Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-01
rHE NEWS IN BBIEE.


the collision there was thick fog The
Iaxham was going slow. and both steamers
were sounding their whistles. Tho GiiOn
struck the Iaxham amidshipB and the latter
was nearly cut asundor The funnel fell and
the steampipe burst The chief engineer in
reversing the engine was horribly scalded
Most Of the Lazham's crew boarded the Gil
Jon. Capt. lothian tied his wife and child
to himself aud all three were thus hauled
aboard the Gion by rope. The LaxhRm
sank twenty minutes after the collision uc-
CURED. Il was not long before the Gijon
began TO settle Terrible confusion prevailed
on board. The captain stood with revolv-
er In his hand, but he was unable TO keep or
der. The passengers and crew were fighting
for their live. The boats were lowered and
filled to the gunwales, but they could not nc.
oommodRte half the people. Those who
were so fortunate as to secuIe places in them
we're obliged to keep OF others with knives
The Giion sank bow first. The quarter deck
was crowded with men and women the cap
tain and officers standing on the bridge II
is estimated that 100 persons persisted.
DISASTROUS roRNADoEs.
The tornadoes Of the early part Of last
week which wrought such ruin in Southern Da-
kota and Southwestern Minnesota. have been
followed by hail storms fully as destructive
to crops. These latter storms have extended
from Northern Dakota into Wisconsin and
Minnesota A storm on Friday passed over
Pleasant Valley, Clear Greek and brunswick
Wis, near Au Claire. Hailstones from eight
to ten inches in diameter destroyed every
thing in the shape Of grain, The damage to
crops Is placed at $4,000, and to stock So.
/ 600 Many sheep hogs and calves were
| killed outright, while horses and cattle SUI
/ fcrod severely. There is hardly q pane uf
/ glass or q roof left IN any Of the dwellings
/ in the towns mentioned Many bridges were
/ swept RwHy. and hocks Of sheep we're killed
In Northern Dakota great damage WAS done
/ to crops 10 Barnes and Gross counties. The
/ BUTT Brothers Of Buttzyille will lose about
| 900. wpiug out $4,000 acres OF wheat
on their big farm. Some Of the hailstOnes
/ were as large as hens eggs Gen Wilson
estimates the damage within six miles OF
/ Tower City ct nearly 500, 900 At Mitchell
/ POO miles south Of Buttzville q storm on
Friday night destroyed large number OF
houses. The people generally took refuge
in the cellars and storm caves No hail, aud
very little rain, accompanied the storm, and
the damage to crops, % any. was slight A
second storm passed over BeAdle county de
stroying what crops we're left after the storm
OF Wednesday. The Goodeli school house
SIX miles west OF the Catholic church 10 Dc
Smet. was blown over at al early hour Sun
deep in some places. Several tariu houses
were struck 10y lightning, but 30 far no loss
Of life has been reported.
In the town CT Boone Lake Eenyi.le couu-
Is. Mimi, on Thursday night, the storm did
great damage, hundreds Of acres o. grain be
ing destroyed. and many houses removed
from their foundations aud unroofed IN
some places, chickens, rabbits and birds were
killed In sherburne county, MINI, the
damage to crops is estimated at 30 per cent,
and IL many cases farmers crops are totally
destroyed.
A cyclone visited Cimarron Station, Is
miles west Of Dodge City, Kan-. At 10 clock
Sunday night, dsmolishIng about dozen
houses Mrs. Barton aud her child were Sc
riously hurt. and several other persons re-
ceived painful iujures
Near Springyula, Ala toe other day,
Mrs. Thomas Rowland during thunder
storm sought shelter with her i've iittie chu
dren IN a cyclone pit under the housr, but
was herself instantly killed and two 20 her
children seriously injured by lightning The
fluid struck tree ~ the yard, tue roots Of
which ran into the p.t and the electricity
followed the roots with fatal result-.
AT Cornellsvine Pa. "Wednesday might
OF last week, A Overhaul a Co. d distillcry
caught fire, causing loss Of sGG5,oOu.
The boiler Of locomotive on the L.
high Valley railroad. IA Peunsy lvAuia. *
ploded at Broder Switch, on The pan uit
-Four men were on board at tine time and all
were instantly killed.
1t Is reported that syndicate com posed
Of Henry WArmoth, August Belmont. sam
Barlow Pierre LorilaTd, John Mackey, e1
Governor Stanford Of California and James
Gordon bennett, IL making efforts TO pur
chase Cuba for one hundred million dollars.
with the view Of turning the island iuto d
big sugar plantation and tobacco factory.
A large tree was blown down at Broad
Ripple, Ind. Thursday Of last week, upon d
covered dancing pavilion in which $50 pic
nickers had sought shelter from storm,
and, crashing through the rooi severely III
Jured dozen persons, none, however, fatal
by.
Rain prevailed throughout Central and
southern Ohio Thursday and Friday OF last
week, Aliaying the farmers fears as to the
corn and potato crops. Six persons were
killed by lightning II the sections visited by
the storm.
The tirst electric railway il America for
public use went into operation on Saturday
IL Cleveland, o., and is pronounced sue
cess.
There were frosts at New Durham and
Peterboro \. L., Friday morning OF last
week. which damaged beans and other crops
A recent FIRE at Devils Lake City, Dako.
Ia, destroyed 40 buildings. including banks
hotels, stores. saloons, etc. The ire swept
everything before 1t, there having been nc
IRE department in the place.
The steamer J. NJ Osborne Of Cleve.
land o.. was sunk late on Saturday night
by collision with the steel steamship Al.
Derta, owned by the Canadian Pacific railway
company The Osborne had on board 1lOO
tons Of iron ore and sank almost instantly.
Several passengers aboard were saved, but
eight OF the crew were lost
The Texas cattle fever has made its ap-
peArance at Kansas City, No, causing much
alarm among the stock men.
A grand naval reception is to be tender
ed tine Arctic relief ships at Portsmouth, n.
L, on their arrival tomorrow.
Franklin Este, formerly town treasurer
Of Southboro, Mass, was arrested Wednes-
day for embezzling S42Sd, money borrowed
by him for the use Of the town in 1851.
Wednesday morning lightning struck tn,
farm house Of Nathan Miller near Mary
vile, Kan, killing his four daughters ageC
Il, -, and respectively.
The ROLLER coaster, for sliding down
hill IL the summer time, promises 10 deal ou
death as Literally Rs the frightful 'doubl,
ripper does in winter. young man wa
was nearly killed by one Of the new devices
in Cincinnati tine other night.
; Louis Spencer, q colored man, formerly
Z q slave, whom the best authorities declared
( TO be l15 years old, recently died at tn,
Loekport N. y. poor-house Of old age
he was not able 10 talk intelhgently durinl
the past two or three years OF his life, ant
{ his memory was gone.
% There is now post office on Mount 81
mai The monks Of St. GATHERINGS oonven
have arranged for regular mails by the Egyp
, tiRn steamers which stop at the port OF Tor
D and the Bedouins are paid for letting tn
mail carriers pass through the wilderness IN
molssted. Thus does modern civilization in
wade the precincts Of the mount which one
( might not be touched.
"A German engineer has just obtained
letters patent on device for building mine
shafts, bridge piers, etc, through quioksands
His method is 20 introduce pipes in the quick
sand and pump through them freezing mix
ture, by which the entire mass of quioksRnG
g is frozen solid, when it may be woTkeI
through with no more difficulty than a strs
tum of rock.
? No less than 1850 persons are lockeI
up in the iails and prisons Of New York.
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