Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03
THE PHGNIX BRATTLEBORO 3,

an continental patents have been secured
ne principle of the gun is pneumatic. and
1t is claimed that it will surpass the Zalin-
ski gun in range and that it will throw 80
| pounds of dynamite distance of three
miles The weapon, it is asser.el. can be
fired twice a minute
Five prisoners escaped from the Massa-
chusettS prison at Charles own last Monday
afternoon, taking advantage of some re-
pairs which were in progress on some of
the wings. Two of them were recaptured
| almost Immediately an two others on Tues
day, only one remaining at liberty
The number of immigrants coming into
the United States from 1921 to 1890 was
| 1861, 6SS.
James Ferguson, the famous steeple
climber, was killed at Albany, y. Y. last
week Thursday, while painting one of the
towers of the penitentiary He was at
work - feet from the ground when his
tackle broke and he was dashed to death.
Mrs. Gertrude Bowen, widow of Rev.
| William c. Bowen, former president of the
Bordentown, n. j., female college, has
been appointed president of the college by
the board of council
A fine set of farm buildings belonging to
Deputy Sheriff Halves in Readfeld, Me-,
were struck by lightning in shower last
Friday night and burned, together with
much of their contents, causing heavy
| loss.
The Zig-zag tunnel, under the mountain
north of Walton, n. Y, was formally
opened last Friday The tunnel does away
with the feature of zig-zag railroading and
makes a difference of ID minutes in the
! nf Inn hn
mountain and an hour for freight trains
1t is 1900 feet long and has been in con
struction for - years, off and on.
An invitation to participate in univer-
sal congress during the worlds fair has
been sent out from Chicago to the adher-
ents of practically all religions 1t is
signed by Is clergymen, representing as
many different denominations, among
whom are a Roman Catholic archbishop, a
Jewish rabbi, a Swedenborgan. Lutheran.
Calvinist, Unitarian, Universalist, Quaker
in short, representatives of all the prin-
cipal sects of the country. \ Presbyte-
rian minister is the prime mover in the on
terprise.
Two men in a canoe had an exciting race
with bear on Lake Wahnapitaeping, Can.
ada, a few days ago. They met the bear
in narrow channel. One of the men
struck the bear on the head with an axe
an dropped the axe overheard in doing so
Then the bear attacked the canoe. Tn,
men padded for their lives, and fought of
the bear with their paddles as best they
could until he gave up the chase.
In the Luzerne, Pa. county court OF
Monday Edward Mcmillan of Sturmervillt
was found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. The crime for which he was con
victed was burning his wife to death will
red-hOt irons. The testimony produced a
the trial showed that after the woman wa
tortured with the red-hot iron live coal
were placed on the wounds and thus sh,
was left alone to die.
Twenty-eight thousand copies of the DE
: troit Commercial Advertiser and the Hom
journal. issued June %, were held in tn
post-ofiice at Detroit as unavailable unde
the lottery law. The president. vice pres
ident and secretary and treasurer of tn
company were arrested on complaint o
post-ofiice officials. Examination wa
waived, an information filed, and plea o
guilty entered before Judge Swan of tn
5 United States district court, who fined tn
l parties $500 and costs.
A joint stock company of New York an
Southern capitalists with a capital q
81 ,000.000 has Just been organized in Ne,
York and will be incorporated under tn
laws of the state of Florida, to cultivate
= farm of IL. 900 acres. The farm is in tn
i southern part of Florida, a little west c
the ST. Sebastian and St. Johns rivers
: The soil is rich muck similar to tina
Il found in the valley of the Nile. The con
; pany intend to raise cocoanuts, bananas
: oranges, rice, sugar cane and other trop
i cal products