Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

Beneficial Society OF the Catholic church OF
Corpus Christi. The excursonists went down
on tho barge Cockade City, which was towod
by tug. The barge was formerly a canal
boat, but had been fitted up with several
decks for excursion purposes and used as such
for number of years. During the day she
had taken down about 500 persons, aud on
her last trip about 100 A large number Of
those who went down duriug the day waited
to return ON the last trip. As the barge ap.
preached, all those on shore rushed TO the
end of the wharf, which is several hundred
feet long, and we're closely packed together
at a gate about % feet from the end, impa
tienty waiting to pass through. As the barge
came alongside it struck the wharf, which
suddenly and without warning gave way, pre-
cipitatng largo portion of the crowd into
the water, which is about ten feet deep Many
saved themselves by fleeing to the shore as
the pier crumbled and fell. The darkness
added to the confusion and terror and little
could be done at once to rescue the drowning,
most of whom were women and children.
THE CHOLERA.
The cholera is spreading rapidly every
where in Egypt, and the mortality increases
hourly. The deaths at Cairo numbered iSl
between & A. NJ. aud & =. NJ. Sunday, besides
fearful mortality among the Egyptian artil-
lery. At a dozen other places the deaths
were POO. doctor, with 80 assistants, has
been ordered from India to Egypt. The Eng
fish government has despatched - doctors
who are experts in cholera to Egypt. Inspec-
tors are visiting all houses in the popuous
quarters Of Paris to institute measures to
guard against the cholera. The United
States secretary Of the treasury at the sug
gestion of Surgeon General Hamilton of the
Marine hospital service, has cablcd instruc.
tons to the American consul. general in Lon
don and the consul at Liverpool to appoint at
once sanitary inspectors whose duty shall be
to inspect all vessels leaving the United
Kingdom for the United States, and to notify
by cable the health authorities in this coun.
try of all such vessels having disease on
board or which are liable to develop disease
on the voyage. This action was taken in
consequence of the rumor that cholera has
appeared in the London docks.
Minnesota had a whrlwind one or two
miles wide, last Saturday which crossed Blue
Earth Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmstead and
Wabashaw counties Most serious damage
occurred at the villages of Kasata, Owatonna
and Elgin. Three persons were seriously in.
jured at Elgin, and there were nine serious
casualties near Mantorville. By the over.
turning of passenger train near Owatonna
3 persons were injured 1t is reported that
nine persons were killed and 80 wounded
near Huron, Oak. Elgin suffered worse than
any other place. Every business building in
town il down or unroofed One woman was
killed and two or three other persons badly
injured The church and schoolhouse are
flat on the ground. good many private
dwellings are also in ruins The elevators
are partly damaged and the station building
is almost wreck. The crops are destroyed
or greatly damaged. At numerous other
l1n,r,, 40,
killed
The village of Onondsga, Ingham county,
Mich, was almost swept away by cyclones
Monday A woman namol HURLEY was kill
ed, also Mrs Elizabeth Barlow. The tornado
struck two miles east of Eaton Rapids, de-
stroying large amount Of property. Eugene
Henry's house was blown to atoms His wife
and seven children We're inside. Two chill
dren were found dead 40 rods distant, and
three others and the mother were badly hurt
The baby was unhurt, although the crib in
which it was asleep cannot be found.
Red Bank, Atlantic Highland Asbury
Park, Ocean Grove. and other neighboring
New Jersey resorts were swept by cyclone
Monday and Tuesday which caused damages
aggregating 500, 900 and cost at least two
lives.
The difficulties of fighting fire in the
lofty blocks which are Incoming an archi-
tectural fashion in New York were demon
strated last Sunday in the burning of the
Munro building. This building was nine sto-
ries high, and was hive of the printing in
dustry, 20 firms having quarters under its
roof. Had the fire occurred on a working
day the loss of life must have been terrible
As it was IA firemen had thrillingly narrow
escape from cremation within i.s walls.
The British team won the international
rifle match at Wimbledon last Friday and
Saturday by superior long distance shooting
on the latter day, the total scores at the five
ranges standing British, 1885, Americans,
1906. The weather was very unfavorable on
Saturday, the rain falling in torrents at fire.
quent intervals accompanied 10y strong
winds
In quarrel on Monday at Chapman
| Plantation, twelve miles from Pressure Isle,
Maine, John Swanback shot John Hanson in
the throat and Hanson shot Swanback in the
arm. Both were farmers. Hanson died in
ten minutes.
There was a terrible accident Ut TIE blast
furnace in Geddes, H. L., Monday. Eight
men entered the furnace to construct new
| lining, when the old lining fell upon them
killing them all instantly. A hundred tons
of brick and mortar fell upon them. The
victims were married and had families,
Two barns and machine shop connect
ed with the house Of "a. A. Aott half a
mile from Cleremont Village, NJ H.
were burned Monday, with 90 tons of hay
and a lot Of tools, hardware and lumber
The loss is $4,000, no insurance.
Two men were killed and IL wounded
during fight among IN excursion party t
Staten Island, Sunday. Ten OF the wounded
are under arrest. Rifles pistols, knives anC
bludgeons were freely used
One of RaTnpm'G performing elephants
worth $50, 600, died ut Hamilton, Ont, Mon
day.
E H. Carson of East Rochester N II.
safely made the descent of Mount Webbing
ton on bicycle last Monday,
of 80 insuTanoe companies in New Yorl
and Brooklyn, Us show an excess Of expendi
lures over incomes during the first six month
of 1888.
Capt. Matthew Webb. the noted English
swimmer, persisted in an attempt to swim tn
Niagara river whirlpool rapids Tuesday after
noon. He leaves . widow aqd two ohildrc
in England,
Mr.. William Aston has contracted for
yacht to cost $3.50, 900, or 500, 600 more thai
Gould's ATLANTA.
The beet sugar business in Delaware il
disastrous failure ana the COMPANY, Will
1920, 600 capital organized to carry il on ha
gone the way of all earthly things. Til
managers say that the trouble was in III
beets, that they did not have sugar enough
in them, but some think that the mischie
was done by inexperience and bad manage
ment.
Col. King the famous ranch owner an
cattle raiser of San Antonio, Texas, has sol
his ranch aud cattle there for 81 Goa, 600 t
an English syndicate,
"A boat containing eight men and tw
young girls, all oolored, who were crossiu
the James river at Claremont, Va, to atter
prayer-meeting at Sandy Point, Monda
night, capsized, and eight of the party wei
drowned,
"A carriage containing the skeletons
three adults and two children sitting uprigl
under large tree has been found near a roG
in Llano county, Tex. The tree had bee
shattered by lightning, The weathef-beatt
appearance CT tho carriage indicated that Il
event happened year ago.
Nearly two hundred descendants of r
bekah Nurse, who was hanged as a witch
l | 1862, assembled at the ancient homestead
I their unfortunate ancestor in Salem, Mass
t on Wednesday, to pay piqus tribute to h
memory.
-Cetewayo, the famous south African xii
and warrior, is reported dead,