Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-03-27

The appropriations Of the several states
Tor exhibits at the worlds fair amount TO
over S4,000,0OO.
During the bombardment of the city of
lquique by the Chilian rebels valuable
blocks we're destroyed, involving loss Of
about 1000, 600.
A severe snow storm and blizzard ragged
beyond the Mississippi on Tuesday night
and Wednesday In Kansas, Nebraska and
/ Colorado IL was the worst Of the season
The intense hatred felt by the two fac
tons of the Irish party for each other was
Illustrated Tuesday at Cork, when Timothy
ID. Healy, NJ. p, was brutally assaulted by
Parnellite mob and severely injured.
Harriet butcher who died at the poor
house at Argyle, N. Y, a few days ago,
was ZIG years old. She was admitted to
the poor house in 1884, being the first per
son registered and had been there continu-
ously for 81 years
Charles A. Dana, in an interview at At
lanta Yesterday, said that Grover Cleve-
land would lose New York by $4,000 ma
iority. If nominated next year
William II. Herndon, who died last week,
and who was once Lincoln's law partner,
was associated with him from lS4S TO 1860.
of late he had lived on a farm near Spring.
field, ILL.,, devoting much time 10 literary
labor.
The loss by fire in the United States and
Canada during February was over 81, OOO,-
600. In 1890 the loss in the same month
was 1900 900, in 1899 $l2, SOC, 900, and in
1888 Sll ,2lJ,000 February is usually
very expensive month TO fire insurance in
terests
There is TO be grand festival in Madi-
sou Square theatre in New York city, MAY
2nd in aid of the Grant monument fund
There will be on the stage 2000 singers and
the band aud orchestra will number hun
dreds The play will be an allegorical rep
resentation of the war with war flags, war
generals, a grand military, dramatic and
musical affair
The first payments in the long delayed
French spoliation claims were made Tues
day by the treasury department The first
went to a woman aged 80 in Philadelphia,
who received Sl3. 500 The second paw
ment Of $1,000 went to an old lady in
Worcester. Both are daughters of men
who suffered loss of goods or ships at the
hands of the French
Christian science sacrificed three young
lives in Iowa the other day The children
Ntib dbbdthtfl ny ulpHLueIld. Inc parents,
who were victims of the Christian science"
mania refused to allow the attendance of
physician whom friends summoned The
tortured little sufferers, denied every chance
for their lives, fingered several days and
died. The New York Press is right when
1t says that when fanaticism reaches such
height it is a crime and should he treated
as SUCH
The New York board of railroad com
missioners have completed their investiga-
ton of the tunnel disaster in New York
city which caused the loss of six lives
Their report crticises the operation Of the
tunnel, through which 50 many trains pass,
and suggests various changes and improve
ments. The engineer aud fireman Of the
wrecked train are found directly RESPONSE
hle for the accident in passing distance and
home signals while set at danger, and the
railroad company itself is held responsible
for the death Of its victims 50 far as il was
contributed To hy failure to comply with
the law prohibiting the use Of car stoves,
which caused the wreck to take fire and
burn up.
An epidemic of incendisrism is prevailing
in New York and Brooklyn and causes
much excitement and apprehension. 1t is
supposed that fires which occurred last
week, causing tile loss ot several lives, were
set. Since then two other large tenement
houses have been fired, and in one case the
door knobs were removed 50 as ~ shut off
all chance Of escape. In the block where
these fires we're set there were II families,
numbering 6S persons. This was on East
l2lst street. A few minutes earlier on the
same morning fire was set in a fve-story
tenement house ON West Glst street Sew |
eral other instances of the same kind have |
occurred in both New York and Brooklyn, |
and no motive can he discovered other than
to cause loss of life and property