Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-03
IN GENERAL.

A veteran of the war of 1912 has just
died in Laurens county, S. c., aged 40.
A suffering man in Philadelphia was hit
in the mouth by a base ball. When he got
well the impediment in his speech had dis
appeared.
Twelve million trees were planted in Ne
braska l. years ago, when the first arbor
day was observed. There are now grow
ing in the state 6O5, 900, 600 planted trees.
The 2Sth international Y. NJ. c. a. con
vention will be held at Philadelphia in May.
Visitors are expected from all over the
world
Vice President Morton, Gov. Foraker of
Ohio, Gen. Schofeld and other eminent
men narrowly escaped injury in an acci-
dent on the Baltimore and Ohio railway at
Baltimore last Friday evening.
Postmaster General Wanamaker granted
the requests of the postmasters at Savan-
nah, Ga, and Atlanta, Ga, for permission
to close their offices April 26, confederate
memorial day.
During a terrific gale which ragged on
Lake Superior last week, the steamer Aus
tralasia and her consort George were driven
on the beach of Michigan island and the
hulls and sterns of both boats were battered
in. The crews escaped.
The wife of Congressman Mckinley of
Ohio is slowly recovering from long and
severe illness, which at one time threatened
to prove fatal. Mr. McKinley's devotion to
her has been so tender as to cause wide
spread comment at the capital,
In the town of Bessbrook, ireland, where
John q. Richardson employs 5000, 600 peo-
pie in the manufacture of Irish linen, no
| liquor has been sold for 40 years and as a
result there is neither policeman, prison,
pawnshop nor pauper in the town.
More than 81 ZOO, 900 worth of seals have
| been captured by seal hunters from st.
Johns, n. F., within the past six weeks. 1t
is thought that the catch this year by the
vessels will exceed 450, 900 seals.
The bold Britishers propose to build, in
addition to the 3S war vessels of one sort
or another now in course of construction,
| 20 others. costing $ll0, 600, 600. All are
to be completed by 1894, when the British
navy will number 50l vessels, all told.
An ex-convict from the Manitoba peni-
tentiary, recently died in England. In his
will he makes some curious requests, in
Guiding 500, 900 to the warden of the
Manitoba penitentiary, $4,000 to Win
nipeg lawyer named Vivian, and like
amount to the Rev. Canon Matheson.
The Railway Age says the present prom
ses to be a most remarkable year for the
extension of railroads in the United States
There are now under construction or con
tract l4S1S miles of road and 96l7 more
have been surveyed, The entire mileage
project is nearly equal to one-third of the
entire system of the country now in oper-
alton.
The regular income of John d. Rocke-
Teller is put by the New York Sun at $50,
600, 600 year. Every night he goes to
bed he is S54, 1874 richer than he was the
night before, every hour adds $22S3 to his
fortune, and at every tick of the clock 81
is added to his pile. Most of his wealth
comes through the oil wells in western Penn
sylvania.
Daniel Smith, aged 29 "Bowery loaf
er, y" was before New York justice Wednes
day charged with cruelty to Edward Mul
shearn and James Wright. Smith com
pelOl the boys to support him by stealing
after the manner of Fagin's youth in Oliver
Twist, and when they did not bring back
money enough he applied hot iron TO theil
bare arm. He was held in $1,000 foI
trial.
The logmen in the Penobscot numbering
regions are growing anxious about getting
their winters productions 10 market Tn,
streams are too low, and the melting snow
is not enough to raise them TO the desireC
height unless there is rain soon it is feareC
the drives will not get TO the large streams
There are about 10000 900 logs valued a
81 100000.
An immense globe has been made and viii
he shown at the Paris exhibition, represent
ing the earth ON a scale Of one millionth
! The globe is about 100 feet in diameter
All the great lines of communication are
: shown aud details are given in true proper
tions The earths daily rotation will b,
: precisely initiated by clock work, a pon
ON the globes equator moving AN eighteenth
of an inch per second.
Oliver z. Lewis, aged 81, clad in fu
I dress suit, with white rose in his button
Z hole, climbed over the iron railing of til
! Central park reservoir at New York las
Z Friday morning, jumped into the water an
, drowned himself He had spent the nigh
at the high toned Murray Hill hotel, wher
he had written a number of notes 10 relu
tives and friends informing them of his il
{ tentious and arranging for his funeral. Tn
e trouble with him was that he wanted to 4
: a society dude and hadn't money enough
keep himself in full bloom.