Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Forty pounds of nitro glycerine exploded
with terrific effect at a small station near
Decatur, Ind, last Sunday afternoon. The
nitro glycerine was in a wagon, on its way
TO be used in shooting "A gas well The ex
! plosion killed the driver and his horses, and
tore the wagon to splinters. woman and
| her baby in a house near by were killed by
the conclusion. A circle go yards in diam
eter was made in the ground. No traces
of either the man or horses are to be found
excepting small pieces Of flesh banging up.
on the trees remote from the spot where
the explosion took place,
Nellie Davis, colored woman of Flor
ence, $. c., became angry with her Is
years old adopted daughter because of some
trivial act of disobedience, and while she
was asleep in her chair, saturated her
clothes with kerosene oil and set fire to
them The child was burned from head to
foot and died in an hour.
A bill has been introduced into the Ma
ryland legislature which requires all per
sons who fail TO cast their ballots at any
regular election TO appear before the judges
Of the circuit courts and show cause why
they should not be fined. 1t is suggested
by the deplorable political situation in
Baltimore, where the Democratic thugs re-
tain supremacy largely by the Indifference
of the better class of citizens
The new steel crusier, the Newark. has
just been launched at Cramp x Sons ship
yard, Philadelphia, of which great things
are expected. She is Of the same general size
and type as the new flagship Chicago, but pos
sesses many improvements and new naval
appliances. She is moreover, a distinctively
American craft, and not copy of European
models, as her predecessors have been.
The London Fishing Gazette has sent to
New York fishing club 10000 eggs of
English brook trout, which will be Matched
and placed in ponds and streams in north
ern New York These English trout when
transplanted sometimes grow TO enormous
size. Trout grown from eggs taken to New
Zealand several years ago have reached
weight of 80 pounds.
Word comes from Honolulu that Sister
Rose Gertrude, the English girl who was
anxious TO nurse lepers at Molokai, sue
ceeding 10 the work of Father Damien,
will not become an exile in the leper settle
ment as she anticipated, The settlement of
Molokai is in charge of the sisters of the
Sacred Heart, who are maintained there
by the Hawaiian government and as Sis
ter Rose Gertrude belongs to another or
uoi -bhS boullhlCdn SlaltIb- sue cOulu nOJ
be admitted. She is therefore at Kalili re.
ceiving station for lepers, or for those who
are supposed TO have contracted the dis
ease, who are there cared for until it can be
determined what their ailment really is
John Alexander Logan, jr., grandson of
the late John A. Logan and son of j. A.
Logan, captain of the 9TH Ohio national
guard, has been commissioned first lieuten
ant of the Logan Rifles He is only six
weeks old.
The estate inherited by William Waldorf
Astor is estimated to amount to $3.50, 600,
600, and it makes him with one exception
the Duke of Westminster in England-the
richest private citizen in America or Eu-
rope.
japan is TO have an industrial exposition
at Toxic this year, from April TO July 81.
1t is to be wholly an exhibit of home prod
ucts, showing the improvements that have
been made in japanese art, science, agri-
culture and industries
Mrs. U. S. Grant leads very quiet life,
partly on account of delicate health, and
partly from preference. Her eyesight has
become poor, and she is seldom seen out
side the family circle, except when she
drives in the park in her well appointed
brougham. One Of her most frequent and
welcome visitors is Gen. Sherman.