Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-22

An orange grove Of 30, 900 trees is to be
planted in Pomona Valley, Colo, 10y syn
dictate Of Illinois and Iowa capitalists 1t
will be the largest in the world
Gen. Lutz. who was indicted at Pitts
field Mass. for keeping an opium Joint has
disappeared with all his possessions, and
his aged wife will have to pay the $500 bail
for which she came responsible
The Greenwich hotel, which has been a
landmark in the town of Greenwich Mass
for over 50 years was burned few days
ago.
In New York city there are more places
where rum Is sold than where food can be
bought. including groceries, bakeries, etc
Frank l.. Silvers, well-known horse
breeder of Tecumseh, Mich killed his wife
aud two daughters, and then fatally shot
himself There is no known cause for the
deed
Mrs Beeler locked her three children,
aged two. four and six. in the house at
Port Huron Mich, one day last week while
she went down town. In some way the
children set fire to the house and when res
cued hy the neighbors were unconscious
The two youngest died and the other is not
expected to recover.
Baruum's greatest giant, Colonel Ruth
Goshen. who stood : feet inches in his
stockings measured , feet 6 inches across
the shoulders, y inches through the chest
and weighed $50 pounds, died a few DAYS
ago at Clyde, y. j. He was native of
Egypt and about - years old
Miss Stanley Won first place in the AZ hour
bicycle contest for women which closed at
New York saturday night, scoring 624
miles \ Boston Globe head line ON the
third day Of the race read 'On Stanley, on ~
\ terrific clycone swept across the west
end of Shelby aud the east end of Bib
counties. Alabama, Monday night The
most reliable reports state that thirty to
forty houses were blown down five or six
persons killed, and about thirty injured
some of them severely. Several hundred
head Of cattle and horses were killed OF
crippled.
y report comes that Stanley, the African
explorer has been killed in a fight with
the natives, but 1t is not generally credited
Property valued at 81 900, 600, including
rolling mills and grain elevators, was de
stroyed by fire at Montreal last Saturday.
loui. Sands, who left Sweden 30 year,
ago. and worked in the Manistee Mich
] lulii'fl 'hlllllN l'l Nlp per Hlbltli II nov
reputed to he worth - 600, 000 and is still
| honest, manly and unassuming
| At least 20 600 pieces of property wer,
/ ADVERTISE for sale in recent number o.
/ the Los Angeles, Cal, Herald for non pay
/ ment of taxes. So much for the relapse O
Il boom
Six persons were killed last Saturday 10y
/ the explosion of a boiler in saw mill a
Murphy, ". Va
Col VIM f. Cody Buffalo Bill'D has be
come one Of the greatest ranchmen in tn,
country. He has about 200 head of thor
oughbred horses and from 1000 to 300C
head Of cattle
Two small boys were killed at Edgeworth
Mass, Tuesday by jumping from moving
express train.
Mrs. Friend and her assistants in tn
electric sugar refining swindle have beer
arrested for fraud and brought on to New
I York
Two Mormon elders were terribly whip
ped near Barnett, Ga, Saturday night, an'
ordered to leave the country.
The latest use to which the Atlantic ca
bes have been put was illustrated in Wed
nesday's New York Herald, which printe,
a description of the baseball game playe,
at Naples the day before, with full score.