Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-07
THE NEWS IN RRIEF.

IN NoN. Jdlles r.. English ot Connect
cut died OF pneumonia on Sunday at his
home in New Haven. His age was -.
Hundreds of range cattle were frozen to
death in northern Texas during recent
cold snap there
In many parts Of Maine lumbermen have
had an exceptionally good winter, with
Just snow enough for good shedding and no
! big drifts.
Rev. Phillips Brooks held a midday ser.
vice IN Trinity church on lower Broadway,
New York, every day last week and at
every service the old church was crowded
to the doors
The British steamer Quetta has been lost
at sea with l6l Of the souls on board She
was on her way from Queensland to Eng
land and struck an unknown rock in the
Torres straits.
a Mrs. Cordoba, who lives near Pomona.
Cal is great grandmother at the age of
% years. She married when lj years old.
her daughter when Il and her granddaugh
ter at the age of lG.
Secretary Window has awarded the lease
Of the Alaska fur seal fisheries to the North
American company of New York and San
Francisco for a term Of 20 years. The
terms are favorable to the government. but
D
mercial company, which is thus left out i'm
the cold after enjoying the profitable monop.
oily for the past 20 years.
1t is announced that Mr.. Edmunds will
push at an early day with all his strength
and influence, his plan for the establish
ment of great national university at
Washington 1t is well known. Mr. Ed.
munds says that a plan for such an insti-
tuition was mapped out by Washington dur
ing his first term as President, and a loca-
tlon was fixed for it in the plan of the city.
A three-y -years-old child, whose parents
we're asleep in a coach on Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern passenger train walked
down the aisle and fell off the platform
when the train was mile from Elkhart
Ind, Friday. The train was running at
high rate of speed 1t was supposed that
the child had been instantly killed, but up
on stopping the train and going back, the
conductor found the little one standing in
the middle of the track uniniured, except
for slight scratch on one ear. Railroad
men say they never heard of such a mirac-
ulous escape.
Holyoke, Mass, has certainly earneishe
right to be known the Paper city" Its
p paper mills now produce about 225 tons
of finished goods every "a hours, and 1900
hands are employed. The money paid to
help approximates Sl30, 900 every month
The nominal capital invested by the manu-
facturers is nearly S4, 900, 900, but the
actual amount is far greater. There are
industries directly connected with the trade,
using paper in various forms, which EN-
| ploy 700 or 800 hands to whom is paid S25.-
900 every month and $3.50, 600 or $500, 900
is invested in the business.
Mary Goodwin If TglanJ
Brunswick, who died recently at the age of
| 30 years, was known in that locality as
the girl who sewed with her mouth She
had no arms or hands, legs or feet, or none
in any way developed, these members new
er having grown after she was born Her
body was of full size, and her senses good
| She was very intelligent, conversng freely
in both French and English Early in life
she developed a fondness for sewing, and
astonished her relatives by beginning to
sew with her mouth. Finally she became
so expert that she could cut the material
with scissors, thread the needle, and then
do fine sewing, using only her mouth for
all the operations. A great many people
| from the surrounding country witnessed
her perform this wonderful work, and some
people have in their possession squares of
patchwork quilt done by her.
There was a novel and exciting race ON
the Central Pacific railroad, 40 miles west
of Ogden, a few days ago When six
miles from Blue Creek station the engineer
of the westbound fast mail train discovered
that the postal car was on fire. An unsuc-
cessful effort was made to put it out, and
then the engineer opened the throttle and
resolved TO reach the water tank at Blue
Greek, if possible, in time to save the car
go. Six minutes landed the burning train
under the spout of the tank, but too late
| The interior was a seething mass Of flames
and l5S sacks of through mail were almost
consumed. Word spread through the
coaches that the train was on fire. The
greatest excitement prevailed, and only the
lightning speed of the train prevented the
passengers from jumping from the cars.
There was a shooting affair of the typical
1 southern sort in the capitol at Washington
last week Friday. A year ago Charles E.
kincaid, a Kentuckian and the correspon-
dent of the Louisville Times, sent TO that
paper something about scandal with
woman which affected unfavoraby the
moral character of ex-Congressman Taub.
lee, also Kentuckian. The men have been
at enmity ever since, and Taublee who is
large man, while Kincad is Of slight frame,
has repeatedly put indignites upon Kincaid
by threats and otherwise. They came into
collision in the capitol Friday morning,
when Taublee handled Kincaid roughly.
Two hours later Congressman who were at
dinner in the House restaurant, heard a
pistol shot on the stairs aud rushed out to
find Taublee supported by two or three by
ISLANDERS, with the blood running from
hole in his forehead, while Kincaid stood
over him with smoking pistol in his hand
and shouting that he had done the shooting
Taublee was taken to hospital and Kin
caid was arrested but has since been re
leased on bail, it being probable that Taub
lee will recover