Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
IN GENERAL.

A Sutter county Gal farmer has a trac-
tion engine that will pillow - acres of land
in "a hours.
Mrs. w. o. Leeds, wife of one of the
richest men in Indiana, is about to prose-
cute l9 saloon keepers in Michigan City for
selling to her husband after she had warn
ed them not to do So
This sad story is reported by the New
| York Press. A FIVE years. old Jewish child,
Tobias Hippar, son of a Hebrew family,
was killed by children who heard their
parents comments on, and saw their treat
ment of the Hippar family Led by 10
years-old boy they caught little Hippar
and kicked him. They threw him into the
gutter, andwhile part of the crowd amused
themselves by pounding his head with rocks,
the leader scooped up the gutter filth and
jammed it down his throat. The millenni-
um is yet afar off.
Aaron Harvey, sea captain of Machias,
Me-, disappeared in 1860, and year later
his wife heard that he had been lost at sea.
She married again. A few days ago Har-
vey returned. He had been shipwrecked.
The enforcement of the oleomargarine
law in Connecticut has been most satisfac
tory in its results, according to the report
of the state dairy commissioner. There is
less than one-third as much oleomargarine
sold as there was two years ago and the
sales of butter have increased by S464, 600
| The United States government has realized
| S25, 900 from licenses.
John l. Blair of Blairstown, n. j., is re-
puted to be worth $50, 600, 900, yet such is
his strong sense of merely holding his
wealth in trust for the benefit of his fellow
men that he spends upon himself less, al
most, than is paid to his humblest work
man.
Within the last few years Mr.. Blaine is
said to have doubled his property. His
best paying investments are in the Little
| Hope silver mine, which is said to have paid
| 81, 800, 600 in dividends in the last five years.
He admits having already received from
that source $1,000 for every dollar invested,
and the stock is still in his name He is also
a large stockholder in the Pride of Erin
mine at Leadville, which is paying divi-
dends of $25, 900 month.
The Boston Advertiser quotes Il furniture
repairer as asserting that at least three
quarters of the old furniture for which
people pay fancy prices is new, made in
imitation of the antique.
Adam Badeaus claim for pay as a retired
captain in the army while serving as consul
general to London and consul general to
Havana has been rejected by the United
States supreme court.
Reports from Washington indicate that
George Bancroft, the venerable historian,
is growing quite feeble. His horseback
rides and brisk daily walks have been given
up, and he seldom goes out now, and when
he does leans ON the arm of his valet
Ii. NJ. Flagler has given to DR.. Geo Shell
ton of New York securities of the par value
of $50, 900, market value SS7 900, in con
sideration of his faithfulness and skill in
attending the case of Mr.. Flagler's daugh
ter, Mrs Benedict, who died recently on
her husbands yacht off Charleston, after II
long illness This is probably the largest
fee but one ever paid to a physician.
Feice Viart, ~, professional beggar,
died in an old shanty at New Orleans a few
days ago of debility and neglect, She had
lived for over 20 years in the most abject
poverty, supporting herself by begging
The coroner discovered hidden around her
shanty S3S, 900, S2500 of which was in gold,
bonds, stocks and securities concealed in
the walls
Philadelphia is the greatest carpet centre
in the world. There are now in the city
l72 establishments, working 1850 looms and
employing II. 800 " orkmen. Last year H.
100000 yards of carpets were produced,
worth very nearly S4S, ,0O00O0
The largest natural gas well ever struck
was discovered Monday near Belle Vernon,
26 miles from Pittsburg, Pa. 1t lis running
100000 900 feet day, the pressure being
800 pounds to the inch.
A woman at Biddeford, Me-, recently
disgorged from her stomach light-cOlored
snake 1913 inches in length 1t had been
there since August 1886, when at a camp.
meeting in Alton Bay, n. H., she swallow
ed it in water from brook She has been
dosed for cancer, but stoutly insisted that
something moved within her. Now her be-
lief is confirmed her health is restored
and she is going home happy. The reptile
was dislodged by means Of powerful drug.
Several persons witnessed the operation.
If one wants to see the Cardiff giant he
will have to go out to FL Paso, Texas, where
it is gathering ignoble dust in the yard of a
saloon. 1t was sold years ago to pay
board bill, and is now being chipped 10
pieces by relic-seekers. The breaking of a
leg has exposed one of the iron rods which
formed its frame.
Cigar boxes are supposed 60 be made of
Spanish cedar, but there is not enough of
the wood grown for the purpose, and near
ly all the boxes used by American cigar
makers are made from West Virginia pop
lar, The wood is sawed up into thin boards,
and the cigar makers dye them brown with
cedar extract, which gives the proper color