Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-02
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The cable announces the death of Baron
Frederick Won Flotow, the well known com
poser, in his seventy first year.
Mrs David Clark of Bath, Mich, shot
her husband, a farmer, dead recently in a
quarrel over their dying child.
The Hudson river ice crop will yield
nearly $1,000, 600 tons, one OF the largest
harvests, if not the largest ever taken from
that river.
Great Britain consumed $50, 900, 900
pounds of tea last year. or nearly three times
as much as the United States.
According to a recent census there are in
the Empire of Japan ll3 newspapers, one of
which has a circulation of 10, GOO daily.
A Philadelphia man has succeeded in
blowing soap bubbles two feet in diameter
and of great beauty from preparation COM
posed of oleate of soda and glycerins. Placed
under glass they will keep for As hours.
Last Saturday morning, a family of nine
negroes living on plantation in Laurens
county, N. c., killed and ate goose that had
been bitten by dog supposed to be mad
About two hours thereafter the entire family
became sick and were thrown into convul-
sions. Four died Sunday night, and the 9TH
err five are not expected to live.
A crazy murderer died in jail at Union
town, Pa, the other day, where he had been
confined 81 years, through Is of which he
was chained to the floor by the leg
The Female College of Milwaukee was
damaged to the extent of $40, 900 by fire ear
ly last Friday morning Sixty young women
slept on the premises, and were for a time in
great danger, but were all safely rescued by
the tiremen and police.
There was a great storm in England on
Sunday and Monday, and great injury was
doneto shipping. Many lives were lost. The
heaviest floods that have occurred in the Brit
ish lake districts for twenty years prevail.
-Cetewayo has been reinstated as king of
Zululand. About 5000 Zulus were present at
the ceremony. Many of the chiefs expressed
great dissatisfaction at the conditions on
which he was restored.
Baltimore has 500 or GOO small pox cases,
with new ones reported at the rate 80 or 40 a
day.
The stimulating effect of Western hliz-
yards on the newspaper fraternity is revealed
in statement by the Butte Inter Mountain,
to the effect that prominent citizen who
went for bucket of water one morning spill
ed little of the liquid while returning to the
house. He accidentally put one foot on the
spot, and before he could take another steI
he was frozen to the ground and was compel
ed to leave his boot in the road and hop into
the house on one leg
| Snow slides in Colorado mountains have
carried away mining property and caused
dozen or more deaths during the past week
| In one case a locomotive was swept from the
track and buried under 20 feet of snow.
The Ansonia, a large Italian steamer, ha
been wrecked on the coast of Tripoli and 2
of the crew persisted The rest of the crew
and the passengers we're saved
There was peculiarly bad social homi
eide at State Mills, Rappahannock co unity
Va, the other day, between two brothers-in
law, named Brown and Taylor respectively
prominent business men of the place.
arose out of a dog fight Their dogs had
fight in front of Mr., TAylor's house, and