Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-30

a. RI on Tner-tT the nited States have
: Completed plans for the greatest industrial
battle ever inaugurated in America, which
will be begun next May. when all the miner,
will strike for eight hours a day The min
ers are said to have million dollars to back
them in the struggle, and this sum will be
largely increased
A spiritualistic "medium" told Mrs An.
derson of Brockton, Mass, last week that
her husband was unfaithful to her This
unbalanced the credulous and superstitious
woman, and she administered large potions
of morphine to herself and her two chill
dren. One of the children, a daughter,
died, but the mother and other child have
recovered The medium, a man named
George, has been arrested and held for trial
as an accessory before the act
Thirty-two counties in the western part
of Kansas are in sore distress. and repre-
sentatives are on their way to Washington
to ask Congress to appropriate 81 600, 600
to give the farmers start in the spring.
The Manhattan Athletic club of New
York has an ice skating rink on the roof of
its building, 10 feet from the ground.
North Salem, n. H., has sensational
murder case Elbridge q. Reed, an elderly
farmer, was found dead in his barn last
Friday, the body being badly bruised The
murder was probably committed by one Dan
Murphy, who with Frank Wood went to
Reeds house Thursday night, having hired
a man named Barry to bring them to the
place from Haverhill Barry knew that
Murphy was striking and kicking somebody
who shouted for help, but being frightened
he fled from the house and made his way
back to Haverhill, where he told his story
to the men who found Reeds body The
crime is supposed to have been committed
at the instigation of Mrs Reed, who was
infatuated with Murphy. Murphy is a no.
torious character, and was suspected of
having fired the shot which killed Officer
Burnham in the bank robbery at Haverhill
in 1867 Mrs Reed Murphy and Wood
have been arrested.
The flow of natural gas discovered at
Chicago four years ago has gradually in
creased, and company has now put in con
nections in order TO use it for fuel.
While fremen we're fighting fire in hard
ware store at Jersey City last Saturday, two
barrels of turpentine exploded with terrific
force, killing the chief engineer and injur-
ing several other men of the department
Another fireman who was on his way TO the
fire was run over by an express train and
killed. On the same day a third man per
ished IN fire in tenement house.
The Wisconsin legislature elected on
Tuesday Gen. VIM. f. Villas, postmaster
general under President Cleveland, to the
United States Senate, TO succeed Senator
Spooner
The Bed birthday of the young German
emperor was celebrated on Tuesday at Ber-
lin with great rejoicing
miscreant in Brooklyn, y. Y, is cut
ting off the hair of young girls whom he
steals up to on the street and applies the
shears before they are aware of his pres
ence. -Four cases of the kind are already
reported.
young woman of % fell dead while
waltzing at "a wedding party at Astoria.
n. y, last Saturday night. Her partner
noticed that she had grown very pale, and
had Just cautioned her not to dance so fast
when she fell to the floor, and was dead
when taken up.
The Housatonic dam at Ansonia, Conn.
was broken by last weeks flood, inAicting
great loss on the manufacturing industries
1t that place, and involving an expense of
4 million dollars for its reconstruction.
The railway strike in Scotland still con
inues. RiotOus disturbances have taken /
place this week, but the indications are that
t is losing game for the strikers.
A very lively rebellion against the gov |
is in progress in Chill. Reports
'ome of the bombardment of several sea
'orts by the insurgents and of the capture
If two or three large towns.
High water, resulting from the heavy
al n nd ba &c lagR
Ige on all the streams in Connecticut. AT
a section of the dam went out.
'auslng much loss to property on the river
below. 1t will require 81 900 900 to replace
he broken dam with new one
A late foreign weather item saws In
England, France and Austria bright sun
nine prevails and rapid thaws continue
havoc has been caused in western GERMANY
" floods. In Berlin and eastern Germanv
however, terrific snow storms are raging
wrecks on the Ionian sea are re-
'orted.
An old convent building fell in Rome,
tally, on Tuesday, crushing three neighbor-
ng houses and burying seven people in the
ulns, Among these was a whole family.
hree children and parents One of the
hlldren was extricated, but the other two
With their parents and three other people
we're killed
A despatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
avs that the camps of the Indians hunting
n the east side of Lake Winnipeg have
cen attacked by wolves and many Indians
llled and devoured. One Indian dubbed
he life out of twenty wolves, and another.
hmblng tree, killed twenty more with
is rifle Another, who sought safety on a
mall stage used for drying meats, was
ragged off and devoured There is a great
anic among the Indians, and aid is asked
or, The scarcity of game has made the
'olves rsvenous and daring
passenger train collided Monday even
,g with special hearing the troops from
Inc Ridge on the Union Pacific railroad at
lorenzo, small station near Irwin. Kan.
he special was carrying about 400 soldiers.
wo OF whom were killed and others fatally
urt, Many cavalry horses were killed.
John w, Mackay, the California million
lre thrashed San Francisco capitalist on
tuesday, for slanderiEg Mrs Mackay.