Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-19

Waterbury, Conn, Monday, the red.hot hq.
uid spurted into one Of his eyes and harden
ed there SO that It had to be removed by q
surgeon.
The Rev. S. Irenuus Prime. having com
peted fifty years of service in the ministry.
preached his semi centennial sermon last
Sunday, at Bedford, n Y, where he preached
his FIRST sermon in October. 1888
A p pc used to conduct ammoniacal gas
in Moueius brewery at Cincinnati burst
Tuesday where 1t passed through the stable.
hberaung the gas and killing % horses Ia
few minutes
"A stamford, Conn, item says that after
most careful and exhaustive examination of
the evidence in the coroners hearing OF the
Rose Amber murder case. State Attorney
tesseudon does not think he is warranted iu
presenting Lewis to the grand Jury for in
dlctment, and this ends the matter as fur as
Lewis, her intended husband. is concerned.
As TO who killed Rose Amber the question is
still open for discussion
The real thing IN English weddings was
perpetrated at Elizabeth, n D.. iAst week.
when Hamilton FlsL's daughter wa. married
to Mr.. Roosevelt The bride entered the
church at noon on the arm OF her father
bearing on her neck 500 600 !n diamonds
D..
she held the prayer-book The aisles Of the
church were 5trewu with autumn flowers
ami. after the ceremony, the couple knelt
while Bishop IuttIe pronounced blessing
The telegraph wire between Jerome park
and New York city vas tapped last SATURDAY.
and false results Of the races were sent. upon
which pools were paid IN the six or eight
poolroom before the fraud vas discovered
At PlttsDurg Pa. Price ~ Co. paid ont $4,000
on these false reports aud at Baltimore sew
eral hundred dollars were paid out The al
fair created great Indignation among sport.
lug men and measures were taken to discover
the guilty parties
Moody and Sankey will begin a six.
months mission in Isiingtou. England. early
in November 4 fund Of $50 600 las been
raised to pay the expenses
The PAGER Johnston, which paced a
mile on the Chicago track last week IN .. 10.
beating all former records at trottlur or pac.
ing has just been sold for $4,000 TO Com
modore n. W. Kittsou Of 81 Paul MINI.
the owner Of a stud Of famous horses. Pc
ter v Johnston, his driver. says he has driy
en- Johnston quarter mile IN 2g3 seconds.
which is at the rate Of LIS for a mile. and
half mile IN l.Oj, or at the rate o. O6 for d
mile
Professor William Denton. the well
known geologist and free thinker. is supposed
TO have been one of the victims Of the Java
earthquake he has been for two years en-
gagged III scientific explorations il Australia,
New Zealand and China
Another instance Of death resulting from
contact with electric wire occurred last Fri.
day night in Dayton, o. The city is lighted
by the Fuller system, and while some Of the
officers Of the company were making a tour
OF inspection one Of the lamps went out.
Superintendent Robbins, IN lowering the
lamp to examine 1t, took hold Of the conduct
ing wire where the insulation was worn of
and fell as if shot. He died three minutes
later, eIclalming The life Is burned out OF
me
Mrs, Langtry arrived IN New York last
Sunday, on the steamship Oregon, accom-
panied by her mother. Mrs lie breton The
members OF her company as well as the
scenery and the costumes OF the piavs in
which Mrs. Langtry will appear this season
were on the same steamer She will open
her season in Montreal and will not appear in
New York until January
New Orleans has for the first time in ma.
ny years passed the summer without a single
case Of yellow fever, and all danger is now
past
Five executions for murder took place
last Friday The criminals paid the Legal
penalty for taking the lives Of ten victims
One boy Of nineteen killed four members Of
one family Ellis Craft, OF Ashland Ky.
was convicted with two others for the nun.
der Of two girls and a boy. Two were wife
murderers, and one was the slayer Of the
husband Of his paramour.
AT StatssvIle, y. c., on Monday. the
~ 4 b L.
orderly through drink. A pistol hight between
a white man and a negro resulted in the kill
ing of the former, the wounding Of another
man and child and the lynching of the negro.
by the negligence OF a telegraph opera.
tor two trains on Il single track were allowed
to collide at full speed, near Cleveland,
Tenn, Tuesday, killing three men and iniur-
ing hve more
A ST. Paul, Mimi, despatch of the 10th
SAYS Nearly all the wheat in Manitoba was
frozen in the milk, and thereby rendered un-
fit for marketing. 1t Is believed that Manito-
ba will always be too cold for wheat raising
-Tramps stoned the afternoon train from
Norwich TO New London Just below Scotch
cap, IN Waterford Ct. on the New London
Northern railroad, Wednesday, and III the
evening they burned the pavilion at Scotch
cap used by picnickers during the summe
season.
j w Mackey and James Gordon Ben
nett signed contract at Paris September IS
with Siemens Bros. for two transatlantic ca
bles which are being made near London. The
first cable will be open 10 the public about
June / and the second one a few weeks later
FOREIGN-ANOTHEH DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE.
The recent earthquake in Asia Minor and
H., nF orff, ,-Iv.
trous on the Asia Minor coast between
Ohesme, opposite the island of Ohios. and
Vourla, on the southern coast OF the gulf Of
Smyrna. One despatch says that all the vii.
lagos in that region were destroyed and that
1000 lives were lost, Another despatch
makes the loss of life 2OOO The survivors
of the disaster are suffering fearful privations.
and are still panic stricken. An immense
amount of property has been destroyed. AT
Smyrna the shock was quite severe, and 8
regular panic prevailed during the continu-
ance Of the vibrations, but the damage was
slight.
Moody and Sankey opened day mission
in Cork, Ireland, Tuesday. A mob gathered
outside the building and hooted every one
who entered until dispersed by police
-O'Donnell, Carey's murderer, was indict.
ed Wednesday and upon Arrangement plead.
ed not guilty. The trial was postponed until
November,
The whole village Of Allegno, near Bres
cia, Italy, has been burned to the ground and
1000 persons are homeless
Three thousand armed peasants Assem-.
bled at VALENCIA do Mimic in the province OF
Wanna, Spain, on the Portuguese frontier,
recently, and raised cries for a republic, bui
were dispersed by troops.
The remnant Of King Citiwayos party
assembled recently 20 rescue Ciuwayo from
Inkankla bush where he has been hiding,
when Chief Usibepu, whose forces have been
watching the borders OF the reserve near Ba-
bRnango, surprised them and slaughtered
one-half their number A Pietermaritzburg
dispatch says that Oltiwayo has surrendered
to the British and will be interned in Natal.
Germany has trichinosis in an aggrayat-
ed form, in spite of the Introduction Of Amer
lean pork. cable despatch says that 400
persons are Frustrated by triohinoss in ten
villages of Saxony and 90 of the sufferers are
ina hopeless condition. Deaths from this dis.
ease are occurring daily.