Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-08
IN GENERAL.

"A Motel IS 10 be built on Mount Nesuvlus
1t is reported on scientific authority that
gold exists in large quantities in Iceland.
There are 2,l22 national banks in exist
ence, "a having been organized during the
past fiscal year.
The deepest well in the world is at Buda
Pesth, Hungary. 1t has depth of 5000 feet,
over three-ffths Of a mile.
Prof Hardness of the Washington OBJ
servatoTy says that the earth probably passed
through the tail of the new comet some weeks
ago.
-Grain, so perfectly preserved that the
different kinds can be distinguished has been
found in the ruins of Herculan@um after be-
ing buried 1900 years.
Ira Waterman's little daughter of Ste
phentown, N. Y, found her fathers whisky
bottle in a stone-wall the other day, and
drank so much of the stuff that she died.
Just before leaving San Francisco for
Australia, Wilhelmj gave Madame Jennie
Claus valuable violin, made by George Ge-
munder.
This has been most prosperous year for
Texas sheep raisers. Herds have increased
much beyond the average, and the yield of
wool has been enormous.
S. L. Cohen of Nashville, Tenn, recent
ly bought United States dollar of 1904 for
$50. Only eight pieces of the issue are
known to be in existence. The British mu-
scum paid $500 for one.
About 175 patents relating to electrical
lighting have so far been granted in this coun-
try, and about 800 more applications for pat
ents thereon are now pending.
The valedictorian at Yale this year was a
Jew, the student who ranked next to him
was Dutchman, and the first prize for ex-
oelence in defamation was won by China
man.
Mrs. Shelton of Santa Clara county car
ried the first two hives of bees into California
in 1858, one of which sold for $3.50, and the
countless swarms of bees, tame or wild, on
the Pacific coast, are said 10 be the product
of those two hives.
1t is a curious fact that though no rela-
tive of Gen. Washington has lived at Mount
Vernon for years, or owns any portion of the
estate, yet descendants of three families of
negro servants still reside there, and neither
they nor their ancestors have known any 9TH
er home.
The electric light is being introduced in
the coal mines of Great Britain with gratify-
ing success Tho illumination is Of course
far greater than it has been possible to OBJ
tain hitherto, while the light is declared to be
even safer than that of the Davy lamp.
COL O'Bergon, who was commissioned
by the Mexican government TO investigate the
cause of the Morelos railroad accident, de-
clares that the sole cause of the disaster was
the very bad construction of the bridge. Col
leetions of money have been made at the city
of Mexico for the assistance of the survivors.
Should the United States coal fields ever
give out, a supply can be found in the British
possessions. One tract, between Winnipeg
and the Rocky mountains, extends far north
ward and covers an area of some 60, 900 square
miles, and there are immense deposits still
farther toward the pole, 1000 miles beyond
settled Manitoba.
Timothy Kirk of Chicago, had only five
minutes to catch train. He darted out of
his Office in the fifth story, told the elevator
boy what hurry he was in found he had
forgotten his overcoat and went back to get
it, When he returned the cab had risen to
the next floor and Kirk, running through the
open door into the shaft, fell to the bottom
and was killed.
Land in some of the best parts of the
city of London proper, or the district east of
Temple Bar, and in which the chief money
transactions take place. is worth, according
to a recent sale, 50, 800, 900 per acre. The
place disposed of comprised 3,27O square
feet, or about one-twelfth of an acre, and
brought S2l6, ,OOO which is over $G5 foot.
Statistics show that in France there are
now 100, 900 lunatics, or for every 400 in
habitants Two-ffths Of them are in public
and three-hfths in private asylums. Ten
madmen come from the liberal professions to
one from the agricultural population. Further,
it is shown that artist in every 100 is mad,
l lawyer in every 12O, and Professor or
man of letters in every 23O.
Friends of the Alpine edelweiss have
been alarmed for its very life and have call
ed for immediate protection against the van
dals 1t has been plucked and uprooted of
late in large quantities, and the sale of it has
frequently been made pretext for begging.
By the Council of Lucerne the sale Of the
plant in roots and its expectation have both
been forbidden under penalties of from CT. to
5Of. fine for each offense.