Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Jacob Tuttle of Alton. ~ H., and his sis
ter, Mrs. Sallie kennett, both celebrated
their SD birthday recently. They are
| twins.
Young Emperor Wilhelm is said to look
wretchedly about half the time His face
is yellow, his eyes are bilious, and he seems
thoroughly afflicted with i'll health
1t is stated that the 81 600 check that
was TO be handed to Gen. Fremont has now
got down to $500 and the general will
have to wait for that until Congress makes
special appropriation.
A sleeping car containing Nat Goodwia's
company was thrown from the track in
Montana few days ago and rolled down
an embankment. Manager Duifie aud two
members of the company were killed Mr..
Goodwin was injured, but not seriously.
St Louis has its second bridge across the
Mississippi, a steel structure, 1850 feet long
with approaches doubling its length, 10 be
used for railroads only aud costing 50 500,
900. The Eads bridge, which is one of the
finest structures in the country, cost -, 900,
900.
Five men sought shelter in a deserted
cabin near Moose river, Me, one day last
week, and built fire on the floor under
of the men are dead the other three were
terribly injured, and the deserted cabin is
no more.
A fire broke out Saturday night in a hard
ware store in the city of Havana, and soon
reached barrel of powder in the building,
causing a terrible explosion. The whole
structure was blown to pieces, and - per
sons were killed. In addition to the killed,
over 100 persons are injured,
The city of Tomsk, in western Siberia,
has been almost completely destroyed by
flood and fire cyclone ragged during the
conflagration, and it is estimated that three
quarters of the buildings, which were of
wood, were destroyed and hundreds of
lives lost The falling walls Of cathedral
crushed an adjoining hospital burying many
of the patients, who were subsequently,
burned TO death. The soldiers of the gar
rison refused assistance, saying they had
no time to help worthless exiles,n
The marriage of Miss Margaret Isabella
Blaine, second daughter of the secretary of
state, to Walter Damrosch Of New York,
the well-known young orchestra leader,
took place at Washington d. c., at
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, and was
the crowning event Of the season. The
wedding took place in the drawing room
of the Blaine mansion and a distinguished
company of guests were present The
wedding presents were many and elegant,
but they were not shown.
Interest is renewed at Great Falls, n. H.,
in the Sawtel case by the finding IF vest
supposed to have belonged to Hiram Saw
tell by party of fishermen on the bank
of Keyes brook not far from the country
road traversed by Isaac on the fatal night
and not more than 100 yards from where
one of Hiran's shoes was found. There
was hole in the back probably made by a
bullet. The collar was torn down in the
back and there were distinct blood stains
on the front
The greatest achievement made yet in
heliOgraphing was accomplished in Arizona
last Saturday by Lieut.. Wittenmeyer, who
succeeded in signaling a message 10y a sig
nal flash l25 miles from Mt Reno, near
Fort Mcdowell, to Mt Graham, near Fort
Grant where it was received by Capt Muir
ray. The latter, by turning his instrument
flashed the message TO Fort Huachuaca, a
distance of 80 miles, making distance of
2l5 miles with a single intervening station.
The longest distance heretofore made with
a signal flash is said 10 be about 20 miles
j. II. PARCELS, a night clerk in the New
York post Office, met strange and terri
BILE death on his place at Woodside, L. t.,
last Saturday He was repairing his well,
when it partially caved in, burying him
nearly TO the neck. The qucksand contiu-
ued TO run down, and the efforts of neigh
bors to extrieate him only increased his
danger. A rubber tube was procured aud
placed in his mouth so that he could breathe
after the sand had covered his head After
several hours labor the sand was cleared
away, but it was found that Mr. PARCELS
had been unable to retain the tube in his
mouth and had been choked to death He
was one of the leading citizens of Wood
side