Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-09

A meteoric stone, weighing 10 tons, fell at New
castle, Cal, recently The stone is of a color
tirely foreign to the locality.
The Public Ledger building at Philadelphia was
Quilted by fire Tuesday evening. The loss ex-
ceeds Sl00,0OO.
A cyclone swept away farm houses and out.
buildings at Atlanta, Tex, Wednesday. Eight
persons were fatally hurt.
Attorney G. II. Kohn of Denver, Colo, who is
defaulter to the amount of $50 900 is supposed to
be hiding in Germany.
The granite troubles at Concord, n. H., which
have existed since last May, were settled this
week and the men will resume work.
train on the Chicago & Alton railroad recent
ly made run of 1856 miles in 1876 minutes, inelud-
ing eight full stops and eight slow ups.
T. E. Murphy. son of Francis Murphy, the tenn
perance agtator, addressed four audiences Of TO-
900 people at New Haven Sunday and 1000 people
signed the pledge
Greenvile, Miss, is having a financial panic.
One large firm failed with liabilities Of $500 900,
and the result is the suspension Of several small
er concerns.
BY the will of the late william J. Gordon Of
Cleveland, o., park Of 100 acres. fully improved,
on the lake shore, and valued at 81 600 O0 is Civ
en- to that city.
The expert who has been at work on the water
Office books at Chicago for month estimates
that by perfect system of bookkeeping the rev.
enue to the city from that department may be in
creased by from 100000 to S2,WOOOO annually,
or even more.
Mrs. A. D. Stahnecker Of Reading, Pa,
bride of a month. has fallen heir to several mil
lion dollars by the death of II. p Sands of Mont
gomery, Ala, an unmarried man to whom she
had shown kindness on several occasions
j. f. Ostrander, treasurer of the Ulster Coun-
ty Savings institution at Kingston, N. Y, has
been sentenced to seven years imprisonment, and
NJ. T. Trumpbour, the assistant treasurer, TO five
sss5 600. i''
Dr. Thatcher Graves, who is now under sen.
tence of death in Colorado for the murder Of
Mrs Barnaby of Providence, is sure that he
auadf hat he as iRn a
lecture on Colorado justice as found It.
Miss Ada Rehan, the actress, not Miss Dora
Houser of Montana, is posing as the model for
the silver statue of Justice to be exhibited at the
world fair. The silver to be used in the statue
is worth $4,000, and the gold base viii cost $3.50
GOO.
Mrs Joseph Reynolds has given S250,OOo to the
| Chicago university in accordance with the wish
| of her deceased husband, and Mrs. A6ram A.
! Anderson has given S350,COO to the Roosevelt hos
| pital in New York, for the purpose OF erecting a
| medical pavilion in memory OF her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs Jeremiah Milbank
The report Of W. D. Ownes, superintendent of
/ immigration, shows that 5g1, 663 immigrants ar
| rived in this country during the tscal year end,
| ing June 3d. The report also shows that bO,OOU
| Canadians enter tins country every spring. re-
turning to their homes IN the fall to spend the
money they have earned here.
| Miss Annie Bell, fat and 20, and Chauncey Nor.
gan fatter and 81, were married on the stage OF
| Huber's Palace museum in New York Prof
! Iinpdon of the museum gave away the coy
| bride and the Rev. Hepburn pronounced the
words which made the heaviest couple in the
world, the groom lacking few pounds OF 555
! and the bride weighing 500
A 4O.foot vein of coal has been discovered on
| land In East Providence X. l., owned by W. ii
| Hopkins one of the biggest coal dealers in G
state. He has lived on the land all his life, but
| the coal was found by outside parties who were
| excavating for a town building The coal is semi
| bItumnous and experts say the vein runs north
| and south and extends into Massachusetts,.
The California supreme court has affirmed the
lower courts decision giving the whole of the
| Blythe estate, valued at S4,0UOOO0, to Florenct
! Blythe the illegitimate daughter Of the old mil
lonaire This decision settles forever one OF the
| most famous cases in California annals. Blythe
| died nearly 10 years ago. Claimants for his bif
| estate numbered over 1000 and came from al
over the globe.
Two men entered the Farmers national banl
at Allentown n. j., and at the muzzles OF revol
yers compelled the cashier and the bookkeeper Z
hand over S27OO AS soon as the robbers left th'
bank the cashier seized revolver and rushed aft
err them, firing without effect. His shouts ant
the shooting attracted a crowd and the robber
we're soon surrounded and forced TO surrender
The money was recovered The robbers wer'
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.