Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-05-20
IN GENERAL.

The Eads ship railway contract has been
unanimously approved by the Mexican Cham
Der OF Deputies.
of the eight men who ran on the four
Presidential tickets Of 1860 only one is alive
to-day-Hannibal Hamlin.
1t is reported that Mr. James b. Keene
has purchased the English running horse,
Peter, years old, by Hermit, out of Lady
Masham, for $37, 500.
During the first six days of this month
more than IL, 900 immigrants arrived at New
York, and it is estimated that the total immi-
grafton of the month will exceed 70, 200.
"A number of capitalists of Buffalo, N. Y,
who are already prominently identified with
narrow gauge railroads in the Bradford oil
country, will begin at once the construction
of another yard-wide road from Eldred, Pa,
to some point in New York on the Eric rail-
way.
"A Minnesota paper says that young
man in Wright county, had q tooth
drawn some days since, and, upon the
cavity being filed to prevent the flow Of
blood, he commenced bleeding at the nose
and mouth, and continued to do SO until he
bled to death.
In recent scientific paper the aston
ishing statement was made, that for 358, ,000,-
600 tons of marketable coal taken from the
middle and northern Schulkill fields, prior to
1879, there was waste from breakage Of
71G 000, 600 tons. How to utilize the vast
deposits of worthless coal dust around the
mines is one of the problems of the future.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals should canonize Wong TIE
Fung, an elderly Chinaman in San Francisco,
who recently saw live turtle lying uncom-
fortably on its back in front of q restaurant,
and having purchased it for $15, had it con-
veyed to a wharf and thrown overheard.
The woman's silk culture association is
doing good work by inducing farmers wives
and daughters to add silk culture to their
other industries II requires but little cap
ital and time. The cocoons bring from ST.
so to 81. so per pound and the silk worms
eggs from 81 to 50 per ounce. The country
imported last year over $12, 900, 900 worth of
raw silk, and there is no reason why the
women of this country should not save this
money for themselves.
Hon. G.. G. Benedict, the state military
historian, has lately been in Washington, and
while there found among the flags recaptured
when Richmond was taken the state flag of
the Ninth Vermont. 1t was in very bad con-
dition, having been cut from the staff and
carelessly rolled up and thrust into pigeon
hole. Mr.. Benedict Immediately informed
Governor Farnham, who at once wrote Sena-
tor Morrill,. The senator procured an order
for its restoration to this state, and it will be
placed with the other flags in the state house.
Adjutant- General Drum writes to Senator
Morrill, that the loss Of the flag reflects no
dishonor upon that regiment.
1t would seem that the highest attainable
speed in railroad travelling had been reached
by the newly-invented Fountaine locomotive.
The Vanderbilt party of directors of the Mich
igan Central railroad left Detroit the other
day for New York in two cars drawn by one
of those machines, over the Canada Southern
road. During the trip an astonishing rate of
speed was recorded From Amherstburg to
st. Thomas, distance of Ill miles, the run
was accomplished in the unprecedented time
of 9S minutes. The distance from st. Thom-
as to Victoria, 11S miles, was made in 130
minutes, exclusive of short stops amounting
to 16 minutes. The journey of 229 miles
was made in 245 minutes.
The prosperous and happy little town Of
Clayton, about twenty miles below Camden,
N. j., has Just settled the liquor question in
an original and effective way. The proprie-
tor of the only public house in the place had
q considerable stock of wine and spirits which
he was unwilling to throw away and was Ii
censed to SELL Upon this presentation of
facts the people formed Temperance Hotel
Company with capital of $4,000 divided
into $40 shares, bought the public house and
all its belongings including liquor license.
The people gathered in a vacant lot behind
the town hall, the dOxology was sung and the
liquor was poured upon blazing bonfire.
The Temperance Hotel Company is prepared
to pursue the same course whenever it be-
comes necessary in the future.