Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-03-05
IN GENERAL.

The second volume of G neral Grants
Memoirs will not be published until the lst
Of April.
Secretary Whitney's wife's brother is a
generous fellow. 1t was only last week that
he gave to his sister a check for $500, 900
with tue brotherly injunction to spend it in
entertainments.
At Z)schen. village in Saxony, a few
days ego, about twenty acres of land, oo which
were number Of houses, suddenly sank out
of sight and lake of water took its place.
Three men were drowned.
-Signor Salvini, the actor, is a citizen of
Naples where he has a sumptuous palace
aud also house up the bay. He is 81 years
old and has been twice married. Both Of
his wives are dead.
Judge David Davis got his great fortune
by being compelled to take so acres OF land
near the village of Chicago, when he was
young man, for debt. The land is now in
the heart of the city.
The six months old baby of a negro wom-
an named Wall was burned to a crisp in her
house at East Carohdolet. ILL.,, recently. The
mother, who bad left tho child in charge OF
her other children, became a ravng maniac
when she saw the body taken from the ruins.
DIR. Kneelaud told the Boston Scientific
society the other night that among the Saith
nal people from three to five dollars is con-
sidered fair price to pay for wife who is
young and pretty. Divorced women fetch
dollar and half and widows are a drug on
the market at 75 cents each.
The official returns of the Montreal
health office for the year 1885 just issued
show the total number of deaths TO have
been 1925, as against 1858 in 1884. There
were 3l64 deaths from small pox aud 4554
from all preventable diseases. OF those who
died 5s7G were children.
The West and South have been stirred
thoroughly by eyangelsts this winter. The
success of Sam Jones and Sam Small has
been spread abroad, and Moody and Sankey
are pursuing vigorous career. ln a single
day in New Orleans there were reported
three hundred converts by Moody and San
key.
Mr. Morrison's new tariff bill, introduced
in the House of Representatives, would, If
passed, effect an estimated reduction of $780,
00O, 900 in the revenues from customs, based
on the revenues of last year. The greatest
reduction on any one article ia on sugar, where
the new duty would result in a decrease Of
SIC, 900, 600 in the receipts. The additions
to the free list will involve a loss Of 50 500,-
600, and the reductions made by the bill on
other articles about So, OO0, 600. On the va
rious grades of sugars there is a general re-
duotion of 20 per cent, but this reduction
does not apply to any sugars on which an ex-
port duty is levied, as is now the case in
Cuba.
The jury in the case OF William Guyton
against the Evansville aud Terre Haute rail
way, on trial at Princeton, Ind. have award
ed the plaintiff damages of $50s3. The case
has been in the courts for years. Guyton
was a brakeman on a special train going
south which colided with freight. He was
wedged in between the tender and oaboose
but succeeded in prying himself out. Re-
membering that the south. bound passenger
train WAS due in five minutes, he gathered
himself up, injured and bleeding as he was,
tied his handkerchief around his manged
hand and with a red flag staggered mp the
track to warn the approaching train. Twice be
fell, exhausted and weak but with indomitable
| pluck he rose each time and reached a trestle
500 yards from the collision just as the pas.
senger train came up. His signal was seen
and then the brave fellow tainted and remain
ed unconscious for two days He finally re-
covered but is a cripple for life. He present
ed the physicans bill to the railroad com,
pany, but payment WAS refused, Suit wai
then instituted for $40, 900.