Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A fire at Dallas Texas, last Saturday
burned Towards elevator and three and one
half blocks, including an electric light manu-
factory, livery. stable, wagon yard, gro
Gerry store, several residences and other build
ings The national hotel caught fire 30
times, but was saved. Loss from $3.50, 200
to 500, 900. Lowenstein Bros. dry goods
store at Memphis Tenn, was burned the
same day loss $4,000.
John Smith, negro murderer who escap-
ed from jail at Oakland, Md, one night last
week, was so badly hurt in the fight with the
jailer that he gave himself up the next morn
ing.
The brakes of an Allegheny pa. street
car got out of order as it reached the top of
a steep grade on Sandusky street last Satnr.
day evening and the car ran through the gates
at the crossing of the Fort Wayne railroad
and collided with a passing freight train.
The car was wrecked and several passengers
were hurt.
President Arthur's sd birthday last
Friday was observed by little dinner party
in the evening Among tho callers were
Gen Grant, Secretary Chandler and Chief
Justice Waite.
-Vice-President Colfax and five friends
have Just started for British Columbia, via
the Northern Pacific route, expecting to be
gone several weeks.
Mrs. Slows grandchid which she had
been caring for at Gatesville, Tex, was re-
Gently taken away by its father which SO
greved the old woman that on Wednesday of
last week she saturated her clothing with kerr
osene, tied herself to- fence, set her dress
on fire and was burned to death
In the case of John Chisholm, who shot
his wife on the 2ad of June last, in Newark,
L.. raN. V,aI Afaf ~
murder in the first degree.
"A policeman, while trying to arrest two
negro thieves at Huntsville, Ala, Tuesday,
was seized by one of them while the other
split his head open with an AK. A lynohing
bee is promised.
A tree fell on a house occupied by labor
ers near Jonesboro, Ark, Sunday night,
killing three ana injuring two others.
At Pawlng, Duchess Co., N. Y, quiet
little town among the hills, long series OF
robberies upon farmers, including cattle and
sheep stealing by gang of rufians, has end
ed by the blowing up of a house by dynam-
ite in which were several perspas who were
to be used as witnesses against the gang
One man was fatally hurt The three men
suspected of the crime have been arrested.
Complaints have been made of late that
cattle dealers we're selling Chicago butchers
cattle afflicted with cancer to be cut up and
sold to their customers, and now it is said
that the health inspector has condemned a
herd of lG such cattle which were about to
go to the SHAMELESS. Cattle so affected trans
init to consumers a disease nearly as fatal as
triohinosis.
The Bowdoin college students voted on
| Tuesday to adopt the new system of self
| government on the Amherst plan.
VIM. Henry Mussen, atty cashier of Mon
treal, has absconded He embe22ed a large
sum the actual amount is unknown.
The locomotive of gravel train was run
into near Lowell, Mass. Monday, by a
freight train. The engineer and fromar
jumped from the engine without shutting OIL
the steam aud the engine ran alone to Low
ell, where the track ends, buried itself with a
tremendous crash in the cellar under the ex
press office at the station, causing much dem
age, and fatally iniuring a young woman IL
the office,
FOREIGN.
Emperor William of Germany has giver
Won Schillng, the sculptor of the Nieder
valid monument, $4,000 marks and sent hin
an autograph letter comforting decoration
upon him.
The funeral of NJ. Tourguenef, thu
great noVehst, LOOK place ~ pt' otersoult
Tuesday. Thousands of people followed his
body to the grave and the streets and win
dows of residences or the route were crowd
cd. Populations were present from all part
of the empire.
Rev. Geo. Wood, the English naturalist
whose natural history works are in thousand
of American homes, has agreed to deliye
lectures in the Lowell institute of Bostol
and the Cooper institute of New York, an
wi sail on the 18th for Boston.