Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-07-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The corOners Jury investigating the eN
plosion of the steamer Tioga at Chicago
last week, charge the officers Of the Gene
see Oil company with the murder of the "a
men who were victims.
smallpox epidemic is raging in Mexi
60 Just over the Texas border, the per cent
of fatality being very high
A party of $50 excursionists had mar
row escape from being carried over Naga
ra Falls Monday the engine of the steam
err in which they were giving out and allow
ing them 10 drift, and the anchor at first
refusing to catch when thrown out The
steamer was only short distance above
the falls when it stopped.
Two children between four and five years
old, belonging to Timothy Sullivan and
John Bull Of Colchester, Conn, set on fire
the barn Of Patrick Mccarthy ON Glllett's
Hill in that place, last week, while playing
with fire, aud persisted in the flames.
By the explosion Of kerosene stove at
Three Rivers, Mass, on Friday. the house
Of Mrs. William Prairie was fired. Mrs
Prairies clothes were entirely burned from
her body while attempting to throw the
stove out of doors. aud she is badly in
jured that she cannot live. Mrs Henry
Rivers, who came to her rescue, was badly
burned about the head and arms, and re
ceived such a fright that she has become
insane. The house was saved.
Reports received from all sections of Min
nesota and the Dakotas are that the crop
outlook is generally favorable Estimates
of the total yield of wheat in the North
west 90 above 100, 0O0. 600 and some believe
the total may reach 10000, 900 bushels
The steamer Egypt and her valuable car
90 have been burned at sea The crew
capped. The American schooner William
Rice with her crew is lost on voyage from
Cspe Ann to Iceland.
4 rough estimate places the population of
New York city at l,5l3,5Ol.
One of the most horrible crimes on record
is reported from Marys Island, South Caro-
lima A dissolute fellow named Paddy
Grant and his paramour poured kerosene
over Grants wife and set fire to her cloth
ing, burning her so badly that part of her
body was charred. Mrs. Grant was left
without care for a week, when relatives
discovered her condition She died when
an attempt was made to remove her Grant
| committed suicide before he could be taken
/ to Jail.
Five hundred members of the Brother
hood of Railway Fremen met at Hartford
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matte brakes and coupers on freight trains.
The New England Farmers canvass of
the hay crop Of New England places it at -
per cent above the average in amount and
! 30 per cent above the average in feeding
values, the crop is of extra quality and
is being secured in unusually good condi-
ton. The poorest returns are received
from Vermont, where a crop OF only fair
average is received.
Some boys threw stones through the win
dow of the engine room Of the Cornell mill
at Fall River. Mass James Brisebois, the
engineer, became enraged and threw an
iron drill at the boys 1t struck George
Walker. aged IA, in the head and he died
in few minutes
Hon. Josiah Richards, one of the most
prominent citizens of Attleboro, Mass. was
riding in wagon while carrying heavily
loaded double barrelled shot gun. The jolt
ing of the wagon caused both cartridges to
explode, the charges entering Mr.. Richard.
right side, killing him instantly,
Cass county, North Dakota, was visited
by cyclone Tuesday, in which seven per
sons were killed and much damage done Il
crops and buildings. A hail storm neal
Fargo did great damage a cyclone alsC
swept over part of Minnesota with fatal Of
feet.
The largest iceberg ever reported wa
seen by British ship just in port at Phila
delphia, on her passage. 1t was four miles
long and 80 feet high,
A four story brick tenement house a
Cincinnati, having but one narrow exit
was burned Tuesday night, and at least foul
persons were burned to death or suifocated
A fierce gale swept over parts of Penn
sylvania and New Jersey last Thursday, un
roofing houses and leveling several manu-
factories, Four lives were lost from light
ming strokes or other injuries.
The discovery of valuable tin deposits il
California promises an important and profit
able new industry to the state.