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

House at Boston on Thursday morning Of
last week by Roger Scannel of Lawrence,
who escaped.
Ground was broken last Thursday for
the Hudson River bridge. The scheme
contempates the construction over the
Hudson, at the metropolis, of bridge 1850
feet long, with eight tracks.
The most serious fire in Boston since
1889 was that in the Federal street build
ing occupied 10y Parker, Holmes a. Co.,
and Hosmer, Colding ~ Co., dealers in
boots and shoes on Monday evening. The
damage is estimated at 100000.
Chattanooga, Tenn. had the worst fire
i'm its history at noon last Saturday. The
fire broke ont in a large dry goods house
while the clerks were at lunch and spread
with great rapidity. destroying $500, 900
worth of property before it was sublucd.
Two hundred lahorcrs on the Salmona
and IScryia railway in Italy were overtaken
by a severe snow storm and many of them
were suttocated in the drifts aud others
were frozen to death. Fifteen bodies have
been recovered and 20 men are still miss
ing.
The English war veterans and pension
crs, aged 30 and 80 years, who arrived at
New York last week. signed ailidayits to
the effect that the English government
paid them to come to this country. They
were debarred from landing and will be
sent back to England.
horrible disaster was narrowly avert
ed at Plymouth, Pa. a few days ago.
\ fire broke out in a mine in which
five hundred men were at work and for a
time the lives of all of them were cndan-
gered Many OF them were overcome by
the smoke. but all were taken out alive.
Natural gas had escaped into the cellar
OF house at Pittsburg, Pa. last Friday
and the owner lighted match with the in
tention of finding the leak. when an eX-
plosion took place which wrecked the
building The man. his wife. three chill
dren and three servants were buried in the
ruins and seriously burned and bruised.
The benefit insurance orders continue to
90 to the wall. Joseph W. Hamilton of
Boston, a leading officer Of the Royal Ark,
is under arrest on charge of unlawfuly
using -. 600 of the funds of that order
and Avian Greenwood of the same city is
charged with embezzlng S30,OOO from the
Mutual one Year Benefit order.
Two masked men entered the house of
VIM. Scarf at Lansngburg. y. Y, one
night last week. Under cover of a revoly-
err they compelled servant to show where
the valuables were. They took jewelry
valued at $1,000 and escaped. Mrs. Scarf
jumped l6 feet from a piazza 10 give an
alarm and was badly injured.
After a long and unbroken series of Par
nelite defeats following the death of the
great Irish leader, a turn in the tide came
in the election at Waterford Ireland
last week. when John Redmond, the Par
nellite candidate, defeated Michael Da-
witt by a majority Of j46 ENtravagant
abuse of ParnelfS memory and detraction
of his widow caused a reaction.
Jerome |. Case, owner OF the wel-known
trottng horses, Jay Eye See and Phallas,
who died at Racine, Wis, last week at the
age of 20 years, came to that place over 10
years ago and opened a small shop in
which he built one threShing machine at
! time. When he died his factory covered
40 acres and his fortune was estimated at
! -, 0OO,O 900.
! The supreme court has rendered a decis-
| ion of great importance. by which Q. :.
/ Kelly of Springfield, Ohio. becomes pos
SCISSOR of all the features, appliances and
/ principles used in the electric street car
| systems manufactured by the Thomson
| Houston company, the Westinghouse com
pauy and all others. The vast importance
of the matter can be seen at a glance.
George F. Horne, a Manchester, y. H.,
| jeweler, has disappeared under mysterious
| circumstances. On the night before Christ
mas he packed his small valuable goods
and took them away with him. Nothing
| has been heard from him since and his lady
| clerk is also missing. His safe has been
| opened and found to be empty, and only
| 500 worth of goods were left in his store
| He has done a good business and bore an
excellent reputation
! Capt. Alexander Mclean. later com
mander of the schooner James Ii. Lewis,
! has arrived at san Francisco from Siberia,
and tells a story of how that vessel was
seized in Boring sea by a Russian cutter.
/ The Lewis was confiscated and the Amer
! lean flag torn from its mast. The crew
were taken to Siberia andafter two months
were allowed to leave the country. The
case will be presented to the government
\ half-dozen COW boys took possession
of passenger train not far from San An
tonic Texas, last Sunday night, and pro-
ceeded to ''haye some fun with the pas
sengers. They first showed a drummer off
| the train because he wore red neck tie
and tall silk hat Then they went into
the Pullman car and compelled the women
to sing for their benefit. After having
things their own way for half an hour, en-
forcing their demands with drawn pistols
they left the train at "A way station.
The number of miles of new railroad
track completed during 1891 was Hts
an amount very much less than in proceed
ing years. The new mileage was distrib-
uted among 249 lines and over 43 states
and territories, and increased the total
mileage of the country to III 600 miles.
The only states in which no new track
was laid We're Delaware, Connecticut, Ne
vada and Mississippi, the last named show
ing in astonishing contrast to the other
Southern states, in some of which railway
building is very active.
While the Christmas midnight mass wa,
being celebrated in a church at Valencia
Italy, last week Thursday night, four bomb,
were exploded i'm the edtice in rapid sue
cessiOn. Several lights Were put out anC
the church was filled with smoke and dust
The frightened wOrshipers uttered shrek,
and loud cries for help and wild rush was
made for the door. Afterwards it wa,
found that the high altar had been destroy
ed, the side of the church wrecked, anC
several persons injured. Two persons wer,
arrested on suspicion of having exploded
the bombs.
There was a frightfu panic, with fata
results, in theatre in Gateshead, Count,
Durham, England, last Saturday night
A man in the audience dropped a lighte,
match on the sawdust-covered floor. Tn,