Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-06-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Mr.. Godfrey OF Bangor, Me-, who will fur
nish capital. The style Of the new firm will
be Ticknor Il Go.
About a month ago the Plymouth, Pa,
fever made It's appearance in Sugar Notch, a
small mining town near Wilkesbarre. The
disease has been steadily increasing, until
now 20 cases have been reported but they
are Of a milder form than those at Plymouth.
Drinking water from polluted springs il said
TO DO the cause Of the outbreak.
The statue OF the Pilgrim, erected by
the New England society in New York Cen.
trail park was formally unveiled last Snlur-
day in the presence Of large assembage of
people, George VIM. Curtis delivering the
Grafton. The statue is the work Of the artist
]. Q. A. Ward, and the critics give il high
praise.
Renewed interest in the Chicago cleo.
ton fraud cases was developed Monday by
the confession OF Charles Il. Gilmore, who
was arrested for perjury at the trial OF Mack
in aud Gallagher, and has since been lying in
jail Gilmore's perjury consisted in an at
tempt TO show that the tickets found in the
18th ward ballolb box had been printed prior
to the election, while the facts were clear
that they we're printed after election and sub
stituted for ballots regularly cast. Gilmore
now makes affidavit that the scheme OF per
jury was prepared by Mackin. He also con
fesses that he helped to substitute the ballots
and says that the entire affair was arranged
by Mackin, Gallagher and a New York "fiue
worker" whom he has described to the au.
thoIities. Gilmore carried the bogus tickets
to the county clerks office early ON Monday,
Nov. "a, and there gave the envelope to the
cashier OF the county clerks office.
"A great strike Of workmen in iron aud
steel mills, which had been threatened for
same months, is now in progress. 1t was or.
dered by the Amalgated Association OF Iron
aud Steel Workers on account of a reduction
| in wages OF 20 to 20 per cent decided upon
by the Manufacturers Alliance. In conse.
quence 100, 900 men are out of work 10 the
territory west Of the Aleghanies and north
| of the Ohio.
The skeleton Of a lad about Is years old
was found Monday under the floor OF house
in the western part OF Richmond, Va. How
il got there and whose it is arc mysteries not
yet solved. Apparently the boy met his
death by foul means, as the head WAS aepa-
rated from the trunk.
Hundreds Of families in jackson county,
West Virginia, are declared to be on the
| verge OF starvation and a strong appeal for
aid Is made. Last week meetings were held
at White Pine and New Kentuck, at which
scores OF citizens representing their respect.
i've n,ighborhoods testified M TO tho extent
OF the famine Many pitiful stories were
told. Hiram Cobb, owner Of mill, said
people would come At the rate of dozen a
day, after walking long distances, begging
for pint or quart of meal and sometimes
bringing half peck Of grain or few ears
OF corn TO be ground. He knew men who
had gone for five days without food. and he
himself would soon be q sufferer.
Tho Washington monument was struck
by lightning Sunday and the cap stone shat
tered. An examination made on Monday
morning showed that break was made by
the lightning on the northeast corner OF the
cap stone and four fragments fell to the
ground, where they were found nearly 10 feet
from the base OF the monument
Two members Of a New York gang"
that lay in wait on lumber piles for we'll to.
do passers, drop nooses over their victims
heads, strangle them into helpless silence and
rob them, have been sent up" for ~ years.
IT the present favorable conditions are
maintained Gen. Grant will go to Mt Nc
Gregor an elevation near Saratoga Springs,
on Tuesday, June 30 He will be accompan.
led by his family and DIR. Douglas.
The consul general at Montreal has re-
ported TO the department OF state that the
disease known az CHAMBERS has assumed
alarming proportions among the horses OF
that city. II il important that this fact should
be widely known, as large numbers Of horses
are shipped TO the United States from Cana
dR every week.
"A heavy wind, hail and thunder storm
set in and flooded the streets and roads about
Utica, N. Y, Sunday evening At 1:2O A. NJ.
Monday morning terrific tornado, accom-
panied by rain, thunder aud lightning pass-
ed over the city from the west Roofs were
blown of, trees and chimneys overturned,
barns demolished, out buildings twisted from
thtir foundations aud carried a great dis.
lance, and several brick buildings damaged
The Eastern lunatic asylum buildings at
Williamstown, Va, were burned TO the ground
about midnight Sunday; loss $40, 600
There were POO women in the burned buiId.
ing, but all OF them were rescued except one,
who WAS burned to death. Another patient
wandered away and was found the next
morning drowned in . creek near by Nearly
800 men patients in the other wards we're
turned loose, but did not wander of.
A considerable part Of the main bust.
ness section Of Suffolk, Va, was burned Sun.
day night with loss of $500, 900, about half
covered by insurance.
FOreIga.
Great damage WAS caused Monday even
ing in the most aristocratic part of London
by the bursting OF q sewer which had been
overstTained by recent storms. Scores Of
fashionable stores and residences we're food
ed, among them the residence of United
States Minister Phelps.
Gas generated in the coal bunkers of the
British iron war ship Iuhexible, at anchor
OF Portsmouth, Eng, exploded Monday
Fifteen Of the crew we're severely injured,
three Of them fatally. The vessel itself was
somewhat damaged
A terrible railway accident is reported
between Koslod and Rostod on the river
Don in Russia. A bar of iron, placed across
the track by robbers threw a train from the
rails. The number of killed and wounded Is
20. The robbers, who we're waiting for the
smash-up, plundered the train.
Intelligence comes that the last Of the
English troops have retired from the Nile
region of the Soudan. With it comes the
news OF strange project evolved out OF the
brain Of Cardinal Manning, 10 found a Cor
don free state on the Nile on the plan which
has been followed by the International Afri-
can Association in establishing the Congo
free state The project is said to have the
support of some English enthusiasts, both
Christians and spectators.
The Mahdi has issued a proclamation
which has been extensively circulated in the
counties bordering upon the Persian gulf,
stating that he intends to invade both Egypt
and Arabia.
The earthquake shocks at points in the
vale OF Cashmere continue at intervals aver
aging three hours in length. Whole villages
have been engulfed and terrible subterrane.
an noises are heard, driving the people fran.
tic with fear. The horrors of approaching
famine are added to the other results Of the
disaster, AZ many thousand bushels of grain
in storage have been swallowed up in the
ohasms which are constantly opening. The
fort ut Gurias has also been swallowed up
large supply Of rice and a considerable
amount of money have been distributed
Throughout the vale to relieve the distress of
the people. II is estimated that 200 persons
were killed.
An immense water-spout burst Sunday
about eight leagues east of Lagos, Mexico 10
the mountains near the dividing line between
the states of Guanajuata and Jalisoo. I'm
mense quantities Of water swept down the
mountain. There are already 200 lives re-
ported lost and the list may be swelled still
larger.
The Gladstone government was defeated
in the British House of Commons Monday
evening ON the second reading of the budget
which was rejected by vote of 26t TO 252.
Tremendous excitement was caused by the
announcement Of the result of the division