Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

Five European steamers from New York,
Saturday, took out 400 tourists and one 9TH
er steamer on Sunday took out 1913 more.
A man died in st. Louis recently, and in
his will, after saying that he never forgot a
favor, left $1,000 to an individual who ten
years ago ran away with his wife.
"A terrific wind storm or half an hours
duration swept over Bismarck, Oak, and vi
cinity, Monday evening" unroofing houses,
tearing up trees, and wrecking the steamer
Montana, the largest on the Missouri river.
The track of the ST. Louis Iron Noun
tain and Southern railway, 700 miles long,
was changed Saturday night from five feet to
the standard gauge of four feet eight and one
half inches Over 5000 men were employed,
and the work was completed before daybreak.
james F. Edmands of Newton, Mass,
prominent citizen, has been placed under
arrest for forgeries amounting to a large sum.
The exact amount is not known, but thus far
over SIG, 600 of his paper has been discover
ed. Mr.. Edmands is chairman of the New
ton board of aldermen, and has been for
many years highly esteemed as public spir-
tied citizen.
Monday afternoon, the packing-room,
situated about four rods from George M
Mowbray's glycerine works at North Adams,
Mass, blew up. VIM. Long, superintendent
of the glycerine works, and John Pierce, a la
borer, were both blown to atoms The
largest portions that can be found of either
of the men are one leg, the trunk and the feet
of Long severed at the ankle. Long was
single man, and his relatives live in Vermont.
Pierce leaves q wife and four children living
at North Adams.
1t has been ascertained by actual scien-
ti6c survey that the surface of the water at
he nf 1l,,,1p l., =,
ly three feet six inches lower than it is $50
miles above. In other words, the river has
but an average fall of less than sixth of an
inch to the mile. Another singular fact wor-
thy of consideration is that it has course
taking its many meanderings into account
of between 300 or 400 miles, yet its source is
not more than twelve miles from the shores
of the same ocean into which it empties it.
self.
As a locomotive was rapidly passing
through Passaic, N. j., the other day, the
engineer saw seven-years-old girl suddenly
rush upon the track directly in front of him.
The engine was reversed and the brakes ap-
piled, but the train could not be stopped at
once, and the girls death seemed imminent !;
but just as escape seemed impossible, she
| lifted baby from between the ties, where it
had heretofore been invisible to the men on
the locomotive, threw it upon the soft ground
outside the track, and bounded after it, the
heavy machine grazing her dress as she leaped
away. The young heroine refused to give
her name or residence.
The storm of last Saturday afternoon
was very severe in Franklin county and other
parts of Massachusetts Considerable damage
was done in the vicinity of Mortified Farms
The tobacco barns of F. A. billiard and Sol
ONION Caswell were blown down, and the
| har,,u of ATagsre a,,I
| completely demolished. James Fains house
was unroofed and his other buildings badly
damaged. A large portion of the damage
was done by wind and sand which formed a
hurricane. Lightning did no little damage
on the Gill side of the river. Mr.. Abbott, on
the old Sratton farm in Gill, was a sufferer.
| The roof of his house and barn. the latter
lately repaired, were taken of. Charles Hay
wards out-buildings were demolished