Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-15

Rents have declined ~ per cent in Los
Angeles, Cal owing to collapse Of the
boom
Michael lee. the new president Of the
city council uf Omaha Neb was formerly
II hotel porter and boot black
William NJ Merriam. an eccentric old
schoulmaSter Of Riverhrai. y y . has Just
died, leaving the bulk of his property, some
SGO, 900, to the United States government.
Fully 5000 people took part in fox hunt
in Hardin Township ILL.,, which is heavily
wooded, last week over - hounds and
innumerablr curs were engaged in the
chase which resulted in killing l3 foxes, -
coons and one wolf, while "A panther was
reused and shot at but escaped.
The sheep industry of Montana is in a
prosperous condition. 1t is expected that
the clip this year will be fully 10000, 600
pounds
The wealthiest oil producer in Pennsyl-
vania is John McKeown of Washington.
lie has fortune of 5000, 600 He is an
lrishmau, aud - years ago he was working
at - "a day as "A laborer.
George Heidel, IA young farmer living
near Evansville. Ind, recently tried to
frighten William Tomkins, a negro, by
dressing up as a ghost aud appearing to
| him in the woods. In his fright Tomkins
/ split the head Of Heide with an axe and has
/ not been seen since.
The apple market in New York state is
/ still in deplorable condition. Reports re-
ceived from ~ dealers show 32G, 600 bar
rels ON hand, of which some 10000 have
gone ont. There are also some l05, 900 bar
rels in the hands of farmers. This report
embraces all the apple growing districts
along the Rome, Watertowu & Ogdensburg,
New York Central aud Erie railroads.
Olive culture in California is rapidly AS
suming large proportions. There are or
chards there of 1000 trees and thousands
more are being set annually. The olive
crop is gathered in December and January,
when help is plenty, and keeps remarkably
well The trees are set thirty-iv feet
apart and as ten years are required to
bring them from cuttings TO the bearing
point, grape vines are set between them,
At maturity, the average yield is twenty
dollars worth of fruit per year.
motor car at Denver, Colo, became
unmanageahle, dashed rapidly down hill
jumped from the track and was smashed
into atoms The car was filed with pas
sengers, all of whom were injured.
1t is said that India rubber is being tried
Tor paving StltelS IN several N1tIlndn loNuS,
The first pavement Of the kind was laid by
Herr Busse of Linde, on the Goethe bridge
in Hanover, in 1887. The material i,
claimed to combine the elasticity of rubber
with the resistance of stone aud to be per
fectly noseless, unaffected 10y heat or cold
aud less slippery than asphalt
The Misses Drexel of Philadelphia hav,
rivals as heiresses in the shape of two Chi
cago maidens, daughters Of Herman O
Armour and nieces of Philip Armour. Tn,
Misses Armour have something like 81, 900,
600 apiece.
Packs of wild dogs, possessing all tn,
characteristics of wolves, infest some o
the southern counties of Ohio, especial
Fayette They attack every living thinl
e. men, women, children, fowls, etc, am
destroy entire focks Of sheep
Among the heaviest locomotives eve
. built are those recently put on its mountain
division by the Philadelphia and Readin
railroad Their actual weight in workin
order is l53, i0pounds, and i3s, $40 pound
: is on the drivers Their cylinders are ,
e inches in diameter 10y - inches stroke
h driving wheels 80 inches diameter boiler
6 feet in diameter aud l3 feet inches Ion
over tube sheets. The fire box is over
feet long inside 10y IL inches wide.
One hundred carloads Of western dresse
beef arrive in Boston every week hesid'
. li0 carloads which arrive there for eXpol
tatinu