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

or $40, 600, was burned on Monday morning
"A New Hampshire man, over so years
old, who has been blind eight years, has Just
had his sight restored to him by an operation.
The unromantic Pennsylvania farmers
are blowing up some Of the historic points at
to plant them with corn.
There is railroad in Peru which cost
$50, 000 000 on which only one train week
is run, and that sometimes has but one pas
senger.
Mrs. Emma d. L. N. Southworth, who
says that she has been writing constantly ev-
er since she was fifteen years old, is now at
work on her sixtieth novel
The Boston Courier somewhat sarcasti-
oally remarks "The police of New York are
being vaccnated. But what's the use of it!
They never catch anything"
As the congregation were leaving the
Methodist church at Hampstead, L. l., Sun
day, Col. Jared L. Kirby shot and killed John
Steele, who, in a quarrel fourteen years ago,
killed Kirby's father.
The regular lighting of Monumental
park in Cleveland (O.) with the electric light
began last week, being the first regular pub
lie lighting with the electric light of any city
in the United States.
A wing of the new state prison at Con-
cord, Mass, containing the workshops, was
burned Saturday. The fire is believed to
have been incendiary.
A prisoner in the Columbia, Wisconsin.
county jail escaped from custody, last week,
and took the sherifl's daughter with him.
The sheriff offers a reward for his capture
and speaks of the affair as an abduction, but
the people call it an elopement
j. r. Young and John Riley in jail at
Overton, Tex, for drunkenness, attempted
escape Sunday by setting fire to the building.
The flames spread, and being unable to ex-
tinguish them the men were both burned to
death
The planters and cotton factors of New
Orleans have formed an immigration society
with capital of 500, 900, and they propose
to invite labor into the country and help the
colored refugees, who want to come home
again.
The fact that there are now no less than
forty women in the full practice of medicine
in the city of Philadelphia indicates the
change in public sentiment which has taken
place within the last ten or twenty years.
New York officers claim that Govern
ment has been defrauded of $4,000, 600 year
ly by the differentiation of silk for many
years. and that there have been corrupt prac-
tees by Government examiners and other
employees.
At the postal-card factory, Holyoke
Mass, designs are being made for new two
cent international card, and a double-sized
two-cent card for domestic use. The former
will be issued about July !, and the latter
next fall.
The new French cable company will
have their line working in 1850 if no accident
takes place. The prices of cable messages
will, it is expected, be soon placed at about
Gya xpor1 no V,iHo al Of
the present Anglo American cable company
is more than forty millions of dollars
An aristocratic wedding of colored people
was celebrated at Cincinnati last week. The
groom was George Jackson. and the bride IA
daughter of Robert Gordon, n wealthy coal
dealer, who presented her with handsome
residence and $50, 600 in bonds.
Mrs Sarah Joscpha (BueD Hale, for
many years editor of Godcy's Ladys Book,
and an active worker for the education of wo-
men, died in Philadelphia on Wednesday eve
ming of last week. She was native of New
port, n. H., where she was born October n,
1870.
The original letter written by General
Dix to Lieutenant Caldwell at New Orleans,
and containing the famous order: IF any
one attempts to haul down the American flag,
shoot him on the spot" is owned by Mr..
loan collection in that city.
The long waterproof cloak and shawl
that jeff Davis wore when he was captured
are preserved from moths in a cedar chest in
the War Department, and no one is allowed
to see them. Mrs. Davis gave them to Col
Pritchard, who sent them to the Secretary OF
War.
Postmaster Bull of Salem, O., has just
received the pistol his son buried when he
was MORALLY wounded in the battle of Ante
tam. wounded comrade noticed where the
weapon was buried, and, visiting the battle
field recently, he dug it up, rusty but intact,
and forwarded it to the father Of the dead sol
der
Congress is asked to survey the passes
between the head waters of the Missouri and
Columbia rivers, TO see if it is true, as assert
| ed that it is but $50 miles between their nav
| igable waters. Even now the head-waters of
the Missouri are carried into those of the Col
umbia for mining purposes, and find their
way thence to the Pacific.
Cyrus w. Field gave banquet at New
| York last week to about 100 business men in
honor of the first dividend of the elevated
| railroad The differences between the Me
tropolitan and the New York elevated rail
road companies have been harmonized, and
the roads now carry 1851 600 passengers per
day.
Police officers are detailed to attend balls
| in New Orleans to take charge of the revOl
vrrs and other concealed weapons of the at
tendants and politely to return them when
the owners are ready to depart. At one bal
recently the searching process resulted in the
| discovery of seventy-nine dangerous weapons
concealed on the persons of gentlemen apply
| ing for admission to the evenings amuse
| mcnt.
A business letter from New Orleans to 6
| firm in Providence says: 1--WE are now or
ganizing a citizens sanitary corps that just
means business, and if we cannot keep yellow
| fever out of here this coming season, then
we give it up. 1t is a very popular move
ment. and will be pushed right ahead, We
wish TO get it circulated through the North
that we are going to bury the dead, clean the
streets, fill the bottom holes, and endeavor tC
make New Orleans what it should be, {
healthy city"
A bold attempt to rob bank in Alleghan
ey, Pa, on Wednesday of last week, was bril-
| lantly checked by its courageous and quick
witted cashier. Two men entered the bank
the cashier being alone and one, advancing
TO the counter, asked silver for dollar bill
The cashier, complying, turned to hand owe
the silver, when the stranger suddenly whip
ped out a cooked revolver, and pointing II a
him warned him to make no noise But tn
cashier as suddenly dropped the silver, seize'
the revolver, wrenched it from his assaiant
and opened fire on him as he was clamberinl
over the counter. The other stranger hat
climbed over the front counter, and upoI
him also the cashier opened fire. The mel
then fed, succeeding in carrying of SINAI
amount of money-all they had time to grab
A long standing quarrel between JOIN
Bottomley, q retired paper manufacturer o
Lee, Mass, and Harrison Garfield, the presi
dent of the Lee bank eliminated Monday il
an encounter, the particulars of which SHOW
Bottomley to be guilty of most brutal as
sault Monday afternoon Bottomley went int
the Lee bank and inquired for MIR. Carmel.
and was told that he was at his home which
is in the east part of the town. Bottomle.
went there, and the two men met in Garfield
door yard. Bottomley at once made the as
sault, knocking Garfield down and kieklnl