Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-20
Terrible Tornado in Argemtine.


\ tornado passed over the province of
Santa Fe, Argentine, 80 miles from Rosa
rio, Friday night. 1t caused great destruc-
ton to property and loss of life. The
town of Arroyo Seco was entirely destroyed.
The number of deaths is reported to be 40
and of wounded 80. A train of Is coaches
was at the station when the tornado swept
through the town. The entire train was
overturned and many of the passengers
were buried in the wreck.
st. Louis, Mo-, had IA million dollar fire
on Tuesday.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever are raging
at Bridgeport, Branford, Willimantic and
other places in Connecticut.
The date for the next annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army is fixed for Sep
TENDER 20, 1902, az Washington, ID. G..
Arion, the two-year-old Electioneer colt,
raised and owned by Senator Stanford,
trotted a mile in 2:l04 at Stockton, Cal, a
few days ago.
The bands of the vessels gave way at
Braddock, Pa, few days ago, and 5000
pounds of molten iron ran to waste. The
workmen fortunately escaped.
The house of George A. Foxcroft of
while the family was absent and goods val
ued at 5000 were taken.
The Sandwich, \. H., bank has closed
its doors. 1t was weak institution and
had been struggling for several years to re-
cover from the effects of bad investments.
The Seymour, Conn, post-office was Wis
tied by burglars Monday morning, who
blew open the safe and carried away $1,000
worth of postage stamps and small
amount in cash.
John Donnelly, who killed William NJ.
Wilson at Berlin Falls, y. H., last May,
has been sentenced to 30 years in state
prison, having been found guilty of muir
der in the second degree.
Palo Alto trotted a mile in 2:0Sa at
Stockton, Cal. Tuesday, breaking the
worlds stallion record and winning for the
Palo Alto stables of Senator Stanford all
trotting records of the world. The half
mile was made in :034.
\ row of cheap frame buildings on
North High street at Columbus, Ohio,
were burned last Friday, and in the even
ing the firemen found the bodies of an en-
tire family--a boy, girl, father and mother
in the ruins.
Business has entirely recovered from the
slight disturbance caused by the Maverick
bank failure, says the weekly trade review
of X. &. Dun & Co. Trade is large in vol
Ime for the season, and in many lines, es-
pccially at the West, it is the largest ever
known.
The steamer Alliance which arrived at
New York from Rio Janeiro few days
ago reports that the ships surgeon and
three of the crew died during the voyage OF
yellow fever. The vessel was afterward
thoroughly fumigated.
The biggest carpet sale ever held on this
continent came to an end at New York
last Saturday. During the sale 6O,OOC
pieces were disposed of for S2,50O,OOO.
These pieces would make continuous
stretch of carpeting for 1900 miles or from
New York to Omaha.
The Madeira bank, i'm the settlement OF
Madeira, near the Yosemite in California,
has suspended and caused the collapse OF
the John Brown colony. The bank had a
capital Of 100000, of which S25, 600 was
paid up. 1t has now failed for SS5,OOt
which means the complete ruin of the co
operative projects.
Old Comanche, the most celebrated horse
in the cavalry service in the United States
died at Fort Riley last week. This horse
was - years old, and was the only living
thing belonging to the United States ser
Vice which escaped massacre at the battle
Of the Little Big Horn, when Custer and
his command met their fate.
Rev. Sam Small was assaulted in bar
BIER shop at Atlanta, Ga, few days age
by a saloon keeper, about whom he had
made remarks in his public addresses
The evangelist had a tooth knocked oul
and was somewhat bruised but was able tC
attend a meeting in the evening, at which
dangerously assailed the liquor traffic anC
the saloon keepers,
over POO anarchists of Chicago Were
holding a secret meeting Thursday nigh
OF last week, at which inflammation
Speeches We're being made, when the pc
lice appeared and arrested all present. Sew
eral of the anarchists drew their revolvers
but they were disarmed before they had op
porunity TO use them. Those who re
sisted the officers were arraigned and hel'
for trial