Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28


There were ~ deaths from small. pox at
Montreal Tuesday the largest number re-
corded since the outbreak OF the disease
DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE AT CHARLESTON, s. C..
Charleston, S. c., city of about 80. 900
population, was visited by terrible cyclone
on Tuesday morning. According 10 the first
reports the storm unroofed a quarter of the
houses in the city and wrought damage to
the extent of 81 600 600 Parts Of the
spires of St. MiohRel's and St Matthews
churches were blown down and the spire Of
the Citadel-square Baptist church was demol-
ished. The wharves and warehouses were
badly damaged. At Sullivan's island in the
harbOr two steamers are aground and the
Ashley river bridge in process of construc-
ton was swept away. A number of houses
on Sullivan's island were blown away The
New Brighton hotel had over 100 guests, and
great fears were entertained for their safety.
About O'Clock, while the hotel people we're
at breakfast, the Casino fell with a great
crash. Fortunately all the rooms in that
building had been vacated, but there we're
grave apprehensions that the dining room
and main building would soon succumb 10 the
violence of the storm, but il soon after be
gan to abate. The main building of the no
tel is intact. 1t is said that the storm was
the most violent in 80 years At O'Clock
+. NJ. it was entirely over. The island was in
the main submerged, but when the wind
changed the waters receded.
The latest news puts the damage in Charles.
ton at 81, l23, 600. The storm was verita
BILE hurricane OF cyclone and not tornado.
wind velocity OF - or 50 miles was reach
ed. The streets of Charleston were more
desolRte at the end OF two hours than after
the bombardment during the war. The
storm swept down the coast and did serious
damage at various points in Florida
JACK FBosT NIrs THE NORTHWEST.
The signal service at ST. Paul. Mimi.
has advices reporting killing frost over the
greater part of the Northwest territory Mon.
day morning, extending south to the north
ern part of Minnesota The temperature
fell to p Just before sunrise low enough to
form good stiff ice and kilt vegetation The
lowest temperature reported was - at Mine
dora, n W. I. The air at ST. Paul was crisp
and chilly but there was no frost The
guests are leaving the lakes III large parties
for the South.
There was a snow storm "Wednesday ten
miles from WilkesbArre, Pa On the same
day snow is said to have fallen on the Green
mountains in this state All over the north
ern and western section Of country the wealth
er WAS unseasonably cold.
AhtAN nhs u hchNg ltOol NJ DNhuutOD. va.
Wednesday night. Frost was reported from
/ points in Wisconsin and Iowa and from Penn.
/ sylvania
"A series of thunder storms passed north
| of Hartford Conn, Tuesday afternoon.
which did great damage TO the tobacco crop.
Most of the injuries were in Bloomfield
Windsor and East Hartford. The leaves
| were badly cut by hail and the plants we're in
| some instances washed out of the ground
| The damage to the tobacco crop in the path
of the storm is estimated at $50 900
"A Montreal despatch says that a new
/ hearing has been ordered in the case Of Riel
the condemned hAlf-breed insurgent, before
the Manitoba court Of appeals. fund in
Riels aid has been started and many sub.
scriptions are being received.
The Boston sloop yacht Puritan won the
third and last of the trial races last Monday
at New York, thEt were to decide which is
the fastest Of the centreboArd sloop yachts in
| America, and the one best fitted to compete
/ for the American cup with the English cutter
Genesta in the early part of September. OF
the three trial races the Puritan won the first
| in strong breeze the Priscilla won the sec
| ond in extremely light weather and the Pur-
/ tan won the deciding one in a moderate
breeze and smooth water, showing her to be
the best AL round boat" The Puritan and
/ Priscilla are matched remarkably close how
/ er,-the difference in their time over 80
and 40 mile distances in the three races be
ing respectively only II 6 and . minutes, with
/ a few odd seconds added.
The city Of Springfield, Ill, had shock.
/ ing tragedy on Sunday, when a man named
Gardner, who had spent the night before In
| Jail for wife beating literally went cunning on
/ the public streets for the officers who ar.
rested him. About noon Gardner saw the
two officers approaching him On Washington
street. Hastily entering q hallway he open
/ ed ire. Officer Camp fell dead. His com
| panion, Officer Gall, returned the fire rapid
ly and in a moment Gardner fell pierced with
three bullets. He died instantly. Officer
Gall fell with two bullets in him, fatally
/ wounded.
South FraminghRm, Mass has a shock
/ ing sensation in the suicide of the treasurer
/ of its savings bank, named Adams, whose
accounts were found wrong, and who resign
| ed in consequence last week. An examinA.
ton OF the books was in progress at which
| MIR. Adams had assisted. About O'Clock
/ Monday afternoon while sitting at a desk in
/ the counting room he cut his throat with a
razor and died in few moments He was a
man 60 years old and had been connected
/ with the bank 20 years. He had been con
/ sidered wealthy man, and there is as vet
/ no reason TO suppose he was not able to
make good any deficiency caused by him
/ Humiliation at the position in which he found
himself probably led him to the fatal act
He leaves q wife and three sons who are
prominent in business and professional at .
fairs in that vicinity. The solvenoy of the
bank is not impaired.
There is q strike in the shops of the
Denver and Rio Grande railway at Denver
and att 80 L1y-, l..
the past two months 10 wreck trains upon the
road by the use of dynamite. An attempt
Of peculiarly atrOcious character to destroy
an express train by placing large quantity
of the explosive was reported on Monday
and it is said that this infamous crime ia an
outgrowth Of the strike.
There was a terrible collision Sunday
evening on the Metropolitan district railroad
at ERrlscourt, London. The signals had
broken and become unmanageable and two
trains eollided engine against engine. One
engineer was killed and stoker and We
others were 80 badly injured that they cannot
recover. There was a horrible scene at the
moment OF the collision as the railroad al
that point is underground.
An Erie, Pa, despatch gives an account
Of the death of little girl in that city under
most painful circumstances. Her parents
poor but intensely proud people, entered
the poor directors Office bringing with them
the child who was dying from want Of Food
and medicine, For Gods sake give her
some food said the man, struggling with
his pride and former station in life. When
II came their turn TO be waited upon and
they were about to present their child 10 cor
roborate their story it was found that she had
died while waiting for her turn The des-
patch adds that the parents, who had kept
their sufferinRs a secret from their neighbors
were with difficulty restrained from suicide
A blood-eurdling story of wholesale
slaughter comes from johnson City, Tex, a
place OF few hundred inhabitants 30 miles
west of Austin, by which about 20 children
are left orphans.
Joseph Z. Bowen, the oldest master Ma
son In the United States, died at his residence
in Philadelphia Sunday afternoon. He was
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