Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

despite all prophecies 10 the contrary,
Erie stock is 81 per share less, today, than
on the day Fisk was shot.
Three million dollars worth of peanuts,
eight hundred thousand bushels in all, are
annually consumed by the people of the
United States.
A young Illinois girl used sealing wax
as a substitute for chewing gum, and the
Venetian red it contained poisoned her.
She fingered few days and expired in
great agony.
"A murderer, who was recently hanged,
told his attending ministers: 'If had re-
ceived a. much attention before being put
into prison as have since. should never
have been here"
A horrible accident occurred ON the
Lehigh Valley railroad near Lock port, Pa,
on Thursday morning Feb. /. As the Buff
ialo express train was nearing that point, a
rail broke, precipitating the train over an
embankmen about 30 feet high and wreck
ing the cars, which were set on fire by the
stoves. -Four of the passengers were in
stantly killed, four more died soon after Of
their injuries, and some i other, were
more or less wounded
Giles Travis, son of William :. Travis,
of Deering, y. H., while his father and
mother were al breakfast, about o'clock
Monday morning, took clair and made
an assault on his father, cutting fearful
cash on his head. lie then turned on his
mother and broke her SIX ull in two places,
after which be took rope and started,
1t,
rested. lie has for some time been con
sidered partially insane. II is thought tn
mother cannot live.
ON Wednesday, 3lst nit, about mid
night, fire broke out in l.. Loots shoe
shop a Bath, y. H., and spreading rapidly,
consumed every building between the
bridge and the residence of Gen. Bedel,
comprising more than half the business
portion of the village. There was no fire
engine within six miles. Deputy Sheriff
Minot was suhocated by breathing hot air,
and David Chase has died of injuries to his
skull by falling brick. William Mnot
broke his shoulder by falling on the ice.
The total loss S about s25OOO.
"A ncnagorie ut Bolton, England, was
recently the scene Of irightul tragedy.
An freshman named Mccarthy, but who
assumed the name AMI title of "AIaSsar,i,
the onc-armcd Lion Tomer," was putting
five lions through performance, when one
of the hrutcs attacked him. The others
then joined in the onslaught, and a terrible
fight, which lasted ten minutes, followed,
Mccarthy was armed with sword and had
a revolver, which he lilod three times, but
ii was loaded wi h blank cartridges only.
lie was completely scalped, and the flesh
was torn from his body in various places.
lie died soon after being taken from the
cage.
A young man named George Blake,
son of Mr.. Charles Blake at East Pepper
eli, Mass, was killed Feb. lst under the
following circumstances lie had shot "A
fox, and fearing that second shot would
kill his dog, attempted TO dispatch his
game by blow from the butt of his rifle.
The blow was dealt when the rifle eAplod-
ed, and its contents lodged in the pit of his
stomach. His companion ran for assis-
lance, and when his friends reached him
his clothes were on fire, and he was suffer-
ing terrible agony. lie survived the acct
dent hut Il few minutes. He was in his
twentieth year, and young man of great
promise,