Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-07-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE GRAND ARMY AT M1NNrAro11s.

and Minneapolis have been thrown open. vet
tho crowd of visitors can hardly be accommo
! dated. The number of veterans present is ca.
timated at 10000. Wednesdays great parade
was witnessed and cheered by CO. 600 people.
The weather was fair but sultry. At noon
the procession passed the city hall, where
children on canopied platforms waved ban.
ners and sang an old war song which the vet
Grams took up as they went by with uncover
| ed heads. The music of bands, waving of
banners and the shouts of thousands from
streets, windows and house-tops made an in
| spring scene. AS the tattered battle-haRs
were recognized by the veterans wild shouts
went up. The enthusiasm was never eluaed
there, and the demonstration was the greatest
ever witnessed in the Northwest.
TWO CIRCUsEs UPSET by THE WIND.
Severe storms ragged at Cortland and
Richfeld Springs, N. Y. Wednesday. At
Cortland the canvas of Barnums circus tent
was blown down upon the 1000 people as
sembled beneath it, without a moments warn-
ing. The fall of the tents was followed by a
furious rain storm, accompanied by heavy
thunder and vivid lightning. The heavens
were overcast, and everything grew dark.
The widest exoitem snt followed. Women
screamed, children cried, men shouted, and,
to add to the CONSERVATION, the animals all
set in to add to the panic by their bowls and
cries. The employees were well drilled, and
went to work with will to rescue those who
were held in under the poles, ropes and wet
canvas. The storm continued in undated
fury. The bodies of four women were taken
out for dead, but two of them we're simply
overcome by fright. The others were badly
injured. In all % people we're more or less
hurt.
The canvass of Washburn ~ Hunting's cir
Gus was blown down at Richheld Springs but
no one was hurt, though the crowd were COM
PEELED TO crawl from under the canvas on their
hands and knees, only to meet terrific hail.
storm, followed by rain in torrents. Several
barns were wrecked by the storm and others
struck by lightning.
A loud explosion that suggested an earth
quake startled the 500 inhabitants Of Sabine,
o., Wednesday morning. In five minutes
afterward the whole population were out of
bed and on the streets, where they found that
a band of masked men had driven the inmates
of bagnio out of doors, set the furniture on
the street and blown up the house with giant
powder. Only cellar full of debris remain
ed. They had then gone to the only other
bagnio in town, called out its landady, and
despite her prayers for mercy and her curses
had tarred and feathered her and given her
till O'Clock TO leave the town. She was
gone by daybreak. Her house was also blown
to splnters.
Lee Wright and boy named Hamilton
quarreled while hunting together near Koss e.
Texas, recently, and shot each other dead.
j. Hawley Douglass, who was generally
thought to have been the leader of the posse
that killed Began Cash. was MORALLY shot
while at work in his field at Cherow, S. c.,
last Friday.
Sam Gibson, colored, criminally assault
ed his own daughter at West Point, Ga, on
Thursday of last week and was put in Jail
That night party OF colored men broke in
to the Jail to lynch the prisoner, but he fb-
sisted, cutting Fix of them severely. Finally
one of the lynchers shot Gibson dead.
Web Hetten, an ex convict charged with
outraging and numbering little girl was ia
ken from officers by mob near Richmond,
Tex, last week Thursday, tied to a tree and
shot at II times Hetten fell forward, appar-
emily dead, and the lynchers took the rope off
his neck and left him. After the mob had
left the coroner went out to hold an inquest,
but the body had disappeared, and it was
learned that Hetten had got up, gone homo
and dressed his wounds, and made his escape.
"A Chicago paper has been investigating
the condition of the Lincoln monument at
Springfield, and finds that it was erected in
shabby dishonest manner, and is in danger
OF collapse
Over 2OOO saloon keepers of Hamilton
county, o., have failed TO take out licenses
under the Scott law. The time expired Sat
urday and suits will be instituted before all
the Cincinnati justices of the peace.
Large quantities of fresh fruit from the
West Indies are now being condemned by i'm
porters at New York, the loss falling upon the
shippers One lot thrown away included 40,
600 pneapples from Havana, which had
spoiled because they we're packed in sugar
hogsheads where they got no air.
Last Saturday nights storm in the White
Mountain region caused heavy land slide on
Mt. Willard. The track of the Portland and
Odgensburg railroad was covered with gravel
for a long distance, completely blocking the
road for a time.
Five horse-thieves were hanged near
Rocky Point, Mont, on the Missouri river,
recently, by band of COW boys. Thirty-two
stolen horses were recovered. This makes Is
horse thieves who have been killed in the Ju-
dith and Musselshell lection within the past
three weeks
Henry Burk, colored charged with at
tempting to outrage little white girl, was
iynched at Tuscaloosa. Ia, last Friday night.
The mob hung him to a tree in the street and
then shot Ave bullets into the body.
Forest fires in Michigan are doing good
deal of damage.
An excursion train of l . cars, filed with
picnickers from Canton, o., was wrecked two
miles from that city on the Valley road, Sat
urday evening Nine cars were thrown from
the track into mud and water. twenty-five
persons were injured but no deaths have yet
been reported. The wreck was caused by
the track spreading.
Ten COW boys, members of travelling
border show, ran amuck through disreputa-
BILE quarter of Chicago Sunday firing revovers
promiscuously and terrorizing the inhabi-
tsnts. platoon of police arrested the dis
turbers.
"A child three years old died in New Or
leans Wednesday of yellow fever, at 81 Third
street, the house in which a family named
Hood died of yellow fever in 1879. The doc
tors say the case is sporadic.
"A severe storm of wind, rain and hail Wis
tied southeastern Dakota Monday afternoon,
doing great deal of damage to crops and
buildings at Carthage Dell Rapids Sioux
Falls and other places, The storm visited
parts of Minnesota, doing damage at Beaver
Greek and LuVerne
Queen Victoria has sent to President Ar
thur a congratulatory despatch on the discov-
cry of the Greedy party.
The Zell guano company's works at Lo.
Gust Point Baltimore, wero burned Tuesday,
loss SZOOt OOu.
Major Moore chief of the Salvation Army
in America, and staff, created great excite
ment at New London, o., Tuesday night, by
parading with tambourines, banios, comets,
drums, etc Fireworks and missiles were
thrown into the ranks and at the barracks
thsir meeting was interrupted by cries of
Fire !" "Fight!" etc. Major Moore dubbed
New London "the wiokedest city in America.
"A fire at Byers, Meoosta county, Mich,
Monday night, destroyed 10000 900 feet of
lumber, inaioting loss of 100000 on its
| owner.
-Belknap, Mont, a town of 2OOO inhabi-
tants, was destroyed by hre Monday night,
only FIVE houses being left standing.
"A severe rain and wind storm passed over
Wisconsin early Wednesday, doing great dam
age to the crops and timber. A portion Of
the town of Jefferson was blown down and q
number Of people were badly injured. One
person was killed outright.
A Durango (Col) despatch says that
Capt. Perripes, commanding the detachment
of cavalry sent in pursuit of the Indians that
attacked a cattle camp short time ago, found
the Indians intFepched 100 miles west of the
Blue mountains ON the 10 tn. After a sharp
fight the troops were compelled to retire with
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