Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-11-14
NEWS ITEMS.

A very decided improvement is reported
in the Empress Carlotta's mental condition.
One account represents her rs having entire
ly recovered her reason.
A freight train on the PENNSYLVANIA rail.
way broke apart few days since while run.
ning down the mountain, near Altoona The
rear portion gained tremendous headway.
running at the rate of mile a minute. and
at hlttaning Point overlook the other part Of
the train. Twenty-four cars were complete
ly wrecked. one man was killed, and another
seriously injured.
A cyclone in Missouri, on the line Of the
Missouri Pacific railway last Saturday. de
stroyed one church and several buildings.
One span Of the St Louis. Kansas CITY
and Northern railway bridge over the Mis-
souri, river broke down under a heavy freight
train last Saturday night, precipitating sew
entccn cars Of live stock into the river Three
men were killed aud three seriously injured
--Corle Sons cracker and candy factory
at Kansas City, Mo, occupying four three
story brick buildings, was destroyed Satur.
day by "A terrible explosion, probably of
starch dust Six employees were buried in
the ruins and killed, and - others were in
jured. Most of the testimony at the coron-
or = inquest shows that the accident was eaus-
cd by overheated starch, which probably de-
stroyed Greenfed's candy factory at New
York last year.
The wife Of Senator David Davis of I'LL
nois died at the home Of her sister in Stock
bridge, Mass, on Monday.
A distressing state of affairs exists in
tie counties Of Saatorn kentucky. The lar
abiding citizens are organizing and arming TO
protect themselves and the courts against the
assaults and threats Of so-oalled regulators,
nj 10 stg Z l..
this terrorism been carried that no one dares
to report or have indicted any of the recent
murderers. An organization Of 800 men has
been formed in Rowan county to regulate the
regulators see that the laws are enforced, and
II need be drive the regulators from the coun.
try
A white woman living in Lancaster coun-
ty, N, c., murdered her five children Satur
day night, and setting fire to her own cloth.
ing was burned TO death. She was undouLt
eddy insane.
The French Government has sanctioned
a lottery of two million francs managed by
committee of journalists the proceeds to be
given to the sufferers by the floods in Spain
Prof. James A. Aleigs Of Jefferson Medi.
cal College died in Philadelphia Oh Sunday
of blood poisoning. He was 30 years of age
A severe tornado visited the northwest
ern portion of Arkansas last Saturday, de-
stroylng nearly everything in its course and
killing several people
Mrs. Mary Sincere, residing in Brook
Ign, n. Y, lost her life on Sunday, while en-.
d,avorng to save that Of her son, 5 years
old. The lad, who had fallen into an old
cistern, was suIocated by the foul air, and
the mother, endeavoring to raise him up fell
in, and was also overcome both died.
Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, widely known
as 'Burleigh, of the Boston journal. died
last Friday morning at his home in South
Brooklyn after a short illness.
Recent floods in the island of Jamaica
drowned nearly 100 persons, seriously dam
aged the roads and injured the coffee crop.