Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-19
IN GEN ERAL.

Rev. bartholomew Edwards, who died in
England the other day, lacked week of
being a century old, and was ordained and
settled as vicar of Ashill, Norfolk, some
years before the battle Of Waterloo.
A reverend gentleman by the name of
Dennis from Dayton, Ohio, has been a per
sistent applicant for the post Of consul to
Jerusalem, and had his papers endorsed by
a number Of leading Ohio politicians. The
point was urged in the Rev Mr.. Dennis >
behalf that inasmuch as he was "a converted
Hebrew II was particularly desirable that
he should be sent To the Holy Land to con
vert other Jews Mr.. Blaine sent for the
papers, and, after an examination of their
contents, turned Mr. Dennis down with the
endorsement "As the state department is
not an evangelical institution, the points
herein made why this appointment should
he made are not well taken
Mr. John Sebastian has been appointed
general ticket and passenger agent Of the
combined lines Of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad company east and west
of the Missouri river with headquarters at
Chicago
The locomotive A. q Darwin, which made
continuous trip from New York to Buffalo
a distance of 423 miles each way, and was
on time at both ends Of the trip, must take
the lead as the most successful machine that
has been constructed in the United States
II weighs sixty eight tons, and has tender
of forty tons for coal and water Its max
imum speed on this trip was sixty miles all
hour but practically its average was from
fifty TO ffty.ive. The English trains run
more rapidly than ours, and their locomo-
tives have often made sixty miles an hour
but this is probably the best run ever made
on "a regular train in this country.
Chevreul the French chemist who died
recently, was l0} years old. He never
smoked tobacco, and only once in his life
tasted liquor.
The cigarette young man Of the period will
keep clear of Michigan The lower branch
Of the legislature of that state has passed
bill which prohibits the manufacture, sale,
keeping for sale or giving away of any Gig
arettes or any imitation thereof, or any rice
paper or any paper designed for cigarette
wrappers.
1t has been decided that soldier who
was drowned while bathing near his camp
died when in the line Of duty, and there
| fore his mother is entitled TO a pension.
This is a reversal Of former decision.
William Glass of Verndale, Mimi, recent
| " undertook the task of eating go eggs in
30 minutes on wager Of $40. The eggs
were boiled one and one half minutes.
| Glass broke his eggs and had them all down
| inside of three minutes. He ate the first
| 81 in three quarters of a minute and the
other % in less than two minutes
| Meredith Stanley of Cincinnati, we'll
/ known athlete and bridge jumper, who has
challenged Brode Of New YORK. made the
most remarkable leap on record one day
| last week 1t was from the famous high
! bridge on the Cincinnati Southern railroad
over the Kentucky river, 2S5 feet high.
| Stanley selected a place where the water
was II feet deep and, attired in silk tights
and slippers, leaped into the air. Doubling
up his body like a ball he fell to the water,
aud moment later bounded to the surface
where he was quickly seized by assistants
in boat. He coughed blood little while,
hut soon recovered and took the train for
Cincinnati He escaped without breaking
the skin and feels as well as ever. Thi.
bridge is the highest in the world except
one.
The deepest artesian well in the world i,
now claimed as supplying the baths at Pesth
in Austria Hungary. 1t is said to be Sl4C
feet deep and supplies l76, 900 gallons daily
at a temperature of l5S Fab.
Herr Hans Won Bulow, the greatest living
pianist, has arrived in New York city. His
engagements cali for $1,000 per night