Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-09-14
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Justice Allen Of the Massachusetts su
prcme court has filed his decision ou the
preliminary question. in the Auluvcr rnsr
The decision is in favor of Prof Nmyth ou
every vital point The judge holds that all
testimony which the professor deem, r-~"n.
tiul to a full and fair hearing of the cu-o
must bee admitted To the record
Three valuable blocks in San Francisco
were burned ON SUNDAY. involving a loss of
about one million dollars one uan wa,
killed.
\ Franco Russian company has been or
ganilcd to unite the Black and Caspian
seas 10y canal.
The rear part of John R,hlnson~ cirru,
train was run into 10y freight train ~
milc, east of Cincinnati last saturday night
and five circus men were killed.
Lester WalIack the we'll known actor.
died last week and his funeral took place
in New York ou Monday.
Mr., Harriet B.rchrr Stowe was -trick
en- last week with AN apopl"ctlc seizure Ht
her summer home at Sag llarhor On Long
Island Her death seemed imminent and
"a she expressed wish tn die mt her home
in Hartford, She was placed ON board "A
steamer aud the journey undertaken Sh"
endured it well and arrived in Hartford Ia
"A more comfortable condition than when
she left Sag IIarhor.
Flood, in Mexico have have caused great
destruction Of property and the loss "f ~ry
cral lives.
The yellow fever continues its rava-ce
in jacksonville. and the sick are said tu sui
fer from lack Of proper care. The author
tie, have issued an appeal for aid. TIP to
"Wednesday night there had been ,l.i cases
Of the fever aud luu deaths
The most terrific hurricane for many
years swept over Cuba last week. In the
city Of Havana every street bears the
mark If its terrible force Nearly all the
public buildings cafes aud places Of nmu,c
mcnt are more or lees, damaged. In the
parks and bnIlevnrlS immense trees were
| uprnotcd In some instances their huge
trunks were carried several blocks o., the
/ force of the wind. Every railroad leading
/ into the city was disabled anl IA the s,lia
cent country crops were destroyed. the
loss to the shipping is very lnrs"
The dorv Dark Secret which started ON
its voyage from Boston tn Queenstown SOME
weeks ago, was abandoned at sea hy Capt.
Anderson, who has arrived at New York in
the Norwegian bark Nora
Minnie Brown, aged IT,, Of East Pro>i-
Utntt, II. l., Nl''l fl0ell ] utN'ldN ht'hI-''
her mother refused to let her go away ON "A
visit. Dime novel reading probably Sug-
gested the crime.
A fire swept three blocks at San Francis
60, Cal Sunday afternoon, cHusing u loss of
| Il 900 600 aud throwing 1000 hands out Of
employment One man was burned to
death. The scorching heat was almost un
bearable a block from the fire, which was
the most furious and unmanHgeablr that
the fire department there has ever been
called upon to cope with.
The incredible story comes from Nebraska
that a farm hand, enraged at hoy who
was Mt work with him on "A threShiug ma
chine, fed the lad into the machine The
other hands were attracted to the place 10y
the bows screams hut before they could in
terfere he was maugled beyond rescue. 1t
is appropriately added that the murderer
was Immediately hanged.
Last weeks untimcly fro,ts did great
damage IN Massachusetts, Connecticut aud
Maine In Connecticut the greatest dam
age was to tobacco aud corn, The frost ap
pears tn have been heaviest in eastern
Massachusetts. whore cranherrirs grape,
and late cereal crops were badly cut down,
In Berkshire aud Franklin counties murl
damage resulted to unriprneI crops. Ia
Maine, where great quantities of sweet corr
is grown for canning purposes, the loss L
the farmers aud Ia those employed in the
canning industry is placed at : OO0 0Uu
In eastern New York the corn, potato au'
buck wheat crops suffered great injury.