Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-08
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

colored preacher in Gordon county,
Ga, attempted to kill by poison an entire
family Of 10 persons. Three Of his victims
are dead and others will doubtless die.
Parts Of Minnesota aud South Dakota
were visited Sunday by heavy and most
disastrous wind, rain and hail storms The
principal damage was to uncut grain, the
losses probably reaching 100000
The quickest passage from Japan on
record was made by the Glenogle, which
arrived at New York Sunday after a "a days
passage
A brutal murder occurred at New Milford
Conn, last Friday, when Swede named
Beriensen entered the room Of his sweet
heart and nearly severed her head from her
body with knife. She came from Sweden
last spring 10 marry him, but finding him tc
have developed drinking habits, she refused
70 have anything further to do with him.
The report Of the defeat Of Gen. Riva.
by the troops Of San Salvador is confirmed
Rivas escaped from the capital, but wa.
captured and publicly shot In "A siege OF
80 hours the capital suffered considerable
damage aud hundreds Of persons were
shot down in the streets.
On Thursday Of last week tornado anc
electric storm which was almost cyclone
and which following the Lawrence disaster
caused great terror, swept over parts oi
New England. The storm was felt will
great severity along Lake Winnepesauke ee
the steamers on the lake being damaged
and cottages along the shore being blown
down. Many places were struck by light
ming, and at Rpckland, Mass, child wa,
killed by "A bolt.
Stamps u the value Of $1,000 we're stoler
from the Newport, r. L. post office las
week Thursday
The cholera epidemic at Mecca is spread
ing, an average Of 81 deaths day beinI
reported. All ports on the Red sea, tn,
/ Levant and in Asia Minor have been quar-
antiued.
The May flower won the Goelet cup in tn,
| yacht race from Newport last week Friday
There were many cases of prostratiol
| from heat in New York city last week Fri
day. Ten deaths occurred.
Charles McCaffery, the Canadian cham
| pion bridge jumper, leaped from a derricl
in the Atlantic company's yard at East Bos
| ton, Mass, Sunday, and struck the wate
| l3O feet below never to rise again. A few
hours previous he had successfully dov,
] lloh hHolu'l deIIlNh 40 leel nlSu.
The excursion steamer Mt Hope, run
ming from Providence to Block Island, witt
| 100 passengers on board struck a rock il
the fog Saturday. staving hole in he
bottom. She was able to reach the whar
and her passengers were landed. On til,
same day Sound steamer with 300 passen
| gers struck off Orient Point, L. |. No live
were lost, bat the steamer had to be aban
/ doned.
Dismal crop reports are received from
Great Britain aud France general al
vance in the price of breadstuffs is noted il
both countries. lncessant rains have dam
aged the wheat crop in France to the exten
of 500, 900, 600 aud the price of bread i
already advanced by the Paris bakers
| French iinanciers say that France will hav,
to import most of her wheat for home con
sumption next winter. Ireland is suferin,
from a widespread potato blight One au
thority reports that the blight is attribute,
to the fact that the Champion potato, the in
PRODUCTION of which, in 1880, was so bene
fetal to all Ireland, has run itself out, an,
some new variety must he brought from
America.
Trains long fast is again outdone by
woman at Easton, Pa, who has been with
out food over II days
The war ship Baltimore has finally beel
chosen by Secretary Of the Navy Tracy +
convey the remains of Ericsson to Sweden