Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
TIIE NEWS IN HRIEF.

Dennis Couture and Joseph Nool were
killed last week Friday while trying to
thaw out stick of dynamite at the mines
of the Albert copper company at Copelton,
Pc.
Two freight trains collidcd in the rail
road yards at Kent, o., one day last week
Both engines aud 10 cars Of merchandise
were wrecked and an engineer killed.
4 sad ralrond accident near Elmwood,
/ Mich. on Saturday afternoon, resulted i'm
the death Of three persons One Of them
was Lieut.. Gov. Mcdonald Of Michigan.
/ A draw bridge over the Green river at
| Spottsville, KY, became overbalanced
| few days ago apd broke in two, throwing
about 20 workmen into the river. Five Of
| them were drowned and seven seriously, if
not fatally, injured by falling timbers.
| The ocean going tug II. +. Morse, one Of
/ the largest and best Of the fleet of tow
/ boats used in coastwise towing, was wreck
ed during the snow storm Monday morn
/ ing ON Ilarlng's Ledge near Boston, to
| gether with the coal harges John Bunyan
aud Josephine which she had in tow. Six
| lives were lost in the wrecks, one from the
| Morse, three from the Bunyan and two
/ from the Josephine, while 81 were saved,
/ II Of the men being taken from the tug
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crew from Hull
| An old farmer in Missouri discovered
/ two Of his daughters clipping with their
/ lovers. lie followed, shot the young men
| dead and wounded one of his daughters.
| When he returned home he learned that
/ the other two daughters had eloped. He
/ brought them back without bloodshed, and
| then his neighbors hung the old fellow 20 a
/ tree
/ The negro hunt in the vicinity pf Wahal-
ak, Miss, is not only continuing, but has
been extended over two counties. Up TO
/ date at least 10 negro families have been
/ killed or driven away and their cabins
/ burned. The better class Of white cIti-
zcns are reported rs deprecHtng this kind
OF thing, but the work goes forward all
the same and has become free to-all af
fair in which any white miscreant whose
time hangs heavy on his hands may join.
! The officers Of the law do not lift finger
to stop IL. The whole affair is a disgrace
To- our civilization and an ineradicable stain
upon the good name Of Mississippi.
Mrs Mary Hale, 60. was murdered ON a
farm at Riga county. y Y. Friday even
lug by "A farm boy named Bnger. The
family had gone to "A school entertainment
leaving Mrs Hale. two young children and
. tllt ldlil il'N III lle mousse. W men inc
/ family returned they found the woman "
ing ON the floor in pool Of blood with o.
deep cash across the forehead and a little
child of two years sleeping upon her life
less form 4 heavy fork handle was found
beside the body 1t is supposed that thu,
woman detected Binger in some thefts. and
that he murdered her in order that she
could not inform on him The murderer
has fled
A d,.potch from Graham in Youn,
county T.xns ..ys tbat iast SatnrJa,
while n Jauuty I'nitad Sto,os ,,arsbal a,,j
his posse Of Graham citizens we're escort
ing the four MARROW brothers Bnckhart
and a man named Pierce to the Parker
county jail at Weatherford the prisoner,
being indicted for four murders and eight
cases Of horSe-theft a mob If 70 citilan.
attempted to lynch them The marsha.
and posse defended the prisoners and "a ter
rihle fight took place. Two Of the MARROW
brother, and four Of the posse were killed
at the first fire The fight continued, ano
another Of the NARROW and Pierce Wprt