Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-27
IN GENERAL.

-IhtbOu OOWnb, klckeu out OF tne DOW
doin Square Baptist church, Boston, preached
last Sunday afternoon in Music hall to large
audience.
-kev. Thomas Tennant Of Evansville,
Ark, who died recently at the age Of 115
years, had been Methodist minister for 80
years, and was asserted TO be the oldest preach
er in the world. He was born in 1771.
"A Calcutta despatch to the London Times
says that 5000 people have been drowned aud
l50 villages submerged in Orissa by a cyclone,
and that l241 square miles in the Moorsheda-
bad and Huddea districts have been devastat-
ed.
The oolored orphans home In Chattanoo.
ga, Tenn, was burned last Sunday morning.
The "a children inside the building when il
took fire we're rescued without accident and
temporarily lodged in the city hospital build
ings. The home was insured, and will at
once be replaced by larger building 1t was
erected by Mrs. Steele, a Massachusetts wom-
an, and sold to a stock company Of leading
citizens.
The ecclesiastical council called to install
Rev. T. I. Munger late Of North Adams,
Mass, an pastor Of the United church Of New
Haven, Conn, voted to install him, "a to six.
As representative OF the progressive ele.
ment in his denomination, which does not
believe that all truth bas yet been discovered
and formulated, DR.. Munger was opposed by
| DIR. Todd and Burdett Hart, but the council
voted four to one to sustain the examination.
just now the ingenuity OF mechanical
| engineers all over the world seems to be oc
cupied to great extent in trying to devise
something to take the place OF the steam en-
gine. Electricity is looked upon as the mos
| promising agent, but certain inventors hope
TO improve even upon that. In a Brooklyn
| N. Y, dock lies boat which will be launched
in few days, the propelling power of which
is to be obtained by the continuous explosion
OF gas. Just how the force is to be applied
is secret, but the intimAtion is that it will b,
in way similar to that which drives rocke
through the air.
The coast of Oregon is dotted with de
posits Of shells, the only records left of a nu
merous race of people now practically ex
tnct. The traveller is told that they wer,
formed by the fish-eating Indians 1t is prob
able that the Indians Of the inland valley
made trips to-the coast and feasted on shell
fish at certain seasons There must have beef
immense numbers Of them, as the shell de
| posits are numerous and many Of them exten
sive. Some of them are on the very shore o
the ocean, where they are laid open to viev
by the wearing away of the bank others ar,
found along bays and streams, many bidder
by covering OF soil and unnoticed till pene
trated by the spade of the laborer or the plov
of the husbandman.
The county inhrmary near Sandusky, o.
was partly burned last Friday night and fiv
women we're burned to death. The superin
tendent was badly injured. The fire brok,
out in one of the upper rooms OF the north
west wing about 1870 p. NJ, originating, it !
supposed, in a defective hue. The flame
spread with great rapidity, and as there wer
no facilities for extinRuishing the FIRE, tn
whole upper part Of the structure was soon
mass OF flames. An alarm was sent to San
dusky. The nearest supply of water was il
q creek about quarter Of q mile from the in
stitution, but a stream was soon playing oi
the flames. A large crowd gathered, AM
worked hard to rescue the % inmates Al
were safely gotten out except five, who wer
in the insane department near where the FIR,
originated.
"A few days ago leak occurred in tn
water main in South 9th street, Brooklyn, n
Y, and the ground, which is entirely of quick
sand, gradually caved in, until puddle abou
q foot deep had been made. About 80 boy
were throwing stones into the puddle last Fri
day afternoon, when suddenly the earth be
gan caving in, and all but James Carroll mad
a rush for the sidewalk. He felt himsel
sinking, but stood spell bound. Charles West
a colored man, called loudly to the boy /
save himself, at the same time running for
plank, When he returned he saw the DO
rapidly going down, with his hands held alol
and crying for help. West made frantic ei
forts to save the lad but found himself sinl
ing and dropped the plank and ran 10 plac
of safety. When he turned around he sa'
the head of the boy disappear in the groun
and the sand filling over him. Help was sun
moned, and after several hours digging tn
unfortunate lads body was recovered.
"A despatch from Helena Ark, unde
date of Nov 20, says: The citizens of Hell,
ma were aroused at an early hour yesterds
morning by what many of them at FRI
thought to be very heavy rain storm, bt
on looking out they we're surprised to see
clear sky, filled with what appeared to +
snowhakes and not rain, that was PATTERN
with such force against the roofs and window
and houses. Investigation proved that th
air was filled with grasshoppers. Citizer
who have seen the dreaded pests sweep dow
and consume whole fields in Kansas say thi
in numbers the visitation last night exceed
anything ever seen in that country tenfolS
They were passing from east 10 west. Grel
numbers of them were disabled by hittin
against buildings and other obstructions,
they were flying very low, and pOrters an
clerks had TO shovel them from of the sid
walks into the streets. They are the genuir
Kansas grasshoppers.
Recent reports from the Northwest regio
of Canada are disquieting The movemen
of the Indians there are alarming the settler
who fear that with the spring will come
= more serious because better organized ou
break than the last one. The most seriol
: feature of the situation is the alliance of Sc
eral of the Indian tribes which have hither
l he Id .y,
of the reserves have already left, and II is r
ported that considerable number of Unite
States Indians have crossed the border 70 jo
IN the contemplated raid. The primary eau
OF the trouble is want of food. It is admittI
. that the Indians are in danger Of starvation
! and they declare that they will not star
' while there are plenty OF ranches at the ba
( of the Rocky Mountains well supplied wi
provisions. The Indians do not make al
. secret of their intentions, and the settlers a
calling upon the government TO take measur
8 for their protection.
y A Colorado wedding party climbed,
!, the 18th inst, TO the summit Of divide Il
u 600 feet high, and had the ceremony perforl
. ed there. A Denver paper, giving an aeoou
of II, says; The only way of scaling I
. snow, covered mountain was on snow.shot
= and the climbing was fatiguing, The groo
and the minister arrived first at the design
ed meeting point, but they did not have lo
TO wait, for the bride and her brothers we
. soon observed nearing the spot, trudging alo
:, cheerily. The bride seemed less fatigued tn
= any other member of the party. After
!. short rest, Father Ley performed the We
~ ding ceremony with as much impressiven'
!, - as II II had taken place in church, the w
- ding party grouping themselves as close
gsther as the Canadian snow-shoes woJ
permit After the ceremony, champagne v
~ drank as toast TO the happy couple, a
~ !. then the party journeyed TO the brides hon
~ ~ where q banquet was TO be held.
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