Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-30

been attached, and its owner, DR.. Crossett,
is missing. When the sheriff took posses
sion and opened the safe he found As
cents. The deposits amount to 100000.
In the final settlement of the great
| Sprague estate at Providence, r. l., a few
days ago S2,000,000 worth of claims
| against the estate were sold for Sl.j0 The
| transaction was a necessary formality I'M
der the law.
An injunction has been granted against
another endowment order, the American
Protective league of Boston. The com
plants claim that the order is insolvent,
and it is alleged that its liabilities are 80
! 7Sl 900 and its assests but Sl01 800
Three robbers applied a torch to the feet
of Larry Reynolds, hermit near Ian
caster, Pa, in order to make him tell
where his gold was hidden, but their OBJ
! ject failed. Reynolds's injuries are so Sc
rious that he is not expected to recover.
There has been another outbreak of
cholera on the ship Bohemia, now at quar-
antine near New York, and two deaths
have occurred. No new cases have devel-
oped in the city. The situation in Ham
burg and other places abroad is much i'm
! proved.
Seven of the II children of Dennis IIur-
ley, who lives near Chester, Pa, were
taken i'll within few days. Three died
and the other four are not expected to re-
cover They drank water from a spring
which had been poisoned by phosphate used
as fertilizer.
Lieut.-Col. Streator, Col Hawkins, and
the assistant surgeon of the Pennsylvania
10th Regiment, have been indicted for the
punishment inflicted on Private Iams.
who called for three cheers for the man
who shot Manager Prick. Iams has also
begun damage suits against Streator and
| Hawkins.
In a panic Friday night in a crowded
Ludlow street building in New York, oc-
cupied by synagogues for Russians and
Poles, four women were trampled to in
slant death and several others were fatally
injured. One narrow stairway and the
fire escapes were the only means of egress
to 1900 worshippers.
The worst railroad wreck in Iowa in
many years occurred Saturday at New
Hampton, when freight train, running at
the rate of 80 miles an hour. crashed into
construction caboose. In the caboose
were u men. Six were killed outright,
one has since died and three are dangerous
ly wounded. Two are unaccounted for.
Gen James W. Hustled, a prominent
New York politician, died at his home
at Peekskill Sunday at the age of 30.
Gen. Hustled had held many official posi-
tions. He was Republican member of the
New York assembly for - years. being
speaker six times. He was popularity
known as the BALD Eagle of Westches-
ter"
This tragic story of wasted life is told
in a despatch from Cass City, Mich. q:
After a week debauch. Harold Beckwith.
the only heir to his fathers estate of ST.
600 600. committed suicide by drowning
himself in a bath tub in the Beckwith home.
The son was ~ years old. was a student
at Harvard, and had travelled extensively
in Europe.
Suit has been brought against the
trustees of the defunct National savings
bank of Buffalo, y. Y, to recover the de-
felt for its stockholders This is the bank
which collapsed few months ago, owing
to the defalcation of Treasurer Damn.
amounting to S435, 600. Damn turned
over S112, 900, which with the banks sur.
plus brought the deficit down to 500, 600.
DAMS bail has been placed at $4,000.
Michael Lawson attempted to enter a
paper mill in which he worked at Burnside
a
fell into a vat of a solution of soda ash
and as the window which he opened drop
ped into place his cries were not heard
People searched for him, but he was not
found until Monday morning. Lawson
could not get out and slowly persisted, the
solution eating away the skin and portions
: of the flesh.
. Richard Powell, colored, aged 30, was
arrested Saturday at Somerville. Mass. on
the charge of having murdered a negro
named George W. Brown, about three
years ago. Two colored women. Edna
Wallace and Martha Miller, married, were
also taken into custody on suspicion OF
being accessory to the crime. The murder
: was discovered by accident, the body OF
the victim having been dug up Friday
!, night in the cellar of a house in Dane
! court, Someville.
Garfield and Leo Van Anam, aged II
and -, sons of highly respected residents
of Watertown, y. Y. were crossing the
river near that place in boat when Gar.
; field accidentally shot his brother with q
revolver. Leo grasped the revolver and
shot Garfield. Both boys then committed
suicide by jumping into the river. A note
left by Leo says: Garfield shot me acct
dentally l shot Garfield. / am sorry
You will find us both in the river oppost,
of here" The bodies were recovered.
Three robbers rode into the coal mining
town of Roslyn, Wash, Saturday, entered
= B. +. Snipes's bank, covered the cashier
, bookkeeper and two citizens with reyolvers
emptied the contents of the safe, amount
: ing to $4,000 into a sack and rode out OF
town, shooting at bank officials and Others
4 as they went. A negro miner was shot il
= the hip and Bookkeeper Frasier in the leg
, One of the robbers was half-breed nameC
Caleb, who had been watching the banl
= for several days.
= A murder was committed at Alton n
= H., Sunday evening. Moses Hartman,
4 dissolute man, got into a dispute with on,
of the Italians who are employed in build
ing the water works, and knocked hin
a down. The Italian drew two revolver
and fired four shots at Hartman, but nom
took effect. He then turned upon b. L
. Perkins and two men who were a few rod
u away and fired at them. Two bullets strucl
Perkins in the side, and he died befor
Il midnight. The affair caused great excite
Il ment and large crowd hunted for tn
; murderer. He escaped, but was capture,
Monday at Laconia.