Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

CYCLONE AND DESTRUCTIVE RAINS AT TIL
SOUTH.

lllNhbuIKs N.Y. WubIb Nub MtlnOulhA tuuIGu
was razod and other property damaged. One
hundred families woro left without homes
John Hailmau, q brakeman, was blown from
freight car and carried about 30 feet, light
ing on his head in n creek with his neck brok-
on. The freight two coal oil tanks and n CO.
booso were blown from the track, and several
persons were slightly hurt. A cabin was
blown down and a mother and two little chill
dron killed. The storm was very destructive
to property at Gainesville, Ca, many houses
being leveled TO the ground. Three lives nre
reported lost. Furniture, BEDS roofs, trees
and timber cover the ground in every direc-
ton. At Newton, N. O., 30 houses were
blown down, a woman was killed and II 9th
or persons we're wounded. Rumors from
Lenoir, N. O., say that VIII ole family were
killed there, besides six women known TO
have been killed at that place. At Poland,
o., several dwellings, barns and outbuildings
were demolished. Trees were torn to shreds,
and many cattle were killed.
Heavy storms prevailed at Petersburg, Va,
Weldon and Piedmont, N. O., and Nashville,
Tenn, Tuesday night swelling the rivers
and flooding lowlands.
The Missouri has reached the highest
point ever known at Kansas City, at this pc
Rod of the year. and was rising at the rate Of
an inch an hour at last accounts.
The situation grows worse on the lower
Mississippi. Two thousand persons are des.
ttute at Rodney, Miss.
San Francisco had two earthquake shocks
Tuesday, ono at 444 p. NJ, which badly dam
aged several buildings erected on made
ground, and slighter one at 5;18 p. NJ The
first shock lasted 10 seconds and so fright
ened the people that they ran into the
streets. On the following morning. Wednes-
day, the people were fairly shaken out of
IoJs % ~ H. ,l, L. -
ed 20 seconds. People rushed out of their
houses wild with excitement, and before the
first shock had fairly spent its force, the
streets were filled with hundreds of half
dressed frightened men, women and chill
dren. Some 80 houses in the Chinese quar-
ter built along the watcr on made ground
were partly demolished. The second shock
was lighter. II came at $50 A. M, and was
followed at $50 by q still lighter one. Rum
blngs were heard continually through the
day.
Rev. Father Honeyman of Winneconne,
Wis, after mass, last Sunday, began a TRADE
against three mon in his congregation. One
of the men arose and resented the insult
Thereupon the priest jumped over the chan.
eel rail and rushed for him. A general panic
ensued and several people were trampled up
on. The priests robes were torn in the
struggle and crowd gathered in the street.
The case will DO reported to the bishop.
CHARLES Houlden, farmer, living near
Petersburg, ILL.,, knocked his wife down with
an ak, Saturday night, cut her throat from
ear to ear and stabbed her several times in
the breast His 12-years-old son was also
badly cut while trying to defend his mother.
Houlden cut his own throat, but not fatally.
Six Valonin, Pa, children went out into
the woods, Saturday afternoon, in search of
sugar sap. Not finding camp in operation
the boys, with their pocket knives, tapped
some kind of tree and all the children sip
ped the juice. Soon after all were taken vi
olently ILL., One died and three were report
ed beyond recovery.
-Sallie Crump, negro girl, II years old,
poisoned baby she was taking care of at
Norwood, N. c., Monday, no that she could
go to jolliication. She was threatened
with lynching.
There has been great excitement at Cen.
trial, Va, because the owners of the Poca-
hontas mine, where an explosion killed 1876
miners, closed the mine without recovering
the bodies of the men. Threats of forcible
measures against the mine owners were made,
but the men finally listened TO reason. The
women, however, were not so easily quoted
large number have husbands, brothers or
sweethearts among the victims, and an illus
JidtlOu VI thG bhuulS anu IlbduluRS 10 which
the men are subjected was given on Sunday
when young girl named Mollie Norris the
belle of the village, jumped upon barrel,
and, in the hearing of two dozen men, prom
ised solemnly to marry the man who recov.
cred the body of her father. The appeal met
with no response, and with the remark, mo,
you are all towards" she rejoined the other
women.
There are some alleged now develop.
ments about the Barron savings bank case at
Dexter, Me. One Chase, who died recently,
a desperate character, is said to have con
fessed to one Lanpher that he helped to at.
tack Barron. He threatened Lanpher if he
ever told that he would cut his heart out
Several different persons in the neighbor-
hood say they have known more or less about
this for a long time, but did not care to incur
the hostility of desperadoes. They appear
ed glad that the thing was coming out. Chase
said that he and the other two men drove
over to Dexter on the day of the murder.
He put on the handouts and the other two
bound and gagged Barron. After they left
the bank they took their team, drove over
through Barnard, left their team in an aban-
doned barn and went home on foot.
Henry G. Ely of New York. who chop
ped of his attendants head at East CRANKY,
Conn, five weeks ago. has been declared in.
buho " tAo huHoIlOE COuIl hL uhTLIOTQ ana
committed to an asylum.
Eagle City, in the new Idaho gold region.
is probably the liyeliest place in the country
at the present writing. With lumber at %
cents foot and whiskey at 1920 a gallon,
the material prosperity of the place is beyond
question
The first through train over the Mexican
Central railway from the City of Mexico
reached Ell Paso Tuesday morning and left at
10 O'Clock via the Atchinson, Topeka and
Santa Fe road for Kansas City. 1t was a
special train for conveying number of prom.
inent Mexican gentlemen and party of stu
dents en- route for Notre Dame University,
Indiana.
"A man named James Forsyth, q scenic
painter, was'lterally ground to death on the
Eastern railroad in Lynn, Mass, last Sunday
morning The head was cut from the body
and found beneath the trunk. One leg, cut
off at the thigh had been hurled 10 feet from
the body. One arm was also cut off. The
larger portion of the trunk was reduced to
apulp.
While Gov. Hamilton of Illinois was In
his Office at the state house Monday after
noon pistol bullet crashed through win
dow in the executive mansion. A man at
work in the vicinity asserted that tho shot
was fired by boy who was engaged in pig.
constructing, but from the fact that an &C.
currence precisely of the same nature took
place short time ago there are apprehensions
of plot to assassinate the governor
"A freight train went through culvert
near Cannon Falls, Mimi, Monday, and
wrecking train sent to its relief went through
another culvert. Ten persons were hurt and
both trains were badly wrecked.
The flood in Louisiana is reaching large
proportions and causing widespread distress.
Most of the leyees in the state have given
away and many people are homeless and hun
cry. Tensas parish is wholly inundated and
10000 persons are in need of immediate
help. The Black, Lower Ouachita, Little,
Lower and Upper Tensas river sections are
entirely overlooked and the people there are
also destitute. The money loss is almost in
calculable. kilograms for government aid
are pouring in on the Louisiana and Mssiss
ippi congressman at Washington. This from
Rodney, Miss, man is a sample Kempe
leVee gave way at 2:15 o'clock (24th). This
makes the disaster complete, and the Miss
issippi valley is one vast inland sea- This
will make the loss beyond calculation, to saw
nothing of the loss of life and suffering of the
people. Congress must come to our relief and
feed the people at once. The lofts of our gin
houses and floating RATS will be the only
place of abode.