Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A Norwegian steamer arrived at Boston
last week from Jamaica port with cargo
Of "a, 131 lunches of bananas, the largest
with one exception ever brought to that
city.
Mrs Martha Painter, widow, and her
three young sons were returning home in
wagon near Mitchell Ind, Thursday, when
their team was struck by lightning aud all
of the party except the oldest son were
killed
Nellie Bly's record of a trip around the
world in n days has already become slow
The Fitchburg railroad exhibits at its Bos-
ton office ticket which calls for the Jour
ney to be made in 20 days by regular lines
of travel, barring accidents and unavoid.
able delays.
Shall women who ride horseback sit on
the saddle like men, is a question which
some English ladies have been answering in
the affirmative for two or three years past,
and now Miss Jenness of New York, an
American apostle of woman's physical. de
yelopment, has taken up the reform and
will ride man fashion, wearing hifurcated
skirts.
Three brothers were struck by passen-
ger train at Red Rock, near Susquehanna,
Pa, few days ago and thrown against a
freight train, all being instantly killed
They were employed last year in New
York. One day one of them suddenly dis
appeared The two others at once threw
up their positions and began a search for
him After long time they found him in
the West aud were on their way home
when the accident occurred.
There is one very unhappy ice dealer in
Maine Last September he made con
tract to deliver 20, 900 tons Of ice this
spring at from 80 to - cents ton. This
pays him good profit, as prices ordinarily
go, since the ice can he gathered and
housed for l5 or 20 cents ton, Other
dealers in the state are refusing as much
as 81 ton, and the spectacle is far from
pleasing to the man who sees fortune of
something like $6j, 600 slipping through his
fingers.
1t appears that the Connecticut oyster
business is threatened with destruction
and many of the oyster farmers are com
PEELED to give up the business from causes
which it is impossible TO control The area
of the oyster beds has fallen from 10, 600
acres six or eight years ago to no more
than 800 at the present time. The star fish
is one of the most deadly of the natural
enemies of the oyster, but worse enemy is
and garbage which is dumped into the
sound from the cities of the coast, and set
ties down over the oyster beds, or is drift
ed back and forth by the tides and currents
without being carried out to sea.
The famous record breaking lnman line
steamer, City of Paris, met with very Sc
rious accident last week when PIG miles off
the English coast on her way TO Liverpool
The vessel has twin screws driven by double
engines, each of which is placed in a water
tight steel compartment. On Tuesday, the
25th, at $3.50 in the afternoon. there was
loud explosion, followed by a deafening
noise of the machinery, and it was found
that the starboard engine had broken, fore
ing a hole through the vessels double bot
tom and through the steel compartments
between the engine rooms, allowing the
water TO pour in and fill the rooms TO the
sea level. The great ship drfted helpless
ly until vessel was spoken, which turned
about and began TO tow the City of Paris
to Queenstown. Two tugs came to the res
cueas she approached Queenstown and she
made that port early Sunday morning The
escape was a narrow one, as in case of
storm having come up she must almost in
evitaby have foundered, and the loss Of
life would have been large.