Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-29
THE NEWS HX BRIEF.

Two Ohio judges have been so drunk on
the bench lately that indignation meetings of
the bar have passed resolutions asking them
to resign.
The record of suicides in New York city
for the past twelve years shows that nearly
seventeen hundred persons have committed
self-murder. More than three fourths of
these were men.
A village near Konigsberg in Prussia was
lately the scene of a terrible tragedy. One
night a woman, in fit of insanity, threw her
three children into deep well, then set fire
to the outbuildngs and afterwards leaped
into the well, from which four corpses were
taken the next morning.
The customs off GERS seiz ID at the New
York post-otflce family Bible mailed at Lon
! don to Mrs George Moore of Calais, Me-, in
the centre of which square cavity had been
cut and filled with box containing $3.50
worth of jewelry.
burglars broke into the "BAbies' Shelter"
in New York few nights since, and were
proceeding to investigate when Sister Eliza
screamed "William! William" The bur-
glars left in haste. William, who was called,
did not stir, because he was two years old
and was dreaming of Santa Claus.
An Indiana man was recently aroused
from bed by the loud ringing of his tele-
phone, which was connected with his store.
He went down there and found it in posses
sion of party of burglars whom he drove
off with his pistol. They had blown open
his safe, the explosion causing his telephone
to ring,
The price of silver bullion has dropped
till our standard silver dollar is worth only
eghty-two cents, and yet the United States
treasury has Just purchased 25O, 900 ounces,
or $l25, 900 worth of silver to be made into
these miserable cheats.
Diamonds must go. At recent per-
formance at the Savoy theatre, London, the
head dress of the fairy was adorned with an
electric star, the light being furnished by an
accumulator worn on the fairy's back. The
brillionoy of the ornament threw the grandest
diamonds into the shade.
Alfred Jenkins was a farmer living in
Stokes county, N. @. Alfred was married
man Farmer Gderwell lived near Afr, d
aud was not married, but wanted a wife.
Farmer Jenkins wanted to move away, but
could not afford to take his wife. 80 Farm
tr Gilderwell helped him out of his difficulty
by Offering him $500 for his wife, which was
accepted. No cards
1t is estimated that there are 80, 600 peO-
pie in New York city and Brooklyn whose
business requires them to turn night into day.
This estimate does not include the thieves
Auu Olner criminals VINO luIlNb DSht uuutI
cover of darkness, but refers only to those
whose regular and Legitimate pursuits compel
them to reverse the natural order of labor
and rest. Four ffths of these people live in
Brooklyn and Jersey City.
The "heathen Chinee" has New Years
custom which is rather an improvement on
the New York custom of spending the day in
making New Years calls and going home
tipsy at night On every New Years morn
ing each man and boy in China, from the
Emperor to the lowest peasant, pays visit
to his mother, He carries her present,
varying in value according to his station,
thanks her for all she has done for him, and
asks continuance OF her favor another
year.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise
says old miners have great respect for the
rats of the lower levels, and will not suffer
them to be killed. Rats give warning when
a cave is about to occur. They feel the pres
sure of the settling ground even before the
cracking of the timbers is heard and come
forth upon the floors and scamper uneasily
about by scores The miners make pets OF
them, and when rats come into new drift it
is considered a good sign, as indicating that
ore will be found.