Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-01

IN GEN ERAL.

has been erected on Pixies Peak in memory
Of Lucy Webb Hayes wife of the ex Pres
dent This plan originated with Topeka
school teacher
Last Saturday the Boston police raided
the office Of the Louisiana lottery agent at
2G1 Washington street and a new lottery
shop-the Boston speculation company at
II fremont street
G. c. Cook, the colored student who was
chosen as prize orator at Cornell, ha, de.
cined the honor, on the ground that he
was nominated by faction and that no
choice of candidates was offered
Twelve oil tanks exploded in a freight
train wreck near indianapolis last week
the cars burned up, and the bodies of three
train men were burned to a crisp. The
accident was caused by wreckers who put
an obstruction on the track.
Annie Price, said to he the largest woman
in the world, died suddenly Sunday morn
ing at her home in New York city. She
was formerly of Barnum's show, but for
the past two years she has been in Bowery
museum. Her weight was more than 500
pounds.
1t is good news to learn that the empress
and members of the aristocracy of Japan
have given up the idea Of adopting the
Partisan models did not please, and the his
toric costumes will again be worn exclu-
svely.
Somebody recalls the fact that Daniel
Webster said, speaking Of Oregon, that the
region was $50 far off that it could never
be governed by the United States, and a
delegate to Congress could not reach Wash
ington until year after the expiration Of
his term
The South looms up in the figures Of rail
road construction during the current year.
Georgia reports the largest construction in
any single state in the Union. Texas
stands third Virginia fourth, Tennessee
fifth, North Carolina sixth and Mississippi
seventh This is a very favorable indica
ton.
Oscar Wilde is described as having set
tied down into a sedate literary mana
strong, broad shouldered. athletic fellow,
with no nonsense about him and an evident
determination on his part to make fame and
money. He lectures now aud then, writes
steadily for the magazines, edits the Wom-
ans World, aud shows positive genius in
managing a large staff Of feminine con
trbutors.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman began political
speech at Music hall Cincinnati, last week
Y
Thursday night, but was compelled, ON ac-
count of a failure of strength to stop sud
DENY. futlng ms hahds I" ms SIDES ne
said - would IKE TO nave stated more TO
YOU nut am uhanle 10 40 IT, as a'h Erl
ting SICK. AS soon as ne was ahle 10 Z" ne
was taken TO the MOTEL where ne could nave
rest.
A bomb exploded few days ago with
dreadful results among lot ol school chli-
dreh at frankhn' ia. Inc eNP"Sl"h was
the result OF criminal careleSSnesS on the
part OF Two young men, VINO nll'u a gas
pipe with giant powder ana allowed the
children TO play with II. Out ol ~ 'nlldrch'
Is were injured seven critically and three
or four fatally. lhe young men were ar
rested.
California engineers have accomplished
the difficult task of lifting the Feather riv-
er, a fast-tlowlng stream 'o feet above ITS
bed, and carrying 1t Tor more than nan
mile IN an artlfielal bed at that helght anoVe
its natural channel, Inc WORK mas been
accomplished III little less thah year
The object was To dram tne river near 'r
vile III order 10 reach the very rlch g,lu
deposits believed TO exist III IT'S hed' me
promoters oil the great enterprise are chl'i-
ly Englishmen
Geological Survey who has been at work
near Reno, New, making surveys and maps
for the purpose OF establishing reservoir
sites for irrigation purposes is very enthu
siastic regarding the work and says the
results will exceed even the most sangulne
expectations. lie Is confident that through
irrigation million OF acres OF ard lands
can be reclaimed ana made productive.
Twenty years ago, says the Washington
Post, there roamed over the plains and
mountains of the far West 5000, 600 huf-
faloes Today there are less than 500 head
of these animals in existence. There are
but 50 head of wild buftaloes, dO4 allNe
in captivity, and about 200 under the pro
lection OF the government Ill 1ello"sIone
park. There are also SAID TO be aoout 'ou
head in the British possessions, north oil
Montana, but this is rumor.
A profoundly interesting revelation is
made in the portion of the Life of Lin
coin" included in the November Century.
1t is the first publication of the draft OF IA
message and proclamation which Lincoln
submitted to his cabinet February D, 1850
proposing the payment of S4OO, 1000, 600 as
an indemnity to Shareholders, complete par
don to political offenders. and the release oI
confiscated property. except under certain
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disapproved by the cabinet
Two sailors rescued from the steamship
Farnmoor. which went down near Havt a
few weeks ago. tell horrible story of suf
farinp and cannibalism. The crew of Il
men drifted in a boat for two weeks will
only one fying fish and few birds, eater
raw. for food Then an attempt was made
IN lin one of the survivors hut he resisted
and escaped death Two DAYS later one o
the crew was found to be dead one morn
inc and his flesh was eaten. as was that o
a second man who died The bodies of til,
survivors afterwards broke out i'm loath
some sores.
The covered reservoirs of Carthage. nov
heing restored bv an engineering compan,
of Tunis. are a remarkable example of TIN
ebb and flow of civilization in one histori
cally ancient spot These great works dat
hack fully 2OO0 years, and have been in us
several times at widely separated periods
They were in full working order in the tim
of Hannibal were again repaired undt
the Emperor Hadrian, and until the prescn
time have been entirely neglected since tn
occupation by the Arabs in G91 A. d. Tn
reservoirs cover a space 420 by 50 feet
and are divided into eighteen compart
ments
Bob Ford, the man who killed Jesse james
the Missouri outlaw, at st. Joseph, Mo
some years ago, had close call for his ow
life last Friday. He runs IA saloon in Colo
a RADIO, and was behind the bar when "A COW
boy named Hurry came in ugly drunk.
Hurry walked up to the bar saying, loo
out, Bob, I'm going TO kill you, - at the sam
time pulling his gun and firing Ford wa
a on his guard, several such attacks hayin
been made upon him since he killed jess
I James He dived behind the bar for his r.
volver and dropped Kurry to the floor wit
II the first shot, and then kept on firing unit
bystanders interfered and the wounded ma
a was carried of. Hurry may recover.
o An Englishman, who recently converse
a. ;.L ,p.,,,,,,s,,,, r;tas to an Amariran ii