Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


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NEW YoRK's COMING CELEBRATION.
Great preparations are being made for
the Internationally celebration in New York
on the 2Gth. President Arthur has declined
an invitation to be present, but 1t is thought
that he will yet be persuaded to attend and
unveil the governments statue of Washing
ton on the steps Of the treasury building.
The governors of the 10 original states have
been invited to take part The Governors
foot.guard of Hartford, o., will march in
the procession ~ an escort to Gov. Waller
and his staff. They will wear their red.coa
uniforms of 177l, and will be accompanied
by Colts band. About 5000 of the New Jer-
sey militia will take part in the procession,
together with the city troop of Philadelphia,
the Providence light guard and other visiting
military organizations. The whole I'd divis.
ion Of the New York militia will parade un.
der the command of Ma. Gen. Slater. The
old volunteer fire department will be we'll
represented The procession will form in
the neighborhood of the Windsor hotel,
which will be the headquarters OF the princi-
pal invited guests, will move down Fifth ave.
nue. to Washington square, or to Fourteenth
street and Broadway, and thence down Broad.
way to Canal street. Gov. Cleveland will re-
view the parade near the terminus. The
procession will be composed of four parts,
first, invited guests and honorary escort sec
ond, organized military Gncluding the federal
troops and marines in the neighborhood)
third, veterans and military orders, and,
fourth, civic societies. 1t is understood that
$1,000 members of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, with II military bands will take
part in the procession, together with veterans
of the Mexican war, the Loyal Legion, the
,F Ia o,l h. Of
the war of 1912, who will be carried in car
riages. There will be great parade of riv-
er steamers and tug-boats off the Battery.
The participation of 472 vessels has been
promised already.
DAMAGE BY MONDAYS STORM
Mondays wind and snow storm extended
all over the Canadas, New England New
York and Pennsylvania. An immense amount
of damage was done at Montreal, chimney
tops, trees and signs were blown down on ev-
cry side house at Rougemont was blown
down, and an old woman aud a girl were
severely injured, the latter fatally. All traffic
on the river was suspended. At New York
telegraphic communication was greatly inter
rupted the wall Of foundry being erected
in East Ninety first street was blown down,
and much other property damaged. The
snow-storm was heavy at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
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farms. Snow fell at Utica. Albany and Troy
NY severe storm ragged on the lakes and
in Chicago Sunday night. large number
OF small craft were wrecked on the lakes. At
Hastings Ont the Catholic church was bad
" damaged saw. mills we're unroofed and
fences blown down. Chimneys, fences and
trees were blown down at Toronto, where the
gale was accompanied by lightning, thunder
and fearful down pour of hail. When it
struck Metropolitan hall, in which a Saliva
ton Army meeting was being held, rafting
Of the scenery caused by the wind created a
panic Three women tainted and rush was
made for the stairs, down which great ma
ny people tumbled in haste, but no one was
severely hurt. Two inches of snow fell in
Central Ontario. At Worcester, Mass, gale
of wind lifted Shrewsbury narrow. gauge
railroad car containing seven passengers,
from the track and overturned 1t. No one
was hurt Two vessels and Is lives are re-
ported lost on Lake Michigan, and three
barges and eight men on Long Island Sound
The captain and all the crew, eight ia mum.
Der, of the sloop Annie Gertrude we're drown
ed in Chesapeake Bay. A steamer on Lake
Winnipesaukee, N. H., was sunk at the
wharf, but no lives lost. The summit house
on Mount Kearsarge was entirely demolished,
and wing of the Intervale House, 100 feet
/ long, III PROCESS Oh bEtCllOu, DlONu uOWu.
In many places chimneys aud church steeplea
we're Frustrated buildings unroofed, and like
damage done.
"sHooT AGAIN AND AIM Low"-THE WAY BURG.
LAR CAME TO HIS END.
Last Friday night New York bank cash
| Ter shot a burglar dead who had entered his
residence on the outskirts of Newark, n. j.
| To reporter the cashier told this story OF
the affair "Our sleeping rooms are on the
| second floor MY wifes bedroom is in one
corner of the house, at the rear next to il
| is the bathroom. The bedroom in front, sd
joining my wifes, is occupied by myself.
hallway runs the length of the house, start
ing from the bathroom door. On Friday
night three Of my children slept in my wifes
bedroom. The burglar apparently climbed
upon the roof by the grape arbor, and climbed
into the bathroom through the open window.
l was awakened at about o'clock by a noise
like the shutting of & door. / called to my
wife through the door communicating with
her bedroom, asking her what the noise was.
Shs answered that she guessed it was caused
by the wind. l lay still few moments and
by listening discovered that there was nc
wind stirring So arose, took my revolver
and went out into the entry and lit the gas.
could see nothing strange, and so / walked
from the hall into my wife's room through
the ball door, Meantime the burglar had
gone from the bathroom into my wife's bed
room and had hid Himself behind her bed
which stood little distance from the bach
wall She saw the man come in and hide
himself, and she called out to me when en-
tered, telling me where he was. As she die
so l saw a dark form rise from the floor and
move toward the window, which opened
from the bedroom out upon the rear extern
sion. Standing near the foot of the bed
raised my revolver and fired across the bed al
the man. My wife saw the flash pointing
above his head. Shoot again, she cried
sitting up, and aim low By this time the
burglar had reached the window, and had one
leg out. fred again and my wife saw the
flash almost cover the fellows back. He goi
out on the roof Of the extension and dragged
himself toward the arbor, where he fell and
died. There was no clew to show who the
man was. He was five feet ten inches and
looked to be about thirty years old"
WINTER WEATHER IN EARNEST.
Snow fell at various points in CanadG
Tuesday night and Wednesday, and at Mon
treal the storm ragged all night and during
| Wednesday, At Quebec sleiphs were out