Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-20
IN GENERAL.

Kansas City has grown from 90, 1856 in
1880 to l05,0 ,042 this year and claims to be the
fastest growing city in the United States.
Francis Murphy and his son have Sc
cured l9, 600 total abstinence pledges in a
two months campaign at Cleveland, o.
-Pyro-silver has come into vogue in Eng
land as a material for table-cutlery. 1t does
not stain, or retain havors it looks like a
silver knife, is readily sharpened on steel,
and does not wear rapidly. The price is
reasonable.
During the last fifty years Mohammed-
anism has made great strides on the west
coast of Africa, whence it is striking back
into the interior, and the prediction is freely
made that ere long the Christian missionaries
will have to reckon with it rather than with
paganism.
A horrible death was that of Jacob Kauf.
man, an insane pianist of Denver, COL, who
rambled out on the prairie in the darkness
of midnight, undressed himself and deliber-
ately crawled back and forth through barb
ed-wire fence until lacerated beyond all hope
of life.
One of the brides who called on Presi-
dent Cleveland on his last reception day was
on her third bridal tour, having been married
in Grants first term, and again under Hayes.
She told the President that she intended
being more careful of this husband than she
had been of his predecessors.
Rev. DIR. John Hall of New York receives
a salary of $50, 600 as pastor $40, 900 a year
as Chancellor of the University of the city
of New York and $4,000 a year for con-
tributing one article per week to Bonner's
Ledger, and it is said that his other literary
work brings his income up to about 800, 600
year Seventeen years ago he was preach
ing in Dublin for $25OO year.
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of Russian industry and morals is drunken
ness. Even the priesthood Of the Greek
church are sadly corrupted by this vice and
upon the numerous holidays lead their hooks
in exoesses The czar has lately issued decree
closing all tippling shops and allowing spirits
to be sold only at inns and eating houses.
Ninety thousand grog-shops will be closed
by this measure. ...
There is pool In Utah only q foot deep,
and situated at very high altitude, that re-
fuses to freeze even in the severest winters.
There is another that mysteriously replen-
ishes itself with half-grown trout. One
stream, though clear as crystal TO the eye and
tasteless, stains all the vegetation 1t flows
over to deep brown. warm spring near
Salt Lake City is the strongest sulphur water
in the world A hot spring few miles of,
with waters 80 hot that you can hardly put
| your hand into them, and as bright as dia-
monds, is one of the most remarkable COM
binations of chemicals ever analysed.
The new Chinese Consul at New York
recently gave a dinner to his oountrymen.
The bill Of fare was as follows; !. Dragon
fish boiled celery. IL. Sharks fms slowed /;
birds nest soup. III. Sea worm ginger and
ground-nuts. ~. Fruits eggs and pre-
serves V. Devil fish roast chicken and
duck. vi. Sucking pig bamboo shoots and
rice. VII. Perfumed pork, mushrooms and
sea beans VIII. Spiced sausage, stuffed
eggs and millet. TX Tenderloins with raj
sins and chestnuts. X Moon cakes and con
feotionery. The drinks were tea, almond tea,
Arrack aud Chinese hqueurs. The almond
tea was a novelty, snd consisted apparently
of a sweet deooction of almonds re enforced
with alcohol and rock candy.