Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-02
NEWS ITEMS.

There was disastrous fro on Federal,
Franklin and Devonshire streets, Boston,
Sunday night, which burned out Houghton,
Osgood & Co.. the wel.know publishers,
Rice. Kendall Il Co., paper dealers, s. D.
Warren AZ Co.. the North National Bank, and
several other prominent business concerns, in
flicting q loss, in all, of at least 81 100000
There was fire damp explosion in a coal
mine near Irwin Station, Pa, early Monday
morning, which destroyed the lives Of at least
1 men who were in the mine at the time
The Indian cannibal Swift Runner, was
executed at Fort Saskatchewan Dec. 20th, his
being the first legal execution in the British
northwest territory. He was convicted on
his own confession of having killed and eaten
his mother, wife and seven children last win
ter.
Rev. A. d. Mayo, W1o has resigned his
position as pastor of the Jhurch Of the Unity,
Springfield, Mass, has accepted position as
associate editor on Th, New England and
National Journal of Eduation.
A Spanish waiter sught renown Tues
day by attempting to kill King Alfonso.
While the youthful muarch and his bride
we're driving through tb gate of the palace
the would-be assassin Ard at the King, but
missed his aim. He wa promptly arrested,
and confessed his crime
A sad affair occurre at Hartford, Conn,
| on Tuesday. Mrs Heny A. Smith on be-
| ing told that one of her hildren had broken
| through the ice on Bog liver, rushed out and
on to the ice to save hir The ice gave way
and both were drowned
A distressing affair ocurred in Hamilton
place. Boston, early Tu'day morning, when
| Mrs. Helen j. Ward, a idow, was shot dead
| 1 1. l. 4 h.. OF n1r
is enshrouded in mystic, and the young lady
has been arrested. III theory is that the
girl shot her mother whe in somnambulistic
state. as the young adand her mother lived
on the most friendly TINS.
Parties who are gliblo enough to send
their money to New ork stock swndlers,
who promise in their aertisements large re-
turns for small investnnts, will be interest
ed to learn that letters ent to those fellows
will no longer be divered. Postmaster
James has placed thei names on the black
list.
-Four negroes chged with murder were
taken from the Jail Amite, La, Sunday
night, by mob of men, and shot dead
Two other prisoners 're liberated.
Three masked rbers appeared at the
house of farmer aDelphos, Ohio, early
Christmas morning ii demanded n sum of
money he was knowio have in the house.
He refused them an was shot dead. His
wife was then seized bound, and her feet
placed on a hot stoveyhero they were held
until she disclosed whereabouts of the
money, $500, whicbhey got and departed
The Empress Eenie is so timing her
visit to Zululand thatle may be on the spot
where her son met tdeath on the anniver-
sary of that sad eventhe first day of June.
Al. -,
of interest in New Yo will be six per cent.
but methods of dodgi the law will undoubt-
eddy be as plentiful heretofore.
= Two men, Sam Woodruff and Joe
Seminole, the latter nlf- Indian, who
/ murdered Il. b. Hayrd, farmer of JefTer-
6 son county on the of last September,
were taken from jfat Golden, Col, and
=, lynched Sunday mdng, by $50 masked
men.
George Lyme 4 fatally burned on
. Christmas Eve, at Pfkala, o., while imper-
sonating Santa Claut the Methodist Sun.
day school festival, cotton batting in his
clothes, representa- snow accidentally
catching fire. Thelildren rushed out Of
= the church in panbut none were hurt.
Washington is Iding the largest brick
r sewer of circular Se in the world. 1t is
J. in the northeast par the city and is intend
d ed to carry of the fts of water which pour
10 in from the surrouug country after rain
falls, aud once bun,sewer and did $l3, 600
y damage. The sews Of % feet internal di-
t nmeter, and will bhshed in about year.
!, John NJ. Wait AL NJ. b. Gould. both
Ii | prominent ana retted business men of
Chicago thinking tplay a practical joke
4 upon colored jah, disarranged the con-
tents of Mr.. Waite ON last Saturday even
ing, and then concag themselves in clos
le ct, waited until Il knitor appeared. The
latter, becoming efd at the condition of
h. the room, procur revolver, and, hearing
ar a noise in the CID tried to pull the door
open, and, failingthst, fired through the
door. The shot I'd through Mr. Could
head, and he died rtly after. coroner 8
jury exonerated thnitor.