Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-11

not stop Of Smiths Basin, that he got of at
Fort Liwarl aud took the freight train for
home and iu attempting so jump from the
train near bis house fell between the cars.
Henry Little, baker, while driving
about Exeter, n H Wednesday morning.
was shot IN the neck by an academy student
named Floyd, who fooling with pistol
in his room.
Two hundred kegs Of powder exploded
in the mill Of William BURY q Co, Shame.
kin, Pa, last Saturday. One man was liter
ally blown TO pieces. The report was heard
q distance Of % miles.
AT Kingston, n. Y, last Saturday, boy
named Griffin shot at "A dog with a bow and
arrow, bu, missed the dog and hit his -.
yoar-old sister between the eye and nose.
The eye was forced entirely out and the sight
destroyed.
A freight train OF 20 cars, loaded with
copper ore, on the New London Northern
railroad, ran into freight train Of Is empty
cars at Amherst Saturday One engine and
30 cars were badly wrecked.
The remains OF tho late Judge Hunt.
United States minister to Russia arrived at
New York Saturday on the steamer Elbe.
The body was received by Mr. Ridgely Hunt,
son of the deceased.
Jesse Williams, the negro who choked
and gagged Miss Maggie Harvey in the
Sloane apartment house IN New York a short
time ago and then set about to rob the place,
has been convicted Of robbery in the first
degree and sentenced to state prison at hard
labor for lsl years.
"A boy, james Knox, who attempted to
shoot pipe from the mouth Of William Nc.
Laughlin at Philadelphia last Friday, but, in
stead, sent the ball through McLaughlins
b,. 10 Ill -, III Il. I
with criminal carelessness.
Letters from Capt Eids nov in Lon.
don, give assurance that there is a good pros.
pect Of securing the mammoth steamer Great
Eastern to bring TO New Orleans az one Of
the European exhibits for the great exposi-
ton to be held there. The steamer will be
used during the exposition as hotel and
when the exposition closes will carry return
cargo to England.
The annual boat race between the Ok.
ford and Cambridge university crews which
was to have taken place last Saturday, but
was poIpOned on account Of Prince Leo
pold's funeral occurred Monday morning
The Cambridge crew won an easy victory.
The weather was very bad.
beginning with the 10th inst, the Cen
trial Pacific railroad company will run fast
mail train from Ogden west, covering the
distance between Ogden and San Francisco
aud will save ~ hours between these points.
Rev Martin Dudley, a retired clergy
man, 20 years Of age, residing at Easton,
Ct, was attacked and beaten with a club 10y
an unknown man Saturday night, who came
to his house evidently for the purpose of rob
berry. Mr.. Dudley fought desperately and
alarmed the neighbors, and the robber fled
reward is offered for his arrest
-Chas. b. Barrett of Hinsdale, Mass has
been arrested and is now in jail on a charge
OF man laughter in causing the death of Mrs
Matilda Barrett, Ru invalid inmate Of his
family and relative, by neglect and cruelty.
1t seems that the unfortunate woman was in.
duced to give Barrett her property on his
promise to provide for her during her life
Ii Is alleged that he soon began treating hor
cruelty with the apparent purpose of shorten
ing her days. The papers in tue case allege
30 assaults upon her between December 4th
last and the date Of her death January 9th
1t is charged also that he exposed her to the
weather, wind, rain and snow and deprived
her OF sufh cent food clothing aud nourish-
ment. When found dead in her bed her
body was fIoz-n.
The Pocahonta-. Va, mine, where 1jj
miners lost their lives. has been opened and
the bodies Of the miners arc being removed
The seven story apartment house at 233
and 30 East Seventeenth street New York
occupied by l3 wealthy families, WAS com
pletely Quilted by fire Monday noon loss on
building SIOO,OOO and on contents 500 600
All The occupants are believed to have escap-
ed. The fire caught in some rubbish in the
cellar and might have been cxtinguished by a
pail Of water had it not beeu for the eleva-
tor hhute, IL the strong draft OF which the
flames rushed up the seven stories to the
roof The fire was discovered by Louis Cas-.
ter, the elevator boy, Il years old, who
sounded the fire alarm aud then ascended to
the seventh story to save an invalid lady who
resided there. Finding her gone he hurried
to the elevator car to fluid escape by that
means cut of by flames Neither could he
reach the stairs. Driven into a room facing
on the street, he shut the door against the
fire and, springing to the window, dashed it
out and crept upon the SILL calling frantical-
ly TO those below for help. For the next few
minutes thrilling scene was presented as
the hfe-saving corps Of the fremen mountt
up the perpendicular face OF the bui.di g.
creeping from story to story by hooking the II
ladders from one story to the window stills of
the next story above. A great shout went
up as the boy was finally rescued in the
strong AIMS Of the fremen. Before they
reached him the flames had burst out from
the windows on either side of him