Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
RMONT PHGNIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, APRIL D. 1872

novelist and lecturer, died in London las
Friday.
Rajah, an elephant just brought to this
country from Rangoon, is larger than the
famous and Inflated jumbo
Fire at Kenosha, Wis, Tuesday, de-
strOyed half million dollars worth OF
property, including $1,000, 600 feet of lum-
Der.
Thousands of people in the Lancashire
district of England have been thrown out
of employment by the stopping of the cot
ton mills.
Cashier Percival of the Auburn, Me,
bank, who is now in prison, says the di-
rectors knew of the banks condition two
years before his arrest.
Four robbers held up an express train
near Independence, La, few days ago,
and rifed the safe, securing $4,000 in cash
and lot of lottery tickets.
Gallagher and WEIGH, two of the Ded-
ham, Mass, "White Caps who assaulted a
man and covered him with tar, have been
sentenced to one years imprisonment
The Sisseton reservation in South Dako-
Ia was thrown open to settlement last Fri
day, and when the signal was given 5000
people representing all natiOnalities made
rush for the promised land.
There were several extensive forest fires
raging in the woods in Maiden, Medford
and Melrose, Mass, Sunday, and the fire
departments were called out several times
to save houses from being destroyed.
Nathaniel Burr, wel-known business
man of Providence, r. l., where he is man
ager of the Seekonk ice company, has
been arrested, charged with forgeries to
the amount of several thousand dollars.
Seven attempts were made to burn Louis
vile, KY, Tuesday night. In four hours
10 buildings were destroyed. All of the
fires were of incendiary origin. Saturday
night there we're five incendiary fires in
the city.
Incendiary fires have occurred every
night for several weeks at San Antonio,
Texas, and on Saturday night three fires
ragged simultaneously in the business part,
and numerous attempts were made to start
fires in other sections.
The works of the American Forcte
powder company near Arlington, n. j.,
exploded Monday, and several buildings
were torn to atoms. Seven men were
killed and two injured. The report of the
explosion was heard for many miles.
The Cheyenne and Araphoe lands in the
Indian territory, near Oklahoma, were
thrown open to settlement Tuesday. There
was an exciting scramble of home seekers,
it being estimated that 10000 people en-
tered the territory when the signal was
given.
William Murphy, the half breed desper-
l. I. 81
other persons at Murphy, n. c., killed a
deputy sheriff who attempted to arrest
him few days ago, and is now in hiding
in the Nantahala mountains where he de
tes arrest.
Fraud in the Fraternal associations con
tinues to be reported. w. II. Riddell the
manager of the Western Mutual benefit as
ISOLATION, has disappeared from San Fran
cisco and r. +. Durham, the treasurer of
a building loan association at Charleston,
=. c., is a defaulter to the amount of SO
600
The Barnaby murder case will be re-
opened at Denver next week, when DIR.
Graves attorneys will ask the supreme
court for new trial. The grounds for de-
handing the trial are based mainly upon
the testimony of Mrs. Worrell Of Chester,
Pa. 1t is probable that new trial will be
granted.
The young daughter of Buzzell King of
North Stratford, \. H., went TO the barn
to look for eggs, and climbing up on box,
stuck her head through a hole in the wall
in search of nest The box gave way,
and the girl being unable to eXtricate her
self choked to death. Her body was found
AT night by her father.
Alexander Mackenzie. the predecessor of
Sir John Macdonald as premier of Cana
da, and the last liberal premier, died at
Toronto Sunday. He was born and edu-
Gated in Scotland, and was an architect
and builder when in 1872 he emigrated to
Kingston. Ont A few years later he be-
came an editor and gradually drifted into
politics until he became one OF the leaders.
The criminal ward in the insane asy-
lum at Auburn, Y. Y, was the scene of a
desperate revolt last Saturday. One 'of
the inmates knocked down the head at
tendant, and then four of the manacs ri
fled the medicine chest, from which they
secured razors. Thus armed they held a
small army of physicians and attendants
at bay for several hours, but were finally
driven into one of the rooms and locked
up.
Thomas Brynes, widely known as In
spector Brynes, who has recently succeed
ed Superintendent hurry as the head of
the New York police department, has Gre
ated sensation by transferring every cap
tain of the police force to a new precinct
and by reducing over 80 ward detectives to
the rank of patrolmen. This is the latest
outcome of DR.. Parkhurst's war on Tam
many.
Miners employed in sinking a shaft in
the big Missouri mine at Deadwood, So.
Oak, broke through into the underground
workings of the Highland mine. A large
amount of ore, estimated to be worth ST.
100000, had been taken out and milled at
the Highland mines. 1t is now believed
that the Highland has been working in the
big Missouri ground for the last three
years.