Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-04
IL GENERAL.

\ sod cabin, made iu Nebraska Tor iieu.
Harrison, has arrived at indianapolis 1t
will probably appear in the inaugural pro-
cession at Washington
a device has been invented by vhlch an
engineer. while in his cab can turn
switch, which can be closed again from the
rear Of the train
a trading establishment i'm the Congo
/ recently sent an order to England for IA
| consignment of rum. And very appropri-
ately it was added in postscript Send
more handouts
The Kings Daughters now number
| 80 600 members in this country the past
seven months showing an increase of 4O,-
! 600.
! Cassiu9 W. Clay. in his 18th year lives a
retired life ON his estate near Richmond,
| Ky The 30 ures Of big trees surrounding
his house were all planted 10y hi, own hand.
According to the last census of India.
there no fewer than l31 600 lepers in that
country. The British authorities are en-
/ dcavorng To- extirpate the dreadful disease.
Judge Ross in the United States court at
! Los Angeles, Cal, has decided that lndi-
ans living ON their own reservations have
! the right to enforce their tribal laws and
to pass sentence of death.
Ten convicts in Hungarian prison, who
took part in a prison meeting, have receiv-
ed the terrible sentence of five years con
| iinement in a dark cell The rngleader
who committed murder, has been more
mercifuly condemned to bee hanged.
Queen Victoria and her daughter, En-
press Victoria, the widow Of the late EN-
peror Frederick Of Germany, spend much
time playing chess The queen was a cele-
hrated player i'm the old days but !. now
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the game a study and finds in it some con
ISOLATION for her loneliness.
A German newspaper published in Jeru-
salem says that city is growing fast in size
and populations The Jews take the lead
in building, followed by the Russians and
Germans
a bride has been picked out for the
youthful emperor of China and prepara-
tions for the wedding are being made on
scale which indicates total cost Of $40
600, 600.
a correspondent of the Boston Transcript
says that Mrs Tyler, the heroine Of the
Mary had little lamb" poem, is at pres
ent living a few miles outside Boston and
is over 50 years old The verses were
written in Sterling, Mass by John Roul-
stone, "a young man then preparing for col
lege. He CHANGED to be visiting the school
when the lamb episode occurred
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beauty ON earth and the worlds queen of
fashion as we'll, some 30 years ago.
The Inauguration Of President Harrison
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"'u'" u''e"'Ioh al way StaVions'
The Charters Valley natural gas compa-
ny of Pennsylvania spent $1,000 or so in
uriliihS wen lor natural gas out struck
p"'H SalU "C-' .N"M IHv company nave
preh SueG ior ft9'uVV damages because
they Ialtd TO case on the hrlny nuid' ana
as a result an the ireSh-water wells IN the
helghoorho'' nave been contaminated
The disastrous floods Of the past two
years in Georgia are attributed to the
wholesale destruction of forests at the head
waters of the rivers affected Immense
tracts of timber lands in the mountains of
East Tennessee have been bought bv Eng
lish companies which are sweeping away
the lumber at an alarming rate The pine
belt Of Southern Georgia is being cleared
OH at the rate oi S'o square miles year,
ana Ile hsU result Oh lhe slaughter Is IN
creaslhs damage ny hoods ana prolonged
drouths'
The English newspaper thinks that the
fiery serpents" which tortured the child
rem of Israel in the desert NAV have been
identical with the aracuuculus or Gninea
worm. which is one of the plaques of mod
ern India. This animal finds its favorite
habitat in the skin of the lower extremi-
ties Of human beings. and. while it is so
thin that it has been called the hair worm"
it attains the average length of 2i inches
The presence of the parasite sets up iutlam-
nations and suppurations of a most paiuful
nature.
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