Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
An aged couple were married at Toror

An aged couple were married at Toronto,
Ont, last week, the groom being SO, and his
bride 30 yea of age.
The Jr al of Chemistry says that three
hours of mental labor wear more on
the body 4 whole day of physical labor.
Mr.. : l.ne, it is said, has sold his new
book to hi publishers for S75, 600 and fifteen
cents per copy royalty.
Milwaukee has planned G.. A. X. meet
ing for 1885 which shall be the largest reunion
of veterans ever held in this country.
John Malloy, while blasting rocks at
Coasters harbor island, near Newport, R. l.,
Saturday, had both eyes blown out and his
head terribly cut.
"A debating society down in Maine has
ha q protracted discussion over the question,
''R esolved, That hunting for Capt. Kidds
buried treasure is a surer road to wealth than
buying lottery tickets"
One of the inventions which is attracting
much attention at the Vienna Electrical EThi-
bition is called the glossograph. 1t accurate
ly reproduces human speech and records ii
on paper. 1t is equal to any articulate effort,
from a shout to a whisper.
Last Saturday morning, at Newcastle,
Pa, James Hogan, Is years old, deliberately
placed revolver at the head of a little six
year.old boy named Willie Harris, and pulled
the trigger The ball entered the boys head
near the left temple and lodged at the base OF
the brain, inhioting mortal wound. Hogan,
who has been arrested claims that he did not
know that the pistol was loaded.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
steal the body Of Mrs. Moses, the fat woman,
from her grave in Mt. Olivet cemetery at Bal
timore, Saturday. Eight shots were fired by
attendants placed 10 watch the grave with
aud tha raauFFaOtiOniatq aggnne0.
Mrs. Moses weighed 517 pounds and was
''dime museum" attraction. She died Friday
and was buried Saturday. 1t is only few
weeks ago that she was married to New
York Snowman.
One day last week at Kent, o., Samuel
Biohl, aged "a years, who had been working
for week at Day, Williams & Co.. 3 glass
works, was standing by the furnace in the
works jus. after a retort had been placed in
| it, when one of the workmen told him 70
stand aside, as he wished TO get at the fur
mace. 80 do /" Bichl replied and, throw
| ing his pipe on the ground, he plunged head
long through the ring whence the melted
glass is taken, and passing over the pot land
| ed on the intensely hot Goals that surround It,
| SO sudden and unexpected were his move
ments that no effort could be made TO restrain
him. The heat was 80 great that single
| breath would shrivel the lungs, and death
| must have been instantaneous There were
but few fragments left of the body.
Not long ago an Irishman named Peter
MoEnerney died in Birmingham, Conn. He
had come over from Ireland but few years
before. He left family of seven children,
the eldest of whom is 21. He kept small
grocery store, keeping up some show Of re-
speotability, yet living apparently on almost
nothing at all. At his death he left no will,
and the widow and orphans expected 10 fare
but poorly. As the administrator went TO
work, however, he revealed new wonders al
every step First, large amount of real es-
tate belonging to MoEnemey, and amounting
10 about 500, 900 in value, was discovered.
Hardly was the surprise at this over when
word came from Fisk a Hatch of New York
that they held $3.50, 600 In bonds for MeEn-
erney. How the man ever collected 80 great
an amount of property ID mystery TO his
family as much As TO everybody else.