Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-13
THE NE WS IN BRIEF.


The terrible cyclone which swept through central
Alabama Friday night proves TO have been one OF the
was accompanied by torrents Of rain and appalling
hghtnings, and started on the CahAwha river Just
north Of Selma, moving northwest through Dallas,
Perry and Blob Counties and leaving in its track
dead waste of forests bridges, plantatonhouses and
villas The dead bodies Of Is victims Of the storms
fury have been found already and 90 or so people are
known to have been dangerously hurt. The counties
mentioned in the very heart OF the state and cover
Of 1000 square miles, containing population
Of about 100 OOO The track Of the storm was half
mile wide and exploring relief parties from Selma Al
last accounts had followed for 40 miles, picking up
the dead and wounded. Bales Of cotton we're blown
from gn-houses aud burst and scattered everywhere
No two locks Of lint were left together. man driV-
Ing with cotton to Selma was lost Inc Wagon ana
and mules were blown away. Growing crops were
torn up from the ground Even treesend cotton stAEs
were bArked. The negroes are frightened nearly 10
DEATH and hudde together or squat alone, half elAd
In brushes and under fallen trees speechless with su
persttous fear and unable 10 tell where any OF their
household are. Selma is being canvassed for money
to bury the dead and relieve want, and all possible
measures being taken to relieve the restitution
AN 11-YEARs OLD BoY's STRANGE AND DREAD
Full CRIME.
This strange story comes from Troy, n. T.: Fred
die McAlster, aged s, and Edward Townsend, aged
H. ran away from the Troy orphan asylum last week
wednesday to see the election Sonnre,: On
buried up to the head In clAy-bank near poestenkl
creek at south Troy An autopsy showed that ne nAd
cate himself from the soft clay, but In vain Inc
other boy returned TO the asylum Thursday. The
coroners inquest revealed these facts; The two boys
walked up the embankment and tried TO cross the
quicksand McAllister began to cry, wnen Townsehu
deliberately threw him into the qulcksand, Ana tnen
ran back to the asylum, where he stayed All night nn,
der the stoop The next day he went back and tried
to up the body of his victim so that would no.
be found, He revealed the whereabouts OF the dead
bow when threatened with punishment. Townsend
had previously misused McAlister because OF IAN
ommsndsd tba the case be referred to the district at
orney for further investigation, and Townsend was
taken TO jail.
FoRrY.EIGHr LIVES LOST IN A DISASTER ON
LAKE SUPERIOR.
The fine steamer AlgomA, Of the Canadian Pacific
line was lost on Isle Royale, on the Canadian shore
of Lake SUPERIOR last Saturday night. The story OF
the Disaster as related by the eaptSp t tne par
Arthur Ont, last Friday noon Soon after reaching
Lake Superior the wind began to freshen from me
norhwest and great bank Of leaden clouds along the
northern horizon denoted the approach OF heavy
weather. Knowing, however, that the AleomA wa
one of the strongest aud most anoAt
the captain kept her on her cJurse but as night ap-
proached the wind continued to increase IN violence
and by dark had developed into one Of the neIeest
GALES ever experienced on the upper lakes Before
midnight Lake Superior was aahed into aNhdenhess
of seeming foam, and the situation was made Al the
terrible by binding snow storm tnAt SET ~ oe
fore morning II was impossible TO see the length OF
the steamer. The passengers and crew were greatly
terrified momentarily expecting the steamer to go TO
The bottom Saturday morning Isle RoyAe was sight
ed, aud Captain Moore headed the steamer LOT hocs
Harbor, where he hoped to gain shelter. Inc lsianu
forms natural harbor Of refuge, but near the en-
trance there lie dangerous reef and Just As Tue steam
erneared the entrance she struck the reel Ihere
terrific shock, aud then the boat came 70 iun sIoP
Almost Immediately the report came that the steam
ers bottom had been punctured and she WAS hInne
with water The boats were At once sOt ~ ,s ~
we're about to lower them the steamer shppee on ts
reef and disappeared with an angry roar Ine Ws,e
women. and then All was over. Only IA lived TO tel
the tale, these finally reaching the shore In boat
The number on board the steamer Including PAssen
nd inward OF gu.
