Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-20

Brooklyn, Milwaukee and New Orleans i'm
receiving the special attention of the in
surance companies. The fire underwriters
of Boston claim that their profits for the
year have already been destroyed.
The Canadian government has decided
not to continue the discriminatory canal
tolls against United States vessels during
the coming year, and the tariff of canal
tolls adopted for 1898 will put an end to all
determinations against vessels, merchan-
disc or citizens of the United States.
Financial ruin stares most of the later
eX-treasurers of Wisconsin in the face
the supreme court having cinched the de-
cison compelling them to restore interest
on state money drawn by them during
their terms of office. Some 1925, 600 must
be disgorged by them or their sureties.
The situation along the Ohio river is very
serious. There are many gorges, and al
ready nearly half a million dollars of dam
age has been done. All along the river
banks for miles is scattered wreckage.
There is a serious coal famine, and much
suffering among the poor people, who are
charged at the rate of 81 and So a ton in
small lots.
The will of John Cornell of Andover,
Mass, bequeathes 1913, 900 for benevolent
and educational work in that town, S10,-
600 going to the Memorial hall for an art
collection and its maintenance, 5000 to
Phillips academy and $4,000 for Abbott
academy for the aid of students, and $1,000
to the town, the income TO be used in buy
ing coal for deserving poor
The powder house of Wedger's fireworks
plant at West RoXbury, Mass, was blown
up Friday. Mary Flynn, one of the EN-
ployes, was killed by the explosion, b.
NJ. Wedger the proprietor, was so badly
burned, while trying to rescue Miss Flynn,
that he died. John Culley, another EN-
| ploye, was terribly burned and may die
There are $1,000 men and boys 300
horses and 100 steam engines at work gath
ering the ice crop of the Hudson. The in
tense cold has made the ice so thick that it
! is almost too unwieldy to handle. In the
main chanel off Hudson it is nearly foot
and a half thick, and is all solid pure
water ice. The indications are that it will
be the biggest crop harvested in 20 years.
Fifty-six oyster dredgers deserted their
boats in Chesapeake bay Friday, claiming
that they could not stand the brutal treat
ment by their captains. They applied at
the county Jail at Easton, Nd, for shelter.
Many had their feet, hands and ears froz-
en- and were physical wrecks. 1t is said
that POO or 800 men are wandering about
the shores, seeking a welcome in some
county Jail.
The business portion of Chateaugay, n.
Y, including 10 business houses, was
burned one day last week. The loss was
$4,000. The town hall and several bust
ness houses at Brewsters, y. Y, were
burned Sunday, entailng loss of $780,
000 A loss of 5000 was caused at
Medford, Mass, Sunday, by the burning OF
the Unitarian church. The bell in the
belfry was cast by the Paul Revere com
pany in 1900
General Master Workman Powderly Of
the Knights of Labor, in an address al
Scranton, Pa, Friday, said 81 am soci
alist, and say it without blushing. If the
avowal brings condemnation, | am willing
to take it. | am one of the g., 900, 600 so
cialists in this country. believe the rail
roads are public highways and should b'
nationalized, and that the telegraph sys
TEN should be owned and operated by tn,
government"
John f. Lewis, while photographing tn,
Holmes comet at Ansonia, Ct, on tn
evening of the 18th, was startled by
bright light On developing the plate
which had been exposed to the constella
tion Andromeda from 7:l9 to 1902, tn
trail of an immense meteor was discovers
across the centre of the plate. This me
teor was seen by several persons within
radius of 20 miles of Ansonia and is de
scribed as being intensely bright