Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-04
NO. Il.
IN GENERAL.

ed counties.
"A New York tenement house Is occupied
by over 800 families.
-Keely promises that his motor shall DOS.
itively mote by April 10.
1t is estimated that 25, 900 people have
settled In Florida within the past year.
"A rising industry in Florida is the manu-.
facture Of perfume from orange flowers.
1t Is said that $50, 900, 600 copies of the
Bible have been printed during the present
century, in 22G languages.
"A man at Oooneo, Ca, who obtained
| judgment for $1,000 in lawsuit, had lust S75
left after settling with his lawyers.
The United States Senate has passed 43
to 10 the bill increasing the salaries of United
States district court judges to $4,000 per an
mum.
The value Of the neat cattle subsistinR on
the natural grasses along the slope of the
Rocky Mountains from the British possessions
to Mexico is placed at 5000, 900, 900.
George Eastman, who invented and per-
fected the machine which made the first per.
cussion caps in the United States is now liv-
ing in Kalamazoo, Mich, at the age Of 70.
Twenty-Five cascades, each Of which Is
over 800 feet high, are reported to have been
discovered by an exploring party in Montana,
north of Missoula.
Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil has reign
ed for SO years, OF longer than any living
sovereign. He was but six years old whom he
ascended the throne. Queen Victoria will
complete the 47th year Of her reign on the
Goth Of June next.
Farmer Mcdaniel of Island Shales, Ca,
unearthed sealed earthen jug with his pillow,
the other day, found whiskey in it, and slipped
until he fell asleep. Then his wife came to
hunt him up, noticed that the Jug was heavy,
and found in the whiskey 1900 So gold pieces.
This tale shows the advantage of matrimony.
Boarding flowers is becoming quite an
industry among florists. When a plant be-
comes sick and dropping from contact with
the poisoned air Of the parlor, the florist doc
tors and restores it to health, returning it to
the owner in hourishing condition. A New
York florist says that what we call malaria the
flowers tell us is poisoned air.
The population of Belgium, now about
$500, 900 souls, consumes annually alcoholic
liquors to the value of 480, 900, OOOf which
Is sc per cent more than 80 years ago. Com
pared with 40 years ago, the number of the
insane has increased by 104 per cent, of sui
cides by so per cent, and of condemned Grim
inals by 1876 per cent. In 1850 the number Of
places where alcoholic liquors were retailed
was SO, 600; it is now 10000.
Girls who marry drunkards TO reform them
should keep away from Iowa. The supreme
court of that state has refused 10 grant di-
vorce TO a woman with a drunken husband.
The man had promised reformation before
they were married and failed to keep his
promise. But that did not justify her in de-
serting him. Such promises are always bro
ken, and the court says that as she knowing
ly married drunkard she must be content 10
remain drunkards wife.
The new salt field in western New York
will produce GOO, 900 bushels of "the finest
salt in the world" this year, and expects TO
double the production next year wide belt
of country, the extent OF which is not yet de-
termned. is underlaid, at a depth of from
l2OO to 1000 feet, with deposit of pure rock
salt, from GO to 80 feet thick. And yet with
Syracuse and Saginaw to furnish competition
on this heavy and cheap product, Congress is
afraid to put salt on the free list.
Hartford people are discu sing again the
cause of the vibrations of windows and doors
heard every still night. The same vibrations
are periodical in Springfield and up and down
the Connecticut valley. They were noticed
and explained a quarter of a century ago by
the vibration of the Holyoke dam, but that
theory is exploded. The phenomena are
more noticeable when the moon is high, but
just what the cause, which operates alike
over distance of forty or fifty miles, may
be, is yet mystery.
The talk about Pope Leo's intended de-
parture from Rome is pronounced nonsense
by Cardinal Howard. His Holiness will yield
nothing to the government of King Humbert.
note has been sent to all the pspal nuncios,
informing the several European courts that
neither now nor henceforth will the Vatican
consent to receive Catholic princes who have
been welcomed as guests in place (meaning
the kings palace which, though confiscated
by the Italians, is still the property of the pa
pacy
Major General Godfrey Weitzel, who died
in Philadelphia March 10Th, was distinguish
ed soldier Of the war for the Union. In ac-
knowledgment Of many gallant exploits he
was made brigadier-geners of volunteers, and
during the siege of Port Hudson his vctori-
Gus troops were under fire 40 days in the open
air.and with insufficient food. He occupied
JEFF Davis's house in Richmond after his tri-
umpha! entrance into that city on April Sd,
1860. At the time Of his death he was a
lieutenant-colonel in the regular army.
-Moodys six months work in London is
now closing, and he will return to America
for rest. Both in the attendance and the eff
feet of his preaching the results of the win
ter far surpsss those of former visits. Mr.
Moodys complaint in London has often boon
that the church -goers continually crowded out
the non-church- goers. At one of the meet
ings he asked all those who were Christians to
rise, and nearly the whole audience were at
once on their feet He then stated that the
church yard was filled with the unconverted,
and it was to them he wished TO speak and
soon the church crowd were adjourning good
naturedly to a neighboring tent.
1t is not often that man has chance to
decline with thanks testimonial of 800, 900
in cash but Carl Schurz has had that oppor-
tunity, and has not hesitsted to avail himself
of 1t promptly. Gustav Schwab and other
prominent Germans in New York undertook
to raise 800, 900 as a token Of their appreci-
alton of Mr. Schurz's public services and pri-
vate WORTH but Mr.. Schurz, hearing of it,
wrote to Mr.. Schwab saying that, while he re-
garded it as great honor to have such friends
and felt proud that they should consider him
deserving of such a testimonial, yet he could
not accept such a sum Of money without Civ
ing proper equivalent for it, and wished to
have no further steps in that direction taken,
but that the money already collected should
be returned to the contributors.