Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-31
IN GEN ERAL.

Edison, the electrical inventor, is said to
have amassed Sl2, 600, 900 by his inventions
One county in Texas,-Tom GREEN'S
larger than Massachusetts, and Connecticut
combined
The fleece of ten goats and the work Of
several men for half a year are required TO
make cashmere shaw yard and a half
square.
The highest peak Of the Finisterre range,
in New Guinea, is 10 be christened Mt
Gladstone. No white man, it is said has
yet reached its summit, but a German ex-
plorer, DR.. ZRler, claims TO have ascended
to within 1000 feet of the top.
Hereafter the boats to be carried by the
Atlantic steamers, instead Of being made of
wood, will be made Of steel, in one peice
Wooden boats rot and are easily crushed
The new boats-will be built by machinery
especially made for rolling them out in all
sizes in single plate.
Rev DR.. Joseph d. Wickham, ID, of
Manchester, who is now in his 0lst year, is
the Oldest living graduate of Yale college.
He was present at st. Paul's church, New
York, during the delivery of Bishop Pot
ter's now famous sermon, and was proba-
bly, the only person in that assembly who
ever saw President Washington.
A year ago Jacob Doty, aged %, was ap-
pointed consul at Tahiti. The news now
comes of his engagement to the Princess
Polona, the most beautiful and wealthiest
young lady in the islands She is 49, has
a European education and is much beloved
by her people
beet-sugar factory at Watsonville,
Cal, employing 13j men and in operation
81 days last year, consumed IA ,077 tons of
beets and produced 1910 tons of sugar.
1t paid an average price of s.. "a per ton
for beets the cost of manufacturing the
1910 tons of sugar was $14S, PAT, and the
sale of the product brought Sl72, S17, max
ing net profit Of $24, $40, or per cent
on the capital invested.
The locomotive which the Pennsylvania
railroad company imported from the shops
at Crewe, England, and has been testing
for the last two or three weeks, has not
given satisfaction. The engineers say that
it is not as good as the engines now in use
on the Pennsylvania lines. 1t can make
excellent speed with a light train, but with
an average train it is outdistanced by the
American built machines When a stop is
made, too much time is lost in getting the
English locomotive under way again. AL
most its only point of superiority is the
contrivance for saving fuel.
Etelka Gerster. the once famous prima
donna, now lives secluded from the world
in a villa situated on the summit of noun
tain near the city of Bologna. There she
passes her days in experimenting the edu-
cation of her children, in reading and in
needle work. Her voice has lost none of
its brilliant qualities, but the precarious
condition of her health prevents her from
thinking of appearing again in public.
The rivalry among the New York news
papers is marked among other things by
their buildings. For many years the Herald
was one of the most conspicuous objects in
New York, Then the tall tower Of the
Tribune served to direct the attention of
strangers to that newspaper A few months
ago the Times completed it's great building
putting all other newspaper establishments
in the shade, and now work has been begun
on a new structure which is to be occupied
by the World and promises to be the tallest
building on Manhattan island. 1t is to be
ll5 by 1870 feet, and is to tower above the
apex of Trinity church spire.