Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-06-08
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"A steamship, grain laden, from Montreal
for Liverpool, was lost Friday on the south
west coast of Newfoundland. Several other
wrecks are reported from that neighborhood
AT O'Clock Tuesday morning, Barnum's
circus in Chicago caught fire, and the main
tent, the dresses aud tho paraphernalia were
destroyed. Tho blaze caught from lamp
and the canvas was consumed like n flash.
There was no loss of life. The canvas de-
stroyed covered six acres, and was claimed to
be tho largest in the world. It will be dupli-
Gated On the evening Of the same day, dur
ing performance of Nathan's circus at Sus-
pension Bridge, N. Y, the canvas tents were
struck by n wind and rain squall and utterly
demolished. About fifteen hundred persons
were in the tent, and in the panic which en-
sued large number of persons were injured,
though none fatally.
AT Winterset, To-, last Saturday night,
John Hapmer, charged with an atrooious
murder, was taken from Jail by q mob of as
citizens and hanged.
"A 17-year.old boy, living ON Madison av-
enue New York, died Monday from the eff
fects of taking 10 grains of morphine sold
him by drug clerk by mistake for quinine.
Fires were started in eight different parts
of Toronto within an hour Sunday night by
frebugs. 1t was thought at one time the
whole city would be in flames, but after rag
ing several hours the fires were extinguished.
Several tramps were arrested while firing
places to secure plumber.
Two rufians who undertook to intimidate
the town of Vision, Iowa. on Sunday, were
shot and killed by the indignant citizens.
Thirteen boys, from s to 1G years old
and armed with gimlets and kettles, were ar
rested Mt Portsmouth last Saturday while
breaking into railway cars to steal beer.
They had been tapping the barrels, drawing
off what they desired and allowing the rest to
run to waste, and had been drunk several
days.
Edmund L. Gushing, one of Now Hamp-
shire's ablest lawyers aud formerly Judge of
the supreme court died at Charlestown Sun
day. He graduated at Harvard and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1885, and was member
of the legislature from 1850 to 1858.
"A heavy wind and rain-storm did from
$50, 900 to 100000 damage at Greenville,
Tex, Saturday night. Several houses were
blown down. all the churches in the town
were badly damaged, and in fact but few
buildings in the place escaped injury. A cy-
clone passed over Barbour county, Ark. Sun
day. demolshing the houses on s or 10 plan
tations, and killing one negro and severely
hurting several others. The damage to prop
erty is serious
-l uOmhs OUuGey, inc IOurtQ OF the GDO-
nix park murderers, was brought to the gal
lows and hanged in Klmainhnm Jail at g
o'clock last Saturday morning. During his
farewell interview with his mother CatTroy
broke down completely. The crowd outside
of the prison was very small, numbering only
about fifty persons. All the informers in the
Dublin murder trials have been notified by
the government that they must choose to
what place they will 20 and leave the country
Carey among the rest, who announced his
intention to remain in Dublin.
"A statue of Gen. Garibaldi was unveiled
at Caprera Sunday in the presence of his fam
lily and many of his friends-in arms.
"A cable despatch says that Queen Victo-
ria is suffering from severe dropsical symp-
toms, and that her physicians protested
against her recent journey to Scotland only
consenting because the injury to her knee
has deprived her of outdoor exercise, and
this deprivation has brought on serious at
tacks of depression and melancholia. Ac-
cording to this despatch the grGvest fears for
the queens health are entertained by those
nearest the throne.-A later despatch says
all this is without foundation in fact.
james Dolan, the alleged dying" con.
sumptive whom Gov Butler pardoned recent
ly from the Concord prison, was caught
Wednesday morning breaking into O Woon-
socket, Il. l., saloon. Several burglaries
have been committed since Dolan' release and
he is believed to have been their perpetrator
Butler graciously let Dolan out of prison that
he might die in . hospital. lie escaped from
the hospital the next day.
An elephant became unruly at Barnum's
circus performance in Chicago yesterday, the
animals were all set in an uproar and panic
was narrowly averted
tb,,,J,r Oh ,l;l ,ox;a,,., H.,
age yesterday in Springfield, Westfeld Wor-
cester, and other Massachusetts towns In
Holyoke a boy was killed. In New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and as far west as
Kansas, also, there were disastrous thunder
storms and several serious fires were caused