Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE FIGHT N WHICH BAEEIos WAS KILLED.
Reports Of the battle Of ChalchuapR. Oh
March 81, In which Gen. Bgrrlos President
of Guatemala, lost his life say that the Qua
temalans left 1900 on the battle field The
Guatemalans admit Il total loss OF 1900 men
Salvador had 20 killed and $50 wounded, in
Guiding many officers. The Salvadorians en-
trenched their artillery and Gatlipgs, also
their mitrRilleuse. Their FIRE WAS directed by
French officer named Tourlet who was kill
ed IL the action. The guns did great execu-
ton. The Guatemalsns attacked with their
bsttshons in close formation The Guatema-
lans say that to obtain the body Of Geu. Bar
rios cost upward OF 20 lives The BODY Wa
conveyed 10 Guatemala city and inferred there
with military honors.
DEsTRUcTIvE FREsHETs IN KANSAS.
A disastrous food occurred Tuesday
morning at kIngmAn, han. IL the Mime
scab river. Inc river rose five feet IL 30
minutes and soOn small outbuildmgs and
sheds began 10 move ind almost instantly
the whole Of South Main street was under 3
rush Of waters, which tore houses from their
foundations and sent them drifting across the
street and on their way down the river with
families still il them screaming for help
Fifteen dwellings were swept into the cur
rent with men, women and children II them
and at the mercy of the waters The nun
Der drowned is unknown. though four women
and one man are known to have been drown
ed, besides several children.
"A special from Medicine Lodge. Kan. re-
counts fearful results OF & waterproof or
cloud burst to the residents Oh the Medicine
river which seems TO have been the same tina,
caused the kInnescRh river to overflow al
kneman Tuesday. The special says that
the water rolled down over the low lands east
of Medicine Lodge city, 10 u fest perpen.
dicular, carrying death IL it wake. Several
whole families are known TO be drowned
In the Elm creek bottoms, east of the town,
dozen houses were entirely destroyed and
many of the occupants drowned or saved on
~ by chnging 70 the branches of trees. 10
camps IN the bottoms were 10 o. u cmigrant
wagons filed with families, and not half OF
these persons have yet been found.
Numerous forest fires have been raging
this week. At one point on Long Island 500
acres of valuable timber are reported burned
over, and at another 5000 have been destroy
ed Near Salem, n. j., IRE took g sweep
three miles wide over a big tract of barrens
Near Milford, Mass, large tract OF timber
land was burned over and = saw mill and 9th
er buildings destroyed. AT Wrenthanl. Mass.
woman WAS burned 30 death while fighting
a forest FIRE.
A terrible tragedy took place at Green
wioh, CT, late Tuesday afternoon. Barclay
johnson, SOD Of prominent lawyer, while
walking IN the woods with his mother and
sister, shot and killed them both and then
killed himself, Young johnson had been
complaining Of feeling unwell during the
winter, but he bad not been suspected Of in
sanity. He was famous shot and athlete
and the vRledictorian Of Yale, 49, His sis
ter was 6 years old and a great favorite with
the Greenwich people.
Two New York building contractors who
were conveniently blind 10 Buddensiek's
methods IN rearing mp mud walls, have been
arrested along with bin and his sub-contrac-
tor
Three murderers were hanged in New
England last Friday. Thomas Samon, who
killed The three Ruddys at Laeonia n H il
November, 1883, being executed at Concord
and Carmine Santore and Rafaele Capone
two Italians at ThomRston, Me. The two
Italians hammered Pasquale Coscia into
pulp, near Bangor in September, 1888 10 get
$40 which he had on bis person
The heaviest snow storm ever known in
the vicinity of Denver COL, 20 inches, fell
on Wednesday night and Thursday.
A company of Cleveland co.. capitalists
have bought q strip Of 4 900, 600 acres of cat
tie lands IN southern Colorado from a syndi-
cate OF which ex-senator Tabor is the head
and propose 10 raise cattle Oh a scale which ID
magnificent even for the plains. Their tract
IL one of the largest single grants Of land in
the country.