Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Lincoln national bank of New York
city is organized to begin business January l..
Thomas L. James, Postmaster General, is
elected president.
Mary Francis McVicker, wife of Edwin
Booth, died, Sunday afternoon, at the resi-
dence of her parents, New York city
There are 200 cases before the Irish
Land Commission.
A cable dispatch says that an armed
band dragged farmer from his bed in Cas-
tie Island, county Kerry, and fred at him
five times, severely wounding him, because
he acknowledged having paid his rent.
Near Killavallen a party of 20 miscreants
attacked the house of a man named Curtin.
They beat him, dragged his wife out of bed,
and compelled him to swear to stop proceed
ings against tenant under notice.
Sidney Dillon, one of jay Gould's part
ners, is about to build the costliest and most
ornate private residence on this continent.
1t will cover thirteen full city lots, four of
which will be on Fifth avenue.
Charles II. NOrtham, president of the
New Haven and New York steamboat CON-
pany, and president of the Mercantile nation
al bank of Hartford, Ct, is dead, aged 81.
"A skif ferry-boat with 10 persons was
swamped, Saturday evening, by the swell of
three propellors, while crossing the river
from Troy, N. Y, to Port Schuyler. At
least seven persons were drowned.
Two passenger coaches of a Colorado
Central train were blown from the track last
Friday by severe wind storm. The coaches
were badly smashed. There were ID passen-
gers aboard, all of whom were more or less
injured.
"A schooner and a steam barge collided
on Lake Erie, when off Port Colborne, last
Saturday morning; both vessels sank and
four men were drowned.
"A fire at Old Orchard Beach last week
destroyed six hotels valued at $72, 900 and
insured for two-thirds that amount. The
fire was probably incendiary.
"A distemper is prevailing among the
horses in New York which the veterinary sur
geons are unable to find in books treating of
diseases peculiar to these animals 1t made
its appearance about three weeks ago and
spread so rapidly that scarcely horse has
escaped. Working horses more frequently
than carriage horses seem to have been Rf-
fected The eyes matterate, the nose dis
charges profusely, the legs swell to abnormal
proportions, and every organ appears TO be
affected. 1t is very facilitating, and renders
the animal attacked so weak that it can hard
ly stand. Horses have died within l6 hours
after exhibiting the first symptoms. Some
animals recover in few days and Others not
in weeks. In their stalls the horses stand in
a position to favor their weakening condition
and keep their heads down. They eat very
little and apparently have no appetite. Ere
quently cases are attended with coughing and
strangling. The only remedy for the disease
appears to be relief from work, good care,
aud the free use of stimulants and tonics II
does not seem to be contagious
Ten boilers in lumber and salt manu-
factory at East Saginaw, Michigan, exploded
early Sunday morning, killing four men aud
doing damage to the amount of $25, 900.
Low water was the cause.
Recent abundant rains have entirely re-
lieved the anxiety of New York city residents
as to their water supply.
"A severe shock of earthquake was felt at
noon Tuesday in San Jose, Cal.
Colorado New Mexico and Western
Kansas have had snow storms severe enough
to delay railroad trains.
The selectmen of Franconia, N. H., have
named the peak of the White mountains di-
rectly west of Mount Garfield and north OF
Mount Lafayette elizabeth Thompson
Mountain, in honor of the well-known phi
lanthropist of that name.
james Morrissey, l6-year-old Irish boy,
was fatally shot while playing cards with two
companions at Springfield, Mass, Tuesda y
night. The shooting was an accident and wa
of the "didn'tknow-it-was -loaded" sort, with
a spice of dime novels thrown In.