Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-26

In December Mrs. j. Slavin of SD street
in New York city locked up her house and
went to Michigan. Since then her broth
er has visited it occasionally to see if every
thing was all right. Two weeks ago when
he called nothing had been disturbed, but
last week Thursday he found that 5000
worth of silverware, furs and bric-a-brac
had been stolen, and the furniture, mir
rors. carpets etc, damaged to the extent
of $1,000. The police believed that the
thieves would return, and detectives con-
Cealed themselves in the house, and that
night captured two young toughs, aged Is
and II. They admitted that they broke
into the house and that they had spent
most of the time there for "A week. They
helped themselves literally to the fine
stock of wines and liquors, canned goods
and preserves, and even kindled a fire in
the range and baked bread. They occupied
the best bedrooms, and slept with their
muddy shoes on the silk counterpaneS. In
pure wantOnness they broke mirrors and
handsome furniture, and destroyed the car
pets. Al intervals they made excursions
to pawn shops with booty they stole.
Most of their plumber has been recovered.
Four Connecticut postmasters were fin
ed IN the United States court at New
Haven on Tuesday for selling postage
stamps on credit, contrary to the depart
ment regulations.
Mexico wouldn't have the Louisiana lot
terry, and now the story is that the govern
ment of Nicaragua has granted the COM
pany perpetual charter, its principal Of
flee to be at Greytown.
Creole, Col, is rivaling the growth OF
Leadville About 400 people arrive every
day 4 bank has been opened, four news
papers have been started since the begin
ming of the year, and an electric light
plant built.
\ horrible story of private cremation
comes from ST. Cunegonde, a suburb Of
Montreal. \ spike maker named Lawse
recently lost three children and burned
their bodies in cooking stove to save flu
neral expenses.
Two young men entered WaNman's jew
elry store on Washington street, Boston,
last Friday night, and while one of them
asked to be shown some rings the other
snatched tray containing jewelry said to
be worth 5000 or more, and both ran
| from the store, making their escape.
| Mrs. Smith of Ticonderoga, \. y, was
| getting breakfast last Friday when her
dress caught fire and she was so badly
| burned that death resulted in a few hours.
| Her daughter and two sons were seriously
burned in their attempts To smother the
flames.
Twelve families in a big block on East
| Canton street, Boston, had narrow es-
cape from suffocaton last Saturday night.
Sewer gas escaped into the block and over
so people were under its influence. The
physicians had hard work to resusctate
several of them.
The largest woman in the world died re-
Gently at Dog Lake reservation, near Lake
Manitoba. She was a squaw and was mar
red to a buck named Chippewa. She
weighed 700 pounds and measured "a inch
es around the arm 1t took a coffin seven
feet long and five feet wide to hold her re-
mains.
\ massive chimney 60 feet high fell on
the roof of flannel factory at Cleckheat-
on, Yorkshire, Eng, Wednesday, just as
the young women operatives were leaving
work. 4 number of the girls were buried
under the debris. Fire broke out in tn,
ruins. Six persons We're taken out deaC
and many were injured. Twelve persons
are missing.
The steamship Indiana, laden with 350t
tons of flour and provisions for the starv
ing Russian peasants, sailed from Phila
delphia Tuesday and is now on her way
across the Atlantic. 4 crowd of l0,00l
people Joined in the demonstration which
marked her departure. The ship expected
to reach her destination, Liban, Russia, OF
the Baltic sea, March 9.
The inhabitants of Crawford and Bour
bon counties in Kansas turned out last Sat
urday morning, 5000 strong, for big vol
. hunt to rid that section of these animals
which have become very numerous. Tn
result was the destruction of 300 wolves
besides capturing 20O0 jack rabbits in tn
general roundup BY break in the line
some wolves escaped, and there will be an
, other hunt tomorrow to finish up tn
work.
The captain of the ship Egyptian Mon
arch. which arrived in New York fey
: days ago, tells thrilling story of tn
burning at sea of the Nova Scotia oil shi
, SOodiana, 500 miles east of ST. Johns
n. F., on the 10Th and 10th of January
, During the night light was discovered o.
the horizon. A violent storm was prevail
r ing at the time. 4 little later the ligh
| was found to be a ship on fire. On az
| preaching it was found that the vessel wa
l a sheet of flame from stem to stern, an
! the only remaining spar was the jib boon
I on which the captain and his wife weT
t clinging. The life-boat of the Egyptia
7 Monarch was swung out, but before
e could be lowered the waves had washe
= the spar against the burning ship, and tn