Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-12-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Several important hat firms in New York
and Philadelphia have failed for large
amounts
At Italy, Texas, Sunday an eagle sud
denly descended seized four year-old boy
in its talons and flew away. The father of
the lad followed after the eagle with a gun.
The bird alighted in a ravine and was shot
in the head while standing upon the child S
breast The boy was uniniured.
The government powder mills at Tai
Ping Foo China blew up recently, killing
BOO persons
Snow five To ten inches deep covers Okla
hama, and the needy settler, are in desper
ate straits
The ice bridge is already formed across
the ~. Lawrence river at Quebec. earlier
than IN any previou, season
The will Of Daniel & Fayerweather. the
New y ork millionaire leather merchant
gives -. 100000 70 different college, and
so. 600 10 hospitals To Yale college he
leaves $500 OOO 5000, 900 each to Cornell
and Columbia, ; 100 600 each To Bowduin.
Amherst Williams. Dartmouth. Wesleyan.
Hamilton. and the same amount to the uni
versities of Rochester. Lincoln Virginia
Hampton and $50 900 each 30 mon theo.
logical seminary, and to LAFAYETTE. Mar.
eta, Adelhert, Wabash and Park colleges.
Trinity. Brown University and the Univer
sity of Vermont are the only colleges of
Importance in New England that were not
remembered
1t is expected that many Of the state Of
fees IN South Dakota win be abolished IN
order to reduce expenses, a. the state
finances are in a bad way
Two prominent citizens dropped dead in
Brooklyn, y. Y churches during the ser
vices sunday evening.
I'm Italian fool named Succiof New York
j, trying 10 live - days without eating
He has now tasted over 80 DAYS aud his,
weight has fallen off from l4,i pounds TO
les, than TO-
A coastwise steamer put into Halifax on
Tuesday which had survived one Of the
worst storms ever known by putting oil on
the raging waters. The case was so bad
that the whole vessel was submerged and
everything movable had been torn away.
when. "a, "a last resort, 3u gallons Of oil were
allowed to escape This created a circle Of
smooth water uhout the vessel and enabled
her tp make her port in safety Outside Of
the 1ii the monster seas wnu6 come tearing
along as though 10 crush the steamer. but
no sooner did they come IN contact with the
oil than they would break and roll harm
le,siy by.
Pierre ha, been chosen the permanent
capital of south Dakota Toy a mslorty of
1924
Cha, H. Nelson and hi, famous Maine
stallion Nelson have been ruled off the
national tracks for questionable practice.
a; a race in September, 1883
-Four Young men, while skatin- at Sebec.
Maine noticed pickerel swimming about
and at once secured an ak striking the
ice stunned the fish, and when a hole was
cut through IL was easy 10 secure large
number They carried home 30 Of the
finest specimens
on Monday cyclone destroyed a mum
Der of houses near Muuroe, Ga aud killed
several persons.
Mrs Dr. Frieze living near Elizabeth.
y j.. wandered into the woods with her
tive-years- old daughter When found the
child was frozen stH and the mother,
hands were frozen So badly AS % render
amputatiou necessary.
The New York World. immense new
building wa, formally opened on Weine-
DAY evening
Au iron worker fell $50 feet from the
dome of the state house at Topeka Kansas.
Monday. and wa, killed
The British cruiser Caliope, made .amou.
by the way in which she breasted the
tornado at samoa and sailed out o. sea iu
safety while all the other vessel, ia the
harbor were wrecked J., 20 be refittei for
service at the expense of EIj,oon.
At the recent maetiu, Of the New York
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