Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-16
NEWS ITEMS.

Lightning struck houses in various parts
Of Minnesota Saturday, and burned the court
house at Pembina.
Crops in the West are reported in gen
orally healthy condition, but are in need of
rain.
A steamer from New York for Panama
Saturday took out large invoice of firearms
and cartridges, destined for use in the war be-
tween Peru, Bolivia and Chill.
A mail train running between Madrid
and Cadiz, Spain, Saturday, was thrown from
the track and wrecked. Six persons were
killed and several badly injured.
Rev. James +. Merriam of the Indian Or
chard Congregational church. Springfield,
Mass. has withdrawn his resignation of his
pastorate, at the urgent request of the church
and parish. He will take long rest, but
will retain his pastorate.
Mark Gray, who tried to kill Booth at
Chicago, was declared insane in the criminal
court in that city Saturday. Medical experts
testified that his attack on Booth was simply
an outbreak of lunacy which will eventually
develop into epileptic insanity. He is to be
sent to the Elgn asylum.
Henry Loomis, citizen of Sidney. Neb.,
was killed Saturday morning by a rough
named Reed. The hitter was captured by
officers and jailed. At night the citizens gath
cred, took Reed out Of the jail, marched up
Front street, and hung him to q telegraph
pole.
1t is claimed at Montreal that the explo-
siye which was set of at Stratford, Ont, last
week with such terrible effect, was blasting
powder shipped from Beloeil, p. O., and not
dynamite. The total loss is now estimated at
from $500, 600 to s 200, 900, of which $25, 600
will fall ON the Grand Trunk railway compa-
ny
An excursion car with a party Of direct
ors of the Credit Valley railroad and their
friends on an inspection trip, was run into
Saturday evening on a siding near Carleton
Junction. Ont by a grand Trunk engine
The engine and car were wrecked and nearly
all the persons in the car were more or less
injured, James Goodman, Toronto mcr-
chant, died Sunday morning, and several 9TH
ers are in a critical condition.
Recent fires At East st. Louis, Iowa,
Saturday, two malt houses and an old passen-
ger depot were burned loss 800, 600; ut
st. Louis the same day, Ganerss hat factory
and two stores were destroyed at a loss of
$50, 600; insured. At Chicago, Saturday,
Palmer and Fuller's lumber yard was burned ::
loss 100000 At Lancaster, Pa, a large
foundry was burned Sunday; loss $50, 900 (;
insured for $4,000. The offices of the Post
and Tribune and the Michigan Farmer at De
troit Mich, were badly damaged by fire
Sunday morning; fully insured.
Johnny Dobbs, who has been arrested at
Philadelphia for robbing the Manhattan saw
ings bank ut New York, was one of the rob
hers of the Grafton, Mass, bank several
years ago, and informed on his companions
afterward on account of quarrel over the
booty. He began life as n thief, jumped
bounties during the war, and served term in
the Sing Sing prison for shooting an officer.
Afterward he went into the safe-robbing line,
beginning with a $3.50, 900 job in Wall street,
New York, saving himself by betraying the
clerk who aided him. The Collinsville, CT.
savings bank, the Kensington at Philadelphia,
and several private jobs came under his
hand, and he is believed to have been a par
ty to the robbery of the Dexter, Me-, Savings
bank and the murder of Cashier Barron.