Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-25

burned to death, and the other two nearly
so. 4 similar accident occurred at East
Pepperell, Mass, where one child was
burned to death and another severely in
jured.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last |
Monday to shoot Judge Fox at Taunton,
Mass. A few months ago he imposeda heavy
fine on man named Woodward, who had
brutally assaulted neghbor. In revenge
Woodward agreed with three men to call
the Judge to his door and put two bullets
into him. Their pay was to be 500 The
officers got hold of the plot, and Wood
ward was arrested and sent to jail. He is
probably insane.
Detective Negus left Pittsburg, Pa, for
Portland, Ore, one night last week. with
seven-year-old Harry Whitbeck, who was
kidnapped from the home of his father,
millionaire of Portland, when an infant.
No clew could be found until a short time
ago The child was in the family of
mill-wOrker named Long, at Homestead,
Pa. Mr.. WhitbeCk has spent $50, 600 look
ing for his child. The detective will re-
ceive 5000.
1t took IS, 900 baskets of peaches, 10000
pounds of grapes, 1000 barrels of apples
and 5000 bushels of pears, besides about
10000 barrels of other fruit, to satisfy the
people of New York last Saturday. 1t
cost the consumers over 100000 to satiate
this fruit hunger for single day, and it is
safe to say that it has averaged about the
same every day for the past six weeks, and
will continue to do so until the fruit sea-
son closes.
The number of people who persisted in
the floods in the province of Toledo in
Spain is now placed at 300 and the num-
Der of lives lost in other localities at 800.
Many were also injured. 1t is estimated
that the total loss from the floods includ-
| ing the destruction of crops, damage to
property, the railways loss of traffic, etc,
will amount to little short of e1,OO0,0OO.
A thief who had stolen watch ran into
barn at Dorchester, Mass, Monday night
to escape from an officer. The officer and
another man followed him into the barn.
J The officer lighted a match which ignited
a large can of varnish, and an explosion
took place. The two men were badly
burned and the flames spread so rapidly
that the barn was consumed. The thief
was not seen to leave the barn, and it is
not known whether he persisted.
Portions of Minnesota and the Dakotas
have suffered from intense heat during the
past few days, the thermometer ranging
from 1902 to 1862. The high temperature
was accompanied by strong winds, and
| prairie fires are reported from dozen To-
Calities. In North Dakota the greatest
| damage has been done around Lisbon,
where $4,000 bushels of wheat We're de
stroyed. The damage in the vicinity of
! Williamsport and Winona is also serious.
In northern Minnesota and Wisconsin
there have been disastrous forest fires.
A three wheeled engine was drawing
an excursion train of five cars in Ohio one
! day last week when one of the driving bars
broke, knocking the cab into kndlng
wood breaking one of the driving wheels
and knocking "A hole in the boiler, from
| which dense volumes of steam escaped.
The accident destroyed the appliances for
using the air brakes. The train was run
ming at the rate of 40 miles an hour, but
Engineer Winter climbed down under the
first car and set the brakes with a wrench,
stopped the train, and saved the lives OF
hundreds of people.
One day last week payment of SIS, $50
conscience money" was paid to the state
national bank at Boston by an attorney.
The attorney does not know from whom
this money comes, but it is believed tC
come from the executor of some estate OF
through deathbed confession. The only
clue the bank has is the fact that in 1865
while the teller's back was turned, bae
of gold containing about $1,000 was taken
This amount, taken at its premium valu,
at that time and with interest compound
ed, figures just about the amount now re
turned to the bank.
A freight wreck occurred on the Penn
sylvania railroad at Greensburg, Pa, Sun
day morning, demolishing 40 freight and y
cattle cars. Engineer Rogers and Brake
man Wadsworth were fatally injured an,
Fireman Stanley seriously hurt. Tn
wreck was caused by the freight train part
ing on the down grade and coming togeth
er again. Before the tracks were cleare,
an east-bound cattle train crashed into tn
wreck and 20 carloads of cattle were kill
ed. The cars We're piled on top of eacl
other nearly 100 feet high The loss vii
| reach up into the thousands. An unknown
| tramp was found dead in the wreck.
l r. G. Dun Il Co., in their weekly re
view of trade, say that the hot weather a
the West is worth to the country man
Y millions every day. Each clear and cloud
f less day places millions of bushels of cor
r. beyond the possibility of harm from fros
! and great part of the anticipated crop
already safe The large crops mean tina
the farmers will be enabled to purchas
/ more freely of the products of other in
r dustries and will pay this fall a vast amour
| of Indebtedness. Actual improvement
seen in nearly all the cities from which II
ports were received last week.