Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-11-13
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NNWo lltMS.
Eight negroes were killed At E,t,t.
Ala, on the ID inst, during the dis,n,h
ance there.
The Administration ha, decided mo-,
Withdraw the u. S. troops from L,uisisn,
at present.
The house Of Allen Mouser at Va.
Holland, ohio. was burned on Thursd..
last, and $4,000 in greenbacks In bis do.I.
were consumed.
"A recent fire In the woods Vt West Hat.
field, Mass, destroyed timber, etc. In H..
value Of $4,000.
Harriet Barrett, u respectable widon,
lady Of Keene, N. H., hanged herself SIM.
day, with skein Of yarn. Cause bypoch.
ondria.
The fall Of rain Sunday aud Mondav
was God-send to the parched and burD
ing districts in the western states. Tho
forest and swamp fires in Ohio were com.
pletely extinRuished.
Phelps, who robbed the Stale of No,,
York Of large sums in his official canac,,,.
has been sentenced to State Prison for ~
years.
The New York Daily Bulletin estima,es
that the hazards of fire are nearly aiob,
times greater in the United States than
they are ON the con tineut Of Europe.
About 1000 families of the Mennori,o
sect are arriving, this fall in Kansas. wbero
100000 acres Of land have been taken nm
and paid for in cash for the site OF the col.
ony.
A bridge watchnan on a railway in In.
diana was murdered few DAYS apu nv hi.
neighbor, for the paltry sun OF s3l So While
in the throes Of death, tue victim on bis
knees copied the example OF Chris, while
on the cross, and asked God to have mercy
on his assassin.
A woman has just died.at Sloneham
Mass, who would not allow physician In
attend her during her illness, both she and
her husband believing that God would
miraculously inlerpose in answer to her
prayers. The woman was snnuinted with
oil during her sickness, and tasted for 10
days.
The famine in Asia Minor continues
and much distress is reported Relief
measures are in progress. The khedive Of
Egypt has sent corn TO the distressed dis
trct, and Mr.. Baker, United States minis.
ter, Philip Francis, British consul general.
and NJ Abet, French banker, have organ.
lied a relief committee.
Colonel Tbaddeus Stevens, nephew of
"the great commoner," died at Lancaster.
Pa, ON Sunday. Col. Stevens failed to
nj y u .,ft I,a L
uncle which were made the condition Of
succeeding to his estate, aud the property
Of the Old statesman therefore goes to found
a great orphan asylum at Lancaster.
AT Napanee, Canada, on Saturday,
Peter Bowen, for rape on his daughter, re-
ceived twenty lashes. He screamed and
cried bitterly, begging for mercy. His
back was very much acerated and the
blood oozed from the wounds made by the
lash. He will receive twenty more lashes
at the end oftwo months.
Van Pelt, the chief trophy OF the fe-
male crusaders in Ohio, last year. has
backslidden, like all the other reformed
rum Sellers" and letter written by him
to Cincinnati concern, ordering &c DJz
botels oil Beer, - published.
The Hayden expedition have found in
| southern Colorsdl and northern Arizona
evidences in profusion OF a civilization an-
tedating anything at present known in
North America, including vestiges of au-
cient walls OF regularly cut stone, aud
round towers in an excellent state Of pres
ervatiun.
Prof. II. II. Smith, ex. president Of the
Arkansas valley collegiate institute, says
fully 1000 people in Kansas and Nebras-
ka are now, or shortly will he. in absolute
want Of the neces>arieS or life, and he earn
estly appeals to the people Of the whole
country to send them aid in the shape of
provisions and clothing as speedily as pos.
sible.
The speedy trial and settlement Of Til
tons snitagainst Beecher, which so many
are wishing for, doesn't look so probable
as 1t did. Mr.. Reecher's lawyers have filed
an appeal from Judge Nelson's decision de-
nying the motion for bill of particulars
In the suit of Tilton against Beecber. This
carries the matter IL the general term. and
prevents the trial of the cause during the
November term Ut the city court.
A case Of burial alive has come to light
al Montreal. woman VINO was supposed
10 nave died was about being inferred in
Inc Roman Catholic cemetery, when near
relative arrived from distance aud desir-
ed to see her face On opening the coffin
the body was found turned on lis side. The
woman, In her struggles, had bitten her
arm and torn her grave clothes. Her face
bore an Impression of terrible agony.