Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-12

TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Frank Harss of Bloomfield. Mich, was
riding in a road cart aud leading stallion.
The animal seized him 10y the neck with his
teeth, dragged him out Of the cart back
ward shaking him terribly aud stamping
him to death.
Slade, the well known slate writer, was
exposed at Portland. Me, Sunday IN the
presence Of many influential citizens who
are believers IL was shown that his
messages claimed to be- written 10y spirits,
were prepared beforehand
Plymouth Mass has voted $500 toward
the celebration in that town Of the de,lira
ton If the national monument to the ril-
grns on Aug. lst
Fifty buildings, valued at S;ju, 600, we're
destroyed at Savannah, Ga SUNDAY On
the same day Pittshurg. Pa suffered from
fire to the amount of half million dollars.
Four passenger cars were thrown from
the track and wrecked near South Chicago,
Ill.,, Sunday. One man was killed and sew
eral injured
The storm on the Virginia coast, which
is mentioned on our first page, was one Of
the worst ever experienced in that section.
In some places snow fell to the depth Of
eight 10 ten inches
tie NlpSltt lue I nlltu DldleS war NtSStl
thrown upon the beach 10y the hurricane at
Samoa, has been floated off, the natives rem.
derng valuable assistance.
Light SHOWS and no heavy rains during
the past winter have resulted this spring in
the most remarkable drouth that the lum
her region Of upper Michigan has ever ex
perienced, and over. .OOu, 900, 900 feet Of
logs are waiting for high water to float
them to market
\ schooner which arrived at New York
from Sauto Domingo city on Wednesday
reports that she was fired ON by Domni-
can war vessel when oil Saona island March
2lst, The shot struck the water only few
yards under the schooner's stern
Owing 10 the distressed condition Of the
negroes on the Panama canal works the
British consul is distributing bread among
the workmen since the suspension Of work
ON the canal
Mrs Ellen Young, colnred woman died
suddenly Sunday night at Baltimore at the
age Of ia years She had IL children, -
grandchildren, 1913 great grandchildren aud
five great great grandchildren.
Work has begun on the street decora
tions for the Washington inauguration eel
ebration at New York.
big reception was given to Postmaster
General Wanamaker at Philadelphia Wed
nesday night.
As the express was leaving the station at
Lorenzo ILL.,. early Wednesday morning. "A
fast stock train telescoped the rear private
car, killing four people and injuring four
others, most of them from Boston and
Brookline
Reports continue t. come in Of the dis,s
trous and irresistible work of the great
prairie fires in Dakota A Minneapolis man
who went t" investigate in person the con
dition of things in Sully county says that
at least 100 families in that county lost
their wheat aud everything they had
Those who witnessed the fire. he says,
told me that the flames jumped four and
five rods, 50 that the ordinary fire protec
tiou was uf no avail One man had IA sick
daughter in bed when he saw the fire com
ing, aud his wife rushed to the barn to un-
tie the horses while he ran Ia save the girl.
and he had Just carried her out on plowed
field when the fire sprang upon his house,
his wife barely escaping. The horses were
burned | saw where 400 sheep had been
burned in heap The sufferers need
most Of all seed wheat and lumber for
/ houses