Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-06-07
NEWS ITEMS.

King kalaknua recommends the introduce
ton of narrow gauge railways on the larger
islands of the Hawaiian group.
A Deansville a. " farmhouse was re-
Gently set on fire by the suns reflection from
Il nmnber of bright milk-pOns.
Chicago school-tcachers have received no
money since january, and, though their sal
aries have been reduced - per cent, they are
now offered city scrip for their February wa
ges, for which brokers will give but 81 per
cent
The steamer Idaho. of the Guion line.
which left New York May DIST for Liverpool,
went ashore in fog and foundered, last Sat
urday evening, on the coast of Wexford, n
southeastern county Of Ireland The crew
and passengers were saved
A number of prominent hdies of New
York who feel aggricved Mt the statements
given to the press by Judge Hilton for the
failure of the Woman's Hotel, have called Il
public meeting at the Cooper Institute to en-
ter public protest against Judge Hilton's
course.
An enemy of the potato bug has arisen in
this country, as certain uaturalists long since
ayorrcd would be the case Farmers at Crown
Point, ~ Y, are happy in discovering these
beetles dead, with myriads Of tiny lice cling
ing to them to show the cause
Tho Greek church is TO have an organ in
this country in the shape Of the Oriental Cath
Ole magazine which will be issued quarterly
at New York after October next. under the
editorial charge Of Rev. Nicholas Biezzng,
pastor of the Greek Russian chapel at New
York city.
Mrs. Maud Giles, st,p-dnuglter of the de
ceased ,locutionist, Brllcw. Thursday night
accomplished in Cooper Institute the wonder
full feat OF singing three hours and eight min
utes without intermission. During that time
she sang forty different wcll-known selections,
and in six different languages
The search for the body of young Devin,
the stealing Of which from the cemetery at
North Bend, o., led to the discovery of that
OF j. Scott Harrison in the Ohio medical col
lcge at Cincinnati. has further led to the find
ing OF three other unknown bodies, kept in
pickle in the college waiting for the next ses-
sion. Dcyin's body nus not yet been found.
- crowd Of 20 900 people who had gath
cr,d at Mansfield O., Friday to see what they
could of the execution Of the colored murder
cr. Webb, which was intended to be private,
overpowered the guards scaled the jail-ynrd
fence and in a few minutes had torn down
the greater part Of the enclosure. The shcr-
i'll telegraphed the governor the condition Of
things and asked for instructions The gov
! cnor replied that lac was to 90 on with the
| execution, and the desire of the mob was
/ gratihcd.
Prof. Baird and the L. S. Fish Commits
! sion are latching and sending out to the
| headwat,rs of the principal streams in the
! South million of shad eggs a day Before
the season closes, the commission will have
sent out from twelve to fifteen million young
fish. About the middle or end of July sal
I mou Matching will begin, and public interest
/ will be excited afresh by the solution which
the Fish Commission hopes to make of the
! question of stocking the great Middle State
streams, like the Mississippi, Missouri and
Ohio, with California salmon.
A case Of the most outrags ous cruelty to
IA child j., reported from Deertield y. IL. To-
bias and Matilda Perry Of that town are ac-
cused Of conduct toward AN adopted child, a
girl Of about T. year, Of age, which if proven,
merits the most severe punishment. They
are charged with iuhCmuuiy beating the girl,
| imposing upon her burdens only ut to be
borne by strong man, AID otherwise NAL
treating her, until She is crippled for life
| which apparently will not be long extended.
The mother Of the little unfortunate has taken
her from her tCrmentors, and the officers OF
justice have arrested the parties on the charge
of assault with intent to kill
The recent blowing up Of Russian tor
pedo factory at Otchakuil was tremendous
AAAhli Al AAlt bhA4Altllbn within d lhNlauo VI
two miles of the explosion suffered serious
damage, bags and torpedo cases were picked
up in great numbers five miles from the town,
and ships at sea foung wreckage of the fac
tory floating ten miles from land. The sol
diers and french exhibited great GOODNESS
and carried of in their arms large quantity
of gunpowder and pyroxoline stored in a mag
azine near the factory, showers of sparks fall
ing about them they went. The explosion
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consequences. Twelve persons lost their live,
from the disaster.
A man named Caldwell. living neal
Americas, Ga, killed his wife. three children
and his wife's sister Monday with a smooth
ing-iron. Two older children were at school
and one in the field. and one little one RAJ
under the house aud escaped. The murder
err Jumped into q well. but failing TO material
ly injure himself crawled out and got on TOT
of dwelling house and jumped of. He wa
picked up insensble by two negroes who wer,
attracted by his cries and gesticulations Will
on the house. He recovered in a short time
and sent the negroes of for the neighbors
and then went to a Clubhouse and climbed Il
its loftiest point and threw himself headlonl
to the ground, and expired almost instantly
A plucky young widow, Mrs. Becky Bald
win, living near TazeYell Court House, Va.
defeated two tramp ruffans Saturday night
after fight which cost all three lives. Tn
tramps had previously called at the widow
on pretended errand, and early in the nigh
, they returned, broke into her bedroom, an,
demanded her money. She jumped from be,
and told them to leave and went to her dress
deliberately took a pocket-book from it con
tanning 81 and threw it in the fire. One o
the tramps stopped to get it out and sh
snatched an axe and dealt him a terrific blow
knocking him down, quickly following it witt
other blows, dashing his brains out on tn
t hearthstone The second tramp then drew
dirk-knife and stabbed her twice in the lef
e breast She struck him fearful blow wit
2 the axe, nearly severing his right arm Mt tn
l shoulder The miscreant fed, leaving "A ira
! of blood behind and his dead body was foun
next morning two miles from the place.
( young white man came by next morning an
found Mrs. Baldwin dying She told he
S story and died two hours afterward.