Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-15

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largest in the world
A freight train of 20 cars, loaded with
cattle was thrown down a 20-foot embank-
ment on the Santa Fe railroad in Colorado
last Saturday night, killing 800 cattle and
/ Durying four tramps, who were stealing a
ride in the ruins. The train was coming
down Ration mountain when the air brakes
ceased to work and it dashed along at a
frightful pace until the cars went over on a
sharp curve.
The action of the New York lumber
dealers association in locking out their
employees will cause about 125, 900 men in
the building trades to remain idle until the
lumber handlers yield.
The steamer Lucy Lowe, which reached
Tacoma, Wash, April p with 50 colonists
| who were to settle on land at the mouth of
| the Gueslahes river, foundered in the
straits of Juan de Fuca, and the entire par
! ty are supposed to have been lost
Madame Blavatsky, the eminent author.
traveller and theosophist, is dead.
a woman died in st. Frances hospital
in New York on Monday with trichinosis,
and her husband is now in great agony
with the same disease.
tuberculosis has made its appearance
the state board of health are to make an
investigation.
The Belmont mines in Colorado have
been sold for 81 100000 to the China COM
pany, owners of the Sheridan and Mendoza
mines. The Belmont was discovered in
1888, and was located as a silver lode. but
was afterward found to contain gold
A monument has been erected at Green's
burg Ind, by the Chicago Herald to mark
the centre of population of the United
States. Sixty years ago the centre was in
Moorfield, Va.
a panic occurred in the Forcpaugh circus
tent at Springfield, Ohio, last Saturday.
The two fOur-horse chariots, while turning
the corners at full speed cOllided, and the
one driven by man was turned upside
down. The driver held on the lines under
the feet of the horses, but was finally oblg-
ed to let go, and the frightened animals
dashed madly around the course, the up
turned chariot striking the guard netting
at every bound. Women screamed and a
large part of the audience tried to get out
of the tent, but the circus employees sue
ceeded in stopping the horses before the
panic became general The driver was Sc
riously hurt.
Another large family hotel is to be built
in New York on I'D street, near Sth ave
nue. 1t is to be II stories high, will con-
tain 600 rooms and PSI bath rooms, and
will cost 81, 100000.
A peculiar will was filed for probate in
New York few days ago. 1t was that of
Mrs. Miriam A. Osborn, who left 100000
to her son on condition that he should not
marry woman who had acted, sung, OF
danced professionally.
The Union Tea company of New York
has assigned. 1t had % branch stores in
II states, including Vermont. The firm is
composed of four Mcbride brothers, and
has done business of 81 100000 The
costs and attention to a divorce case by the
leading member of the firm caused the
failure.
Two hundred men were at work in Goa
mine at Deepwater, Mo-, last Friday when
fire broke out, but all escaped. The mine
is still burning and it will be necessary tC
flood it. The loss will be large.
The section of New Hampshire in the
, vicinity of Rochester was thrown into a
state of excitement last week Wednesday
on account of the shooting of Deputy Sher-
iff Smith by a horse thief. A valuable pail
of horses belonging to the advertising team
of DR.. j. b. Kendall company of Enosburg
, Darlington and the sheriff headed a party
. in pursuit of the thief who was found il
the woods. Smith grappled with the thief
who pulled bull dog revolver and sho
, the sheriff in the right side. The sheriff
; held him, however, until the rest of thu
party came up. The prisoner was place.
E in Dover jail. He says his name is Nc
+ Arthur, and that his home is in Calais, Me
, He claims that he was under the influence
, of liquor when he did the shooting, and {
+ quart bottle of whiskey was found on hi
: person. Macarthur is wanted on othe
= charges of horse stealing. When he learn
ed of the sheriff's critical condition he at
: tempted to commit suicide by opening al
artery in his arm with a pin He was YER
faint from the loss of blood when the in
! jury was discovered.
The lowest rate on record, five cents
S bushel, is being charged for carrying whea
: from Chicago to New York. The graf
: goes by the lakes to Buffalo, thence to tide
a water by the Erie canal.
$ The Bay State shoe fastening compan
t at Nashua, y. H., is a wreck. The trea,
= ury of the company is depleted and Sl4T
d 600 is unaccOunted for. For three year
: past the company has been paying 10pe
/ cent dividend, but examination shows ever
= cent Oh IL tdlilt Oul VI lllt Ndlllldl SNOtf
The treasury is empty and 100000 Ina
: been spent, of which $4,000 was eNpenC
:, ed for machinery and and about 1000 fC
II dividends. A few Burlington, VT, bus
V ness men were interested in the concern.
/ Secretary of War Proctor, who has bee
. spending few days at his home, last wee
visited the military post at Plattsbur!
: n. Y. Plans were presented to him for I'll
&c acquisition of 500 acres of land by the go'
L eminent for the enlargement of the rese
e walton. Congress appropriated S2OO,OC
}; for the purpose of extending the post, an
d to establish it as a regimental instead of
y company post.
Mrs. Letherly, in Jail at Portsmouth
n. H., for keeping a disorderly house, g
r out of an attic window last Saturday, sl
"a SO feet down lightning rod, then droppt
= Is feet to the ground, scaled nine-fo
W fence and escaped, but was soon recapture
N She weighs 1870 pounds
IA The affairs of the late Rufus Prince
Is Turner, Maine, eX-state senator and go
s, ernor's councilman, are found to be in
s. bad condition. Since 1861 he had bee
S. administrator, executor or guardian of
Of estates: in 80 of these no record appea
r of any settlement. In 10 cases no invento
re of the estate was ever filed. In the RENAL
Re ing unsettled cases there appears to be dl
rs the heirs S75, 043. Princes estate is esi
g, mated at S15, 900.