Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-13
New York city is threatened with a big
water famine.

New York city is threatened with big
water famine.
The severe drought at the West has been
broken by abundant rains.
Silver halves and quarters of new designs
will soon be in circulation.
Three ice houses We're burned at Brown
field, Maine, one day last week and 5000
tons of ice. melted.
The breaking of a lamp in the midst of
the deadly gas in a coal mine at Nanticoke,
Pa, last Sunday caused an explosion which
killed six men and injured a number of
others.
The two great events which attracted
the attention of Europe on Tuesday was
the celebration of the j0th anniversary of
the Prince of Wales and the silver wedding
anniversary of the Gar and Czarna of
Russia.
The failure of the Maverick bank caused
run on the Five Gents savings bank at
Boston, but the management were prepared
for it and the depositors were paid of as
fast as they appeared. The bank is said
to be in a good condition.
New York officers made a big raid ON
opium Joints early Monday morning, when
81 Cinnamon in various degrees of opium
1
with 100 pipes and 80 smoking "lay-outs.'
! The Joints were situated in Pell and Park
streets.
Forest fires have been raging in Kenne-
bee county, Maine, and 800 acres of timber
land have been devastated, causing loss
| of many thousands of dollars. Forest fires
| ragged Saturday and Sunday at Beacon
| Falls. in the western part of Connecticut,
and 100 horses were burned to DEATH
The singular condition of the young
school teacher, Miss May White, of Ian
sing. Mich, who has slept for 1876 days, is
! reported as still unchanged. The girl i,
reduced to fifty pounds in weight, and can
only be aroused for about half an hour at
a time. when light nOurishment is given
her.
A conspiracy has been brought to light
which shows that the Meyer pottery works
at Trenton, n. j., have been robbed o.
| 500, 600 worth of goods in the past few
years. The principal cOnspirator was al
invoice clerk, who shipped the goods t.
confederates in other cities.
The Giant Powder works at Clipper Gap
Cal, exploded last Friday, killing three
men and seriously iniuring a boy. Thu
building was ruined On the same da!
three men were killed at Wardner, Idaho
by an explosion of blasting caps, and a
Leadville, Col, an explosion of giant pow
der killed two men and manned six Others
Great excitement has been caused a
Berlin. the German capital, by the collaps
of one of the oldest and most reputable
banking firms of the city, followed by TIN
suicide of the two leading members of tn
firm. father and son named Sommerfelds
This failure has caused distrust of al
other private bankers. Depositors hav
made a run upon them and state OF Z
nancial panic prevails.
Two pauper families of French Canadi
ans who came to Manchester, n. H., las
summer. were reconveyed across the boz
der one day last week One family cor
sisted of the parents and nine children an
the other of the parents and ten children
Roth families became public charges in
mediately after coming here, and had to
sent to a pest house, nearly all the men
bers being i'll with malignant typhoid teVel
One of the most thrilling railroad ace
dents ever recorded occurred on the Icing
p railroad in Pennsylvania last Saturday 4
freight train of As cars was coming dow
the Steep mountain grade when the brake
$ refused to hold. The brakemen all jumpe
Z and escaped but the engineer remained
. his post. The eighteen miles was coyere
i'm ten minutes and then the train collide
. with another freight train and the cal
were piled up 80 feet high. The engine'
p was taken out of the wreck uninjured.
John Kopp of Bridgeport, Conn, con
nitted suicide last Saturday by hanging
e He had worked at his trade as cabin.
: maker during the day and seemed to be
5 the best of spirits, but it is thought he W.
despondent, owing to i'll health. He b
- loneed to the famous "Suicde club"
bridgeport, of which there are only thT'
surviving members. Kopp was a middl
AGED man and leaves large family OF chi