Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-09-21

the Northern Pacific railroad, started on Mon.
day afternoon. 1t consisted of ten cars Of
canned corn.
The dead body of a man and the carcass
of bear have been found in the woods in
Michigan under circumstances denoung that
terrific fight had taken place between them,
in which both received their death wounds
In Ohio on Monday one of party Of
young men, while attempting to interrupt
camp-meeting of colored people, fell over a
precipice 800 feet high, and was killed.
Gen. Mcdowell was thrown from buggy
at San Francisco on Tuesday, and 80 serious
ly hurt that his mind wanders and he coca
sionally falls into comatose state.
Full crop reports to the Omaha Herald
make the condition of the Nebraska crops to
be far above the average. Threshing is far
advanced. The yield Of wheat and oats is ex-
traordinary, and of corn heavy.
The iron-clad Monadnock was successful
ly launched at Mare island navy.yard Tues.
day afternoon. Out of respect for Congress
the vessel is supposed to be the old Monad-
mock repaired, but with the exception of one
plank everything is new. The old ship lies
in the same spot where she was beached
when brought to the navyyard.
1t is reported from Silver City, N. NJ,
that Charley McCombs, a little son of Judge
and Mrs McCombs, who was stolen by the
Indians in Arizona some months ago. has
been found in good health. The parties who
have him claim the $4,000, which will be
paid.
The Exchange Bank of Montreal, with
a capital of $50, 600 and deposits of 81, OO0,-
900, has suspended. The cause Of suspen.
sion was over discounting and large amount
locked up by inactive estates taken from
creditors.
by direction of the President, Cadet
Beebe of the fourth class United States mil
itary academy, has been dismissed for haz-
ing.
Five men working on a scaiTold on a new
barn on August Belmont's farm at Babylon,
l.. l., Tuesday afternoon, were thrown to the
ground by the breaking Of the support. One
man was killed and others were seriously in
jured.
-Junius Brutus Booth died at Manchester.
by.thesea, Mass, on Monday night. Mr..
Booth was the eldest son Of the famous actor
whose name he bore, and brother of Edwin
Booth and John Wilkes Booth. He was born
in Charleston in 1921 the year of his faith
er's first appearance in this country.
1t is said that a thousand dollars worth
of struggled goods were found in the lug
gage of San Francisco millionaire. who ar
rived from Europe Tuesday.
Rev. Albert F. Vedder, pastor OF the
Methodist church at West Milton, Saratoga
county, N. Y, has been arrested as principal
in, and DR.. James A.Patterson, of Albany, as
accessory to the crime of abortion. The
complainant is Anna Walter, aged % years,
daughter of Sias Walter a farmer of West
Milton,
jay Eye SEQ" phenomenal hve.year-
old, trotted mile in 21Ol at Providence last
Saturday, thus coming within half second
of Maud SIS best time Tho performance
created excitement in the crowd present at
the race.
Mary Sweeney, 10 years old, was found
near Dover, n. H.. Monday, half famished.
She went to Great Falls four weeks ago to
work in the mills, but had never worked be.
fore, fell behind in her board, was too proud
to beg and so slept out nights, She was 60
ing to her fathers in Lowell.
Two freight trains collided on the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad at Ash
land o., Tuesday smashing one locomotive
and two cars and killing lot Of fine blooded
cattle just from Scotland on their way to
Kansas.
An insane clergyman named Kemlo. re-
siding in Mountvile, n. j., near Newark,
murdered his wife, Tuesday and committed
suicide, in Brooklyn, where they were visit.
ing.
Edward Gallagher, FIVE years old boy
of kearney, n j.. was poisoned to death
Tuesday by creosote in toothache remedy
which his mother gave him.
Helen Hertz, a notorious New York Grim.
inal, threw herself from the third story cor.
ridor of the Blackwell's island insane asylum
80 feet to the stone floor below, Tuesday, and
was killed. 1t is the first case of self-murder
at this institution in ten years.
documents have been printed at San
Francisco inreply to Senator Sharon's charge.
that the adultery suit recently brought against
him was part OF black mailing scheme.
The documents are dated August -, 1850,
and written by Sharon and Miss aarah Althea
Hill, in which they agree to take each other
for husband and wife and to keep the fact Sc.
cret for two years, unless Sharon himself sees
fit to make it public also letters from Sharon
to Miss Hill, dated Senate chamber, Washing
ton, January -, 1881, in which he sends his
dear wife $500 and urges her to be economi.
cal as he is short
This week brings us still another story Of
life among the Colorado cowboys. On the
nth five drunken cowboys began row with
a store-keeper named Arrsgon. Fearing vic.
lence, Arragon procured a rifle, when one OF
the cowboys stepped up and shook hands with
him. He held Auagon's hand firmly, while
the remaining cowboys began firing at the
merchant with revolvers. Arragon finally
disengaged his hand and sent a bullet through
one of the cowboys killing him instantly. He
then retreated, the cowboys continuing to fire
upon him as he ran. After reaching a shelter
from the storm of bullets he sent another ball
into the breast Of a cowboy, killing him in
stantly, and then fired again, wounding one
of his assailgnts. The remaining cowboys
fed into Texas and are still at large Arragon
died of his wounds few hours later.
-Peuro. pneumonia has appeared among
the cattle in Delaware, Chester and York
counties, Pa. So far about $50 head of cat
tie in those counties have been affected, a
dozen of which have been killed. The dis
ease is traced to herd of cattle brought
from Baltimore to West Chester, Chester
county.
On the morning of September Officer
William Lawrence was shot dead in Bath
Ne, by one of two burglars whom he was
attempting to capture. The identity of the
criminal remained mystery until last Satur-
day, when Boston detectives arrested Daniel
Wilkerson in Bangor While being taken
from there to Bath, Wilkerson made full
confession to the officers. He is a sailor and
has served term for burglary The other
man implicated in the burglary is either in
Boston or New York.
There was thrilling scene at the Expo
sition grounds at Pittsburg, Pa, last week.
Professor Warner, aeronaut, had been making
balloon ascensions generally taking up one
or two persons with him. Thursday after
noon he made the ascension alone, none be-
ing willing to accompany him. The balloon
was inflated, as usual and cut loose amidst
the cheers of thousands of spectators. 1t rose
slowly and steadily, there being very little
wind until height of a mile and half was
reached At that height the balloon looked
like small speck against the sharp outlines
of bank of clouds above it. Suddenly the
spectators saw that something unusual had
happened to the aeronaut The speck was
descending with frightful velocity. The bal
loon had yielded to the pressure of the gas
and burst Every eye was fixed upon the
aeronaut with the expectation of seeing him
thrown out Of thecar and dashed to the earth.
Fortunately the balloon struck tall chimney,
which checked its progress it then scraped
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