Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-10
NEWS ITEMS.

The first bar of steel ever made South
was rolled Thursday evening at the Tennessee
steel and iron company's mill in Chattanooga,
the quality being first grade and equal in APP
pearnnce to the finest steel bars ever pro-
duced
Two acres of the business portion of Bed
ford, Pa, were burned over Monday, and II
large hotel, livery stable, several stores, oil
offices and dwellings, and other buildings
were destroyed. Loss Sl0O,OOO insured for
100000.
-Vice-Presdcnt Vanderbilt and party rode
II miles in ~ minutes during their recent
trip to Cleveland to attend the annual meet
ing of the Lake Shore aud Michigan Southern
railroad company.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the observance of Decoration day at Get
tysburg. The Grafton will be delivered by
Gen. Benjamin +. Butler. President Hayes
and Postmaster General Key have accepted
invitations, and will be present.
The South Chicago wooden mills at Chi
cago, H., were burned Saturday evening, the
fire catching from hot spindle. The mills
cost S1SO,OOO, but were valued Mt 100000.
The loss ON mills machinery, etc, is nearly
$40, 600; total insurance, $50,
-Rev. A. G. Dunsford, formerly of the
Baptist church at Waterford, n. Y, and
whose home is at Avon, n Y, has become
insane through excitement and nervous pros
trntion occasioned by wicked scandal that
was circulated against him Mt Adrian, Michi-
gan, where he was recently settled and of
which thorough investigation has shown
that he was innocent
The corner stone of the new Plus IN.
church, memorial of the late Pope, was laid
at Baltimore Sunday. with imposing ceremo.
,,,.tll a., I.,,tlt ,f ,,url1n mud
other stone, with two towers 122 feet and 23i
feet high, and will cost 100000
The right of way has been purchased by
Philadelphia and Oil City, Pa, capitalists foI
an oh pip, i.ne betwem Parker City and Col
umbia on the Philadelphia and Reading rail
road. 1t will be capable Of carrying one
fourth the production Of the Pennsy lyania OF
region.
The men who stole IA safe and its con
| tents from II residence in South Scituate
Mass, II few days ago, have been arrested
and held for trial. At their examination on
| Tuesday Frank Otis, the brother of one Of
the burglars handed his brother three new
files, which the robber concealed on his per
SON They were afterward discovered ant
the would-be lbentor was arrested and helt
for trial.
A spritualist humbug named Mott who
| huu uStOnShed all AlenphlS (Mo. ny MS ma
terializations, was exposed Monday night b,
an unbeliever who squrted aniline into Tia,
face of the spirit as it appeared at an aper
ture in the cabinet Lights were brought aut
Mott was discovered looking very blue"
The man-eating stallion "Risingham,
Hambletonian, was killed ut Mddletown
n. Y. Thursday night, after having crippled
more than 20 keepers and killed three person
outright in his eventful life of II years Hi
owner. Dr. James A. Schultz, once refuse,
$1,000 for him. believing that he could b.
cured, but finally became convinced that tn
horse was insane beyond doubt.
Gilmore embarked at New York for Eu
rope Saturday, with his celebrated band
which is now composed of 90 performers, an,
is to take part in the band concert at the Par
is exposition, and give concerts in the princi
pal cities of Great Britain and the continent
beginning Mt Liverpool on the evening of Ma
II, and reaching Paris in time to let the ca
gle scream at the Trocadero on the Fourth O
July. This is the first American band to yis
it Europe for the purpose of giving concerts
and it is to be absent four months.