Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-13
THE NEWS ~ BRIEF.

The will of the late Mrs Mary Ann
Morse of Natck. Mass, after several M
nor gifts 10 relatives and friends, leaves
the residue of her property amounting o.
Sl5OOOO, To found hospital for the town
of Natich
Thomas HardImau. convict in the Con
cord Mass reformatory, stole a quantity
of alcnoiene poisonous preparation used
m finishing shoes, and gave It 20 some of
his companions To drink Two of them
nave died and two others are seriously Ill.
Baron Hirsch of Vienna has given
- 500 600 to the Hirsch fund, 10 he used
m assisting Hebrew emirrants IN getting
start IN tins country
At Auburu. n. y last SUNDAY it was
found that the frozen ice on the telephone
wires measured l5ruches M circumference.
A story gained currency this week that
Henry NJ STANLEY meant to give 70 Geu.
Booth. for hi, work among the London
poor. all tine valuable gifts sent him ON his
return from Africa bv the kings and
princes of Europe and Asia Their value
is said To Ice at least SjOO,OoO Stanley,
however. SAYS he mas no idea OF giving
away these things.
The Philadelphia Record printed ON Mon
iav two columns of dispatches showing
that tine grip Is prevailing Iu a mild form
throughout PENNSYLVANIA and New Jersey
and IN some of tine southern states. The
severe visitation of the epidemic m New
Orleans mas already been announced
The Boston Homeopathic medical society
ass entered ou "a crusade against the use OF
wall paper and articles of clothing, turnl-
ture coverings. etc which contain arsenic.
Ii Is said that a great many cases of llnger-
ing illness can be traced 70 tins cause.
The total cost IF the late Sioux war was
- O00. 600 Ii is said that one-tenth Of
the sum would have prevented 1t If spent
IN needed supplies for the Indians
PATTI was arrested in Berlin and had to
pay S9lOU for her liberty, on account Of a
breach of contract In refusing TO sing at
St Petersburg unless advance money was
deposited with her bankers.
Nike Wilkes. the noted PAGER, with rec
ord Of > 10 "a and valued at 5000, drop
ped dead at the end of the first heat in a
race on the ice at Saltwater. Mimi, on Sat
urday
Fast time was made in the four races
quarter mile. one mile. five mile and 10
miie--for the national skating champion
shin at Newburg y y, SATURDAY All
the races were won by Joseph F Donog
hue. the Newhurg boy. whom the Manhst-
tan athletic club of New York recently
sent 70 Holland. where he defeated all the
I crack skaters of Europe. Donoghue
! made a world record IN the tive-mile race
/ saturday. his time being 10 minutes and
81 seconds
Bhzzaris were experienced in the Daco-
uas. Nebraska and other parts of the West
/ SATURDAY and SUNDAY At Rapid City. >.
] Oak "a Young ranchman and Il school
teacher. who mad started out for d drive of
several miles. were found frozen 10 death,
{ both chngiug u a wire fence number
/ of lives were lost in Nebraska. Two Rear
new boys who were out hunting persisted
2 and a Nashville farmer WIS found dead
within few rods of neIghbors mouse.
Three of the $ men VINO were imprisoned
/ IN mine near NaDuCoke. Pa last week
"Wednesday. were rescued Monday IN al
exhausted condition.
A thrilling story Is told of the experience
and tinal rescue Of three miners caught n
the flooded mine at West Nanticoke, Pa
For more than four DAYS they were seated
on narrow plank less than three inches
wide with 2u feet of water under them
aud over their heads hundreds of tons OF
loose coal and rubbish which threatene,
every instant TO fall down upon them
They We're IL absolute darkness and haI
not a morsel of food or a drop OF water
during all this time Two of the men be
came crazed and Jumped into the water anC
were rescued by their companion with diff
ticulty
James keduath aDolitlonist. newspaper
man. author and lecturer. died at New
York tuesday IN consequence Of being ruI
down by a car of the Fourth avenue line
few DAYS before He was of Scotch birth
u G. Spaulding treasurer OF the say
ings hank and cashier of the national banl
of Aver, Mass, mas disappeared, and witt
MN S2O, obO belonging 70 the national bank
The strike among the Conne!lsville, Pa.
region coke workers and miners Is genera
and over 10000 men are idle.
Excitement was caused at Chicago Of
" ednesday nv the arrest of George j. Glib
son of Peoria, the secretary of the whiske
trust, on the charge of consplring N de
strov tine principal distillery outside of tn
trust The treasury officials claim to hav
a clear case against him. He Is said I
nave offered Ia man sos 900 70 blow up tn
works Of the trust rival with dynamite
A boiler IN the Queber worsted company
factory at Hare Point. near Quebec ex
ploded Thursday morning, completely de
molishiug the engine house and part o
the factory a number of employees wer
buried in the ruins. many of whom wer
killed or wounded. Al last accounts 3
had been taken out