Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-23

Bin Chong, a Chinese laundrymln in
Boston, was murdered and robbed Saturday
night by an unknown assassin.
Miss Ida c. Allen, for IL years past pre-
ceptress of the Dover. N. H., High school,
has been elected as teacher of Bradford
academy at Bradford Mss'
"A terrible collision of trains took place
near Columbia Tenn, on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad Monday. special engine
going north ran into the Columbia accommo-
dation going south, killing seven men.
The steamship Gate G ty of the Savannah
line went ashore on Naushon island in Vine
yard Sound Sunday night in fog, stove an
Is inch hole in her bottom, aud lay on the
rocks with her middle compartment full Of
water. She had ~ passengers, all of whom
were safely landed. In clear weather the
point where the Gate CITY is lying is in plain
sight of Gay Head where the City of Column
bus was wrecked on January Is, 1884. She
is sister ship of the i'll fated Columbus, and
it is a remarkable coincidence that both ves-
sells should meet with disaster within almost
mailing distance of each other.
Two young Frenohmen, Flank II Verst
and Homer Bernard, of Holyoke, were drown
ed at Moody's cove on the South Hadley Falls
side of the river Sunday afternoon. They
with three other men were in boat, which
capsiz in a way that allowed them no chance
to save themselves. The bodies wore r,cov
cred.
Henry Bicknell of Bangor, Ms aged IL,
shot and instantly killed his l3-years-od sis
ter Sunday afternoon. He didn't know the
gun was loaded, aud is now insane over the
terrible all air.
A fire did 300, 600 damage at st. Louis
Sunday afternoon in Knappe, Stout n Co. I
I,or VA ar ,lu in
suffi ,ient aud the wind was blowing. Twenty
engines were called out but the flames spread
| till the whole 80 acres covered by the yardI
seemed on fire. Twenty five million feet Of
lumber we're destroyed.
Conrad Hoffman, his WIFE aud two chill
dren we're struck BY lightning at White H4
ven, Pa. Sunday evening, while seeking shel
| ter from the storm under tree. One chile
was instantly killed. and the other child an(
mother were 10 severely injured that they will
probably die. The father was badly hurt.
The Provident savings bank at St. Lou
has closed ita doors aud made an assignment
| Almond b. Thompson, the cashier, havinl
abseonded. The liabilities exceed the asset
by $40 600, which is probably the extent O
Thompson defalcation. He is a graduate q
Harvard college, and WAS regarded as maj
of sterling int gritty.
"A recent divorce case at Pittsburg, Pa
led to terrible tragedy on the high bluff o
Mount Washington in Allegheny City. Th
wife of John NJ. Dewald, printer, marie
Jacob H. Jones on the very day she obtaine
her divorce. Dewald, armed with botl
of vitrio and pistol, invited Jones to wal
with him along this bluff Monday night, and
seiz ng the latter while OF his guard, thre'
the vitriol in his face. Jones was horribl
dishgured and his eyesight destroyed. d.
valid calmly watched the contortions of b
victim while and then standing on the edg
Of the bluff, shot himself dead, and hs bod
rolled down the bluff to the road, 300 feet b.
low. Jones will probably not recover,