The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1886-07-30
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
NEW WORLD.
,,.c,pr op THE BRAZILIAN PRINCE

.,,c.pp op THE BRAZILIAN PRINCE
ns..,,,on nr,nce I.eopoldo on hid Up to
lnu Isl,nd Monday, as the guest or the Sea
T t,oacS raroad c,mpany, had a dead'y compsn'
;on n the shape Of lighted bomb, and this Ter
rihle TACT having been brought to light, awak-
ened in the hearts O. the gay company VINO
were aboard the sylvan oslea'i ;n. =. r. w.
Victims of diabolcal socialist plot, or tne VIC :.
.;m nf a cruel hoax. Among this party W. re
Sai,,odor de Mendonea, the Brazilian cor sui,
s;s SON, Mario de Mendonca, with bis three
Isuchters Commodore dc Cana. sevela school
mates of the prince, and about ~ oncf .rs 81 the
Brazilian man-of-war barroSso. W ser promi.
nsnr men were expected to be .prese Mt, but they
ssnt recrets. But one prominent, city official
sttended. and this was Corone.. Michael B
MESSENGER. The manager of me railroad COM
r~nv short time before received letter In
rrnnsh German hand which be showed to only q
tew of bis friends. 1t was directed "To the
president of the Sea Peach railroad company:
and other bandit love rs and royal ilckspiIIles.
rTbe contents were to this effect: The writer had
heard that the Bro lillian princeet was about TO
he entertained ar d banquetted in company with
the COMPRESSOR MARITIME, the blood hOund lei.
lows" and others ''of the accursed arlstocracy
who were anxious to pay homage to the prince
nv The president and directors OF tie Sea beach
COMPANY; that the affair had been ouly uls,
that the entertainment must not take place, ana
tbat,if it were insisted on. the gctters-up OF the
fete should he revenged. The letter was GATED
Julv 26, sc, and was signed "Social Rev Com. ;"
The following postscript was APPENDED, DE
warned and countermand the fete your lVes
are now in your own hands, and the RESPONSE
Bility Shall now be with YOU The manager,
although be seemed TO make light of this, took
private detective in the party with him, and
made every possible attempt to keep the prince
out of danger, and in Ignorance OF IL. ABOUT
9'p IN, tie merry party boarded the Sylvan
Stream at Bay Ridge, and prepared to the city.
A few seconds past 10 O'Clock, when twO-thfds
of toe Journey to tie city had been made, r
kissing sound aud several shriaks were heard
onthastarhoard side of the saloon in the mid
die of the boat. Coroner MESSENGER rushed out
10 the stein DOM 10 the saloon, calling excited
lyto the erotlp on deck--"My God, gentlemen,
there's II bomb on toard! Tho saloon 10 On
fire!' They went inside and saw man lean
ilic over something that was Kissing and smok-
ing behind some chairs just above the engine
room. Sparks few and the carpet was III a
blaze Tie smoking object was large green
glass bottle, with an attachment at the end from
which hung fuse about two feet in length
The man WHO YVES bending owe, the bottle selZ
snd threw it overheard then said be had
heafd the noise and coming to see what it was,
dis covered the bottle under the chairs. The
man said bis name was Brown, and that be be-
luucea to the company. Urgent questions were
put to him. but he would say nothing more
Prince Ieopuldo had heard he noise, and when
told of the danger be had been in, simply eX
claimed, sThe dewitt" 1t was the belief Of the
men on hoard that the whole thing was hoax
ani the police regard the affair as a practical
i Ike detectives, however, have heeu detailed to
luok INTO the business. The Brazilian prince
started from New York Wednesday morning for
Newport, r J, with his party.
SO BRUTAL RACE MURDER.