The latest accounts say 1t 10 believed that more nAt
100 persons lost their lives, many passengers navln
been taken at stopping place after tue steIne
began her trip. The Canadian PACING company nav
almost absolute control Of all the avenues OF news
and II is nearly impossible to get at FACTS
Mrs. Anna A. Coolidge Of Boston WAS arraigne'
yesterday on the charge Of having couspred WITH oth
to procure the murder Of Mrs Edward menen q .
Baltimore, and her case was set Tor e1amlnAnoh -
o. tue bonds being hKed at t5OOO She was remAnde'
to jail.
Eight young men, hitherto esteemed respectable
found guilty of rape at the Ottawa AssHes ea
nesday and were all sentenced TO life imprisonment
The scene in the court while the sentences were oein
pronounced was Agonizing.
Mr. Taber whose wife Is the woman in the DoHns
Taber scandal in the Bowdon-square, Boston, Baptis
chu rch, has been granted divorce pat IN bPte
this Condemnation the Rev. Downs says he means !
keep right on" preaching, II he can get Anyoouy
come and hear him.
John Mccullough, the actor, who has been ereAl
ing down with softening OF the brain for more thAn
year, died rather suddenly last Sunday morning.
Editor Stead Of the Pail Mall Gazette, who mac
the disclosures Of gross immortality and tracing
young girls 10 London high life, was found guilty. \
Tue inry last Saturday on his trial for abduction
tue Armstrong case, In which, 70 prove ~
secured the delivery Of girl through MS @ ~,
procuress. Mr.. Stead claims the offence 70 nave pee
only technical one aud holds that the trial dispos'
Of all the charges against his invesgAhons ds5T
tence is three months imprisonment, sn1 ne eePf'
Gates any attempt "to make q row" on MS pehAn'
The elegant new HolliH-street theatre OF B9stS
was opened Monday night, when Gilbert And sui ~
vans "Mkado" was given for the nrat ume ~ "
city, The crowd was so great that hundreds wei
turned away. -.
Two young Germans Who were out in q boat
Niagara river at Chippewa, ont, sunday ht eIho u
we're carried over the falls As they were nearing q
rapids some boys tried to warn them OF tnelr uAnse
them After The boat got well into the rapids 4 orol
in two, One Of the men disappeared instantly ~
the other was engulfed after ehnging iors nOlneu'
piece Of the wreck %,
The limited west-bouud express ON the West sho
road met with serious accident near Little falS,
~ about midnight Sunday, by when one D Son1 Lar
half mile above the station had been washed Az
by swollen rivnet, and the rails for distance OF
passed safely over tins spot but the tender went do'
IL feet Into ditch. The first sleeper turned upon
side aud crashed upon the tender, oIeaAihs 'n'ON
aud spllntering one-third OF Its length
The people of Tappan on the Hudson have hell
meeting and passed resolutions protestng thS' ~
have no sympathy with the CRANKY spl,I. mH''H -
cd the destruction OF the andre hohu"eH''
-Roach's yard at Chester, Pa, started up Mon MONO
morning with 40 men. Upward Of 1000 men As.ei
bied FOUND the gates, and when the whistle gave
accustom cd toot at O'Clock deafening shous VIC
up from the crowd which drowned the SOUND.
men aud children took It up. An the toremea on
partments were taken on, aud they selected ABOUT
Horkmen taken on.
The wife Of E. @. Sanford, planter 10 Gay COY
IS, Tex was deliberately murdered Saturday y
A-years-old son, valentine who, In bis tatherb
seDce, fred ave shots at her with winchester :
while she was working in heid Ine Roy 1l aSv
assisted his father in searching for the ooayI
when II was found Sunday evening" cohIxsseu,
had intended to kill his father also, then seh tne PH
tton and become brigand He is no" III JAN
A frightful wreck occurred at the blaes.ons ~, qu
~ on the Baltimore Ohio railroad yes.slu1S nj,
ing The through express from baltiinot 70 ~ ~
burg consisting OF sleeper two eoaehssl w AZ
cars and an express car, RAD into mlApi-oeJi q
and was completely wrecked. Tue SLEEPER INV Won
and over down an EN- ankment 80 feetlnto the hSu
iogheny river. The other cars were upse' -
whole train was detached from the esHnss' o,t-is
persons were injured, but none we're hineI -, ~
The two passenger cars stopped az the "Thsrs 4.
the baggage car went into the wafer ..hstnt.
many passengers on board. The cries OF Tue NV
were heard from every car.