Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-21

Five boys were dangerously injured at
Paterson, N. j., Monday evening, while
coasting on Haledon hill, by sled running
into telegraph pole.
"A woman named Barnard went to the
house of Baptist minister named Curtis, at
Lapeer Village, about ten miles from Detroit
while the people were at church, Sunday
night, threw Mrs. Curtis down. poured oil
over her and set her on fire, burning her to
death. Her motive is unknow
Mrs Matilda Scott and her two children
were found murdered in their house at Plain
City, Ohio, Tuesday mornings a negro who is
suspected is under arrest.
The New York obelisk is about ready to
stand up and be connted, and Saturday noon
is the time set for putting it on its feet again.
The feat will be witnessed by thousands in
Central Park.
The New York court of appeals on Tues
day confirmed the conviction of Harry W.
Genet for swindling in connection with the
| Tweed ring. Genet has been to Europe, but
returned, and is now in the city. He an
nounces his intention to remain and take the
penalty of the law.
The fine of $3.50 imposed on Rev. Ed
ward Cowley of the Shepherds Fold, who
has served a term in prison for cruelty to
children in his charge, was paid, Friday, by
private subscriptions, and he was released
Cowley was indignant to learn that half the
money would go to the society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to children, which prose
cuted him.
On the last day of 1880 an English vicar
on the Isle of Wight plucked in the open air
a nosegay made up of twenty choice flowers,
exclusive of violets, primroses, monthly roses
and eommoner varieties. This has been the
mildest winter known in the South of Eng
land for twenty-five years.
-Ernestine Courais, demented, piled up a
| quantity of dry wood around herself in an
out house of the Hebrew orphan asylum,
N. Y, Friday night set fire thereto, and was
so badly burned before she was rescued that
she died.
The accidental killing of German lad,
Frank Klebert, while coasting at Millbury,
Mass, Saturday evening, was a terrible af-
fair. The place where it occurred was in a
| hollow formed by two hills opposite TO each
other. Klebert, who had coasted down one
of the hills, was met here by heavily loaded
double runner" which threw him several
feet into the air, killing him instantly. No
other person was seriously hurt.
AT Bridgeport, Conn, an explosion of
naptha occurred Monday morning in build
ing attached 10 the Wheeler 4 Wilson manu-
featuring shop used for extracting oil from
| iron shavings and waste in the rear of the
engine room. Samuel Moyle the engineer,
heard the explosion and ran out to see what
happened, when a second explosion occurred,
burning him probably fatally. Three other
employees were badly burned.
"A boiler under the sidewalk in Eleventh.
St, just off Broadway MY, exploded Mon
day afternoon, and the fagstones and debris
were thrown a considerable distance. A
chasm was left fifteen feet in diameter, but
no person was injured.
"A despatch from Girardyille, in the
Pennsylvania coal regions, gives an account
of terrible coasting accident, in which two
young ladies going down hill on sled at
| lightning speed were instantly killed Miss
Mary Cardiff and Miss Honora Dougherty
were invited to join in a coasting party.
During their first trip the young man who
was steering lost control of the sled and see
ing the danger rolled OFF and escaped unhurt.
The sled sped on, and crashing against tel
egraph pole, Miss Cardiff was Drained and
her face mashed to jelly Miss Dougherty
had her back broken and internal organs
fearfuly ruptured The dead bodies were
carried home.