Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

NEW STOCK ExcHANaE-THE LATEST MANIA
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The architects are very busy Just now, and
there has been quite corner in good
draughtsmen. One Of the most important
projected buildings is a new home for the
Bulls and Bears of Wall and Broad streets,
who are dissatisfied with the appearance and
accommodation Of the present Stock E1-
change and intend to pull it down and re-
build it, or at all events to so utterly change
it, inside and out, as to make it practically
new edifce. A limited competition has been
invited among very few Of our foremost
architects, including Renwick, the younger
Hunt Upjohn, Arthur Crooks, and one or
two more of New York, and the Bostonese de-
signers of the new Union League Club House,
and has resulted in the production under
pressure of time and ambition of some beau
tiful and elaborate plans As the building,
which is to cost not less than 81 600, 900, the
architects commission on which will be the
nice little plum of $50, 600, is to be under
contract by May LIST, it will be seen that there
is little time to waste, and it is expected that
the choice will be made at an early date in
order to give an opportunity for the success
full competitor to prepare detailed specihca-
tions The affair has been kept very quiet
aud, so far, the ubiquitous reporter of the
daily press has failed to nose out this little
piece of news have had the privilege Of
examining the work of two of the competitors,
aud judging from the line they have both
adopted, the fashion of gingerbread GIN
cracky under whatever fantastic name it may
go by, Queen Anne, or what not, seems like
ly TO be abandoned in the near future, at any
rate for public or quasi-pub buildings of
any sort of importance. 1t would seem that
Palladian architecture of the classical re-
nassance is looking up again. Among the
members of the board there il said to be CON
siderable feeling as to the composition Of the
building committee and it is not believed
that their award will be final but that the
matter will be referred to, and voted on by
the whole body Of brokers.
Collectors of postage stamps, who appar-
emily are so because they must use their su-
perabundant leisure in doing some perfectly
useless thing and cannot afford the more ex-
pens.ve pursuits of gathering unique speci-
mems of coins gems, books, pictures or brio
a-brac, seem TO have come to the end of their
tether in that direction and sigh for more in
expensive worlds to conquer. 1t appears
they have turned their attention to gathering
specimens of the numberless varieties of ad-
vertising cards, labels, &c, which are thrust
into ones hand at every street corner and
adorn every package of everything and any
thing sold. As | was calmly lighting weed
in a cigar store day or so ago, | was sur
prised at the appearance of some elegantly
dressed ladies who proceeded to confscate
specimens of pictures on all the cigar boxes,
canisters of tobacco, etc. The proprietor in
formed me that the same parties had not on
ly been there before but that on the day
met them, there had been eleven other ladies
bent on Il like expedition.
The vulgar opinion Of the average common
Englishman, who does not find things go on
here precisely as they do in the tight little
island across the water, is that this is "a
blarsted country, you know" Unfortunately
New York is blasted city, or a large portion
of it, at all events. Chiefly founded on a
rock, the work of excavators is much aided
by the use of powder, and they are apt to get
careless with it. You may think am joking
but it is solid fact that anywhere within
are sent flying around at intervals in a very
alarming fashion 1t is true, rcd flags are
displayed when fuse is about to be fired,
aud passers-by are yelled at to get out Of the
way but tho powder is so strong that semi
volcanic upheavals of granite of porteutous
dimensions ensuo in very many cases. A
short time ago worthy citizen had the wall
of his house battered in while he was shaving,
and clad in a very light costume, being dis
played to the multitude outside with sud
denness that must have been very embarrass-
ing to bashful man. A few days ago child
had her nose smashed while at breakfast by a
missile from IA mine fired half a mile of The
contractor was arrested, as he had been three
times before, and fined an experience which
he had also undergone previously. He SEEM
ed to feel quite i'll used and solemnly declared
that he never, never used more than one
pound of powder for blast. On this partic-
ular occasion his one pound of powder had
displaced eight heavy oaken logs and thirty
tons of rock. 1t is understood that the Rus.
sian nihilists are looking for that contractor
to get his recipe for powder in anticipation of
their next effort to blow up the Gar.
Poor DIR. Morgan Dix, rector of old Trin-
ty Protestant Episcopal church, rigid
cLurchman of rather "high" views and i'm
mense dignity, has been made the victim of
the wicked wiles of some iIreverent wag.
The disgusted clergyman has been over
whelmed for many days, with visitors and
letters from all sorts of parties on all sorts of
missions embroiled with his fellow clergy
men, who have received insulting letters pur-
porting to come from him, and with other
parties from whom he was supposed to have
ordered goods, and SO on. The freak must
have considerably taxed the perpetrators
time and ingenuity and cost no little money
besides and no one seems to be able to form
even a conjecture as to who the culprit can
possibly be.
The steamship and railroad companies are,
SO to speak, rubbing their hands at the
thoughts of the vast influx of immigrants ex-
pected from the famine stricken regions of
Europe. large portion of the funds sent
to Ireland will be used TO further the exodus
of the poor people there to our new and hap
py land, and their fate will be shared by 9th
ers from far different places Already, the