Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-05-20

quarry. They left the team and escaped
into the woods with the box containing
the money.
Thirteen colleges of the country are
without presidents.
Nine men were killed by a cave-in at the
Anaconda mine, Butte, Mont, on Satur-
day.
Col. Henry G.. Parker, the well-knOwn
editor of the Saturday Evening Gazette of
Boston, died in that city on Saturday at
the age of So.
There were over 1900 fire alarms in
Boston in the Is months ending last Jan
uary and the value of the property destroy
ed was 81 100000.
The fire loss in this country for the first
four months of 1892 was SAG, S07, 600. In
the corresponding months of last year the
loss was So, 197,0 600.
Breed d Co. S shoe factory at Rochester,
y. H., was burned Saturday. The loss
will exceed 100000 and $50 men will be
thrown out of employment.
Senator John 5. Barbour of Virginia
died in Washington on Saturday from
heart disease. He had been a member of
Congress since 1880 and in the Senate
since 1899.
Four boilers in large saw mill at Mid
land, City, Mich, exploded one day last
week, completely wrecking the boiler
house. Three men were killed and several
fatally injured.
New MeXcOs magnificent capitol build
ing at Sante Fe was burned on Friday,
causing loss of $3.50, 900. Owing to Il
misunderstanding in the legislature the in
e1,ra,,oo ,,olioiae had haaO allowed n a pirp
f. N. Deboissiere, wealthy Frenchman,
has given 5000 acres of land near Topeka,
with 800 head of fine cattle and horses, to
the Odd Fellows of Kansas, to be converted
into home for the orphan children of
Odd Fellows. The gift is worth 100000.
Professor Jacob Gould Schurman has
been elected president of Cornell university,
to succeed c. X. Adams resigned. Profess
sor Schurman, who is only 80 years old,
has been at the head of the Sage school of
philosophy at Cornell during the last six
years.
James Taylor, who is said to have mar
ried 60 different women, has been sentenced
at Boston to three years Imprisonment foI
the one matrimonial offence committed in
Massachusetts. When he has served this
term he will be sent to New York, where
there are other charges against him.
A mad foxhound ran wild in the streets
of lynn Mass. last Saturday. biting II
persons and a number of dogs. Patrick
Farrell has II wounds on his face and will
be distigured for life. He is of nervous
temperament, and as he fears hydrophobia
doubts are entertained OF his recovery.
One of the leading sensations in London
last week was the opening of Buffalo Bill''
Wild West show. Four hundred savages
cowboys, South American gauchos and
other wild and woody creatures took part
in the performance, which was witnessed
by Zo,OOO people, composer iarsely Oh 'h'
arlstocratlc class
The Childs-DreXel home for printers a
Colorado Springs, Colo, was dedicated OF
Friday, which was the 63d anniversary o.
Mr.. Childs, the noted phllanthropist, who
is proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger
Six hundred members OF the Natlona
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There was another execution by electric
ity at Auburn prison, New \ ork, Wednes
day. There were no offensive incident
such as marked the earlier executions o
this kind. From the time the warden no
titled the prisoner in his cell that all was Il
readiness until death was announced wa
only p minutes. The quickest rope exc
cution has been timed at 70 minutes.
Twenty-Five thousand persons saw Gree
r MOrris's GREAT ive-ypar-Old horse. Judg
Morrov, win tho sos ono RrOoklvn handi