Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-06-22

Colenso Is dead

bishop Colenso is dead
During school exhibition at Sulphur
Well, Ky, last week the marshal requested
two young men to keep quiet, whereupon
they opened fire upon him and in the scrim-
mage that followed three persons were killed.
At Fleetwood Park, New York, last Sat.
urday w. II. Vanderbilt drove his mares
MAUD S." and "Aldine" before heavy road
wagon in 2:l5I-which beats the best double.
team on record. Vanderbilt himself weighs
200 and the whole load carried by the horses
was not less than 40 lbs.
"A whirlwnd visited Muney, Pa, Sunday
evening. The Philadelphia & Reading rail.
road station and half mile of track were de.
stroyed, and boy of ID was killed.
Mrs. Jennie Hartman of New York city
gave her baby drink of benzine by mistake
for water last Saturday. The child died in
terrible agony.
The funeral of n L. Dukes occurred
Saturday at Uniontown, Pa. Young Mutt
who shot him, has been indicted for murder
Dispatches from all parts of the country are
pouring in upon the Mutt family rendering
financial assistance.
John Barnett, a Kentucky desperate,
who was known as lord of Menifee county"
together with five accomplices, pleaded guilty
last week at Mt. Sterling, Ky, 10 the murder
of Vaughan Helton, and the six were sentene.
ed to prison for life
Arthur H. Blaney, cashier and head
book keeper of the Massachusetts loan and
trust company at Boston, has been arrested
Tor embezzling S44, 200 of the company's
funds. He confesses the crime, and states
the cause to be mining and stock speeulations.
BlAney Is but 80 years old, is married, and
has been in the employ of the concern some
10 years. His stealings extend from Novem-
ber 1850, to November, 1882.
Central Illinois and portions of Missouri
and Kansas have been visited this week by
disastrous rain storms which have caused
great loss to property of all kinds. Corning,
Mo, 10 miles north of St. Joseph on the Kan
sas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs rail.
road was inundated by the Missouri river and
several houses were swept away About four
miles OF the railroad was under water. All
the large streams in NemahR county, Kan,
overlooked and there is scarcely bridge that
has not been damaged or carried away, Sew.
EN- out OF party of eight persons, who tried
to escape IN wagon which was caught in the
treshet, were drowned,
A cyclone struck Steubenville, O., Mon.
day evening, doing $l5, 900 worth of damage
70 property in the northern part of the city.
Eye, witnesses say that when the cyclone
reached the bank of the river it plunged into
""tNit hANAAB ~ hbout lOO Ittls AZ
Millersburg, o., the storm tore out the corner
OF the court house, and tore up trees and un-
rooted several houses. The track of the
storm was from 100 to 400 feet wide, and in
many places everything was swept as if by
broom.
Two Mormon missionaries, the last in
the state, were hunted out Of mountain caves
and driven from North Carolina recently.
There was a $500, 600 fire on Port street
San Francisco, Wednesday night.
The Harvards won the race at New Lon.
don Wednesday, beating the Columbia crew
by about twelve lengths.
Another terrific tornado visited certain
portion of Missouri on Wednesday. sweeping
away twenty or thirty farm houses.
Half million dollars invested in whiskey
and warehouses at Gibsonton, Pa, was swept
away by fire Thursday
A severe storm of several days' duration
caused one of the most wonderful land slides
on Flume Mountain, Franconia Notch,
wednesday, ever known in the White Noun
1alns' About one mile from the Flume
House, and plainly seen from there, a great
volume of water rushing through the Flume
carried rocks Weighing many thousand tons
through to Pemigewasset river, half a mile
below. il has made the celebrated place
more wonderful than ever. The scene as tho
water subsidies is grand beyond description
On Wednesday the Philadelphia police
found in the cellar of dwelling formerly oc-
cupied by DIR. Isaac Hathaway, an alleged
abortionist, the bodies of several children
&nd large number of human bones. DIR.
Hathaway was arrested in March, 1881, for
criminal malpractice, but was admitted to
bail and fled. He, however, returned to the
city some time ago, but has never been rear
Tlgtnd n ha oh L., -. n III !. q
ternoon ~ skulls Or portions of skulls, of in
iants had been found buried in the cellar OF
the dwelling. The coroner has lodged a de-
tainer against Hathaway, who is now in the
county prison charged with Rss4ulting Tela-
tive.