Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-04

special train made the run from Jersey City to
Washington, "A distance of 227 miles, in 25l min
uteS last Saturday.
The transmission of electric power from Niagara
Fails 10 Chicago is one of the proposed features
of the worlds fair.
Maj Thomas Howard, the oldest ship builder
and the oldest veteran of the war of 1872 died in
New York Monday, aged 1903
r. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly trade review,
state that business is steady, money is easy and
that there is a general feeling of confidence.
Isaac simons and wife of Winchester, o., were
securely bound Sunday night and their house
pluudercd of about 5000, all the money they pos
s-SSed.
Five Of the largest pulp mills in the country
have formed syndicate with capital OF SlUO,-
uoO The output of these companies will be 100
t"nSot dry pulp per day.
Three laborers on the Northern Pacific road have
made affidavit that % or more men were Killed by
Che landslide at Canton station, on the line OF the
Northern Pacific, last week Wednesday.
Mrs Edward Lyon was burned to death on
balcony at her home in 9th street in New York
city ON Monday in sight of over 800 people. Her
clothing took fire while she was attempting to
iluW ont water pipe.
story comes of the capsizng of a brig in the
Pacific ocean, having on board nearly 300 Gilbert
islanders who We're being taken TO Mexico to work
u the mines ut starvation wages, and the proba
h." loss of all ON the vessel,
The carelessness Of letter writers is shown by
the fact that over 6,S0O,OO0 pieces of mail matter
Vent to the dead letter office during the year
THESE letters contained nearly S5OOOO IN cash ana
e."@OOo in drafts, checks, etc.
& big grain elevator at Escanabe Mich, con
tanning 10000 bushels of grain, was burned sun
day morning. Ten thousand barrels OF hour III
the sheds and 10000 tons of coal ON the docks were
also destroyed. The loss was S25O,OOO.
Guv. Russell followed the custom of pardoning
TWO men from the state prison on thanksgiving
gay. The two men who were set free were L.
IL NcNullen Of Fall River, sentenced in lSs2 for
Killing his wife, and Chas. A. Briggs OF Pelham
Tor killing Chas. Stetson in 1881. Both We're sen
fenced for life
terrific rain at BinghamptOn, n. :, last week
tuesday, washed ont the earth around the braces
supporting the door of the cupOla in the farlor
Iuy boiler works Ten tons of molten iron rel
Nl" pond of water and an explosion fohoMeti
That wrecked the rear of the building and killed
SIX workmen.
Rev. DR.. John Hall, the eminent pastor of the
rum Avenue Presbyterian church in New YORK
rly was fired at three times as he came out OF
ihr church last Sunday morning, by "A lunatlc VINO
hdd an imaginary grievance. None of the shots
loon effect and the woudbe assassin was arrested
lie was a German about 45 years old
An express train was held up just outside the
riy limits of st, Louis ON Monday by three men
dynamite and robbed the safe of $4,000 The
robbers were all masked and made their escape
after securing their plumber. later report
states that the amount of money obtained was
about S70OOO
leIt Charleston Oct. for Boston, says that hVe
"ual wave, which swept every man from the deck