Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-07-14
THE ODD FELLOWS REUNION.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gen. Skobelef, the famous Russian
general died suddenly of heart disease at
the Hotel Dussaux, Moscow, last Friday.
There were at first, reports of foul play but
q oursory examination showed that death was
caused by rupture OF the vessels of the heart
The original trouble was doubtless caused by
confusion received during the attack on
Plevna.
The spectators have engineered corner
in arsenic lately, their object being to compel
the manufacturers of paris green, who use
most of the arsenic to pay higher prices.
"A rich find has been made in cupboard
of house on Spruce street, Philadelphia, &C.
cupied until recently by two maiden ladies
named Shaw. The executor while making
an inventory, stumbled across four mysterious
chests in a cupboard of the house. No men
ton had been made of them in the will
When opened they were found to be full of
gold and silver coin amounting in all TO $2l,-
800.
Michael Sullivan and wife of South
Merden, Conn, were poisoned recently by
eating greens in which there was henbane
and the woman died.
"A shocking accident occurred in Colch-
ester Thursday, to a son Of John Marks, a
boy six years old, who had both feet cut en-
tirely of by a moving machine The boy
was standing in front of the machine when
the horses started unexpectedly, and he was
unable 10 get out of the way in time.
A middle-aged man seated himself upon
the Methodist church steps at East Green
wich, Mass, Saturday night and, drawing a
revolver, said "IIere is the last of old Ira
Fletcher" As he said this he placed the pistol
TO his left breast and fired, living only 20 min
utes.
A tarr;bIa hurriaana accompaniad hv q
tidal wave 10 feet high struck the Friendly
islands April %, and nearly devastated them.
At Tongatea all the churches were destroyed,
2OOO houses leveled and stores and opera
houses with their contents and everything
near them swept away.
Fifteen thousand persons visited Gar
fields tomb at Cleveland Sunday, July g the
anniversary of the assassination.
"A severe rain and hail storm Monday night
and Tuesday did extensive damage in some
portions of Ohio and Nebraska.
--Guiteau's skeleton, which is being clean
ed and wired will be placed in the army med
ical museum in Washington.
About 400 of the striking Erie Railway
employees made 4 murderous assault Tues
day in Jersey City on lot Of unoGending
Italians who had taken the places Of the
| strikers. During the melee one man was
| uIONhSd huu ooNSAul ihJNASh'
A storm struck Chenille, Neb.. Wednes-
| day morning and blew down several buildings,
including the depot of the St. Joseph and
| Western railway. At other places serious
damage was done. On Tuesday Nemaha
county Kan, was visited by a heavy rain
storm, and at Centralia a school house was
| unroofed and a church steeple badly wrecked.
| There was also great destruction of fruit.
A fire in rue Louis PHILIPPE Paris, caus-
ed terrible gas explosion Wednesday, by
which ~ houses were wrecked, 20 persons
killed, 40 hurt and 100 rendered homeless.
Two men named Usry and Morgan fought
ont an old quarrel with knives on the streets
of Oxford, N. c., Wednesday and both were
fatally cut. On the same day Robert and
William Morris, brothers, living in the Choc.
| taw nation, quarreled about some money and
agreed to settle the matter with pistols. Viii
liam was shot dead and Robert fed.
The national division of the Sons of Tenn
perance in session at Concord, N. H., were
given reception there Wednesday night al
which Gov. Bell presided and many promi
nent temperance advocates spoke,
Six Americans crossed the Mexican linz
recently from Texas to get permit to hun
stolen cattle and were arrested by the MeXi
cans and thrown into filthy cells withou
charges being preferred. - They were twic'
whipped for the amusement of the jailor
their goods were confscated and they wer
finally left destitute. They intend to presen
their case to the government.
The waters of the Schuylkill river abov
Philadelphia have been poisoned, 1t is sup
posed by the sulphurous acid issuing fror
the unused Mines which are being pumpe
out. Thousands OF dead fish float on the sur
face and lodge on the banks, to the detr
ment of the public health.
Frank Cushing, the zuhi man, was MAJ
ried at Washington, Monday evening, to Mis-
Emma Magill After bridal tour, they wi
go to Zuhi, where Mr.. Cushing will resum
his character as an Indian chief, and contiI
, ce his chronological studies.