Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
ANOTHER SuPING FROST.

A severe frost is reported from various
sections OF New England, Saturday night
At Augusta, Me, it was very cold and vege-
tation was badly nippcd. At Peterboro, N.
H., beans, squashes and other vegetables
were damaged. At Port jefferson, L. l., the
ground was white with FROST Sunday night,
and potatoes, strawberries aud several other
crops were destroyed. The damage cannot
be estimated, but it is large At Sandwich
and other places on Cape Cod the cranberry
crop is almost entirely ruined Plants in
new boys are generally killed and probably
in many old ones the damage is about as
great. Potatoes, corn and all kinds of vines
were seriously affected. Much OF the corn
will have to be replanted. AtFo1boro, Mass
most OF the early fruits and vegetables are
either stunted or practically killed. At Ham.
ilton, l.. l., the ground was white, Saturday
night, and many fields which have already
been planted the second time will require an
other planting. The damage all through
that neighborhood was very great especially
to the early crops The most destructive
June frost for many years visited Tolland
county, Conn, Saturday and Sunday nights.
The potato vines, and in some places the
leaves on the trees were blackoned. On
Monday morning there was heavy frost in
Sussex and Warren counties, n. j., damag-
ing tho crops very seriously.
As an east-bound train on the BURLINGTON
and Missouri River road approached Hubbel,
Kan. Wednesday, il caused the rails to spread
about 60 feet from the approach to the
bridge which is $50 feet long. The engine
left the track, but crossed the bridge on the
ties, and the jolting caused the bridge to fall,
carrying down the entire train. The engine,
smoking car, day coach and sleeper were
wrecked and about 80 persons were hurt:
Frederick A. Bennett OF Greenfield,
Mass, died Sunday from the immediate eff
fects Of drinking large amount OF ice.wa-
ter while in heated condition.
George Chase of Attawaugan Ct, was
shot dead Sunday by revolver in his coat
pocket, accidentally discharged while he was
climbing stone wall. He was 90 years old
and leaves a wife and family.
A boy was killed at Bridgeport, Conn,
last week by charge from an electric light
wire. There was hooked piece Of tele-
graph wire hanging from the electric light
wire, and party of boys began daring each
other to touch it. The first boy got only a
slight shock, the second ono keeled over
from the effects, and then the third tried it,
He couldn't let 60 Of the wire, and by the
time his brother had loosened his hand he
was unconscious. His mates started to carry
him home, and he died Just as he reached
his fathers door.
"A museum of natural history, literally
endowed, was recently founded at Tufts col
lege, but until the commencement dinner on
Wednesday il was not known that p. Il. Bar
mum was the man who had given So, 900 for
the benefit of the college in this direction.
Miss Kate Foster of Walpole, Nh, sud
denly disappeared on Sunday while visiting
friends in Keene, and no trace of her has been
found.
"A man and a woman were caught on a
New London Northern railroad bridge in Con-
necticut by train the other day where there
was no apparent means Of escape. The man
swung the woman of into the water below
and then jumped in and saved her from
drowning. The engineer says it was the
coolest and pluckiest thing he over saw.
Three children of Mrs Messenger were
killed and the mother and another woman
knocked down by lightning while taking
shelter from q storm under an apple tree at
Lykens, Pa, Sunday.
An Helena, Montana despatch of June
II says that stookmen coming in from the
Musselshell report a terrible storm the first
of last week. Hail stones broke the backs
of some lambs, and knocked others sense
less, stampeded stock and caused harnessed
teams TO run away from their drivers In
one case the team became entangled in the
harness and were drowned in the food that
followed the hail storm. Hail stones picked
up the day after the storm measured three
inches in circumference. Heavy rains have
exposed to view hundreds of collins in Chi
nese burying grounds on the line of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
S. Waldo Sibley, a native of Benning-
ton this state, and partner of the firm OF
s. Bremen Il Co., cut his throat with a razor
in his office in New York Wednesday. He was
found lying dead on the floor with the razor
at his side and had evidently been dead but
short time. No motive is known for the
crime,
While train from New York was ap-
preaching Kingston, NJ T., ON Wednesday,
seven men attacked DIR. Albert Mayermoss of
Minneapolis, Mimi, passenger, robbed him
OF $4,000, and, jumping of as the train
reached the station, escaped.
The unwilling of q statue of Gov. Buck
ingham was made the occasion of q brilliant
celebration at Hartford Conn, on Wednes-
day.
Con. Abe Buford, the well-known Ken
lucky turfman, committed suicide on the 9th
inst. The loss of his family, and of his
property in helping his brother, who murder
ed Judge Elliot, drove him to the deed
William Houlk, wealthy farmer of
Rewcomestown, o., was literally torn in
pieces, Sunday, by valuable but vicious
ClydesdRle stallion. The unfortunate man
had no means of defence and could not get
assistance in time to be saved from the en-
ragged bsute!
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