Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-05
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Nearly COCO men employed in the Chicago stock
yards struck Monday for shorter hours more pay.
The U. s. supreme court has made a decision
which will not be pleasant news to stockholders OF the
deunct Pacific National bank Of Boston. 1t is, in eff
Feet that they are liable for 100 per cent upon the
shares of both the original and the increased capital
stock thus sustaining the circuit court decision. The
suits to collect this assessment begun by Mr..
Price during his receyershp.
Surveyor Beattie Of the New York custom house
shot Monday and badly wounded by an ex-inspec-
tor who was discharged last week.
A subterranean spring in Charleston, which
started Sunday simultaneously with a slight earth
quake shock, proves to have its source in broken
water pipe.
The torch Of Liberty's statue was lighted Monday
night at New York, the occasion being attended with
an illumination Of Bedl0e's island and a fiue pyro-
technic display which lasted nearly two hours.
An Indiana hotel burned early wednesday
morning, aud three men persisted in the flames. Two
OF them were elected to county Offices the previous
day.
ing, East Madison street. Chicago, Sunday morning,
destroyed nearly S25O,OOO Of property and several
lives. The flames spread rapidly that the inmates
Of many gambling huuses in the vicinity were sur
prised at the tables. wild stampede ensued The
proprietors hurried their gold aud greenbacks iuto
satches others shoyeed ivory chips into bags and
few rushed down stairs loaded with roulette wheels,
faro tables and gambling parapheruaha Of all descrip-
uons. But these were tue exceptions. The majori-
ty-dealers lookouts and players-rose together and
came tearing out Of tue buildings, many hatless and
coatless, aud all frightened. An hour later the root
aud top floor fcl,hurying several members of the fire
patrol in the ruins.
by agreement Of all parties interested the great
telephone controversy will come before the supreme
court at Washington after the February recess.
The subway commission of New York has noti-
fed all the telegraph, telephone aud electric light
companies that their wires must be placed under
ground within 60 days.
President Cleveland has accepted the invitation to
visit Boston and Cambridge next Monday to particle
pate in the observance OF the 2hOth anniversary of
Harvard college.
Called out by NIrs. Stewards death aud the PROV.
ing OF her will W. s. Crufut, New York correspond
ent, prints dismal story Of the surrender Of the
body Of A. I. Stewart for $25, 900 He claims that
Mrs. Stewart overrulcd the advice Of her attorney,
who announced through the press that not dollar
would be given to the ghouls for the return OF the
stolen body. relative OF Mrs. Stewart drove alone
in wagon at the dead Of night, according to the
agreement, to lonely spot in Westchester county,
n. Y. He was met by masked honeman who led
the way to hill where the $4,000 was delivered and
the rubber bag containing the remains received In
exchange. and within "A honrs they were deposited
under the Garden City cathedral. Wires have been
attached to the vault in such a way that 1t be
disturbed without starting the cathedral chimes.
A swndler at Randolph Mass, Monday pretend
ed that he detective and took four s. bills
from a shop drawer telling the scared female propr
etor that they were counterfeit and that she liza
| BILE to arrest.
The United States law taxing oeomargarine went
into effect Monday. II is said that the only Con nec
cut olsomargarine manufacturers, Esterbrook Co.
Of New Haven, who have made 81 600 600 profit with
III a few years. aud who manufactured fair grade OF
goods have gone out Of business They regarded the
tax Us prohibitory, aud it is reported from New Ha
that they have closed their factory and discharged
| their 80 workmen.
| Some experienced burglars broke into Geo. G.
i Davis's store at Marlboro, n. H., Monday night
blew open the safe and stole some $500. The store
was then ransacked but little Of value taken. The
town treasurer's SAFE with $1,000 cash In It, stOOt
| near at hand In the store, hut was untouched.
Two boilers In the Charleston, S. Co cotton fac
| tory exploded Tuesday morning. wrecking the boil
| er house, Killing one man, and throwing 800 meG
| out Of employment.
| The United States express company has anoth
| er mysterious robbery on Its hands. On the arrya
| az Toledo, o., Of a Lake Shore train from Chicago
| Monday night, It was found that the through cN
press car that runs closed ana sealed between chi
| cagO and New York had been opened In transit AM
| several packages containing valuable merchandise
| stolen. Certain employees are suspected.
| A strange labor demonstration occurred al
| Brussels, Belgium, last sunday, when 800 womel
| dressed In mourning led procession Of $4,000 per
| sons, gathered from surrounding towns, In a fune
| raj march to Chartered. They carried banners in
sCribed with notices IN favor OF universal suffrage
and amnesty to the strike rioters ana formed sol
| tmn and orderly COrtege. on starting from huuN
| the procession evoked the sympathy of enormous
| crowds OF onlOOkers. Upon arriving at Charlero
| the procession was augmented by $4,000 PERSONS
! Great excitement prevailed. The civic guard wa
| under arms, and the magistrates and other town
| authorities assembled in the town hail. The par
aders marched In perfect order for two hours, will
| bands playing the Marseillaise. They dispersed
quietly after waiting upon the authorities and read
| ing AN address signed ny all the wOrkmeus league
| In Belgium, demanding universal suffrage and am
| nesty.