Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-14

urday. His lecture tour in this country can
hardly be called a financial success having
netted him only $4,000.
Frank Runde, the desperate who made
an attempt upon the life Of Deputy Warden
Mcdonald, ut the Joliet, ILL.,, penitentiary,
last Saturday night committed suicide Sun
day night by hanging himself. Runde's real
name was Charles O. Scott and he is supposed
to have murdered 10 persons in Indiana, Hi
nois and Missouri.
A destitute Neenah wis woman named
Kitty Ames, who had just given birth to q
child in the City hotel at Fond du Lac, Wis,
was driven out into g snow-storm with the in
FAINT the other night by Landlord Scharbuuo
When found by the police the infant was
dead The woman will probably die.
AT midnight, last Sunday night, wom-
an at Pottsgrove Pa, who was crazed with
mNlnrial fever, deliberately set her clothing
on fire. She fought those who tried to ex.
tinguish the famos and was slowly burned
to DEATH
Miss Clara Barton, president of the as
sociation of the Red Cross, who is personal.
ly experimenting the work of afTordlng re-
lief to the flood sufferers along the Ohio, tel
egraphs that the headquarters Of the associa-
ton in the field have been removed TO Evans
vile, Ind, where letters and contributions
should be addressed She reports wide.
spread destruction in all that region, and says
that the sufferings and losses of the people
have been greatly increased by snow and ice.
The relief work will continue for some weeks
to come.
The MAckley block at Memphis, Mo
was burned last Friday and two men were
killed and three men and a woman seriously
hurt by falling walls
1t is given as one OF the results Of the
recent st. Louis meeting Of barbcd-wre
makers that all the bArbed-wire manufactur-
ers in the country will consolidate undOr the
name of the National bsrbed-wiro company.
"A terrible snow slide half mile wide at
Alta, Utah, last Friday, swept away the
works of the new Emma mine and killed ~
persons. All but one Of the bodies have
been recov red. The snow was piled 80 feet
high and the mine was damaged SIS, 900.
Several of the killed leave families.
"A San Francisco despatch says that the
storm of last Saturday and Sunday was the
most severe experienced in many years. The
Santa Clara valley for distance of Is miles
is vast lake, and the damage to property is
fully 100000.
"A cloud burst at Florence, Ariz, last
Friday morning, and water ran four feet deep
in the streets, doing $1,000 damage
cloud burst near Caiente, Cal, Friday night,
and covered in one instant the track of the
Southern Pacific railroad for several hundred
feet with two feet of sand and water Build
ings near were covered to a depth of Is
inches.
Freeman Willis, one of the proprietors
of the Eagle. hotel at Laconia n. H., was
stabbed near the heart Saturday night by
Frederick Dow, one of three drunken young
men whom he was trying 10 eject from the
house. The wound is dangerous and Dow is
in Jail.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis and her daughter
jessie were found dead in bed at their home
in New Haven, CT, last Saturday evening,
having been suffocated by illuminating gas.
They were last heard from on the Wednesday
previous. The husband and father was in
the city hospital for treatment.
AT Wilmington, Ohio, Monday, an intox.
icated man shot and killed the police officer
| who arrested him, and was himself wounded
| in the unsuccessful effort Of a mob to lynch
| him for the murder.
Captain S. f.. Wright late of the wreck
| ed City Of Columbus, has been offered com
mand of a large steamer on Puget Sound,
but the revocation of his license prevents his
acceptance. The revoked license was to run
until next August, when he can ask for q new
| one.
The appearance Of the foot and mouth
| disease in Kansas and Maine has caused much
| excitement among congressman in Washing
ton. Senators Plumb and Ingalls, have re-
ceiyed many kilograms from state officials
and representatives of cattle associations,
urging immediate action upon the pleuro-
| pneumonia bill. 1t is said that the disease is
| being stamped out in the vicinity Of Port
land, Me. In Kansas it is proposed to kill
every infected animal and burn their bodies.
1t is said that over $1,000, 900 Of New
| England money was invested in North Caro-
| lima gold mines last year. There are now
| 1916 mines worked IN the state, and the prod
uct is ten times that in any other state east of
\ the Rocky mountains.
Eighteen hundred children in Mad ison,
Wis, had sleigh-ride the other day, max.
| ing chattering, shouting, singing process
sion mile long, headed by brass band and
gay with flags and streamers.
"A special from Fresnillo state OF Zacate-
cas-, Mexico, says; The final spike in the
Mexican Central railroad was driven Saturday
| on broad plain, six miles from Fresnilo, at
4.50 P. M, in the presence of a distinguished
assemblage There is now an unbroken rail
way from Mexico City to the Rio Grande.
Much enthusiasm was displayed. Two locomo-
tives, one from Mexico City and the other
from the United States decorated with the
Mexican and American colors, approached
until the cow-catchers met. Great energy
has been displayed in the track laying. For
the last three days three and one-half miles
were laid daily 70 miles were laid during
the PC working days in February, 525 miles
in the last three months. The road will be
opened for through traffic Immediately. 1t
is 1925 miles long from FL Paso on the Rio
Grande to the city of Mexico, is we'll built
and follows the great natural level pointed
out by Humboldt as extending from the city
of Mexico to Santa Fe.
The state of South Carolina has been on
hunt for fortnight past after W. b. Cash,
who shot and killed W. II. Richards, town
marshal of Cherawa, and whom the govern
or proclaimed a fugitive from justice. The
posse arrived at Cash's place early last Mon.
day morning and at once surrounded the
house. Col. E. B. Cash, father of the fugi-
tive, was taken into custody. Meanwhile
Began Cash, who had been sleeping in an
clubhouse on the premises, effected his es-
cape to the surrounding swamps, which are
now being searched for the fugitive. E. b.
Cash, on discovering the picket at daylight,
armed himself and attempted to escape, but
encountered one of the posse, who brought
his rife to bear on him and compelled him 10
drop his weapons.
About 100000 worth of property was
started in barber shop.
The most severe blizzard of the season
was raging at Minneapolis Tuesday and travel
of all kinds was suspended. The storm was
of exceptional severity throughout Minnesota
and Dakota.
"A Denver, COL, despatch of the 18th
says: Last night a snow slide descended
upon the little snow bound station of Wood.
stock, on branch of the South Park rail
road, IS miles southwest of Leadville carry
ing away every building in town. Eighteen
persons are known to have been caught in
the avalanche, including Mrs. Doyle and her
six children and another woman name un-
known, and ten section men. The two wom-
en- were rescued alive, but seriously injured.
The snow fall in the mountain district of Col
orado during the present winter is without
parallel in the history of the state. Many
mining camps have been snow bound since
November. Derange, Silverton and Rice,
containing one to five thousand inhabitants,
are still blockaded. No trains have reached
other towns in several weeks and whole com
munities are in state of pitiable destitu-
iion