as a prison house for both
federal and confederate prisoners, de-
stroyed by fire last Tuesday.
S. S. Rickly's bank at Columbus, o.
was robbed, Tuesday, Of 5000 in currency
and So, 900 in registered bonds by a thief
who grabbed the funds while his pal occupied
the attention Of the proprietor.
A faint conception of what il costs to
soap great city may be gained from late
statement in Parliament. that the people of
London would save 1850. 900 annually by
having soft water 10 wash their clothes in.
The total amount of anthracite coal mined
this year, down to the middle of August, is
60 per cent lRrger than year ago al the same
date
Major Fred Nichols of the Memphis Ava
lanche is the only member of the staff who
has not fed from the city. He edits, sets
type, and prints the paper without assistance.
He alone stood to his post during last years
epidemic.
About twenty persons were severely pol
soned Tuesday in a st. Louis boarding house
by eating cake purchased at a neighbOring
confectioners.
Thirteen farm hands employed by J. A.
Briggs near Forest, o., have been poisoned
by eating biscuit in which strychnine was &C
cdentally used instead of soda. All are in n
critical condition.
The steamship Great Eastern is to be fit
ted up with new boilers and machines, at
cost of f10O. 900, TO carry cattle between
London and Texas. She is capable of hold
ing 1000 head of cattle and S6, 600 sheep.
"A fresh gold fever has set in in Australia
in consequence of the discovery of gold IN
large quantities on the western coast of the
island of Tasmania.
-PhilAdelphiR papers tell of the arrival in
that city of party of Italian children, all OF
whom had been purposey manned by the
loss of an eye, or limb, in order 10 ht them
for the calling Of begging. They were IN
charge of three padrones.
Automatic cars, driven by compressed
air, are being tried on the various horse car
lines of New York, and the president of the
Third avenue line, the largest in the city,
says he believes the days of horses on street
railways are numbered.
-Libbie Collins, South Bend lind. cook,
lost her life by being too modest. She awoke
in the second story of a burning block, but
refusing 10 jump in her night dress 10 those
ready to catch her below, she stopped 10 dress
and was smothered in full dress.
The Oneida Community is said to have
cleared SIG, 900 last year from the products
| OF It's own industry ON seven hundred heies
of land. 1t has vineyards, fruit and veg
etable gardens, great canning establishments,
and orchards, and is rich with the riches that
can be created out of the soil"
Sir George Campbell says in his book
about the United States II was almost
tempted TO say that for every man who real
ly works with his hands, there seem to be
two who seek 10 live by specializing upon
him, especially by insuring his life"
The Cornhin Magazine tells Of man
who being bitten by cat which died OF by
drophobia, was attacked by symptoms OF the
disease, and he cured himself by taking uo-
lent physical exercise in the open air, al
though he suffered greatly. His physician
says he was cured by violent effort OF the
will.
A. gentleman just returned from trip
through the counties of Berks, Lebanon,
Lehigh, and Schuylkill, Pa, says the mos'
encouraging changes in business have taken
place in them within the past six months
Activity prevails everywhere. FORCES, toun-
drys, rolling mills, factories and workshops
of every description are in the full tide OF op-
Grafton, and it is a rare thing TO meet an un
employed person, unless his idleness If vol
untary.