Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-13
NO. 2.
IN GENERAL

mold, author of the famous poem, "The
Light of Asia"
John Jacob Astor has given his hne villa
at Newport, worth over $500 900, 10 his
son, w. W. Astor.
The swine plague prevails in the south of
| France and 20 1000 animals have died in
Marseilles district within a month.
The issue of rum is to be discontinued in
the British army in India, and the canteen
for spirits will soon he thing Of the past.
The Electric club in New York has a boot
backing apparatus which works by cleo
tricity, and boots are 'shinedn in a twink
ling.
Gen. Fremont has accepted the offer Of
a homestead at luglewood, near Los An
geles, Cal, and says he shall make it his
permanent home.
A New York laborer who is employed on
the sewers Of that city says he likes his job,
and that sewer gas is not unpleasant 90 when
one gets used to it,.
Jenny Lind abhorred nattery. She said
TO a sculptor who made bust of her 81
am an ugly Swede, and you have made
me beautiful English woman"
Jay Gould has left Naples for Alexandria
on his yacht. He is said to have thrown
the artists at Rome into furry, by prom
ising to come back in March to buy pic
lures.
Walt Whitman's health is better this win
| ter than it has been for 10 years He is
living quietly at Camden, n. j., and though
| 20 years old he has not lost much of his old
time enthusiasm.
The mortality among state governors has
been remarkable of late Within com
paratively few months Gov. Bartlett of Cal
ifornia, Gov. Bodwell of Maine and Gov.
Marmaduke of Missouri have died in Office
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis, an American couple,
have been travelling through Europe for
four months on tandem cycle. Their
joint expenses by this mode of travelling
have been 26 shillngs a day, sight seeing
fees included.
p. o. Myers of Nickleville, Pa, who fell
and broke his neck December p is in fair
way to recover If he lives it will be the
only case on record where man has es-
capped death after sustaining a double dis
| location Of the neck.
Mr.. Leary, the owner of the great raft
that was recently cast away, announces
! that he still has faith in his peculiar method
of running a raft of logs from Nova SEQ
! tia to New York, and that he intends re
peating the experiment.
The new directory of Washington shows
a great increase in number of names over
last year, and indicates corresponding in
crease in population. Last year there were
| 1883 names this year there are 5000
an increase of nearly 1000.
One Of the most extraordinary suits ever
! brought against a railroad is that of Mrs.
! Seymour, Chicago widow, who wants
! $25, 600 for being blown off train by "A
gale that was raging when she attempted
| to pass from one car to another.
! 1,4. o. M,.,.,.l,,l-. ,,.i.;t, ;,, A.,
| Confederate service, fought duel with
! Gen. Marsh Walker, the latter being the
challenger. They met in the early morn
ing, when Walker fell, shot through the
breast Marmadake, va unharmed.
There are whole towns in Germany that
do little else but make dolls for American
children. They are mostly simple country
| folk. England's children spend almost ST.
900, 600 for French and German dolls. and
America children almost double that
Bonanza Mackay is to retire from the
control of the Bank of Nevada if Wall
! street reports may be relied on. 4 Scotch
! syndicate has bargained to take the bank,
paying the market value of all the institu-
tions assets and adding $500, 900 for its
good will
The dime museum men are lamenting
the fact that the freak has had its day
/ Inc llllu man dl4u ldL Nbliidn are pluNtu
out the two-headed girl has gone by, and
the lady with big feet is married Even
on the Bowery in New York, celebrities of
this sort have ceased to draw
| The monument to confederate soldiers
buried in the North TO be erected in Oak
woods cemetery at Chicago, viii be in the
form of a pyramid 40 feet high, made of
! IA plain square granite slabs contributed
| from each of the states participating in the
rebellion Nirguia's slab will form the
| base and Arzona's the apex.
! The Japan current, or black stream of
| warm water flowing northward from the
coast of JAPAN tempers the climate of Alas
ka. bringing fogs and mists that enveop
! the valleys and mountains. Fine potatoes
are grown in certain sections, as also onions
and a great variety of berries, well as
crabappes, many of them in a wild state
There is an old fashioned millionaire who
| lives at Second avenue and St Marks place,
! New York city, who is so fond of dogs,
and particularly of a pet St. Bernard, that
| he pays a man SO "A week to devote his
time to exercising and caring for the dog.
| 1t should be incidentally remarked, how
ever, that the ST. Bernard cost the million
aire $500.
1t is announced that paper bottles are to
| be manufactured on very extensive scale
their weight is less than those of glass or
stone ware, and they are less liable to break
age paper being also an excellent non-con-
| ductor, fluids stored in air tight paper bot
ties will withstand a more intense degree
of heat or cold than when put in ordinary
bottles
At Beaufort S. c. a few days ago,
prominent citizen met portly colored wom-
an at a muddy spot on the street where
only one could pass. Neither would turn
aside, SO each sent for a chair and sat facing
each other for several hours The gentle
man q had his dinner brought but after
eating it gave up the contest leaving the
negress victorious
The Fitchburg railroad will erect per
manent brick electric light station at the
west portal of the Hoosac tunnel, contain
ing a $50 horse power engine TO furnish
power for the Westinghouse alternating
! system of dynamos. Trenches for the wire
conduits are now dug nearly to the central
shaft, and the wire is strung about 1000
feet from the west portal.
There is new rival to the Mammoth
cave reported at Bloomfield, Ky The main
avenue is seven miles long, and besides the
usual stalagmites, staactites, lake and eye
less fish, there are numerous nummiiied
! bodies in Il "sepulcher,' besides pottery
and bronze articles Workmcn digging for
the foundation of j. A. Aliens new mill
discovered it by striking through the
/ dome
Annie Horton, post-oilice department
| clerk, rose in her chair at Albaugh's theatre
| in Washington one night last week, when
| Clara Morris was playing Article a, and
exclaimed, ooh, my God ~ She had sud
! denly gone insane Miss Horton is the
| young woman who shot the son Of Senator
| Morgan of Alabama some years ago. The
| play of Article Az was her tragedy over
again, and when the lover fired Miss Hor-
tons mind gave way.
The tallest and weightiest family in the
United States resides at Roaring Greek,
Randolph county, w. Va The family of
John X. Scott consisted of 10 children, all
boys, two of whom died in their infancy
The height of the remaining eight is ind-
vidually over six feet. The father weighs
225 pounds Mrs. Scott, POS Hugh, 230
Oliver j., 291 Charles j., 27O; Jefferson
215; James, 231; Winfield, 220; john
$50; Edwin, 2S3, Weight of whole family,
243S pounds.
A defaulteT named Cramer, at llacketts
town, n. j.. has contrived to vary the usu-
al monotonous record made by men of his
kind. He not only swindled the business
men, but it now turns out that he was en-
gagged TO three women living in the bo-
rough, and to not fewer than twelve in the
county, whilst Schooley's Mountain dam
sci claims to have been betrothed 20 him for
period of l6 years. In this last case the
wedding day had been agreed upon several
times and as often postponed All the
women were swindled out of money. Ma
ny farmers lose heavily, Cramer is in Ber-