A special tram of thirteen coaches, heavily
loaded with passengers most of whom were
negroes residing along the line of the VickS-
burg and Meriden railroad was leaving Vicks-
\ burg, Miss, to return to Meiiden Saturday
Night when brickbats and stones were hurled
into it through the windows by unknown mis-
creaus Standing outside in the darkness. One
young negro was struck on tsehead and knocked
scnselcss Ja-t before the trai1 reached Vovin-
NJ, pistGs we're fred into the car and one color
e0NIan not through the Shoulder. When two
rtileS east M Clinton ihe train was agrin fired
into, Wis tim& by man Standing upon the en-
bankinent OF a\cut through which the train was
passing, and >young white man was shot
locating these dastMdly nets, or indicating the
motives of the would\be assassins.
$350,000 STORM.
Z IA tuR btoIi III dDuut IulsDUTE, Ia, NlOnOHy
morning did damage to the amount of nearly
$4,000 II appears to have been confined to
western .Pcnns. lvania ant s the most severe
known for many years. Hon ses were flooded
and struck by lightning, croR destroyed and
tfees and fences washed avayA Whole fields
:, waea. ana corn aye~Ssln destroyed, and
e. one poiut nesr;-ssvans CitYa strip of wood,
ersSd Sv By three ,t4 Of me
S1hcldeDce was the fact that il occurred on the
18th anniversary of the Butchers-run food in
which nearly 200 PERSONS lost their lives.
LIGHTNING sTKIKEs yw0 WATCHERS OVER
CORPSE.
A sEall farm house near Hull, P @, where a
number of people were seated about coffin,
watching over toe body of woman, was struck
hy lightning during heavy thunder storm
Sunday hight. The lightning came down the
Chimney and stove pipe, struck the coffin and
shattered II 10 pieces. Tour persons were seat
Cd around The coffin at the time, and one man
and chilli were so badly injured that they
have vince died. Two other persons were badly
iDjGged.
HORRIBLE TALE OF DEPRAvIIY.
I horrible story from the lower end of Pat
nall county Go, has reached Savannah A ne
gro woman engaged to prepare dinner for a
colored picnic, murdered young Child who had
been left in her charge. cooked half the remains
and served it TO the people. The other half of
tho icinsins was iound sailed down in barrel.
The negroes became perfectly frepzed on max
ing the discovery, rnt seized the woman and
burned her at the stake The report appears to
be au thentic.
FOUR DEATHS FROM DRUGGISTS BLUNDER.
Mrs Andrew Bairoli, an Italian woman of
Cleveland, O, Monday sent her son to A
Baitlett's drug store for 10 cents worth of cream
tartar and he same amount OF sugar OF milk.
4 hree cniidren were sick and they and the
mother also pertook of the medicine. Instead
OF sugar of milk, the druggist gave tie lad
arsenic, aud the mother is dead and tie three |
children are not expected to recover. TIE |
drug isl Is craz5d with grief.
STILL BORN REVOLUTION.
Four cffirers hostile to the Nicaraguan gov.
tIiiueDt combined with revolutiouistS and at |
IL, he'd The artillery barracks at Msntq as. The |
Arttn'pt failed, and the tour officers and the |
gitater part OF the Ievolutionists were arrested.
hey viii be severely punished. The origna-
,,r Of the revolt is Don jose JeIez.
THENEw PARLIAMENT OF COLOMBIA.
Senator Balmacado, liberals reported to have |
cen elected president of the republic of the |
United States of Colombia. Great bloodshed |
attended the elections and upwards Of 40 lives
were lost. Smallpox IS raging in Santiago, The |
capital Of the republic.
Rich gold mines have been discovered in the
Cordltra dc Arauco Of Chill.
Women with pale, coloress faces, woo feel
weak and disccuia aged, will receive both mental
tfo bodily vigoI by using Carriers Iron Pills,
Hkice are made for the blood, nerves and COM
pexion.-acv.
Stephen Brodie, New York boot black %
years old, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge
+ rCay afternoon on wager of 800. He was
aust three eecopds in reaching the water and |