Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-10-31
IN GENERAL.

The very highest officer in the United
States army is Sergeant Lightrell, who COM
mands the signal service post on Pixies Peak.
The present season has been the greatest
ever known in Virginia for grapes melons and
other fruits, and also for wheat, corn aud to-
bacco.
-Four sisters named Carr we're married at
Joliet, Ill.,, one evening recently by clergy
man who desires to be called n patent Carr
coupler.
There are now more than 800, 600 persons
in England who use the bicycle and tricycle.,
and the capital invested in the manufacture
of these machines is Sl5, 900, 600, employing
nearly 10, 900 men.
An electric railway is now in operation
between the cities of Frankfort and Ofenbach
in Germany. The distance is a little over
four miles, and one can leave Frankfort and
go off and back in about fifty minutes.
Rev. DIR. Newman Hall says he had no
idea of the enormous size of this country
until after travelling westward at least a thou
sand miles he reached st. Louis, where he
was dumbfounded on being asked if he in.
tended to go West.
W. II. Webb of New York has prepared a
statement which shows that under Democrat
ic rule the debt of that city has increased un-
til now it is $3l.3 IS for every man, woman
and child. MIR. Webb says 'It is probably
the largest per capita expense for govern
mental purposes ever levied in the history Of
the world
From Mercer county, Mimi, comes the
report that about 20 miles from Stanton
cave has been discovered in which we're found
hideous idol carved out of cedar, four skele-
tons, copper spear heads, small cutlass, i'm
plements of copper and stone mill for grind
inc, ,al, l., aud
parts of Asia.
The versatile Empress of Austria writes
poetry, sets type, shoots we'll with the rifle
and makes delicious bread, and it is presuma.
BILE that she can set the breakfast table, make
the beds and dust the bric-a-brac. There are
some American girls that might learn some
thing from this matron of one of the eifete
dynasties os Europe.
WIN. H. Vanderbilt has given the college
of physicians and surgeons of New York city
a half million of dollars for tine purchase of
real estate aud the erection of a building
which shall enable the institution more sue.
cessfnlly to fulfil the purpose for which it
was founded Grounds for the new building
have already been bought on Tenth avenue,
between 59th and Goth streets
The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelgencer says
the largest, best arranged best kept and best
near that city, under the management of the
Lancaster Piscatorial company. The ponds
are fed from six large springs and are locat-
ed on five acres of swamp and meadow
ground. Some of the carp grown in these
ponds are 27 inches long and weigh from six to
seven pounds.
"A new species of wild horse, found in
Central Asia, has been brought to st. Peters
burg, 1t is met with in troops of Eve to ff-
teen, led by an old stallion. The species has
highly sensitive powers of hearing, smell and
sight, and is very shy and fleet. The long
hair Of the tail does not begin till about mid
way down the tail. On the short, erect name
there is no forelock, aud there is no dorsal
stripe.
"A farmer at St. Jacobin, P. O., left his
four children in the house, recently, while he
went to the field. During his absence the
eldest boy, aged IL years, placed flask con-
tanning gunpowder on the stove and then
poured quantity Of the explosive inside the
stove. The stove was blown into thousand
fragments and the house was set on fire.
| Three of the children were rescued in dy-
ing condition. The fourth was also rescued
and will probably recover.