Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-15
NIX, AND RECORD FARMER. FRIDAY JANUARY 49, 1885,

day night 1t included collection Of CO.,
600 insects.
Sixteen penteniiary oouvicts employed
in the mines at Coal Hill, Ark, escaped one
day last week, after tunneliug 30 feet.
The sections of north bound freight /
train telesooped at the bridge over Flint riv-
or, near whites station, Morgan county, /
Ala. Saturday. Part of the first section
broke loose and remained on the bridge and |
was run into by the second section. The
shock caused the collapse Of the bridge, which
was undergoing repairs. Five cars Of the
FIRST section and the whole Of the second,
consisting Of an engine and II cars, went
down. The wreck caught fire aud 10 cars
were burned. John johnson, fireman OF the
second section, fell under his engine and was
drowned. Henry Botellier, brakeman, was
caught under a car aud burned to death
Engineer W. d. johnson, brother Of the
dead fireman, was fatally burned and two
other employees we're badly scalded.
Boston had 800, 900 fire Sunday morn
ing involving the destruction OF two blocks
ON Clinton street, owned by j. aud T.. Quin.
| cy,
Montreal had the most destructive FIRE in
| its history early Wednesday morning, the loss
reaching half million dollars The build
ings destroyed we're owned by the Hotel Dieu
nuns The loss on them will amount to
! N0UU,OOU lully insured. Tue lOsbe5 OF tne
occupants are not yet known, but will be
close on to 5000, 600.
A cyclone passed over the middle coun-
ties of England, Tuesday, damaging properly
and killing several people.
The Bay State corset company's factory
and McIntosh's boot factory adjoining it at
West Brookheld, Mass, we're burned Tues
day evening, throwing $50 hands out of en-
poyment and involving property loss II
800 600.
"A collision on the Baltimore and Ohio
road near Coburg, a small station two and a
half miles west of Aida, Ind. Tuesday
} caused the death Of an engineer aud three
hremen.
Minnie Dishner, the farmers daughter
near Columbus, Neb.. who fell into trance
sleep Ogt. 20, awoke Sunday Jan. 3. During
the long interval she had lain to all appear
ance lifeless, with the exception Of respira-
, ton and pulsaton. When she awoke her
mind was apparently clear aud unimpaired.
Her appetite and general feelings were good,
but her arms and legs were paralyzed. She
1 says that she was conscious during the whole
Of her 70-days' trance, but, though she exert.
ed her utmost power to evince her conscious
5 ness she could not move single muscle.
4 DR. Martin White and his wife aud two
children we're found in their house at Battle
; Creek Mich, last Friday afternoon with
a their threats cut from ear to ear. There are
II evidences of a terrible struggle between hus
:, band and wife, and the superstition is that Dr.
=, White bad become violently insane, killed
a the others and then committed suicide.
i The extensive buildings in Philadelphit
h known as Arrots and Besttys mills, occupy
ia ing two blocks were burned Sunday, invoiv
d ing loss estimated at $1,000, 600 Tn,
IA buildings were occupied by about dozeI
h. firms engaged in manufacturing hosiery, cot
ir ton and WOODEN yarns, upholstery goods, jer
/. seys. mill machinery, etc, all Of whom los
Il heavily on machinery and stock.
Of -Tait's boarding house at Germsnia, Ont.
was discovered to be on fire last Sunda
morning. The inmates, II men, were al
asleep up stairs when they were awakened
-, by the rushing up of the flames. Three mel
la dashed down the stairway before it fell, Will
NJ the others got out through small windo'
Il about two feet square in the end of the build
ne ing. All were more or less burned The
g, did not save single article Of clothing som
In having even the shirts burned of their back
-, escaping naked, while the mercury stood
Ie 20 degrees below zero.