Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-09
IN GENER

A man in Campbell county Ga, had
thirty-six boys old enough to fight in the
late war and twenty three of them were kill
ed. He had been married nine times
An experiment was made at Pavia, in It.
ally, with two swallows, to determine their
speed. Two hen birds were taken from their
broods and carried to Milan and there re-
leased at given hour. Both made their way
back to their nests in 10 minutes, which gave
their rate of speed as S74 miles an hour.
Queen Victoria, who has lately celebrated
her 9th birthday and her 50th year of reign
ing, has reigned longer than any English
monarch except Henry III. and George Ill
She is the third oldest reigning monarch in
Europe, the Emperor William of Germany
and King Christian of Denmark being the
first two rulers.
-PlAcards OF the different political parties
of Pompeii are still to be seen painted on the
walls or incrusted in the plaster of the ruined
city. According to these posters the candi-
dates for municipal office possessed all the
gifts and virtues common to officials of the
present day.
Charles Johnnycake chief of the Della
ware Indians in Indian Territory, who recent
ly visited Washington to hold conference
with the Great Father" is ~ years of age
and has presided over the Delawares for 40
Year,. Ut o. lbhEb ne HAS Dtbu hu OEuhiubu
Baptist minister and at his present age delv-
ers two sermons every Sabbath to his people
Panoramic paintings representing battle
scenes are becoming great American indus
try. The siege of Yorktown, the engagement
between the Merrmac and Monitor, the bat
tie of Shiloh and the battle of Atlanta are tho
scenes lately represented. Various artists
work upon one painting, one making figures,
another the horses, another the foliage and
another the buildings, while a master artist
superintends the whole work.
A young couple in Newburg, n Y, chose
the open world as their church wherein the
marriage ceremony was solemnized, holding
the services upon the lawn, under large
marriage bell of white roses suspended from
the branch of tree. Baskets OF flowers were
strewn in the pathway of the two by little
girls. The wedding repast was served in the
open air, and in the evening the grounds
were illuminated for the reception.
Thread has recently been made from the
hollis of milkweed which is said to have had
the consistency and tenacity of flax or linen
thread The fibre ia long, easily carded, and
can be adapted to spinning on an ordinary
fax spinner. Easily grown, the plant bith-
erto worthless weed, may prove a rival to
the cotton of the South.
"A hound kept by August Lindt, in Chi
cage, raised great racket by his barking
about two O'Clock Thursday morning of last
week, awakening the family, who found that
the outbuildings were burning and the flames
had communicated to the house. They bare
ly escaped with their lives.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has informed the
New York Central railway directors that il
they will donate the vacant lot ON the corner
of Madison square and Forty-ffth street he
will erect a substantial building thereon for
''the use, enjoyment and improvement of the
employ es of the company and those Of other
roads centreing in the Grand Central depot"
! The proposition was accepted.