Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17
NEWS NOTES.

! port, r. l., Mr.. Webb replied from Shell
| burne: mo truth in the report. Vermont
suits US, as she always has
The total length Of the worlds telegraph
| system has now reached 1905 g2l miles,
! exclusive of ls0. 40 miles Of submarine
| cables. OF this Europe has 1,7G4, 80
miles, Asia 3l0.6Sj miles, Africa 90. 4l9
miles, Australia 2l7.749 miles. America
nearly doubles the European mileage with
a total Of 2,5lGj4> miles.
The story comes from Halifax that the
United States battleship Indiana was seri-
ously damaged while In the dry dock in
that city. She was insuilicienily support
ed under her turret and the weight Of the
! turret caused the bottom to bulge badly.
On the other hand il is said that the ami
mus of the story is an attempt TO injure
| Naval Constructor Bowles OF New York.
who is responsible for the vessel.
The largest oxen in the world, owned
by J. D. Avery Of Buckland Mass, now
weigh 300 pounds, being 700 pounds
heavier than year ago, and they are gain
ing constantly. Tom and Jerry are ten
feet in grth, stand l. hands high, and
measure Il feet IL inches from tip 10 tip.
They can haul a dray containing 1000
pounds Of stone. They are Hosteins,
black and white, are closely matched fine
, ly proportional, and are eight wears old.
II is reported that J. L. Mcneil and
George Hamer OF Willow Greek, Hum
/ boldt county, California, have located a
ledge Of gold-braring quartz, which assays
| over 50, 600 TO the ton. According to the
assayer's certificate, a ton Of ore from this
/ ledge would yield jS2j ounces Of silver,
I 1865 ounces Of gold and 1900 pounds Of
| copper, leaving only $50 pounds 10 be- &C
| counted for as rock, and would be valued
at market quotations at S3OS7 in silver,
/ SO, $50 in gold, and Sl20 in copper.
President Diaz was attacked on the
streets Of Mexico yesterday, by a man
armed with a poinard who jumped from
| the crowd and attempted to stab him.
| The would-be murderer was at once seized
| and escorted TO the police station by
/ strong guard. The city is In a fever Of
/ excitement over the affair but the president
| seems to be unmoyed by the attack. Yes
/ terdAy was the national holiday OF the
/ country but the ceremonies were not
/ stopped on account Of the attempted
] assassination.
! Albert and Charles Huber, who live
/ few miles south Of Durand, Wis. have
/ herd Of about - fuil-blooded bison and
/ some j crossed bulls and heifers. Exper-
/ iments were made early with crossed
| breeds, and il has now been found that the
/ cross IS very successful. the half breeds
/ combining The docihty Of the domestic ami
I mails with the endurance and large size Of
/ the bison. Their flesh is very palaiable,
/ they are fine fur producers, and grow TO
maturity in less time than domestic cattle.
| The Hubers believe they have fortune in
] Rar ffs
a few years longer.
II is reported that Merrill +. Gates is
soon 10 retire from the presidency OF Am
herst college and that he will probably be
succeeded by Rev. c. NJ. Lamson, d. D..
Of Hartford, Conn. Rev. DR.. Lamson was
formerly pastor Of the Salem street church
at Worcester, Mass, and from there went
TO -. Johnshury, where he vas pastor Of
! the North church FOR 10 years. For few
years past he has been pastor Of the Cen
trail church at Hartford. He is a thorough
scholar, great pulpit orator, and the pos
/ SCISSOR OF uncommon executive ability He
1 has been one Of the trustees OF Amherst
for many years. The report Of Mr. Gates 5
/ contemplated resignation is denied at 4 IN
herst.
When Prof Andree departed in his bal
loon from Spitzbergen two months ago he
thought il possible 10 reach and cross the
pole in three or four days. Sixty days
have passed and no trace Of him has been
| obtained. His balloon was a large object,
4 but no one has caught a glimpse OF it,.
Not one Of his carrier pigeons has returned.
He may have sealed messages in bottles
and sent them adrift I'm the slight hope
that they would some day be picked up.
The balloon may have dragged in the sea
or settled down in some polar waste where
escape was impossible. There is still a
chance that Andree survives, but it is
hardly one in hundred
Consul General Lee, who returned last
week from Havana, still refuses TO talk for
/ publication, but ii is well understood by
his personal friends that he sees no i'm
| proyement in the situation in the island,
that he sees no prospect of Spain subduing
the rebellion, and that he believes the
| United States will have to interfere event
ually TO stop the barbarity and slaughter.
The Cubans have recently captured the
important town Of Victoria de Las Tunas
after a seige regularly conducted. After
the capture the Spanish agreed 10 an eX-
change of prisoners with the Cubans. 1t
is held by many military authorities that
this action is in itself recognition by the
Spaniards themselves of the bellgerency
of Cuba. Three small villages west of Las
Tunas have also been taken by the rebels,
Important improvements are to be made
in the Grand Central railroad station in
New York. Three new stories will be
added to the building on Vanderbilt avenue
and its extension on 42d street, making a
structure of six stories, which Twill album
dainty accommodate the offices of the Cen
trial, Harlem, and New Haven roads. The
exterior brick walls will be covered with
cement stucco in imitation of rough gray
stone. The inner wall will be moved up
into the train shed some distance, the par
tition walls dividing off the present three
small waiting rooms will be torn down,
and a general waiting room, 100 by 200
feet, created-the largest of the kind in the
world The baggage and ticket arrange
ments for all three roads will be CONSOLE
dated, to the great convenience of pas
sengers going from one road TO either of
the Others.
Henry Labouchere, in the London Truth,
renews the mysterious hints which have
been in circulation since the death of
| Lieutenant Won Hahnke, of the German
| navy, son of Gen. Won Hahnke, chief of
Emperor Williams military cabinet, who
met his death by drowning in July last,
while accompanying his majesty on his
trip 10 the Northland aboard the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern. In so doing Mr. La
bouchere once more publishes the intima-
ton that the lieutenants death was Sc