Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-07-04
NO. 27.
IN GENERAL.

East Tennessee marble Is reported 10 be
selling for 100 per cent. more than Italian
marble in leading markets.
Crop reports from all sections Of the
Province Of Quebec are very promising, and
bountiful harvest Is anticipated.
John and Charles Kennedy, two Louis
vile laborers, drop their picks and shovels to
take ", 100000 left them by an uncle In Aus
traliR.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob KILL triplet
brothers of Richmond, Pa, are lust left or
phans at the age Of 72 by the death Of their
mother.
Some teeth and ribs Of q mammoth akel-
eton were unearthed on farm at Avon, N.
T., few days ago. One tooth was 81 inches
long and p across the crown.
The United States Cremation Company
has bought seven acres Of land near Mount
Olivet Cemetery, In Newton, L. l., and will
build thereon brick crematory.
When the will OF the late Michael T.
Bass, the English brewer, was proved fort
night ago, the personally was sworn to at
5000, 600.
"A man in Norwich, Conn, recently mar
ried his seventh wife. He didn't take any
bridal tour because he had become convinced
that life was too short for such foolishness
Two sisters and brother named Plonk.
living near Lincoln, N. O., have q united age
of 203 years. One sister is 30, the other Is
9S and the brother, called ''the baby" Is SO.
-Sankey, the evangelist, says his voice is
not played out, that his health win be restor-
ed in few weeks, and that he will resume
work with Moody in this country. He is at
his home in Newcastle, Pa.
Bricks made of small bits Of cork refuse
and cement constitute new German industry.
They are use for certain building purposes
and for covering boilers TO prevent the radia.
tion Of heat.
Ireland has less than $50, 900 acres Of for
est and copse in Its 81, 900, 900 acres of terri
tory, and the British islands altogether but
$500 900 in $1,000, 900. The forests of the
whole of Europe are reckoned TO cover 5OO,-
900, 900 acres, or one-ffth Of the surface
The other day in London two men who
sold painted sparrow for q canary were son.
fenced to three months imprisonment at hard
labor, and just afterward two women who had
beaten and half-starved three little children
were sentenced to one weeks imprisonment
The giant grapevine of Santa Barbara
has become celebrated. but O younger vine
near It threatens to surpass II. It Is twenty
five years old, has q circumference of three
feet and eleven inches, and in 1882 bore over
three tons of grapes.
The Florida volcano has been found by
Capt. George Asher, who followed up the An
ella river to its source, and there found q
large number Of pools of water which emit q
thick white smoke. The region is very rocky
and the rocks are hollow and full Of water
which is nauseous to the TASTE
-Quakers from Pennsylvania are settling
in eastern Virginia in largo numbers, and
their scientific method Of farming Is doing
wonders with the worn-out tobacco land. Il
10 uoi1 that kbofr -. =
vance in the price of real estate all through
the region.
Two judgments against Mrs MyrA Clark
Gsines for $4,000 each have Just been rem
dered by the United States Court in Louisi-
ana. After lifetime spent in litigation, in
which she has been partially triumphant, it ia
said to be doubtful II she has money enough
to pay these judgments.
There is genuine oil craze in Roscom-
mon county, Mich. The we'll bored has
yielded go barrels day, pumped by five men,
and an offer of $50, 900 for it is refused. The
possibility that oil may be found in other
places has caused great advance in land all
through the region, and every owner dreams
of wealth.
There are a lot of wild camels on the des-
erts at the head of the Gulf of California
They are the remnants of herd bought by
government for army use in New MEXICO and
Arizona. They served the purpose well, but
the sight and smell of them continually
stampeded horses, mules and donkeys, they
were sold, and after being used awhile by
miners, turned loose and have become natu-
rallied
One day last week little daughter OF
Henry Brothers, proprietor of the sawmill in
Ramona, Steuben county, N. Y, carried his
dinner to him at the mill. On entering the
mill she saw her fathers head and body TO
the waist lying on one side Of the saw plat.
form. The other half of his body was on
the opposite side of the platform. In walk
ing about the saw he had fallen in some way
in front of it, and was cut In two.
During the year 1888 there were in New
York, as shown by the annual report of the
| fire commissioners, 2169 fres an average OF
nearly six day. The total estimated loss by
fires was SO, 512, S4S, with total insurance OF
1924, 07S, SAG. The average loss at fires was
$1Gl0. The total expenses of the depart
ment were 81, 5S1, ,936, out of which 81, 49,.
All was paid salaries. Fourteen persons
were rescued from burning buildings.
-Pompelian excavations have revealed
still another Venus 1t Is a fine statuette OF
the goddess, crouching, found in the work.
shop of the sculptor, who was apparently co.
cupied with his subject when the terrible cat.
astrophe came upon the city. His body has
been discovered near by with a oingulum still
| grasped in his hand, and cast is now on OK.
hibition, made in the usual way, by filling the
space occupied by the body in the lava dust
with plaster of Paris.
| DIR. Sturge, medical missionary TO SIAM
relates how q native doctor administered an
emetic to lovesick lady who had swallowed
| quantity of opium with suicidal intent. The
| scientist of Siam took live EEL clipped of Q
/ Of hto tail kn 10 &,
/ ly manner, and then pushed him, tail first
down the romantic damsels throat. When
the eel returned to the stream of running wa
ter near which the girl was made to recline,
the opium quickly followed him.
English courts have TO decide upon the
validity of q sale of a mans own head. A
poor man in London who had q Uranium of
peculiar shape sold the article TO some doctors
10 years ago, to be delivered after death, In
consideration of having his funeral expenses
paid. Afterwards he became rich, and, now
that he has died, his friends want the con-
tract Rnnulled. The doctors have brought .
suit for possession of the property, and pend
ing decision the corpse is buried with ths
head in place.
One of the richest men In Philadelphia,
Isaac V. williamson, is hardly ever heard Of
Although past so, he is yet active and spry
and daily attends the stock exchange. His
habits and dress are those of q man ekinG
out a subsistence, but he is popularly reputed
worth between $40, 900, 900 and 500, 900, 900
He has no servants no luxuries no horses
nothing Whatever to indicate his great wealth
He is bachelor, with few relatives and liVei
by himself. He is charitable, however, an6
has given many large sums 10 deserving OBJ
jects.
Poor people should not want for bread
this year. Over 10000, 900 bushels of las
years crop of wheat has been left over in thil
country, and the promise for large yield thil
year Is excellent. The poor man may also in
dulge in some luxuries, as sugar Is selling Ai
two cents pound in Cuba, the cane and bee
sugar yield of the world has been large, Ani
low prices must rule here. Sugar Is already
cheap in Scotland, the price in Glasgow be
ing five cents pound, while a Glasgow gro
Ger bids for custom by offering tea Rt the usu
al rate and throwing in the sugar.
An affair which could happen scarcely
anywhere except in tho Southwest is report
ed from Arkansas. The scene was q Baptis
church, six miles east Of Hot Springs, anC
Sunday the time. Lew DishoWAn and Pete
Lewis were rivals for the hand Of the minis
tsr's daughter, and each aVowed the intention
OF seeing her home. As Lewis moved tow
ard the girls pew Dishowan opened FIRE up