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

along the city front, and take il by paying
actual value, and then to ill in the section 80
az to raise it several feet above high water
mark. The property would then be worth
Eve or ten times as much az II is now.
Two coaches Of a train on the Colorado
Central road were blown from tho track in
the vicinity Of Georgetown, Col, last Satur-
day during a terrific Viud.storm. Several
passengers we're injured but none seriously.
-Postmaster General Gresham and Third
Assistant Postmaster General Hazen inspect
cd the postage. stamp factory at Hartford,
Conn, carly this week.
The sheriff at Walla walla, Washington
territory, recently got two letters in one day
inquiring for long lost brothers, and, by
lucky coincidence, was able to satisfy the af-
fectionato curiosity in both cases. He had
himself just hanged one, and the other was
helped up the golden stair by amateurs week
before.
Detective Hulligan of Cleveland, Ohio,
was helping an officer arrest man when the
prisoner climbed out Of third.story win
dow Of the factory where he was employed.
Hulligan leaped after, fell 80 feet, and will
die. The prisoner escaped.
"A west-bound passenger train on the
Hannibal and st. Joseph road went through
a bridge over the Charlton river, near New
Cambria, Mo-. last Friday night. boy was
killed. and two persons were dangerously and
five seriously injured.
AT Morrisville, N. Y, Monday, Mrs.
Haight was sentenced to be hanged April IS.
She was found guilty of murder in the first
degree in shooting her husband George w.
Haight, at De Ruyter year ago. She was
entirely unmoved by the sentence. 1t is be-
lieved that she helped two former husbands
and her father out of the world.
Mrs. Hemau Hathaway of Ashhcld
Mass, had been out for a ride and day =
visit last Friday, and when she returned and
uncovered her baby, only few months old
she found it smothered to death.
The river is higher at Shreveport, Ia,
than it has been since 1919, and much dsm-
age has been DONE The whole country for
100 miles above and below there il reported
TO be under water. The river is filled with
floating debris and dead cattle.
A porch gave way during funeral at
Knoxville, Tenn, Monday and preciptated
IS people to the ground fatally injurng two
and hurting many others.
Over 100 children among the Zuni Indi.
ans in New Mexico have died with the moa-
sizes during the past month. The disease it
still raging The scenes about the Indian
villages are sickening in the extreme.
The Stewart building at the corner OF
Broadway and Chambers street, New York
has been sold to ex.Judge Hilton for 50, 100.
000
The body of a girl baby, Is months old
has been recovered from the wrecked City oil
Columbus, and is at Vineyard Haven fol
identification. The government appraiser,
! place the value of the wreck at $9lOO.
-Four boys exploded powder house neal
Omaha. Wednesday, containing six tons oil
| powder and they were blown to atoms.
The Fall River, Mass, strike has cos
| tho operatives S75 900 in wages, and tn,
| spinners union some $500 in grants to strik
ers. For this the operatives have 80 far gain
cd nothing. or the 10 mills where the op
oratives struck six are running without tn,
aid Of strikers.
-Corinth, Miss, had three inches OF snow
Wednesday.
In fire on the third floor of woodel
building in New York city Thursday morninI
a man and his three children were burned Il
death and the mother jumped TO the pave
ment and was instantly killed
Nearly all the river plantations for Ion
miles above New Orleans are under water
Below the city the flooded district extends ~
miles aud on the west side all except few
elevated places are covered Tbs loss 4
planters is enormous.
This weeks snow storm has extcnde,
throughout New England, New York aud tn
Cansdas. In Boston the snow was very trout
lesomo and telephone, telegraph and fire
alarm wires were generally disabled.