Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-02-15


large steamer will also be chartered for a tim-
liar service ON the lower part Of the river.
Gov. Knott of Kentucky has signed q res
olution appropriating $4,000 for tho Ken.
lucky flood sufferers
Both branches of the Ohio legislature
passed a bill appropriating $2OO,OOO for the
flood suferors yesterday.
The National House Of Representatives has
adopted a resolution appropriating 100000
for the sufferers
The Commander Of tho G. A. II. depart.
mont Of Ohio has issued call for conlribu-
tions from members OF the order.
The --latest. The news Of this, Friday,
morning says that the water was slowly fall
ing at Cincinnati last evening. The loss and
desttution throughout the Ohio valley, es
pecally in the smaller towns, arc without par
allel
A stagooad Of passengers which left Gro
vile, Utah, over two weeks ago has not been
/ heard from and it il feared that all have per.
ished in the snow.
A mixed train broke through a bridge
over Seneca river at Weedsport N. Y, yes
terday and throo employees Of tho road were
| drowned
1t has been discovered that Miss Hook.
wait, young lady who was supposed to have
died suddenly January 10, at Dayton, Ohio
was buried alive. Tho body was exhumed
when evidence Of a terrible struggle was dis
closed. The physicians pronounced life OK
tinct before tho interment
"A dense fog was q cause of great annoy
| ance in New York on Wednesday. But little
! traffic was done on the water and some Of
the ferry boats had to stop running. Trains
were delayed, ocean steamers detained Mt
their wharycs aud most of the Sound steam
ers brought to II standstill. The rush OF trav-
oil ON the Brooklyn bridge was unprCc 6dent-
eddy great.
"A tornado following terrific rain storm
struck Waco, Texas Tuesday afternoon,
overturning many houses and doing much
damage. A storm prevailed throughout north.
ern Texas, seriously damaging stock.
The director general Of the worlds expo
sition 10 be held at New Orleans, has been no
titled by Gen. Diaz, commissioner general for
Mexico, that 10, 600 feet of space in the main
exposition building is required for the exhib.
! il of Mexican minerals woods etc. and l2O,-
600 feet outside the building for the Mexican
garden and buildings and for camping
ground for Mexican troops. A special com
missioner will leave New Orleans on the 10Th
to conclude arrangements with the Central
American republics and with South America
and for displays of the products of those
countries The commissioners are already
beginning to say that the main building,
which will be larger than the main building
at PHILADELPHIA will be too small to accom-
modato the exhibits.
The New England cremation society"
has been organized at Boston and a cremato-
ry will be built like that at Washington, Pa
Eighteen drunken men boarded Toledo,
Cincinnati aud St. Louis coal train at Mill
edgeville, o., last Saturday, driving the con.
ductor away after seriously hurting him and
fatally beating the brakeman. The engineer
was compelled to cut his engine loose from
the train and run to Milledgeyille to save his
life. No arrests have yet been made.
The people of Hazleton Pa, were much
excited on Thursday of last week by the
cracking Of the earths surface in the centre
OF the town. whole square in the vicinity
OF Broad and Hazel streets settled three feet.
Many houses were wrecked, the foundations
Of more than 20 being cracked. Tho water
and gas pipes traversing the section were
broken. Tho settling was caused by reinoy-
ing timbers in the workings below for the
purpose of re-timbering. The loss is esti.
mated at $50, 600.
Charles II. Rugg the negro under arrest
for the Long Island outrages. has admitted
that he alone assaulted and robbed the Town.
sends. This does away with the weak mind
ed Edward S. Tappan's confession" made
to detective, that his brother John did the
n.
There wasa Characteristic southern shoot
ing match at Hot Springs, Ark, last Satur-
day. Three brothers, Frank, Jack and Viii
liam Flynn were attacked, while driving
home in hack, by seven men armed with
| double-barrelled shotguns and Winchester ri
ties. Jack Flynn was shot through the fore
head and died in a few minutes. William
was shot through the breast, Frank was
slightly wounded in the hand, Frank Hall,
the driver of the hack, was shot through the
back of the neck and died in an hour, Rob.
ert Hsrgreave, a bystander was shot through
the breast and j. ii. Craig, prominent lum-
herman, received charge of buckshot
through the back and his condition is proca.
rious. The difficulty originated in an effort
OF the Flynns to stop the opening of a gam
bling house few weeks ago.
One of the Standard oil company's
tanks, containing 5000 barrels OF oil, at the
foot of Tenth street, Long Island City, OK
ploded with terrific force last Thursday, the
shock being felt several miles away Seven
other tanks exploded in quick succession,
and the flames spread to the store warehouse
and the wharf on East river, 700 feet of
which was burned. Several vessels lying at
the wharf were saved with difficulty. The
losses aggregate $73, 900.
The Sullivan railroad track, near Charles
town, n. II, was buried 10 feet deep by a
landslide during last weeks warm weather.
On Connecticut road a day or two before a
train was thrown down bank by big rock
which had slid down upon the track.
The Montreal carnival closed with a
magnificent bali at the Windsor Hotel Friday
night During the carnival Lord Lansdowne,
the new Governor General, distinguished
himself and won the enthusiastic admiration
OF the loyal Canadians by sliding down the
| side Of Nj Rnyr1 cIingipu TO- 40. If, -
tobaggan.
Thirty buildings were burned Sunday
morning at Walcott, N. Y, involving loss
of about Sl2O, 1000.
1t is said that the divers have abandoned
their abandoned their efforts to recover fur
Their property or bodies from the wreck of
the City of Columbus. The tide runs with
such velocity where the wreck lies that the
vessel is rapidly going to pieces. Nothing of
value has been recovered and very few arti-
cles of value have washed ashore. The next
storm of any severity will probably oblterate
all trace OF the unfortunate steamer.
Brooklyn has still another church war.
1t broke into open hostilities at the Baptist
tabernacle Sunday, when the organist and
three of the choir refused to do duty because
of dislike for the ccntralto.
The Massachusetts, House has passed an
elevated railroad BILL which the Boston pa
pers strenuously oppose.
"A st. Louis boy named John Barney
went into a slaughter house and stabbed a
steer with his pocket knife until it died, ap
parently in pure depravity, and is held for
trial on a charge of felony. Abuse of ami
mails in the Kansas City stock yards has be-
come fragrant, and society is being organ
lied to stop it.
"A pack Of saloon-keepers and saloon
loafers in New York. calling themselves the
international workingmen's association, held
ameeting Sunday to urge the immediate as
sassination of the emperors, kings and princes
of Europe, the hanging of Vanderbilt and
| Gould to lamp posts, and the humiliation
"even to the very germ" of the Austrian ar
istocracy. The Austrians were especially
singled out, because detective has Just been
murdered by socialist in Vienna.
"A concern has been unearthed in Brook
| Ign which was issuing fraudulent divorce pa.
| pers by the Wholesale, with the names of the
court officers forged.
"A Boston committee of spiritualists rec
ommends raising fund to protect mediums
who may be assailed while practicing one of
the divine rites of our religion, that is, while
giving Undertaking." seances. They want
to keep unbelevers from trying to enter cab
inets.