Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-09-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

woFUL RESULTS FROM DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
Two daughters of Mr.. o. f. Holtz, a
millionaire wine merchant OF Hoboken, N. j.,
were fatally poisoned last Sunday through
the carelessnesa Of a druggist who used NOR
phine Instead of quinine in filling presorip-
ton. The two daughters, Gretchen, aged ~,
and Ella, aged &c. were i'll with malaria, and
DR.. August Lowenthal, young physician TO
whom Gretchen was botrothed, wrote pre-
scriptions for four powders Of 10 grains Of
quinine each, and had them filled himself at
the drug store Of ID. Am Ende, reputed to be
one Of the best druggists In the country, at
the corner of Washington and Seventh streets
Each Of The girls took one of the powders at
10 o'clock Sunday night. When DIR. Lowtn-
thai left for his home, about A. NJ, Elias
peculiar breathing alarmed her family, and
they aroused her with difficulty. She began
vomiting and DIR. Lowenihal was summon
cd. lie pronounced her symptoms those of
poison. Gretchen exhibited no unusual
symptoms and assisted in working over her
sister, making the case more mysterious. She
soon, however, began to exhibit Identical
symptoms. Tho powder WAS examined and
proved to be morphine, there being enough
70 kill several men in each dose. The drug
gist was sent for and admitted that he had
made mistake. lie then rushed from the
cred at the bedside, but in spite of their ef-
forts Miss Gretchen died about O'Clock, and
her sister ON Tuesday. When the officers
went to arrest the druggist they found him
under the influence of dose OF atropia which
he had swallowed in remorse, but 1t is
now thought that he will survive. In ex-
PLANTATION OF his mistake he said There
were a number of gentlemen in the store
talking business to me, | was paying atten-
IN nd in nnv oh ha
wrong bottle from the shelf" The parents
are heart broken over the sad affair, and
young Dr. LowenthRl, who unwittingly ad
ministeTed the fatal drug is completely pros
trated
1t took FIVE pages of the Charleston s.
| c., News and Courier TO describe the ravages
of the hurricane that tore away the wharves
aud unroofed the houses In that city on Tues
day Of last week, doing damage of more than
one million dollars. Great damage was also
| done TO shipping, and II lives were lost by
the wreck Of three pilot boats.
The "bunco" and "boodle" men of New
York city are commonly pretty safe either
from violence or molestation from their vic
Tins or the police; but on Monday one OF
them named Tom" Davis was shot by his
victim. Davis and his brother we're working
the doodle game on n Texan named Hoi.
land, to whom Davis sold $40, 600 in good
paper money, pretending that it was an ad-
mirable counterfeit. After tho packages OF
notes we're placed in the buyers hand bag and
he had paid for his purchase the bag was
drawn through a concealed trap door into an
adjoining room, where the money was alb
stracted, and packages of worthless paper
substituted. Discovering the trick, Holland
drew pistol and shot Davis dead. The muir
deror is in the Tombs, and the transaction
has caused no little excitement among the
sporting men" OF the metropolis.
"A sixth magnitude star has blAzed forth
in the Andromeda nebulR, and is attracting
the wonder of astronomers everywhere.
Last Monday nights frosts we're severe
throughout the Northwest Garden stuff was
greatly damaged. corn was also injured, and
in the north the crop is thought to be prAct-
cally ruined.
"A singular crime is reported from Efing-
har0, Ont. Last fall Alexander Easterby and
wife disappeared mysteriously and no trace
of them was discovered until recently, when
the body of the woman was found buried in
the garden near the house in which the coup.
le lived, and John Easterby a brother OF the
missing man, has been arrested on suspicion
of being the murderer. lie says the husband
and wife lived unhappily together and the
former concluded to kill the latter and then
commit suicide. The husband committed the
murder and he and his brother John buried
the body in the garden. The husband then
cut his throat in an effort to commit suicide,
but not dying quickly enough, he called upon
his brother to finish him, which he did. A
search Is now going on in the woods for Alex
ander's body.
Martin Archibald, a wealthy farmer OF
Huntington, Ont, broke into the house Of
Mrs. Mary Adams at Belleville, Monday, and
tried TO ravish her Her son arriving on the
pN, i'm, mil ha
his hold; when Mrs. Adams seized the al
and attacking Archibald almost severed hi
head from his body.
, The furniture factory of Gardner
Holmes & Co.. on East Sixty first street, New
York, was burned early Tuesday morning
Loss 800, 900.
: Rev Samuel W. Duncan, pastor OF
Baptist church in Rochester, N. Y, has beer
j elected president of Vassar college.
Lawrence wilkins, a negro, was murder
= ed in a saloon on North street, Boston, TO
= helping himself TO coffee. The woman who
3 should have waited on him is charged will
tho crime.
Albert d. Swan, a promin ont bushes
I man of Lawrence, Masa. was shot and killed
: Thursday morning of last week by Henry X
Q Goodwin, who claims that Swan had ROBBIE
= him of all his property in business transac
Q tions. Swan was one of the wealthiest mel
| in Lawrence, and both had long been promi
q nent business men. After committing Tia
crime the murderer walked to the police alta
4 ton and surrendered himself.
8 Because of unrequted affection, Georg
9 Curry, young physician at Red Bcnk, n
j., on Tuesday shot Miss Susie Wcstcot
l. and then killed himself. Miss Westcott how
II ever, was unhurt the ball aimed at her heal
It CHANGING harmlessly from her corset steels.
A man fell 400 feet down an incline at
10 Louisiana falls, then 37G feet in clear Ut
n impeded drop struck in a marsh, stAid ther
p 80 hours, and il now alive, having gone /
10 New Orleans for treatment.