Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-13
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


"A terrific rain-storm visited Curwius.
vile, Pa, Tuesday evening, causing Ander-
son creek to overflow its banks, and damag-
ing tannery and shingle mill. Wednesday
large dam was torn away setting adrift
thousands Of logs which rushed down on the
village of Bridgeport and carried away
number of houses and barns. The loss will
reach thousands Of dollars. The storm in
Cumberland valley was accompanied by a wa
terspout and several passenger trains narrow
ly escaped being wrecked by it. Immediate
ly after Cumberland Valley train had pass
ed over a high embankment the storm burst
and in the presence Of the passengers on the
rear car carried half-mile of rails, ties and
embankment away for a considerable dis
lance. The wator-spout was about half-mile
wide and did great damage to grain build
ings and fences. terrific cyclone passed
over Marshall county, W. Va, 80 miles south
of Wheeling, wrecking the town of New
Martinsville boy was killed. creeks were
swollen to rivers cattle and sheep were de-
stroyed, forests were uprooted and steam
boat was blown on shore and badly damaged.
Reports from the interior of the state indi-
cate great damage.
Heavy rains fell on Sunday throughout
California, from Santa Barbara to the north
ern limit. Farmers were in the midst of hay
ing, and thousands Of tons of hay will be
materially injured.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley's horse ran away
at Ohappaqua, N. Y, Sunday afternoon, and
she was thrown from the wagon; her right
shoulder was broken and she received internal
injuries.
Hanover, N. H., had the heaviest thun-
der shower for years Monday. The lightning
struck Amos Dewey's house, knocked over a
stove and smashed the windows but did not
burt auy of tho narnu ou,od l,,,
Charles Kinds and Esther Ray were blown
down and the roads were badly washed.
S. G. Edwards As years old, was acct
dentally killed Monday at Humphreys ma
chine shop in Keene, N. II.
Two giant powder cartridges with fuses
almost entirely burned were recently found
under the lookup at Worthwhile, N. Y, and
there is great excitement in the village. A
reward is offered for the apprehension of the
dynamiters.
The army worm has appeared in Western
Massachusetts and its ravages threaten to
sink the damage by the late frosts into insg-
nifcance. On the great farm of the King
brothers, in South Agawam, they have eaten
every spear of grass on a tract Of meadow
covering more than 80 acres and are headed
north, seeking new fields to conquer.
Henry G. Vennor, the Canadian "weath-
er prophet" is dead at the age of 80. He
was the son of a Montreal hardware mer-
chant, and followed the hardware business
with his father for some time. He had a
great passion for the study of natural history,
and held place on the geological survey Of
the Dominion. His weather predictions were
q freak which he took up half-a-dozen years
ago for his own amusement.
Henry @. Work, the song writer and
composer, died in Hartford on Sunday even
ing Of heart disease. Marching through
Georgia" "Grandfather's Clock, and Dear
father, come home with me now" were writ
ten by him.
j. r. Hall, cashier of the Citizens bank
of Mddlttown, Del, has lost $3S, 600 of the
banks funds in private speculations. He has
turned over $40, 900 in real estate to the bank
and the latter's officials say it will not be af-
fected.
Forty five of the crew of the ice-stranded
brig Confederate have been rescued and land
ed at st. Johns after suffering terrible hard.
! ships There are 20 persons still with the
ship.
John and Charles Kennedy, two Lousi.
vile (Ky.) laborers, have fallen heirs to about
| $1,000, 600 by the recent death of an uncle in
Australia.
Joseph Chambers aud his wife of Belle
fontaine, o.. had adopted II orphan babies
The other night No. Is was left on their door
steps and they took it in with the others.
Pine trees in some parts of North Caro-
lima are dying by the thousand from the worL
of the bore worm, which did so much mis-
chief 80 years ago
The cable of ferry boat broke at Tn 0mp
sons Falls. Mont, the other day when II
men and 10 pack horses were crossing the
river aud the boat was carried over the falls
| Two of the men chung to the boat and escap
ed with their lives. The others jumped frou
the boat and tried to swim ashore but with
two others who tried to save them in boa
were swept over the cataract and drowned,
Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Sta
Spangled Banner" is toS have a monument IL
Patterson square, BaluS Gore.
The little Ohio town of Mt Clements
makes 81, 600 miles Of straw braid every veal
and get $50 600 for it.
Joel Vaughn, who lives near Seneca City
S. c., is one of the greatest family men in til,
United States. He is eighty years of age, ha
been married four times and now has an in
FAINT child His last three wives were widows
all of whom had children by previous hus
bands, respectively eight, seven, four iota
| of nineteen. These four wives bore Mr.
Vaughn twenty. seven children, which, added
to the nineteen step-children, gave Mr.
Vaughn control Of forty six children. Their
are thus seven different sets Of children.
The large union railway passenger depo
at St. Paul, Mimi, was burned Wednesday
morning, and 20 waiter girls and other en-
ployGs escaped only in their night clothes
Loss $500, 900.
-Tilden G. Abbott, the defsulting cashic
of the Watertown, Mass, bank, who was sub
sequently arrested in Missouri and returned
to Boston, has been sentenced to eight year
in state prison.
Good judges estimate that the wheat croI
| of 1884 will be more than go per cent create
than that of 1888
Isaac II. Stanley, paying teller of The
National Bank of Commerce Of Cleveland
borrowed" 800, 600 from the institution
and is now in jail.
Gen. James Watson Webb, the veteran
New York journalist, died in that city on tn
9TH inst, aged SO years.
"A boy named Andy Adams, who ha,
gone mad at North Greek, w. Va, on tn
subject of religion, has murdered his moth II
and an eight-years-old sister. The boy ha
been arrested aud the series of religion
meetings which he attended has been stopped
He thought the Lord called him to do tn
deed aud would bring his mother and siste
to life again.
-Berber has been captured by the Egyp
tian rebels, and its garrison and nearly all it
citizens mRssAcred. Only 80 persons surviy
ed, II is said.
Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Reput
lcan and Miss Elizabeth HOar, daughter o
Hon. E. lockwood Hoar, of Concord, Mass.
were married last evening
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Mr.. BLANE's WEALTH has been variousl
estimated The Chicago Tribune says of hin