Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-02-29
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


kind on record. There was generally rain
with high wind and some hail in the south
western states during the day, and the oy-
clone itself was remarkable for travelling
long Misunderstanding like 400 miles in
all, and in two lines at that There we're no
large towns struck, the disaster 80 large in
the aggregate was widely scattered and the
news about IL is collected slowly. The oy-
clone came from the Gulf and took the gen
eral northeasterly course common to such
things, as well as TO most violent storms of
all kinds. II crossed the narrow Florida
strip where little or no harm could DO done,
and went up the Chattahoochie river which
divides Alabama and Georgia on the Alaba-
ma side for some little distance, and then di-
vided, and from this point there were two
distinct storms which finally passed through
Georgia on nearly parallel lines little south
erly of northeast, about 200 miles apart, one
through the state little north of the middle
and the other near the north line. After the
division one section continued it's course near
ly due north to Columbus, Ga, then turned
TO the northeast, divided when halfway across
the state to be united 100 miles beyond, and
so passed into South Carolina. The other
section went northwesterly from the point of
division, turned northward up through the
middle of Alabama until Birmingham was al
most reached, then took the nottheasterly
course and passed through Georgia, across
the north line and into North Carolina. The
swaths cut varied from few yards to a mile
in width, and as always happens, were fro
quently broken altogether as the cyclones
seemed to lift from the ground and pass
harmlessly over towns or even whole coun-
ties The damage done was mostly between
! o'clock in the afternoon and nightfal The
loss of life was far greater than at first re-
ported. It is now believed that the cyclone
killed 800 people in Georgia alone, injured
900 others and destroyed 81, 600, 600 worth
of property. People in its track were nearly
all killed or seriously hurt, and their houses,
stock and provisions were destroyed. Twon-
ty-six people were killed in the vicinity OF
Rock Run, Ala. Physicians cannot be found
to attend the wounded and dying. Horses
were seen flying in the air above the tree
tops. Women and children were picked up
fully q half-mile from their homes, and some
have not been seen since. A school-house
near Rock Run was carried away and nine
children killed, while six cannot be found
The teacher has not been able to speak since
The storm passed through a section of coun-
try that is not populous or the loss of life
would have been greater The pine forests
are laid bare and men have been found where
they were at work in the woods, bruised and
beaten to death while holding to bushes to
prevent DelnB DlOWn away.
STORY TOO HORRIBLE TO DE ToLD-A FAMILY
MURDERED TO MAKE "sUDJECTs" FOR MED
IcAL COLLEGE.
beverly Taylor's poor little house at Az
ondale, o., was burned one night week be-
foro last and he, mis- wife, and one adopted
daughter, all colored were missing. Last
week their bodies, bearing marks of violence,
were found in the watts of the Ohio medical
oN Df,o;,noN; a,I
Allan ingalls,, JEFF Lovet, Richard Ingalls, and
Benjamin johnson, neighbors of the Taylors,
were arrested on suspicion of having killed
the trio to furnish cadavers for the college.
| Saturday Ingalls, made this dreadful confes.
sion He said that Friday morning, 18th
| Ben johnson said to him that he had three
points Subjects for dissectiou) for that
night. Ingalls, asked who they we're John
son replied THE three people at the Tay.
lor cabin on the hill. They are no good
We can knock them on the head" Ingallt
| agreed to the plan. He went to the Ohio
medical college and told the doctors that he
would have three subjects that night. They
agreed to pay him SIS apiece for the bodies
and gave him note to an expressmRn whom
Ingalls, engaged to meet them on the Avon
dale pike at . that night, and after dark b,
and johnson started for the Taylors cabin
They had a bottle of whiskey and tool
drinks and 'felt good" The door of tn,
cabin was not locked They went in anC
found the old man sitting by the side of thu
fireplace, his wife in front and girl at worl
in the room. johnson had locust club
with which he felled the victims like cattle
The woman struggled and Ingalls, choked hei
to death. Then they stripped their bodies
put them in sacks, carried them to the road
side, loaded their horrible spoils into the ex
ne and Irnya 10
and delivered them and got paid. He con
fessed that he had been in the body snatch
ing business for several months. The medi
cal college authorities are grossly if no
criminally, to blame in this CHASTITY affair
DR.. Ciley, the demonstration of anatomy il
this institution, it seems, chided these ne
groes for not bringing in more bodies for dis
section. 'If you can't get EN- any othe
way" said he, knock somebody on tn
head" suggestion which was not wasted
He received the bodies within three hour
after the murders, noticed they were "lacer
ated about the head, but did not pay nue.
attention to them that night, embalmed then
Saturday, but told the city marshal the mex
Wednesday that he had no such remains, bu
would keep good lookout for them" o.
Thursday he apparently thought the scon
was getting too hot, and he sent word to tn
police that he had the remains The funera
of the victims at Avondale Sunday became
regular town meeting and lasted two hours
There were several speakers who called TO
the lynching of the assassins.
FUNERAL HoNoRs TO DE LONG AND HIS CON
PANIoNs.
The funeral honors TO the Jeanette dea
took place last Saturday in New York. Tn
day was dark and wet but the avenues an
streets were crowded with people, and man
buildings which the two professions passe,
were draped. The bodies Of De Long an
six of his companions were taken from tn
Brooklyn navy yard early in the morning an,
escorted to the dock. The party was met a
the foot of East Twenty third street by Gen
Hancock and staff and four companies of ar
tillery, and line of march taken for the churc
of the Holy Trinity, on Madison avenue
where Bishop Henry @. Potter conducted th
funeral services. During the ceremonies
large crowd remained in the rain After tn
services the remains were removed to Wood
lawn cemetery. The scene at the st. Pat
rick's cathedral on Fifth avenue, where tn
remains OF Jerome j. Collins were taken, wa
also very impressive. A guard of honor ha
remained with the body at Seventh stree
armory. The casket was covered with flow
ers and draped with an Irish flag. The SOL
vices consisted of funeral dirge a requier
Allho5 hIh q oSlA4Oh W 4hbNs T. luGE ACheQQ
of the Dominican church.
The proposed confederate soldiers hom
fair at Richmond. Va, has been postpone
from March to May because such widespread
interest is taken in it that more time is neet
ed for preparation. Help is promised froI
every part of the country, and the fair prom
ises to be one of the largest and most SUI
cessful ever held in tho south.
"A desperate fight between a band @
horse thieves and a constables posse Occur
red near Greenwood, Texas, Sunday mor1
ing. One of the posse was fatally shot,
number of others were wounded and tw
horses were killed.
An expert jewelry store robbery, simila
to that at Springfield, Mass, a few weel
ago, was perpetrated at Troy N. Y, lai
Sunday morning. Burglars entered E. MARI
IL Sons store by way of an adjoining il
surance Office, forced the safe doc
from its hinges and carried of between $40
900 and $50, 900 worth of diamonds, watches
jewelry, cash, ETC., leaving no clue.
The little town of Palmyra, Wis, was a
most destroyed last Friday night by a fr
: that was started by incendiaries, who pillage
the place while the flames were doing the
} work. The property loss was $35, 600. Tw
persons were seriously hurt.
There were Ave suicides in New Yor
} one day last week One young man she
himself through the heart another hun