Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

day, when the roof Of his barn caved in from
the weight of snow and he was buried beneath
it and killed He leaves n wife and three
children.
Last Saturday, "for the first time in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant" navigation
on Lake Michigan was completely closed.
Tie perils of winter navigation on the lakes
this season are said to have been very great
Astronomers say that there is now an
unusual outbreak Of sun-spots covering nearly
the entire equatorial region Of the sun.
"A well of natural gas was struck Mt a
depth Of ITO feet at Hills Station, Pa,
Tuesday The gas Immediately ignited,
burning down the drillers' shanty and derrick,
and the drilers themselves barely escaped
with their lives, two of them having their
clothing burned. The gas will be utilized by
a plate glass company having capital of 81
600, 600.
Vanderbilt is equipping himself with
means to run an opposition line to the Grand
Trunk.
-Collender's billiard table factory at STAN
ford, Conn, was burned Wednesday night
Loss 1925, 900.
Colonel Roland G.. Usher Of Boston has
been appointed warden of the Massachusetts,
state prison in place of Mr.. Earle removed
The Hampton Jubilee Singers were ar
rested at New Haven, Sunday night, while
giving a concert, for violating law prohibit
ing concerts on the Sabbath The perform
ance was given for the benefit Of the Metho-
dist Sunday school.
twenty-five years ago last Sunday, an
thracite coal was first successfully tested in a
CRATE at Wilkesbarre, Pa. The anniversary
of the event was duly celebrated by the Wy
oming historical aud geological society.
A Montana stage driver hit upon novel
method of saving woman's life a week or
two ago He was on the trip from Deer
Lodge to Missoula, and the cold was so in
tense that the only passengers, a woman aud
her little child were in danger of freezing
to death. The mother placed all her wraps
around the babe, and the driver saw that
drowsiness, the first stage of freezing, had
fallen upon the devoted woman. He put his
coat around her, but her blood seemed to be
standing still. Then he grew very harsh,
seized the woman, dragged her from the
coach and left her by the roadside ooh,
my baby " the mother cried. The driver
cracked his whip. The stage flew over the
snow, with the woman running after The
race WAS kept up for nearly two miles, when
the driver took the mother in and again
wrapped his coat around her. by clever
ruse he had warmed her blood and saved her
life.
A three-story brick building on Wisatch
street, Cincinnati, and occupied by four fam
lilies lG persons in all, was blown up by an
explosion of sewer gas yesterday aud all in
side buried under the ruins. The injuries
were serious though all were taken out alive.
FOREIGN.
-Four men were killed last Saturday and
several fatally hurt by an accident in the
shaft Of the Severn tunnel works.
Tho indictment against Prince Jerome
was quashcd by the court at Paris last Satur-
day, and he was released from arrest
Sarah BernLardt's diamonds have been
sold at Paris, the principal buyers being deal
ers aud fa-. women. necklace Of rose dia-
monds brought $500 and a pair of bracelets
5000
For the fifth year in succession the crop
prospects in the old world are gloomy.
The Gar has ordered new throne for
the coming coronation 1t is to be of black
oak richly carved.
DR.. Robert d. Lyons who is travelling in
the north of Ireland, and writing his obserya-
tons for the press, draws pictures Of such
appalling poverty and restitution that the
Boston Pilot shrinks from reprinting them.