Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-05
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

six murders Two brothers, drunk and quar-
relsome. shot by street car driver at Indian
apolis Mrs Simpson, a Detroit boarding
house keeper, shot by her husband, with
whom she did not live John Walker, called
out of his house at Little Rock, Ark, and
shot in cold blood John McDermott shot at
a dog fight at Grand Rapids, Mich, and Liz
zie Cleveland, q bagnio keeper at Chicago,
shot by a man who had become jealous Of
her.
A powder magazine exploded at Mazat-
Ian, Mex, last week Thursday at A. NJ. A
whole square was blown up and many famil-
les were buried under the ruins About 60
bodies have been recovered.
There has been a terrible explosion in a
mine at Bourches, in the department Of
Nord, France. Ten persons were killed and
20 grievously injured.
The steamship Partisan Of the Allan line
made the fastest time on record on her last
trip, occupying only seven days from Derry
to Rimouski, including six hours detention
in fog.
"A New York woman dropped her baby
from Long Branch hotel pavilion, last Sun
day, to the beach below, killing it instantly.
A little negro lad at Charlottesville, Va,
about six weeks ago fell from tree upon the
sharp point of stake, which penetrated his
right side and pierced the liver. The doctor
who was summoned found the liver protrud-
ing through the orifce and considerably torn,
30 that he clipped of piece about the size
of marble. The exposed organs parts
were replaced, and Il few stitches placed in
the orifice to prevent its protrusion. To the
doctors surprise the boy improved rapidly,
and he is now entirely well and running about
MS usual.
The work of changing the gauge Of the
Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans railroad
from FIVE feet to the standard gauge, 4 feet
81 inches was begun at 4 o'clock, Friday
morning, and at o'clock r. NJ, the entire
line from New Orleans TO Cairo, $50 miles,
together with the Kosciusco branch, 81 miles,
was completed and trains we're running in all
directions. A force of over 5000 were EN-.
ployed in the work. This is the greatest feat
yet accomplished in gauge changing.
The Mountain Meadow massacre took
place in 1S57-almost a quarter of a century
ago 1t was most barbarous wholesale
slaughter in which ll6 returning California
emigrants-men, women and children-wero
brutally put TO death by the Mormons and
their less savage Indian allies. Five years
ago Elder John d. Lee the leader III this
horror, was tried for murder and convicted,
paying the forfeit OF his life in January, 1877.
Now comes the news that ex. Bishop Smith,
who participated in the Mormon council
which decreed the destruction of the emf
grant train, and through whose testimony
Lee was brought to justice, has been murder
ed, as there is every reason TO believe, in re-
yenge for his exposure OF the butchcry OF
1857.
A freight car on the Pennsylvania rail
road on Filbert street, Philadelphia, jumped
the elevated trnck Tuesday and crashed into
! thp Adau,u eNprass pffira earrviug a,Vay d
corner Of the building. There were 20 othei
cars, but the falling wall held them on tho
| track. No one was hurt, but street car had
| Just passed under the arch.
bishop +. o. Haven of the Methodist
church died at Portland, Oregon, on Wednes-
day.
The steamboat train from Boston TO New
London, CT, jumped the track near Jewet
| City, CT, Tuesday evening. A brakeman
named George Howe was killed, but no on,
else was hurt.
Thieves robbed a store at McKeesport
Pa, Sunday night Tuesday the thieve
were encountered in their rendezvous. wheI
desperate fight ensued One man wa
killed and three wounded.
Daniel Shea was stabbed six times on hi
own threshold in Mulberry street, New York
on Tuesday, while holding on TO a big THE
who, with two others, had been robbing Shea
house.
Three men tried TO rob the Manufactur
ers bank at Cohoes N. Y, Tuesday morn
ing. One asked the cashier to see a man il
"a carriage, and while he was outside anothe
asked the teller to change $50 bill. Anoth
err then stealthiy advanced to the safe an(
seized $500 in bills, but Clerk Clute covered
him with a revolver, when the thief dropped
the money and fed but was captured. The
others escaped