Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-13
-The theatle Al Tennyville. British In

The theatre at Tennyville, British India,
has been destroyed by FIRE. One hundred
Hindoos we're killed and many were injured
A Worcester judge decides that it is not
legal to keep BARRIERS shop open on Sun
day, and recently fined one unlucky fellow
$40.
The Utica, N. Y, boys get drunk by in
haling the fumes of naptha used by a street
lighting company. One of the sights on ev-
cry pleasant day is row of boys hanging
over the tank where the stuff is stored. They
even climb the lamp-posts to get at it.
The wife of Ferdinand Ward is living at
Stamford, Conn, in handsome, wel-furnish.
ed house of her own, and seems to be we'll
supplied with money. A brass band in town
have framed 500 check that Ward gave
them in the noontide of his prosperity.
-Two-cent letter postage has justified itself
even sooner than was expected. The sales OF
stamps stamped envelopes, ETC., for the year
ending July l, showed an increase over the
previous year Of nearly SO, OOO, 900, while the
increased cost OF the articles sold was less
than $40, 900.
The big raft OF logs which WAS to have
been towed from Nova Scotia to New York
stuck on the ways IN launching and smashed
the cradle in which it was to have slidden
safely into the sea. It was the first venture
VI tue hluu huu lut IhIl WAS mhu6 on 100 dig
a scale for beginning.
Deacon Joseph Story of the Bowdoin. SO.
Baptist church, Boston, of which the notori-
GUS W. W. Downs claims to be pastor has
been indicted by the grand jury on a charge
of adultery with Mrs. Elton, one of the mem.
bers of the church. She made confession,
and, with Rev. Mr. Downs appeared before
the grand jury as a witness. A week ago last
Sunday Downs held service in a hall in Bos-
ton and read the charges against Story to his
audience, following with the administration
of the Lords supper
"A situation which goes beyond the re-
sources of fiction is that Of Jesse j. Catlin,
the yardmaster Of the Pennsylvania railroad
at South Elizabeth who risked his own life
in vain to save that of Miss Annie Wyckof
three weeks ago. He is nov a raying maniac,
accuses himself of murder, and in pteous
tones cries Don't hang me. Oh why
did kill that beautiful girl ?" His hands
have to be mufiied to keep him from tearing
open his wounds. Catlin rushed forward and
tried to take Miss Wyckoff from the track
when she did not see an approaching train
but the girl was struck and killed and he was
badly injured.
Forest fires in Marathon and Clark ooun-
ties in Wisconsin last Sunday burned the town
of Spencer and soorched Colby, while Chip
pe"a Il ans was threatened. Al spencer,
town of 1000 population, ON the Wisconsin
Central, the loss is 100000. Two large
saw mills, the depot a wood-turning factory,
several churches, a school house, the music
hall and many residences were destroyed. A
northwest gale was blowing at the time the
fire started and famed the flames through the
village with fearful rapidity. Cows and hogs
were unable to escape, so rapid was the
spread, and many were burned to death.
Thirty five families were rendered homeless
and penniless, having had no insurance