Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11


4334 miles, in IL days, and from Vancouver
to New York, 1888 miles, in four days.
A London, Ont, woman, assisted by her
husband, has been engaged in running
Cinnamon over to Detroit The plan
adopted was to dress the Cinnamon up in
widows garments and send them over
boldly. One arrest has been made and in
all probability there will be further devel-
Opments.
The most remarkable case of dropsy on
record is that of man 7S years old of Mon
ticello, Ill. He has been tapped 27S times,
and an average of ID pounds of water re-
moved each time, making 1914 pounds of
water which has been removed from him.
He is now confined to his bed and cannot
live long.
Clarksburg, w. Va, claims the only wo-
man locomotive engineer in the United
States in the person of Miss Ida Hewitt
"a very beautiful and accomplished young
woman, under 20 years of age" She is
the daughter of the main owner of a mar
row-gauge railroad running out of Clarks-
burg, and her father humors her natural
inclination for machinery by allowing her
to make a daily run of the engine over the
road.
Lowell, Mass, has a murder mystery.
David Belanger was found dead in his dry
goods store Wednesday morning of last
week. His throat had been cut by some
one who was probably concealed in the
store Tuesday night.
The dynamite factory of Reynolds &
Co., near White Pigeon, Mich, exploded
Thursday evening of last week and IL work
men, mostly Swedes and Norwegians, were
blown to atoms. 1t is estimated that there
were 20 tons of dynamite in the building,
which was three stories high and of brick.
The conclusion in White Pigeon was terrific
and the people were frightened. The walls
of several buildings were cracked and dam
aged.
The train robbers who were thought to
have escaped across the Rio Grande river
with $4,000, which they secured from an
express car on the Southern Pacific railroad,
were met Saturday by body of rangers
who had been in pursuit of them, and
battle took place. Thirteen of the robbers
and two rangers were killed and several on
both sides were wounded. Only two of
the robbers escaped.
A Bellingham, Mass, store-keeper was
on his way home Saturday night when he
was waylaid by two masked men and
robbed of over 500 and gold watch.
Edward ellis, Wheeling, w. Va, boy
was teasing six huge mastiffs Saturday,
when the animals broke through the door
of the kennel and attacked him. Two po-
licemen finally reached the scene but it was
impossible for them to make the Infatuated
animals loose their hold. Five of the dogs
were shot and the sixth escaped. The boy
was dead, the body being almost torn to
pieces. The policemen were badly bitten.
Nicaragua has asked for half an acre of
space at the worlds fair, and proposes to
erect large pavilion and have full ex-
hibit of the resources of the country.
Two of the world racing records were
broken at Independence, Ia, Saturday
Allerton trotted mile 40 fiat crowning
himself king of stations and enhancing his
value $4,000 more. Direct, the little
black pacing wonder covered mile in
2.06, breaking the worlds stallion records
for both trotters and PAGERS, and the world 5
pacing record.
Harmon Murray, the colored outlaw, who
has killed seven men, defied the authorities
for nearly a year. and terrorized a wide sec
| ton of Florida, was killed Friday by Hardy
Early, a colored lad of II. Murray forced
Early to go with him on a criminal eXpedi-
! ton to Archer, under threat of death.
| While passing through a swamp toward
Archer Early pretended he did not know
the trail and asked Murray to lead The
desperate did So and Immediately Early
poured the contents of both gun barrels
into the back of Murray's head, killing him
! instantly. Early then fled and told what
| he had done. The excitement at Gains
vile was intense, as several of Murray's
confederates have been lynched in that
vicinity. Early will get reward of $500.
The will of Mrs. Hopkins-Searles is to
be contested by her foster son, Timothy
Hopkins, and by other heirs.
Louis Bulling, the St. Joseph wife muir
derer, shot himself on last week Friday
shortly before the time set for his eXecu-
ton at Savannah, Mo-, and finally died on
the gallows, covered with blood, shrieking
for mercy and cursing his eXecutioners.
His spiritual adviser, Rev. August Lavake,
is under arrest for furnishing him with the
revolver with which he attempted suicide.
Mrs. Daniel Lyons of Rockland, Mass,
thinks Almy is the man who married her
two years ago, obtained $500 from her and
left for parts unknown.
Mrs. Hattie Elkns of Haverhill, Mass,
was gagged in broad daylight last Saturday
and robbed of $500 in cash and $500 in
notes. She was the prOprietress of the Elm
House in that city, and while the house
was crowded with bOarders the thieves ac-
complished their work, and made their es-
cape before their presence was known.
A terrible explosion of naptha occurred
at Providence, r. l., last Saturday, by
which two men were severely burned, one
fatally, and several others injured. The
fluid floated down the river from the city
swill works, and was ignited by the heat
from the boiler of pile driver.
The eX-Emperor of Brazil has not left
his rooms at Vichy for some weeks, The
chronic heart disease from which he suffer,
is now complicated by state of profound
melancholia, from which it is impossible tC
rouse him.
The Princess of Monaco, who ha;
at last prevailed upon her husband tC
close the gambling establishments in hi:
principally so soon as the leases expire, IL
said to have concluded to convert the beau
tiful casino at Monte Carlo into hospita
for consumptives.
A loan of 100000 will be required
for the relief of the terrible restitution il
Russia.
A railroad treasurer of Hutchinson, Kan.
has been arrested on a charge of embezzlin!
$4,000.
Denmark has also removed its restriC
tions against American pork.
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