Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-09-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A CRAZY MAN FIRES AT THE BRITISH CONSUL IN
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phfeutly CrHAy, entered tne BtlJlbn CONSULATE
at New York Tuesday and fired two shots at
random. lie then rushed hatless into the
street but was soon captured. He described
himself as John A. Feeney, 2G, an Irishman
by birth and coachman by trade He APP
peared sickly, and said that he had recently
been discharged from hospital in Buffalo
He declared that he had come from Canada
on purpose to kill the British consul who had
been libelling his character. He was arraign-
ed on charge of trying to murder and was
held in default Of $1,000 bail.
DAMAGE FROM THE EQINooT1AL STORM.
Last Monday nights storm did $4,000
damage to gardens, etc, at Boston, wrecked
some yachts and drove tug ashore on Spec
tacle island. The spire of the Charming Me-
mortal church was damaged at Newport, h. L.
schooner on Lake Erie laden with Ii, 600
bushels of wheat went down and the captain
and six men were lost. The round house of
the Rochester q Pittsburg railroad on the
Lake shore at South Buffalo, N. Y, was lev
eled with the ground and fine house on Fer
ry street, Buffalo, was demolished. Large
panes of glass in several Main street stores
were broken and trees were Frustrated. One
hundred feet of the New York Central track
were washed away by high tide; bathing
houses were destroyed and many small craft
were stranded or sunk.
Tho old mill in Menard county, ILL.,, re-
ferred to in all the biographies OF Abraham
Lincoln, was burned last Sunday night with
all its contents. 1t was originally built in
1929 by VIM. S. Greene better known as
"Slicky" Greene, who afterwards took Mr..
Lincoln into partnership with him under the
firm name of Greene d Lincoln. 1t was at
this mill where the old store was kept, at
which Mr. Lincoln met the old settlers of the
state. The property was not very valuable.
1t was insured for $500.
DR. A. b. McKune, a prominent physi-
clan and druggist, Of Council Bluff, Ia, was
shot and killed Monday evening by DR.. E. d.
Cross while going to supper. There was an
old feud between the men. Words passed
and they came to blows when Cross drew a
revolver and shot McKune. The murderer
surrendered
There is great excitement in Dublin and
London this morning over the story that Or
angemen have put bullet through the body
Of Mr. Parnell. The extent of his injuries is
not known.
1t is understood in Boston that Mr. Prince
declines his nomination on the ticket with
Butler.
Thirteen convicts-seven black and six
white-were publicly whipped at Newcastle,
Del. last Saturday. The cat was well laid on,
but blood was drawn in only one case.
Frank Dolan, Providence hotel waiter,
was put off a horse car last Saturday evening,
for being drunk and disorderly. He ran af-
ter the horse-car, fell upon the track, and
soon died, probably from dissipation.
John Bull of Gallon, o., engineer Of the
"Thunderbol' passenger train on the New
York Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad died
at Akron, o., Sunday from the injuries re-
ceiyed in a collision with freight train Sat
urday night He could have saved himself
by Jumping, but thought of the passengers,
reversed his engine and set the air brakes.
He then put on full steam and started the en-
CINE ahead. 1t broke loose from the cars,
took the shock Of the collision aud the pas
sengers were saved. He was the oldest en-
| gineer on the road.
A hail stoim swept over the Ohio valley
! from Carrolton, Ky, TO Lawrence burg, Ind
| Sunday afternoon covering the ground from
two to four inches deep with hail and running
the crops
Thomas Smith went into a Lovelady
| Tex church meeting recently while slightly
intoxicated and accidentally stepped on the
toes of the clergvman's son. The young
| man waited until after service and then stab
| bed Smith
Cyrus W Field has invested Sl5 900 in
an artesan well just dug in the cellar Of his
new building at | Broadway. 1t is expected
to discharge 80 gallons of pure cold water a
minute the year round from a depth of 1900
feet. Though situated only about 500 feet
from the bay of New York, this well has not
a drop Of salt water.
The steamship Alaska of the Guon line
which reached New YORK Sunday morning
made the fastest westward trip across the
ocean on record days, 81 hours and &C
- 81
beating the record by over two hours. A
new boat of the same line, the Oregon, has
made 20 miles all hour on the trial trip.
Regina Anderson, young and beautiful
blind girl, who had been deluded into eX.
changing her home in Sweden for one in Salt
Lake City, but who was rescued at Castle
Garden by her brother and sister, said of the
missionary who had deceived her. He told
me that the weather in Utah was always
pleasant aud that nobody lived there but
rich men, a great many of whom We're I'M
married and wanted wives. He told me that
husband was awaiting me among his peo
pie, and said that he owned a big coal mine
lived in a palace, and owned a dozen car
rages, and great stable full of horses"
Melinda Pope of Genesee, Wis, married
a man named Conlin the other day, and now
wants divorce because he is the wrong fel
low 1t was his twin brother whom she loved
and meant to have. and only after the cere
mony did she find that half the Oourting anC
all the marrying had been done by the wronI
fellow. The brothers are said to look anC
appear so much alike that their best friend
can with difficulty tell which ID which, but
whereas the bachelor is good and mora
man of industrious habits, the other is
worthless scamp Melinda thinks the Law
ought somehow to give her the right man
but admits that even if she gets him it MAJ
be inconvenient to have husband so mucl
like somebody else.
The grip on the Brooklyn bridge cab
cars has at last been made to work and th
cars are now running regularly. They ar
said to work WE'LL conveying passengers s.
rapidly as to shorten the distance between
the city halls of New York and Rrooklyl
from half an hour to 70 minutes.
The monument erected at the Taylo
homestead five miles from Louisville, by tn
state of Kentucky, to ex- President Zachar
Taylor, was dedicated last Thursday. Gen
Crittenden Of the U. s. army delivered tn
eulogy.
The II year old daughter of George Hill
of seymour, o., II miles from New Hsver
shot herself dead through the body with
ouble.barreled shotgun Tuesday. She ha
told her schoolmates that she intended to XII
herself because she could not get along plea
anty with her step mother,
The lpol, up at Ashville o., was burne
Monday, and its single occupant, an umbrell
member was burned to death He had col
t siderable money about his person, and it
thought he was murdered and the buildin
i set on fire to conceal the crime
! Collector Hartranft of Philadelphia ha
been notified to sorntniSe cattle from GreG
3 Britain, because of the alarming increase {
foot and mouth disease in that country.
: The army worm is doing considerab
: damage to the crops around Newbern, N,
: During August IS, 900 immigrants arrive
0 in the United States
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e VViRdham County Fair Receipts lsS
= 90 ISS3.
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