Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-05
IN GENER

Boston is talking about taking its water
supply from Lake Winnipiseogee.
A farmer at Lacadie, Canada, while now
ing last week cut OF both the legs of his little
seven-years old son.
Gold is found in Georgia in thirty six
counties, silver in three, copper in thirteen,
iron in forty three and diamonds in twenty
six.
Brigham Youngs brother, Joseph, re-
Gently died at Salt Lake, Utah, aged 81 He
was born in Hopkinton, Mass, and had been
with the Mormons since 1885.
When the emperor of China travels in
public, it is said that 100 men dressed Just
like him travel with him, SO that his identity
cannot be discovered.
A boy who discovered landslide on the
Old Colony railroad, and ran and warned the
station master, has been given by the company
life-pass on its line and all its branches.
The South Carolina Railroad, which, at
the time of its completion to Hamburg in
1888 was the longest continuous line of rail
road in the world, was sold by public auction
last week Thursday.
"A high peak on one of the mountains op-
posite Corvallis Montana, fell with a terrific
crash few days ago, thousands of tons of
rock, the foundations Of which had been
erumbling for ages, being hurled into the val
ley beneath.
Another Ginevra case In the little vii
lage of Paretz, near Spandau, father and
mother, going to work, left their four children
locked up in the house. On returning at
night the little ones could not be found. A
long search revealed them dead in large
trunk into which they had erept in play. The
lid fell, the lock sprung and they were all
suffocated.
When his Bricks Without Straw" was
completed Judge Tourgee gave his wife the
copyright, expecting that she would obtain
but a small sum from it, but so great was the
sale that from the proceeds of it his wife was
able to buy their present house at Chautauqua
Lake After they had reftted it and got COM
fortably settled the judge claimed the right
to name their new home. 1t was granted, and
he gave il the name of ''Thorhelm," which,
being translated, mean "a FOOLS home"
A Vienna chemist has invented power
full soporifc, by which person may be in
simultaneously and helplessly stupefed. The
chemist invented it in order to defend himself
against dog which was in the habit of at
tacking him. Afterward he offered it to the
police as an instrument for overpowering des-
perate men. He has also invented an anti
dote. The TdgbLatt says; ''Woe to Vienna
and many other cities when the rogues come
science has prepared for the service OF their
craft"
Kate Shelly girl of 10, living near MOin-
gona, Ia, is Of the stuff from which Grace
Darlings are made. The other night during
a furious storm, she saw an engine disappear
through a trestle bridge. Her own father
had been killed in railroad accident, and,
with the hope of saving others from his fate,
she hastened to the wreck. Far down in the
darkness she heard the voice of the engineer,
who had been caught in a tree-tOp. She
could do nothing for him, however, and be-
fore long the express train would be due. TIC
rescue those in the first disaster and TO pre-
vent a second she had TO go to the village a
mile away, passing over an uncovered rail,
road bridge 400 feet long on her hands and
knees, and olinging to the ties for dear life al
the hurricane theatened TO sweep her into the
food below. With knees and hands bleeding
she accomplished the task, however, and then
tainted. The telegraph stopped the express
and help sent from the village saved the livel
! of two men who broke through the trestle.