Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-12
IN GEN ERAL.

IN GENERAL.
Daniel Burke died at Chicago recently
at the age of Ia years. He was supposed
to be the oldest man in the United States
1t is said that 1860, 900 barrels of apples
in the hands Of the commission dealers are
still unsold, all from the western counties
Of New York.
| Lewis Hayden one Of the leading color
ed men of the country, and an emancipat.
ed slave who won a reputation in his ef-
| forts to uplift the colored race died at his
home in Boston Sunday
Calvin P. Austin the Salem, Mass. mill
ionaire who died recently was a native of
Orwell, this state
Rough weather was experienced in Nor
folk and other places in Virginia on Satur-
| day night and Sunday The tide at Nor
folk was higher than ever before recorded
fooding the lower part Of the city.
| large quantity Of lime was slaked setting
a fire which destroyed considerable proper
| ty. Washington experienced snowstorm
Dr. and Mrs Seward Webb and party
| OF eleven invited guests left New York
Saturday on a railroad journey of 20, 600
miles, their tour including New Mexico, the
CALIFORNIA;, and Alaska. They will return
by the Canadian Pacific route to DR. Webbs
| country place at Shelburne this state, where
they expect TO arrive the latter part of
June They travel by special train of four
Wagner palace cars, which have been fit
ted up with every possible luxurious appl-
ance.
The first Arbor Day was observed in Ne
agE
we're planted. There are now growing in
the state sos, 900, 600 trees In other states
many millions of trees have been planted
and ct the present time "a states observe
an Arbor Day.
Several towns in Vermont have five post
offices. Thetford has six. Towns with
two, three and four offices are common
Mail routes cut the state in every direction
The recent bidding has developed the fact
that 1t does not pay to carry the mails, as
rule Some routes were bid off at one
cent for four years.
The fruit growers of California have dis
covered that peach stones make as good a
tre for household purposes as the best kind
OF coal in the market, and in consequence
Instead OF throwing the pits away as here
toiOre the stones are disposed of at the
rate Of 50 ton. A sack of the stones
will weigh about 80 pounds and last as long
as an equal number of pounds of coal and
give greater intensity of heat.
"n'P Sia'k, wh" disappeared from or
'eH'e'' MISE years ago ana was long
s'h'e SuPP"Sen deah' returned nome Satur-
,.;ya a,, va "u''iy Me'conleu py ms
-. ~ ~ oo'is CaIN nas sPe"U the
al bas o,,,,,,1,,,,ia,,l -, 500 %nn o'ea''
- ''''e e-o,V''.
.a'', caS,',er oi the FIRST Natlohal
r pa"A ,,n, w A,oAa' ilp.' Mlhn'' mas stolen more
'nai' Sl'"'VVV IRON tne bahK' and consld-
e'a"Ie SUMS from oIher people lie has
"eu 10 Cahaha'
ciyi l-service examination in charge Of
special examiner from washington will
"'i >" nc PUSV "li'e "uliulhg at ~. Al
"aIs NAY - lhree classes, copylst, gen
e'ai anu special VIII oe taKeh'
since the suspension of work on the Pan
anna canal over 5000 laborers have been
sent nome from the lsthmus. 4 consular
investigation shows that there are still over
'OoO persons ON the line of the works who
are IN destitute condition. Some deaths
from starvation have already been report
ed.
Deer and elk are literally massacred in
wyoming and Western Colorado by wealthy
sport. The great herds along the cont
mental deer trail are being rapidly depict
ed 10y this useless slaughter. Men who be
long IN the region will not kill an animal
except to use it, and will pass by whole
herds without firing shot.
Mrs. Wilson, widely known by her maiden
name, Ida Lewis. added another. few davs
ago, to a long list of lives saved by her in
Newport harbor. Her uncle Henry Lewis
an old man 20 years of age, while return
ing from fishing in small skiff, fell over
board IN the harbor near Lime Rock light
house, OF which she Is the keeper. She saw
tine accident and put out in her boat and
rescued him IN an exhausted condition.
Though the sect known as Disciples of
Christ" are comparatively little known in
New England there are two good congre-
cations in Vermont one of which at West
Rupert, is very strong and has celebrated
its 50th anniversary The other is at West
Pawlet, and has recently built neat house
of worship. There is also strong congre-
cation at Danbury, Conn President Gar.
field and Judge Jeremiah Black were mem
hers OF this denomination, which numbers
10000 members in this country.
The Eiffel tower in Paris. 9S4 feet high
was finished April lst To climb to the TOP
hut the ascent bv elevators will be made in
five minutes BY the electric light which
will surmount the tower. it is expected that
a person seven miles away can read news
paper. The light will be visible for forty
miles There is a restaurant on the first
landing at the height of the towers of
Notre Dame. The tower is very graceful
and is visible from all parts of Paris. The
wind whistles in the iron girders as it whis-
ties in the rigging of a ship.
The Austrian bent wood furniture is man
ufactured of ordinary red beech, which is
very plentiful in Hungary. The timber is
sawed into strips from an inch and a half
to two inches square, and these ara turned
into round rods. They are placed in an
air tight case and exposed for fifteen min
utes to the action of superheated steam,
which makes them so pliable that they can
he bent by hand to the iron patterns, where
they are secured and left to dry for several
days. after which they are ready to he used
in the manufacture of the furniture.
On the dav after the daath of the Crown
Prince of Austria a Vienna undartaker ,yas
ordered IN have an oak coffin ready for usa
at the naIece that same dav He aslad for |
more time but was told that II n,ust ba
there before nipht Inonirv devaloned tba
fact that II Is a custom az the UonsI,,r,,s
always IN have a coffin in tho bonsa Tbs
oak coffin i'm which the hodv of the Crown
Prince Law was one that had haap mada
wears before after the death of ona of his
relations and had waited for an cccnnsnt
ever since The new one is nov ,ysit;ng
.,.-.:.- .I,De
in the life of his grandfatber Dr. Darwin