Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-16
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Mrs. Cushing, wife of Deputy Sheriff
III. G. Cushing, of Lowell, Mass. found a
burglar in her house, Tuesday o rlast week,
and made for him with knife, driving
him out of the house and into barn,
where he was surrounded and captured.
"A disastrous flood prevails on tho Ohio
river. AT Catlettsburg, KY, several build
ings have been washed away, and others at
last accounts were threatened with destruc-
ton.
"A tramp shot jus. Pidgc, a resident Of
DighIon, Tuesday, because the fellows de-
mands for money were not complied with.
A large number OF people, with band
of music, waited upon Henry Ward Beech
or at Peckskill Monday night. Mr. Beech
er, in response to an address Of confidence
in his integrity, made characteristic
speech full Of gratitude and expressive Of
courage and hope for the future.
-Messrs. lands aud Carruh of Vine
land have come, ii is said, to an amicablc
understanding Of their difficulties, and
have agreed TO forgive aud forget. Mr..
lands has agreed to paw all of the OK
p9nses growing out Of the shooting, and
Mr.. Carruth has plomis Il to bring no suit
against him.
During a performance in Music Hail.
Wcsiield, Mass, Saturday night, an ex-
plosion of gas occurred beneath the stage.
and panic at once resulted. Several per-
sons were slightly squeezed 10 the attempt
TO get out Of doors. \ terrible disaster,
similar 10 tGat at IIolyoke, was narrowly
avcrted.
The extraordinary feat of walking 300
miles in 100 hours without sleep was ac-
conplishcd at Schenectady, y. y, Satur-
day, by ". II. Graft. He walked the last
mile in 0 minutes is seconds. He made
the whole distance in 0S hours and 10 min
uics. 1t is believed that this is the first
time that the feat has been ACCOMPLISHED
in this country.
-Ex-TrCasurer Spinner must breathe
easier. The full count of the money in the
cash vault In the United States treasury at
Washington is complete, aud agrees exact
ly with Gen. Spinncr's account of what it
contained. All the coin that was in any
degree worn was actually counted. The
now coin was counted by weighing it, and
everything proved to a cent The contents
Of the vault were about ten millions, of
which nearly a million and half was coin.
A little 1l-year-uld fellow named Da-
Wis is The hero Of the hour at Connersville,
Ind. Going home from neighbours, few
days ago, Just after the heavy rains, he dis
covered that the bridge on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and indianapolis railroad had
been washed away, bcthousht him of the
train due, ran down The track and signal
cd the engineer, who reversed the engine,
stopping the train just on the verge of the
chasm. The boy, hat for whom the train
would have been destroyed and many
lives lost, WIS found sitting near the track.
shaking as though he had chill. lie in
nccentiy said he did not begin shaking
until he sat down, thereby showing that
not until lac had seen the train stop in safe
t9 did his nerves give way.
A desperate attempt was made to rob
the Adams express ear on the Vandaia
railroad, on Thursday night. Two men
jumped on tie engine at an out of the way
place called Long Point, Ill.,, made the Gu
gneer start the train and then shot him.
y confederate had previously detached the
engine and express ear from the train. At
ter running two miles, the robbers stopped
and demanded admittance into the express
car, but Burke, the messenger, refused and
barricading the doors threatened TO kill
them. They fired into the ear, but the
messenger was not wounded. The conduc-
tor of The train and others arriving, the
robbers fled withou. securing any booty.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Postmaster Jewell strips Off his coat and
vest during these hot days in his Office.
The visitor finds this white headed, florid,
misunderstanding man perspiring in a WELL
diamonded Shirt aud pair of light trous-
ers. Since the hot weather it has been dis
covered that Jewell is not proud. lie does
not wear shirts that open behind, he is very
fond of his cigar, but as he has issued an
order to his subordinates that there shall
be no smoking during Office hours he close
ly adheres to ii himself. But the minute
three O'Clock approaches Jewell catches up
a huge Havana, and the moment the clock
strikes he strikes light and blows a blue
cloud of intense enjoyment as reward for
his six hours of sell-denial.
Great excitement prevails among the
Boston vendors of spirituous and intoxi-
eating liquors, in consequence of the de-
termined efforts of the authorities to en-
force the law passed by the last Legisla-
ture. The effect is already manifest in va
rious quarters of the city, where the green
curtain drawn down and shutters closed of
numerous low groggeries indicate TIE OPP
Grafton of the law, and its enforcement by
the municipal authorities. Failing first to
apply for license, and second to obtain
one, one class continue TO sell in violation
of the statute, while another class having
authority 10 sell, violate the terms
Of their license, and are complained of.
Most of those prosecuted thus far, have ap-
pealed from the municipal court fines and
given bonds for their appearance before the
superior court.
Prof. Janney, the goologist, sent by the
Government TO examine the Black Hills.
has reported TO the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior that gold does not exist there in SUM-
cient quantities to make mining profitable.
His report, which was received at the In
lerior Department Tuesday, will greatly
disappoint the gold hunters and border
SPECTATORS. Prof Janney practically re-
flutes all the sensational stories which have
been published about this region. He
says, after having spent month in careful
Investigation, that he believes the mining
would be profitless. Gold exists, but in
small quantities, and scattered over inn
nense areas. He tested the soil where 1t
was said 10 yield 27 cents pan and found
t worth only one cent and quarter per
pan. In the bed rock, where it was said