Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-02


The report comes from North Dakota
that the farmers have such an immense
wheat crop on their hands that they can
not take care of it. 1t is said that in the
six Red River counties of North Dakota
there are 10000 900 bushels of wheat and
it is impossible to get it thrashcd.
The sea serpent has been seen again.
this time by Gloucester fishermen off Flem-
ish Cape fishing bank. The serpent was
so feet long, resembling giant squid, two
enormous horns projected from his head,
and his passage through the water made a
noise like the rumbling of a train of cars.
The banking world of London was
startled on Monday over big robbery A
parcel of bills RENTED to the London and
Westminster bank from the country banks
was taken by thieves who gained access to
one of the apartments of the bank. The
amount taken is said to be about one mil
lion.
Fifteen or 20 men. masons and hod car
riers, were at work on scatfolding on the
inside of a large factory at Mechanicsville
y. Y, last Friday when the timbers gave
way and all the men fell to the basement.
distance of b feet. Eight of them were
severely injured, including Frank Peters
and Peter Locust of North Adams. Mass
News comes of a revolt in the republic of
Guatemala against the government of Pres
ident BarillaS in which many lives have
been lost. Fighting began in the streets
of the capital on the 18th of September,
and continued for several days. sometimes
the revolutionists and sometimes the army
of the republic holding the streets in pos
session.
The biggest blast in the history of Con-
necticut was touched off in j. ). Lanes
quarries at Meriden few days ago. The
blasters drilled many holes into one side of
the quarry, implanted 800 pounds of
dynamite therein and tirel it. \ mass of
rock that weighed 5000 tons was sent roll
ing down the mountain side, and the deto-
nation was heard many miles.
Millionaire j. w. Mackay arrived in
New York Monday having made the trip
across the continent from San Francisco, a
distance of 1907 miles, in the record-break-
ing time of four days. Il hours and 3S
minutes. He came in special car, which
was attached to the regular express trains
His route was 10y the Southern Pacific,
Union Pacific, Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern and New York Central railroads.
James +. Ostrander, the treasurer of the
Ulster county savings institution of Kings
ton, y. Y, is defauter to the amount of
1000 His thefts have been traced
through a number of years, the sums taken
at any one time being comparatively small.
High living caused his downfall. Mr.. Os-
trander is man about 80 years old, and
has been connected with the institution
for % years. The bank will not be EN-
barrassed.
Plainfeld Conn, has been greatly ex-
cited over the poisoning of % people at a
social party in that place last Friday night.
All were seriously i'll and for some time it
was thought that several deaths would oc-
cur. 1t was found that a quantity of Gro
ton oil had been placed in the coffee which
was served for supper. 1t is supposed
that some person wished to injure the ca
terer, Mr.. Pickett, as the same night his
horse was found badly mangled.
Frank c. Almy, the Hanover murderer,
was taken in a special car from Manches-
ter to Woodsville, y. H., on Tuesday to
plead to the Indictment against him. He
was taken to the court room upon his cot,
and when Intercepted, after the reading
o. the Indictment, answered " not guilty"
He was then taken Immediately back to
Manchester. Large crowds were gathered
at all the stations. His counsel and the
counsel for the state are to meet at Con
cord next Tuesday to make arrangements
for the trial.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says that
the distress among the Russian peasants is
increa sing; potatoes are failing in many
districts, and new insect, known as sooka.
more destructive to corn than the Hessian
fly, has appeared. The whole population
of some villages in Astrakan are dying of
starvation. The doctors prescribe corn in
stead of medicine. There are stories afoat
of parents eating their children in Wiini
Novgorod. The authorities in many places
are levying "A tax on laborers wherever
they obtain work.
1t is now stated that if S. V. White IL
Co., who tried to corner the corn market
by buying all of last years crop, and failed,
as announced last week, had obtained con
troll of 100000 bushels more they would
have controlled the entire visible supply.
They invested 81, 200, 900 and held more
than 100000 bushels, and if they had
had 100000 more to invest they could
have dictated prices to the country. The
supply of the country was so tied up in
the White failure that it is stated that last
Saturday ii was impossible for 100 large
concerns in this country to fill an order for
a carload of corn.
A serious drouth is prevailing in Maine.
Typhoid fever is raging in many towns.
The heat is so intense that the earth is
baked, and farmers are complaining that
fall feed for stock is drying up. Streams
and wells are low. The water in the Ken
nebec has not been at so low a stage at this
season of the year for many years; the cot
ton mills at Wateryille and Augusta and
the sawmills along the river are having
their operations seriously retarded. The
water in the AndroscOggin is running SC
low that the big cotton mills at Lewiston
will be obliged to shut down if rain does
not come soon, thereby throwing thousands
out of work. A similar condition of af-
fairs exists in Connecticut, and a water
famine is feared in several cities.
Hanover n. H., had another sensation
last Monday night when a closely-veied
person appeared at the Warden home
stead and asked to be allowed to sleep in
Christie Warden's bed. The stranger
who claimed to be woman, was invited
in and courteOusly treated, but her mascu-
line appearance aroused suspicion and she
was seized and detained. Under her cir.
cular cloak was found a Prince Albert
coat, vest, and regular masculine attire
The person then said she was DIR. Mary
Walker and had come to save the life of q
member of the Warden family. She also
said it was not Almy who killed Christie
! She was finally taken in charge by the
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