Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26

Robert Briefly shot Robert Bates dead
in Barretts circus at Nashville Monday. Ten
years ago Bates killed Brierlys brother at
Adance, and had served six years in the pen
itentiary for the crime.
Two Mexicans fired into dance house
near Gardner, Col, Sunday night, killing two
Mexicans, one of whom was the owner of
the house, and two other men, one the son of
prominent citizen.
Snow fell Saturday night and Sunday at
st. Paul Mimi, to the depth of from three
to six inches, the fall being general all over
the state and in the upper Red River valley.
There are four feet of snow on the
mountains ut Telluride, Col, where it showed
three days. The mines are closed and much
stock has been caught in the snow banks.
A rotten bridge gave way on the Glens
Falls branch of the Delaware and Hudson
railway, Monday afternoon and wrecked
passenger train, killing three persons and
wounding large number of others-every
person on the train being more or less hurt
The bridge was wooden one crossing the
Glens Falls feeder of the Champan canal,
about so miles from the Fit. Edward railr Dad
station
The boiler in Ross Bros sash and door
factory exploded at Mt Pleasant Ia, Sun
day, wrecking the building killing one man
and severely hurting five other persons. A
dwelling near by was struck by piece of the
engine and completely wrecked as was also
machine shop Rd dining
On Tuesday the through train on the
Louisville and Nashville line to st. Louis,
while running between Belleyille, H., and
East st. Louis encountered a broken rail at a
point five miles east of East st. Louis, which
threw the last two cars, first class passenger
and sleeper, of the track. The cars turned
over and were dragged considerable dis
lance, when the coupling broke and the en-
tire destruction of the cars with their 90 oc-
of the conclusion broke to pieces the interior
fixtures Of the coaches and the fragments
| flew about in all directions cutting and bruis.
| ing the passengers who were being tossed to
fro among the seats. The scene within the
wrecked cars was a terrible one. The passen-
| gers were covered with blood, while all por-
lions of the cars were freely despatched. 1t
seemed as though almost every passenger
must necessarily have sustained fatal injuries,
| but it proved that only one was hurt danger.
ously, 10 seriously, and 2G received minor in
| iuries.
DR.. John Z. Mathers Of Sandusky, Ohio,
| has been arrested upon the charge of decoy-
ing Dr. Geo E. Gordon into an unoccuped
| mousse una competing nln' ny threats vi per
sonal violence, to give him check for $500
and an order upon Mrs. Gordon for a similar
amount. Mathers has made confession, in
which he says that he first planned to rot
Gordon by stealing his child and exacting q
ransom but his heart failed him on this, and
he then got the key of an unoccupied house,
disguised himself, and telephoned Gordon &c
come to see a sick person. The doctor came
and, Mathers continues, II grabbed him by
the throat, and by threats compelled him tc
give me check and an order upon his wife
Then tied him, locked him in the house ant
got into his buggy to drive to his house to ge
the money on the order. He escaped from
the room, notified the police, and they arriv
ed at his residence before l did. On seeinl
them fed into the country, where left thu
team, and then wandered about until CAV,
myself up