Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10
IN GENERAL.


Milwaukee has 9Gl saloons-one to every
1876 inhabitants, and one to each 80 voters
The mayor would like to reduce the number
by a heavy license fee and compel them to
close by 1 / O'Clock at night.
Rev. S. j. Stone of st. Paul's church.
Haggerston, Eng, recently climbed the spire
Of the church, clad in his clerical robes, to
place the cross on top, the crowd below mean
time singing hymn.
john Gross, Brooklyn negro whitewash
or, generally called Snowfall, " has Just made
good bis title to $50, 600 worth of real estate
in the New York courts, carrying it clear up
to the court of appeals The defendants have
been in possession 4G years.
A Berks county pa woman who had no
faith in banks secroted $1,000 in greenbacks
under the carpet some weeks ago for safe
keeping. On going to look for hor treasure a
few days since it was missing, and search
revealed mouse's nest in one corner Of the
room, made entirely Of mutilated fragments
of the currency
When the Copenhagen guardians Of the
niBut Ind ii Insn dead drunk IN tne street,
they DO not drag him off to a dungeon cell
nor leave him to be preyed upon by thieves
and the elements. They get carriage ard
tenderly convey the sufferer TO his home, and
next morning whoever sold him his last drink
pays the bill
Gen. Neal Dow, the famous prohibition
leader is now about rs years old, but is so
well preserved that he does not look to be
over CO. He is Of medium height, rather
stout, and wears heavy side whiskers which,
like his hair, are silvered with age.
While New York city spends some $50
600, 600 a year for whiskcy, the total eXpendi-
ture for the support Of religion, including
Catholic and Protestant denominations is
about Sc 500 OOO This is about oue dollars
worth of gospel to twelve dollars worth Of
rum.
The Empress Eugenie is very rich, Since
the death Of the Prince Imperial the Princess
Beatrice has had her greatest affection and
there are French people who fancy that the
wealth of the empress may benefit the prin-
cess. The empress isvery nervous and easily
excited She is thin and pale aud suffers a
| great deal from rheumatism.
The old po,t-oiiico building at New York,
| just purchased 10y the Mutual life insurance
! company, was built and opened for worship
| in 1929. In l7j4 while Franklin was in New
| York, be made some Of his famous electrical
| experiments from the tower OF the church. 1t
is suggested that statue Of franklin be plac-
ed on tie tower Of the new building to be
| erected ON the site
The rew hve dollar bank notes have put
in their appearance. 4 fine engraved head of
President Garfield appears on the left side OF
| the face of the note. and the seal Of the Unit
ed States takes the : lace Of the ordinary en-
| craving on the right side. On the back is the
number of The bank in lathe work in large
letters. The color Of the whole is chocolate.
A skeleton with both hands in q belr.trap
has been discovered in the woods at the head
| OF Mooseheld lake. II is believed to be that
Of a Frenchmau named Goodenough who left
Greeuvlle last spring to visit that region, and
| has not since beeu heard from. His hands
were probably caught while he was examining
the trap from curiosity, and as no one came
to release him be died from starvation.
An interesting experiment in heliography,
or signaling by sunshine, was successfully
made in Egypt during the recent campaign.
| Col. Ksysor ascended one of the pyramids
near Cairo, and by means Of a helographiC
mir,or reflected a ray Of sunlight to AeXan.
dria, l2O miles away. At that great distance
the signals, appearing like pin-p points OF bright
ness, were easily ascertained TO be Q message
from Sir Garnet Wolseley to the khediye.
-Winnemucca, chief Of the Piuts nation
died a short time ago, and was buried with
great pomp and ceremony After the funeral
| the squaws, in accordance with barbaric Gus
tom, took the young wife whom he married
last summer, and who had been kept a cost
prisoner since his illness, and led her and he
little child outside the camp and stoned then
both to DEATH
A striking difference in disposition be
tween the two sons of the Prince of VALE
was manifested at a dinner recently given il
their honor at Queensland by the governor
Prince Albert Victor was silent, thoughtful
and sedate Prince George was all vyacity
talkative and full of boyish mischief. The
walters were all Cinnamon, and when tn
governor was not looking the irrepressiblt
prince amused himself by pulling their pig
tails. The Cinnamon, with true Oriental po
liteness, maintained an imperturbable gravity
When Gen. Sherman was making his ia
nous march to the sea some rebels, who own
ed a factory AZ Boswell, Georgia, 10 save thei
property, transferred it without consideration
to Frenchman in their employ, who ran NJ
a French flag and claimed protection under il
Sherman, it is said, disregarded the flag
burned the property and arrested Roche, tn
Frenchman, who now comes forward and de
mands $50, 900 principal damages with inter
est and 500 600 damages for false imprisor
ment in all amounting to 1925, 900. Th
case is to be tried at Atlanta.
The richest man in Mexico is said to b
an Irishman named Patricio Milmo, who's
lives on high tableland comprising abou
400, 600 acres which is about $500 feet high
! the sides of it being rocky and perpendicular
His residence is a handsome stone structuT
furnished in royal fashion. He has been sel
Z eral times captured by brigands and compel
ed to pay from $1,000 to $4,000 ransom
Recently he has caused the approaches, to h
, piece of tableland to be so altered as to cor
vert the place into a sort of citadel, accessible
only by narrow path, which is obstructed
an iron gate of enormous proportions.
The little town of Klingenberg, in Bav
ria, will not be likely to furnish recruits
the army of German emigrants for some tim
The development of valuable adjacent qua
ries, owned by the corporation, has enable
the town to build $50 600 bridge, pay all o
= fetal salaries and all other municipal expense
u without levying penny of tax. In additio
I to this, every burgher of the town is presen
ed at Christmas with $25, and at various fe
tivals during the year gifts of money are mao
o by the corporation TO every man, woman az
d child of the population The contemplate
r of this marvelously- favored community is re
f commended to the average American oitizei
= who religiously believes that from taxes an
i from death alike none may escape.
@ As a result of costly experience, the Au
trian government has decided that hencefort
/ theatre buildings must be detached Betwet
l. the auditorium and the stage there must be
v wall at least 20 feet high and is inches thiC
g placed above the roof for ready use in isolG
It ing the stage from the rest of the house
) case of fire. The stage must be of sufice
d height for the curtain to be raised without b
) ing rolled No one is to be allowed to live
+ the theatre, and the stage carpenters shop
the stage appliances and the refreshment ba
g are to be outside of the building. The dref
f es of the actors must be dipped in prepar
y tion to render them freproof, and no expl
h sive matter is to be left in the theatre. Abu
1t dant means are to be provided for the exit
a ! the audience.