Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-01
IN GENERAL.

The hurricane in Colon on the 2d ult.
destroyed thirteen vessels, the crews Of
which perished.
The cattemen OF Montana have formed
a protective organization, Of which the motto
is, You had better mind whose range you
are on and whose cattle you are branding"
In the Iowa gubernatorial election six
congressional districts went Democratic by
an aggregate majority Of 7l62, while Ave
went Republican by an aggregate majority
of IA, 295.
An inmate OF the Akron, Ohio, county
infrmary, who died recently at the age Of "a
years, is declared to have taken thirty-two
gallons of laudanum in the eight years pre-
ceeding his death.
The new British man of.wAr Camper
down, built Of steel at 3 cost of $2,375, ,000
is the heaviest ship ever launched from q
royal dockyard in England. II will be three
years before the Camperdown is ready for
sea.
A wealthy iron manufacturer of Lebanon,
Penn, threw open his residence on Christ.
mas day TO all his workmen and their fami-
lies. An enormous Christmas tree in the
parlor bore q present for each Of the children
of the workmen.
Telephone communication has been es-
tablished between Paris and Rheims, q dis
tance of about 10 miles, and the transmits.
sion Of sound Is said 10 be perfect. Five
minutes conversation costs one franc, and
in five minutes each party can say eome 300
words.
The residents along a lumber iume In
the mountains above Chico, Cal. ssvs a
novel way Of getting their mail started
on a raft from the head OF tbS, june 81 reg
ular dates, and the peopIs oeiow 1tch for
1t, take out what belopss TO thenl, hd then
send the raft with its precious cArgo on the
way.
A peculiar accident occurred recently at
South Arlington, Mass. Tbs Brockton branch
train, when running around the curve,
jumped the rails ran quite distence on the
sleepers, and then, striking q patent switch,
took TO this rails again in good style, without
doing the slightest damage TO the train, mere
ly giving the passengers q good shaking up.
-Allemploy Is OF the New York, Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio railroad whose duties require
them to observe signals have recently been
examined for color blindness, and about four
per cent were found to have defective sight.
One OF the oldest and most lucky engineers
was found totally blind TO any difference be-
tween red and green.
"A New Haven boy recently, "for fun"
inserted an advertisement in local paper for
a husband. A Western farmer answered II,
and the young man wrote at length, describing
himself as q handsome middle-aged woman,
with long bank account. The granger came
on last week TO rec the woman. He is now
after the young man with q suit for fraud
and loss OF time and money.
In Georgia colored people own G0O, 900
acres OF land and pay taxes on about $l0,-
600, 600 OF property. In the whole South
their taxable property is put down at about
4 n RE .
the l22, 093 pupils in the public schools are
colored. In Georgia taxes paid by the color
ed race are almost az much as the sum devot-
to the colored schools Of that state.
AT the beginning of every session Of Con-
gress a new pine top has to be placed on the
Speakers desk. Pine is used because the
ivory gavel produces louder sound upon 1t
than on some tougher wood. Oak was once
tried, but the occupant Of the chair complain
ed that severe blow produced q stinging
sensation in the hand, consequently pine has
been used ever since.
Alta sale of q collection of old plate,
which toek place few days ago ct q country
house in bedfordshire, England, the extra
ordinary proc of $21. so per ounce was paid
for pair of old English soonces dated 1918.
Nearly as mitch was obtained for q true
Queen Ann LOVING cup, with double handles
and cover, dated l7l3. A quaint old heater,
with gridiron, dated 1879, realized no less
than $3.50.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher having re-
fused compensation fer the eulogy he deliver
ed in Boston on Gen. Grant, the committee
having chaTgeof the matter has bought one Of
the most valuable Howard watches to replace
the one stolen from him o. the day Of state
election In New York. Inside the case Is the
following inscription Presented by the
city of Boston to Henry Ward Beecher in
recognition of his eulogy on GIN. Grant Oe-
tOber 22, 1885"
The LynohbuTg, Va, News says that
although the lynching of Henry Mason, col.
ored, recently, for the murder Of Mr.. Ham
mersley, is the first occurrence Of the kind in
| Campbell county, the very name OF 'lyuoh
law" was derived from a native of that ooun.
| ty-old Col. Lynch, who was in the habit
of administering summary punishment to
mArauders and miscreants of every deserip,
tion without paying any attention to the or
dinary processes Of law. Hence he was call
ed Judge Lynch, and this, II is said, Ia the
true origin of the terms, 'lynching" and
"lynch law"
AT Birmingham, Ala, the other day, 6
feather renovator, on ripping open an old
feather bed discovered handsome diamond
ring. II was sent to the owner of the bed
a lady, who on seeing it took it and held il
to her lips. She then pressed an invisible
spring aud the picture OF a handsome young
man in Confederate uniform was revealed
She said that the ring was presented TO heI
by her husband before he left for the army
10 1862 she placed it in the bed in 1868 fol
safe keeping, and forgot where she had plae
ed 1t. Her husband was killed in one OF the
battles around Richmond.