Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-12

A jury at Fort Worth, Texas, has given
a brakeman who had his head crushed while
coupling cars $l5, 900 damages.
Travel across Brooklyn bridge constantly
increases. The October receipts were $50
03G, and "a $40 people crossed in the cars
on single day.
Augustus Sherman, who died at Glen's
Falls, N. Y, last week, was the largest saw
mill owner in the world. His mills cut an
nually 33, 600, 600 feet of lumber.
The production OF coffee in Brazil is in-
creasing so rapidly that the growers and i'm.
porters are beginning to see trouble ahead in
the reduction of price.
Among the holiday attractions Of the
New Orleans Exposition will be gigantic
Christmas tree fifty feet high, which will be
loaded with toys and lighted with 800 can
dies.
Gov. Hoadly has appointed a commits
sion of eight members to procure and pre-.
sent to Congress statue of the late Presi
dent Garfield as part Of the contribution Of
Ohio to the national gallery in Washington.
Singular as it may seem, the notorious
Mrs Howe Of the Boston woman's bank
fame, is at her old tricks again in that city,
since she is out from her three years in the
penitentiary, and offers seven per cent a
ulOuAu III hhNahNtt lOi hbHOaiAa
The new anesthetic for operations on the
eye, hydroohlorste of eeleoLine, was used for
the first time at the Maine general hospital
last week upon patient 10 years old. The
operation, which was the removal of sec
ondary cataract was successful, the patient
feeling no pain whatever.
When an elephant catches cold medical
treatment is apt to include large doses. Per
hsps the most gigantic dose was prepared
lately in Cincinnati. Five tubfuls filled with
whisky, molasses and ginger we're given to
each elephant in q show, and the mixture was
apparently enjoyed.
"A Dakota photographer happened to be
at work with his instantaneous machine when
a cyclone came along, and succeeded in max
ing a very fair picture of the thing. The
photographs represent black, twisting, YER
tical, aerial spout, at the top and bottom of
which is confused mass, clOud.like in ap-
pearsnce.
A Cambridge Mass, lad of IL played
with window cord which hung from the
top of a casing the other evening, amusing
himself by putting the cord around his neck
and making different kinds of knots While
doing this he fell asleep and afterward fell
from the chair tightening the cord and caus-
ing his death by strangulation.
At South Dss Moines, Iowa. the other
day, according to a local paper, while train
was switching an old track, some cars jump.
ed the rails, ran up to fence, forced il
down, proceeded through grove of fruit
trees, broke siXte n of them down, ran
over a coal house, and finally struck a
| brick house. The rear car broke down the
twelve inch wall forced its way through the
bedrooms and finally emerged on the oppo-
site side. The walls having been torn out, q
portion of the house fell, loading the csrs
with brick aud debris. Fortunately the fam-
lily escaped without injury.
Nathaniel Mckay, the American contrac
tor of the Panama canal, reports that 20,
600 natives of the Carribee islands are em
ployed in the work, earning Sl.5 aud 81 {
day. They are now busy cutting immens,
trenches through the hills, which will be car
ried down to level with the ocean. WheI
this is done and the river Ohagres has beer
turned from its source, the harde-t part o
the work will be over. EXcsvating anC
dredging machines will be set at work alonj
the whole course of the canal. COmdr Cor
ringe in his statements published some tim
ago thought that the canal would cost Sl20.
600, 900 and would be finished January l
1890. Mr., Mckay expresses no opinion abou
the cost of the work or the time when it vii
be completed,
There was a terrible explosion of dynam
ite at farm house in Strafford, N. H., las
week Thursday man had been employs
to bore for we'll through rock at the bac
of the house. Some atlas powder cartridge
used in the work were left in the kitchen wit
a battery used in exploding them. About
O'Clock Thursday afternoon ayoung man VIII
was at the house on a visit began fooin
with the battery and soon loud explosio
took place. The neighbors gathered an
found the house demolished, the first foC
blown into the cellar and the back of th
house blown out, The house took FIRE an
with the contents was burned to the grounC
Everybody was afraid to go near the fir
fearing that some of the cartridges In II
basket had not exploded and might kill theu
The explosion was heard over 10 miles.
! the eight persons who we're in the house
the time, one was killed instantly and Ave {
six were fatally hurt.