Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-05-14

ture of hats.
The liquor dealers Of Indiana have form.
ed the Indiana Protective Association, the
avowed object Of which is to oppose any leg
isation looking to higher license.
THE Pilgrims Progress" has been pub
lished in Canton in Chinese characters and
illustrated by Chinese artists All the char
acters are Chinese. The scene is laid in
China.
-Aohlle Oneofri, the contortionist, con
victed on his second trial of murder in the
snoond degree, for beating his nine years-old
stepdaughter to death, was sentenced at Phil
adelphia, Saturday, to ~ years imprison-
ment.
1t is claimed that natural gas has increas.
ed by 20 per cent. the manufactured products
OF Pittsburg during the past year and added
| from 1000 TO 10000 men to the permanent
working force of the city, besides attracting
capital from all parts Of the country
The Emperor OF Austria performed the
usual interesting ceremony OF washing the
feet of twelve old m en- and afterwards serv-
ing them at dinner in the imperial palace on
the morning Of Maundy- Thursday, the 22d
ul. Owing to the absence of tue f npress
the same ceremony with twelve old women
did not take place. There is always great
rivalry among the old people of Vienna for
this honor
An iron tower 9S4 feet high, at cost of
81, ,0O0, 900, is to be erected on the grounds
of the coming Paris international exhibition.
The tower will be supported by four pillars,
which will be higher than the magnificent
towers Of the cathedral of Notre Dame, each
| with an altitude of 29j feet. The structure
| will be surmounted by a powerful electric
light that will be visible, it is believed, as
far as Dion, 1917 miles southeast of Paris.
Mrs. Houston Of Boston, "materializ-
ing medium" was exposed at Manchester,
N. H., few days ago, in the presence of
many prominent citizens. An unbeliever
seized the spirit FORM" which proved that
of Mrs. Houston herself, and then the lights
were turned on. The woman's husband at
tempted TO use billy but it was taken from
him and the pair left the city by night
freight train.
Charles Kidney 80 years old, gig ten
der in Pomeroy's lower mill at PIttsfed,
| Mass, was fatally injured Saturday morning.
and died an hour later. He was putting a
belt on the shaft which operates the machine.
when his sleeve caught and he was thrown
against the ceiling so violently as to crush his
feet, and his arm was nearly torn off. He
| was sober and industrious young man, and
leaves wife and two young children.
-Abbe Casanova, a Corsican archis oogist
show that Christopher Columbus was born
in the town of Calvi, in Corsica, and emi-
graf sd to G5noA President G.evy having
examined the evidence and being satisfied
of its authenticity, has authorized the au-
| thorities of Calyi to celebrate by an official
holiday the iOOth anniversary of the discov-
cry of America. The inhabitants of Oalvi
will hold fdle on May 49, when a commem-
orative inscription will be placed on the
/ III FTS.1.,
In recent lecture, Maj. Gen. G. E. Web
Der, X. E., who had charge of the telegraphs
with the Soudan expedition, stated that in
the desert at some places the sand drifts over
the poles and buries them. In such a case it
u the custom to plant another pole over the
top of the buried one, and raise the wires on
that. In some cases as many as four poles
have been raised above each other in this
way. Wooden poles become in time so raw
aged by the white ant that the blow of a stick
will knock them over.
"A terrible tragedy was enacted Friday
in the little hamlet of Madder Hill in the
south western part of Sumner county, Tenn.
Polk Martin, a notorious character had been
paying attention to one of the two daughters
of the widow johnson and showed signs of
ardent affection which the girls jealousy
finally turned to hate. In his desperation
house of his old flame, picked quarrel, shot
the mother fatally put bullet through the
head of his sweetheart and mortally wound
ed her sister. Then over the PROSTATE forms
of his three victims he shot and killed him
self.
"A trial has just taken place at Toma
River, N. j., Levi Challender suing Jesse
Higgins for mayhem. Challender testified
that Higgins knocked him senseless, and
that when he (the plaintiff) became conscious
he found Huggins on top CT him, biting his
nose of. The witness sat with his face par
TALLY bandaged up. When he reached this
stage of the testimony he drew a small bottle
of alcohol from his pocket. In the bottle
was the nose. The bottle was passed around
so the jury could examine the nasal organ.
This testimony seemed to settle the business
The jury found Higgins guilty, and he has
been sentenced to two years in the state pris-
on.
"A flower concert" was given at Con-
cord, Mass, the other evening. SCREEN
painted to represent scene in a flower gar
den, stood on the stage, and before it we're
potted plants in profusion. Some of the
painted flowers were very large, and in the
centre of each big flower was an opening,
skilfully concealed by movable cover. Be
hind the screen stood the singers, and their
The singing flowers were a rose, dshlia,
sunhower, daffodil, pansy, lily, tulip,
daisy and buttercup.
-Washington has been plagued of late by
visitation of huge bugs (BelOstOmd) which
congregate in immense numbers about the
electric lights They are bred in ponds,
where they remain during the winter. In
the spring they emerge, often in immense
numbers, and fly about after a little time
the females return to the water to lay their
eggs, and the plague disappears. These big
bugs, between two and three inches long,
are harmless but can, and will bite sharply
on provocation. They are carnivorous, feed
ing on other insects, and often catching small
frogs and fishes in the water They have
been quite as abundant at the capital hereto
fore, but never so conspicuous.
"A photographer tells the St. Louis Globe
Democrat that photography opens up track
less and undiscovered domain in the heavens.
Some time ago camera charged with highly
sensitivized paper was directed at a clear spot
in the Skies where the most powerful tele-
scope detected nothing, To the surprise of
the operator the negative showed several
stars of magnitude. This was at first thought
due TO some spot or defect in the paper, but
the experiment was tried again and again
with the same result. Some months after
ward stars appeared at the very points indi-
Gated by the camera. The explanation is
this Ever since the velocity of light has
been discovered it has been known that there
we're myriads of stars whose rays, travelling
with uncomfortable rapidity since the morn
ing of creation, had not yet reached the
earth. Every now and then one of these sp-
pears. The camera in the instance mention
ed had caught the first glimpse of these new
born planets.
The liquor licenses in Missouri vary from
$3.50 to $500. A few years ago only a dol
lar a week was the cost for a saloon keeper.
This high license system, according to the st.
Louis Republican, has resulted in "a dimin-
ished number of Saloons a decrease in the
drinking habit, and larger revenue from the
sale of beverages" "The high license sys-
tem," adds the Republican, "has wrought a
most gratifying improvement in the habits of
the people in Missouri-a more decided i'm
provement, we suspect, than prohibition has
wrought in Kansas or Iowa" This witness,
says the Boston Evening Record, is a COM
petent and careful one, and such testimony
ought to be kept in mind.
The Connecticut River railroad has equip
ped its passenger trains with the Ray auto
matte electric train signal, as a result of ex-
periments with the same on the express trains
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