Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A SUPPOSED MURDER AT NEW HAVEN

A SUPPOSED MURDER AT NEW HAVEN.
New Haven, Conn, is greatly excited over
the case of Miss Jennie Cramer, whose dead
body was found IN the Sound, OF Sayn Rock,
on Saturday morning Aug. g. Many believe
that the young woman met her death by foul
play, while others think she committed sui
eide by jumping from Kelseys Pier in a fit
Of temporary insanity caused either by the
harshness of her mother in calling her bad
girl" and threatening to tell her father of her
conduct, or in fit Of desperation brought on
by the knowledge that she had been ruined
by Walter or James Malley, sons Of a we'll
known dry-goods merchant of New Haven.
An attempt is being made to show by post
mortem examination that Miss Cramer was in
delicate condition, and that she may have
been drugged and murdered in order to save
the reputation of the man who is thought TO
have ruined her. The Malley boys are under
arrest.
A mysterious disease is playing havoc
with the tomato crops of New Jersey and Del
aware.
Stella Crane, "a Newark On. j. girl of / l,
was accidentally and fatally shot, Friday, with
a toy pistol, by Theodore Graf, the l4-year.
old son OF a wealthy shoe manufacturer, the
bullet entering her brain.
The governor of South Carolina has Of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the
murderer Of Deputy Collector I. l.. Brayton.
Capt Moshcr aud Gardner A. Fuller, who
swindled Mr.. Goodnow OF Boston out OF a
cargo of cotton, tea and wine, are under ar
rest at Maehias, Me.
-Mrs. Elizabeth Worcester, widow OF the
late Joseph Worcester. LID, author of
Worcester's Dictionary, died at Cambridge,
Mass, Friday morning, at the advanced age
Of 10.
hon. Orville II. Browning, who was sec
rotary of the interior during the greater part
| of Andrew Johnson's administration, died at
| Quincy, H., on tho 10th inst, aged II.
| Twelve persons were killed and $50 in
| iured while watching a ull.fght at Mar
settles on Sunday The seats gave way.
Henry W. Howgate, disbursing officer of
the United States signal service was arrested
a Mount Clemens, Mich, Monday, on a
charge of embezzling so, 900 of government
funds by means of fraudulent vouchers.
There was volcanic eruption inside of
the mountain south Of the south fork OF the
Clearwater, Idaho about 20 miles east of Mt.
Idaho, the 9th, sending forth a column Of fire
and smoke several hundred feet high, and
rock which fell at distance of several miles
from the place of eruption. The shock was
distinctly felt at a distance of about 10 miles.
The will of Matthew Vassar, after lega.
cies to his widow and relatives, makes these
| requests To Vassar college for scholarships
and educational funds, $4,000; for Vassai
college professorshps, $50, O00 the Baptist
church at Poughkeepsie, $1,000; st. Barna
bias hospital, So, 900; Vassar brothers hom'
for aged men, $4,000; Vassar brothers
hospital, building, $S5, 200 and $4,000 il
various smaller sums to local institutions
The Vassar brothers hospital is an entirel!
new project, and as it is made residuary lega
tee, in addition to receiving $50, 900, the prob
abilities are that il will be more literally en-
dowed than any other institution named.
An accident occurred on the GRAM
Trunk Railway, Saturday morning, which re
suited in the instant death of the engineer
the serious wounding Of the fireman, baggage
master, two express messengers, and variou
injuries to a, number of passengers. Tn
train was the 10 p. NJ express from Montrea
to Toronto and consisted of six Pullmal
sleepers, four first and second class cars,
postal express and baggage car. The car
were well filled with returning excursionist
from Montreal, who were nearly all asleep
A COW was run over and the locomotiv
jumped the track, carrying the tender, bag
gage, mail, express, smoking and two passen
ger cars with it. In fact, every car excep
the sleepers was thrown upside down II
wonderful how the passengers escaped with
out death The engineer, John A. Howart
of Montreal, vas found with his arm aroun
, the whistle of the locomotive, having blow
it twice before he met his sad end.