Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28
IN GENERAL.

The Russians, under Gen. Skobelef,
have captured the Turkoman stronghold of
Geek Tepe, after nine hours desperate fight
ing, in which the Turkoman loss was onor-
nous.
1t is reported that Sitting Bull has form
ally surrendered himself to the Canadian
Government, and asked to be sent to Fort
Buford, to be turned over to the military
authorities there.
During the temporary absence Of Mrs.
Bascomb from her home at Altoona, n Y,
Tuesday evening, the house caught fire and
four young children were burned to death.
Three members Of the Massachusetts
Legislature have died since the present ses-
sion began.
co. At st. John, N. b., on Sunday, George
Allison, in endeavoring to pass from his room
to an adjoining room by means of an attic
window, slipped on the icy roof and fell head
long GO feet. He was smashed almost to
pulp.
The smallpox has broken out in the
Fort Madison DAD penitentiary, creating
great excitement and panic. All the fore
men of the contract work have fed and work
is generally abandoned.
The spread of smallpox and diphtheria
continues in Chicago Is now cases Of the
former aud as many more of the latter being
reported yesterday.
Theodore A. Reed, Of Springfield, Mass,
a carpenter Ga years old, living at the corner
OF Cypress and Boylston, was almost instant
ly killed Wednesday morning by falling
through an elevator well from the second
story of Parker Il Gannets Main street block
and breaking his neck
"A remarkable story comes from New
Haven to the effect that penniless Dutch
man, who has lived ON charity there for some
time, has become heir TO S25, 900, 600 in Rot
terdam by the death of great-grand uncle
A boy at the Preston colliery in Potts
Vile Pa, carelessly threw a can of lubricat-
ing oil into a stove around which several
miners were seated last Monday. An explo.
sion followed, burning two men fatally and
two others seriously.
A train consisting Of two passenger
coaches and mail and baggage-cars jumped
the track recently at the Golden Rock curve
on the Amour mountain, near Puerto Cortes,
Guatemala, and was precipitated 20 feet
down the mountain. Almost all on board
were either killed or fatally wounded.
MIR. Kimball, the great "church-debt
raiser, at a meeting of ministers in Chicago
recently, stated that he had visited about 100
churches, and had raised about $1,000, 600
for the payment of church debts. He esti-
mates that some s., 900, 900 more has been
raised or saved in various ways under the in
huence Of this work and as he has constant
| ly engagements out for about 20 weeks
ahead, the enterprise shows no sign of con-
| clusion
Three passenger cars of the express train
| on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail
way which left Council Bluffs on Thursday
morning of last week for Chicago, were
| thrown from the track by broken rail near
Pond Greek, ILL.,, early Friday morning. One
OF the cars took fire from the lamps. Two of
tn q passengers were fatally injured and four
others were so seriously hurt that they were
obliged to remain at TIskilwa, ILL.,, under the
doctors care. Mrs Kirby of Nevada, o., was
so badly burned that she died few hours af-
ter the accident occurred
There are rumors of a great telegraph
enterprise contemplated by Jay Gould, of
which the consolidation of the American lines
is only the beginning. The story is that a
Geographic system extending to Europe, Asia,
the West Indies and South America is to be
developed, New York to be the centre and
headquarters and Gen. Eckert the manager.
1t is reported that company is already form.
ed, with capital of $50, 100000