Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-17
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


The ocean steamer rhingvalln, from Ca.
pruhlyrn for New York, rollilrd in "A dense
fng on Aug. / It'll with the steamer Geiser
of the same line, which left New York for
Copenhagen last Saturday. The Griser
sank in five minutes aud 81 passengers and
% Of the crew were lost Fourteen pas
Srngrrs aud n of the crew. including the
captain together with 10 passengers from
the Ihingvalla, were brought to New York
yesterday 10y the German steamship Vie.
land. The disabled ThincvalIa will endra,
or Ia reach Halifax. The passengers Of
the Gesor were mostly farmers from the
Northwest, who had 10y years of industry
and economy accumulated "a competence.
and were going ON "a visit tn their native
land many being especially attracted thlth
~ at this time 10y the great exposition at
Copenhagen.
j. Harmon Reed Of Albany, y. y, aud
Miss Nilikrm Of New Orleans were drowu.
ed at Bar Ilarbrr, Maine Saturday, night y
the cap~lzus Of "a cannr.
\ ,horkiug tragedy was enacted at Plain
yillc. Conn, last Saturday George Brad
ley shot hi, sweetheart, Lille Potter. and
then shot himself The girl has lird and
l;radlry is unt expected to live.
The irvclry store If l.. T. Hanson ut
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burglars Monday night aud goods to the
amount of 5000 stolen.
The Mt lug raft which was launched at
I1r,iu~, Nova Scotia has reached New York
in safety.
An engine and four car, Of freight
train were wrecked hy IA wnshuut near
! -holroIa IA, last Sunday. The western
express wa, not Tagged, aud the engine
] al
piled mp aud one day coach was thrown
| over an 81 foot cmhaukmcut. TwoperSuu-
were killed and eight seriously wounded
several valuable hur~". were also killed.
Drowning accidents are reported almost
lail, now One day last week an eNcur
sion ,oup capszcd near New Castle, Del,
and five women persisted. row boat III
East river AT New York city was upset sun
day and two Young men lost their lives.
\ fire at Chattanooga Tenn, last week
| killed five men and destroyed property
roughly estimated at about II million dollars
ten. Sherman has bought house in New
York, and viii make that city his home.
Edward King, well known Paris CORE
spndcnt for the Boston Journal and New
York Post has mvstrriously disappeared
He has not been heard from for sever n
months.
A runaway accident at Newport, R. |
TUESDAY resulted in Mrs. Cornelius Wander
hilt being seriously injured
yellow fever is raging at jacksonville
Fla. People are fleeing from the city 10y
the hundreds and business is completely
parulyzed.
An the big lumber dealers of Minnesota
aud Wisconsin have formed IA trust, will
Fred Wverhauscr ut the head The magni
tude Of It can Ice guessed at when it i
known that WycrhauSrrs own company
which is only a small part Of it, has capi
tai Of $50, OOO, ono in pine lands.
The danger Of drinking impure water
araiu emphasized hy the terrible scourge "
tyuhnid fever which has visited Toronto
an ohio town Of 1000 inhabitants. Th
tnNu la, no system Of sewerage or waite
works aud the drinking water is take
from wells in close proNi unity to Tia" huuNe'
which have hrcume contaminated 10y drain
nee The result is that malignant typh"r
fever ha, smittcn the place, carving of a
many ms seven people in a single day