Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-01

threw her nine-months-old babe out of a
four-story window at $3.50 Shawmut avenue,
Boston, Tuesday night, then jumped from
the window herself, both dying in a short
time. Mrs Sewall had been drinking for
nearly a year, and since December had been
partly insane.
A terrible explosion occurred Wednes-
day at the Hazardvile powder mill, about
10 miles north of Hartford, Conn. The
'cracker' mill was blown to atoms by the
ignition of several tons of powder. The
loss will not exceed 5000. Dennis Bailey,
the only workman i'm the building, was in
stantly killed, his body being frightfully
mangled.
There are suspicious circumstances con-
nected with the death of jonathan Glass,
who was found hanging from the limb of a
tree in the woods at Chester, n. H., and
the police are making an investigation.
1t is expected that Henry Iloyt, his son-in-
law, who was discharged from Jail a few
days ago and whom he refused to bail, had
something to do with his death.
From statistics from the census bureau
it appears that there has been a consdera-
BILE decrease in the number of acres devot-
ed to the grain crop in all of the New Eng
land states during the 10 years from 1879
to 1889. The smallest decrease was in
New Hampshire and the largest in Con-
necticut. In Vermont the total area i'm ce-
reals in 80 was 1856, 0O4, as compared with
210,0 65 acres in 70.
Thomas Montgomery, a retired farmer
of Armstrong county, was cheated out of
$500 by the tin box trick. Two strangers
agreed to sell him farm for $4,000, and to
har In hon Ion arxyt O
deposit $4,000 in a tin box, into which
they put $1,000 to show that they meant
business. After their departure Montgom-
cry grew suspicious, and upon opening the
box found nothing but two sticks of wood.
A cloudburst has laid waste a large sec
ton i'm Chickasaw county, Iowa. At
/ Fredericksburg two persons were killed and
a dozen injured, some fatally. At Sum
ner five persons were killed outright. The
destruction to property and growing crops
will exceed 100000 The homes of p
farmers are completely destroyed and as
many more are partly wrecked. Through
/ out the path of the storm the destruction
/ of crops is complete.
/ Edward 5. Damn. the defaulting secreta-
| ry of the National savings bank of Butfa-
| 10. y. Y, was arrested Saturday afternoon.
.
! ton to the $4,000 which he was under on
/ former warrants This was furnished and
/ he was again released. one of the bank
examiners is quoted as saying that the de.
falcation would largely exceed 5000, 600,
possibly $500, 900. The defaulter is the
father of the former noted Yale university
ball player.
Edward J. Ryan. trusted clerk, about
4 1t
week from the United States express
companys Office at Washington. He took
with him three packages, said to contain
about $4,000 in new United States notes
1t was money sent in care of the express
company, intended for national banks, ant
mostly in bills of large denomination
He must have planned the robbery days in
advance and awaited himself of the first
opportunity for getting large amount
Ryan was arrested on Sunday at Denver
Colo.
Much apprehension is felt by the city Of
ficials of Chicago, owing to the fact thai
thousands of gallons of sewage are now
pouring into the lake and polluting tn,
city's water supply. River sewage is pour
ing lakeward at the rate of 100000 cubi,
feet per minute. The polluted area ha,
] Tedcntu lllt lNO-Hllle lullnel ports, anu lu'
disease laden water is being pumped
through the mains. The water depart
ment officials advise users of city water t.
boil every drop. Samples of water takel
in and about the two mile crib confirm tn,
fears of the department. Chemical anal
ysis has not been made for evidences o
pollution are tangible. Last year Their
were more cases of typhoid fever in Chica
go than in all the other large cities of tn
country combined.