Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28

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Robert Franz, the eminent German mu-
steal composer, is dead.
A society has been formed at Philadel-
phia to promote the eating of horse flesh
Reports of a serious flood come from
Sardinia. Many houses were swept away
and in one village POO persons persisted.
f. j. Denning, the dry goods merchant
in New York who succeeded \. Il. Stew
art, was found dead in his bath room sun
day.
There have been 100 cases of diphthcria
and 20 deaths at Columbus, Ind, within a
few days and many people are leaving the
city.
A telephone line between New York and
Chicago was opened last week, when
Mayors Grant and Washburne exchanged
compliments.
During the Columbus day celebration at
Los Angeles, Cal, loaded gas pipe eX-
ploded, killing seven people outright and
injuring several others
Rev. L. Winchester Donald, rector of
the church of the Ascension, New York,
has accepted call to the pulpit in Boston
formerly occupied by Bishop Phillips
Brooks.
The City of Paris has again broken the
record for the westward passage across the
Atlantic, her time being five days, II hours
and "a minutes. One day $50 miles were
covered.
The house of Joshua Matthews, near
ClaremOnt, 5. c., was burned with his four
little children, who were locked in the
dwelling while the parents were attending
religious services.
An express train on the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad collided with a train
of empty coal cars near West Manayunk,
Pa, Monday night. Seven persons were
killed, and 20 seriously injured.
A bridge upon the Great Northern rail
road upon which rails were being laid neal
Spokane Falls, Wash, collapsed Tuesday
and go workmen and three carloads OF
rails fell go feet into the river Seven were
killed, five were fatally and seven other,
seriously injured.
Six hundred school children were OF
temporary seats Is feet high at West Win.
sted, Conn, Thursday, rehearsing for the
Columbus day celebrations, when the
benches collapsed and 300 children fell tC
the floor. Many received broken limbs
but none were killed.
At the Colby mine, Bessemer, Mich.
the cage, containing 10 men, fell over 70C
feet to the bottom. One man was instantly
killed and the others had legs broken
Several were injured internally and at least
four will die. They were using patent
cage and the safety catches refused to work
John j. Mccarthy, a stable keeper OF
BrocktOn, Mass, while on his way home a
few nights ago was attacked by two men
who chloroformed him and took his gold
watch, chain and 5000. The watch and
chain were afterward found at one side OF
the road where the highwaymen had thrown
them.
The prophecies of years are now about
to materialize in a great power plant which
will utilize 100000 of the $1,000 900 OF
horsepower going to waste over Niagara
Falls. In the last two years S2,500,000 has
been expended and within few weeks the
first water-wheels will be in place and the
sluices will be opened.
Oliver Curtis Perry, the noted train rob,
Der, dug his way out of his cell in the
prison at Auburn, N. Y, Saturday, but
was found hiding in the prison yard and
recaptured. Curtiss attempt at train rob
berry near Lyons, N. Y, was the most SEN
sational on record, and he was sentenced
to serve over 80 years in prison.
During the administration of President
Grant, John Roach, the Chester, Pa, shiI
builder, began long series of contracts tC
build vessels for the new navy. Secretary
! Whitney of Cleveland's cabinet enforeC
the forfeiture clause in the contracts fol
! the cruisprs ROstOn Atlanta and Chicao 90
and the dispatch boat Dolphin. The actor
of Mr.. Whitney caused Mr. Roach to max,
an assignment with liabilities of 81, 1856, 900
and the great ship builders death FOLLOWED
in 1887. His estate has just been settled
and it is matter of general surprise tina
$2,000,0O0 is left for his heirs.