Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-28
NEWS ITEMR.

cred in Chinatown, San Francisco within
month.
"A child weighing 20 pounds 10 ounces
was born TO Mr. Lock McBri de- at Atlanta
Ga. recently
The arrivals of immigrants at New York
last Saturday, from Hamburg, Bremen and
Antwerp, aggregated 2,270
Two old people, named Ste ader, were
burned TO death last week, in their house in
Winchester township, Ontario.
Jesse Billings, Jr., paid Mr.. Beach, the
celebrated New York criminal lawyer, 5000
day for defending him in his recent trial.
The whole business portion of the thriv-
ing village Of Stuyvesant, N. Y, was destroy
ed by fire, last week not business place is
left standing.
The city of Boston will celebrate the
2jOth anniversary of its settlement next Sep
TENDER and has appropriated S25, 900 to COW
er expenses.
Gardeners Continental brewery at Phil
adelphia was damaged S1j0O0O worth by
FIRE Monday insured for S13O,OOO.
Andrew Smith, the defaulting town treas
urer of North Andover Mass, has been SEN
fenced to state prison for six years.
The village of Condersport, Pa, was al
most entirely wiped out by fire on Sunday,
only four buildings being left the loss is
placed NJ S2OO,OOO.
-Paler's sash and blind factory and n
number of dwelling houses were burned at
Kingston, N. Y, Sunday; loss S2j0,0O0.
A white man, named Thomas White,
was hanged last Friday, at Spartanburgh,
S. O., for the murder of Negro youth, named
Pete Hawkins.
A locomotive weighing 100, 600 pounds
has just been built for the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad to run the 30 miles between
New York and Philadelphia in 30 minutes in
Guiding stops.
Two whites and five negroes were public
ly whipped at New Castle, Del, on Satur-
day. One of the victims was boy of ten
years, found guilty of larceney.
A man and three children were burned to
death in a house at Angola, Indiana, early last
Saturday morning.
Two lads of 10 have been arrested at
Toronto as Migrants. They said they had
walked from New York city to Toronto in ten
days
Large numbers of icebergs are floating
across the track of vessels sailing between
this country and Europe, and much delay is
caused by the necessary precautions to avoid
danger. 4 steamer that arrived at New York
| Saturday, went so miles out of her way TO
| clear the ice.
The United States has one of the largest
| collections at the Berlin international fish ex-
| hbition, ranging from fishing tackle to fish
| IN every form III which they are put on the
market.
The New York Park department has Sc
lected site for the erection Of the Alexan-
drian obelisk, on natural knoll, in Central
park, nearly in front of the new Metropolitan
art museum. The obelisk has not yet been
shipped from Alexandria.
al ola q
wealthy farmer, shot and killed two men
last Saturday night during row at bagnio,
near Mt. Sterling, Ky.
A case of SMALLPOX was discovered
among the immigrants on the steamship
Parthia, which arrived at Boston on Sunday
and the steeragc passengers and crew, 800 in
ALL were vaccinated in consequence.
Lewis Baker blew out the pas on retir-
ing to bed in French's Hotel New York
Wednesday night and was found dead in the
morning.
Leading clerpymep of New York have
issued "A card requesting brethren of all de-
nominations 10 mite Nnv 3O In nravinp
that the national conventions next month
may be divinely guided to select fit candi-
dates.
| Monday was Oueen Victoria's sixtv.f
birth. dav. She assumed the throne lime 3o
1887; was crowned June Is. ls3s. was
married February 10. 1910. and was left a
widow December II, 1861.
The Tooth anniversary Of the Congreoa.
tionoI Church M Leo Mas wos com6a6n-
rated on Tuesday The church has had all
told, sixteen pastors. Rev. Dr. Gale and Rev
DIR HYDE each occunviup tbe pnIn;t for over
twenty five wears
III. hr;d,a on ,,, No,,. Vol. a,,, NJ,
ENGLAND Railroad across the P,ov;dsnca and
Worcaster RaiIroad noor NI;lI,iiIe No.
burned Tuesday afternoon, and The fire. com.
municated TO the Providence and Worc.ste,
bridge across the Rlackstone River near Inv
which was also burned
,r,.,,,,,. -, ii, -. :. c.,.
,,lo - WaInIt,, ~ ooi2'
49, ~ - ~ nv M nu-
- ii -, b. b. va? III u
HuP ,l'''eu 'ne n'hes' Gun, penny
bava refused IN acc.da ~ tboir dar,ard,
The arms of several TeadviIle militarr oraon,
izntions are in The hands of The str;Lsrs
M, a.o.,a.,-.-.,. :. Go I'LL.
No.,i,a,,,o NJ ii,, az oliii'n Eohesc'
H. niaIs "'ni .HAe PiaIo June io,
ia,, ; '"A'n6 Pi"oe oH tue
N''
AT Troy, N l., Monday evening, dur
ing h9ht between roughs, John wall, an
eh,cohNlct' recently released from PRISON,
klheu supervisor fhllip casey OF the Eleventh
ward VINO was attempting 10 queh the dls-
turDahce, wall He'd and was pursued by the