Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-02-04
NO. 5.
IN GENRRAL.

w. IL. webb, convicted in the United
States court at Charleston, 8. O., Of fraudu-
lent voting has been sentenced 10 two
months imprisonment and $3.50 fne.
= The largest foreign legation at Washing
ton is the Chinese, which comprises a minis
ter and assistant minister, three secretaries.
three interpreters aud traRslstors, and Ave
attaches.
-Crematory furnaces are now in operation
at Zurich In Switzerland, and at Breslau.
Dresden and Gotha in Germany. Through
out Germany the prejudice against disposina
of the dead by burning is rapidly disappear
ing
Quite a trade is carried on in New YORK
with chips of rock supposed 10 have been re-
moved from the Egyptian obelisk, but which
really come from Connecticut granite quar-
ry. They are cut and polished and set as
jewelry.
"A hollow tree in Southern California has
been converted into dwelling. Doors and
windows have been put in, and floors built
Nfor eight stories, the entrance to them being
made by means of q ladder. Outside the
topmost roop is a small balcony, shaded by
the foliage OF the tree.
The crown of England contains precious
stones worth an aggregate of $500, 900.
There are 377 diamonds worth from S478 to
$4,000 each besides a number of smaller dia-
monds, large quantity Of pearls and some
other gems. The average value of the din
monds is something more than $1,000 each.
"A Chicago dog saved the lives Of his
master and family the other night. The
house took fire, and the dog, first discovering
the flames, broke his chain, ran TO his mas
ter's door, and after bowling and barking in
the vain attempt to rouse him, finally burst
the door in aud woke him by licking his face.
The faithful animal escaped with his life,
though badly burned.
The owner of the house in Washington
wherein Abraham Lincoln died wants the
Government to purchase it. He is constant
ly overrun with visitors who desire TO see the
house, and although he is quite ready to ad-
NIT any one whose motive is one of respect
to the martyr President, he yet has not the
time nor means 10 devote himself to showing
sight-seers about.
= Mr.. Aube is attracting much attention in
France by his new process of converting iron
into steel, and producing an Illuminating gas
by the process. The iron is heated to 800
degrees Centigrade in retort with coke or
charcoal; fatty matters are then injected, and
dry steam forced over the heated mass Steel
of high quality is formed and carbureted hy-
drogen gas evolved
-Sheik Mograbin, the Egyptian doctor
whose atrocious crimes were recently made
public, has been sentenced to suffer death by
hanging. He confessed, during his trial at
Cairo, to having induced IS women to enter
his residence under pretext of curing them Of
various maladies, and then to have murdered
them for the sake of obtaining possession Of
their dresses, money and jewels
Lorenzo A. Pickle of Newfane, N. Y, is
the smallest in stature of 23 living brothers
and sisters, and is six feet fve inches tall.
The tallest member of the family is a brother
in Kentucky, who is seven feet two and a half
inches tall. The Hewfane brother has two
daughters living, one II and the other 12 years
of age. The former is over six feet tall, and
still growing; the other is five feet eight
inches in height, and will probably exceed
six feet before she attains her growth.
"a blizzard says Dakota man, is the
northwestern name for gale of wind filed
with snow and icy particles as fine as rice
powder, with q temperature of 1Oo to 2Oo be-
low zero. A genuine blizzard is SO fierce that
you can neither face itnor distinguish objects
ten feet away from you. In Dakota and Min
nesota, during the prevalence of q blizzard,
farmers only venture out of their houses with
guiding ropes around their persons, To enable
them to find their way back"
Green canaries were exhibited at q recent
bird show in Berlin, Germany. Others were
red, light-brown and gray. The variations Of
oolor @ ~ nAu oeeh caused Dy the 1aily use OF cay
on eaae PePPer IN tneIT loou. Inc pepper was
a. s,en ~ suiAn quantties; ana tne Dir1S
oy;ul, ,bsr, ' ,,I.; -, liz ,o ,os SUN teii'
short tina na,r oa,hars a9 d;ItIr.
ed. The variations were ascribed to the diff
fsrent qualities of the pepper, and to the
quantity given.
Master Warner Williams was born in An
amosa, Jones county, Ia, Aug. 20, 1877, and
me'eueu az nre' pouhos' ne showed notn,
lng UNCOMMON IN tne way OF growth until
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away from taVernsl nave oeen as great suo-
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