Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
700 Dead
1" 'he Devastated Section of NTinneso,o
---What of the Futuret

IN the Devastated Section of NI,nuoso,.
---What of the Futuret
DR.. Cowan, coroner of Pine COUNT,
1uint', oelleVes that the dead list in the |
.o ouI'i So devastated by forest fires will
rect statement even of the bodios ST. NJ
A serious problem for the survivors 10 tbo |
disposal of the dead animals, The region
about Hinckley is Uttered with tbe oar.
casses OF horses, cows, hogs, deer and even
rev moose. The terrible stencil from
mem promises to breed pestilence among
Che lew people left. A courier brings a re-. |
port mat the bodies of % Chippewa In |
ulans- DUCKS, squaws and pappooses-lie |
upon the baked sands between Pokegama.
~ and Opstead, small settlement on
Uhe eastern shores of Lac Mile Laos.
Inc state relief committee say that it is
Impossible that numbering, which has been
the chief industry of the burned country
VIII ever amount to much again, All of
the country burned over is now ready for
the pillow, and an attempt will be made to
settle it as a farming section. 1t is planned
to rebuild Hinckley at the junction of two
railroads,
The fire broke out again the latter part
OF the week. The north-bound St. Paul
" Duluth limited train was stopped Satur-
Gay night at Rush City by fire. At Pine
City there was the same pail of smoke and
red glow of sky that told Duluth of Hinck-
leys destruction week ago. The people
at Fine City, in body, fled to the river
and lake. The fires, however, did not,
reach the town. At Kerrck, Barnum and
Carlton fire fighting was in progress all day
because of the gale.
Murdered by Highwaymen at BIIlerIca,
Mass.
On Tuesday night Duray Foster, re-
| spected citizen of Burlington, Mass, was
held up and robbed by three highwaymen
on lonely road in Billerica He was on
his way home from Boston, having come
out on an evening train. Mr.. Foster went
on home, where he summoned assistance
and started in pursuit of the robbers. AT
ter drive of two miles they were over
taken. The constabes and another man
tried to arrest them, leaving Mr.. Foster
alone in his wagon. Pistol shots which
were fired by the robbers frightened Fos-
ter's horse: (which ran away. The robbers
escaped, and it was discovered that one of
the bullets fired struck Foster in the head,
killing him instantly. Wednesday night
Patrick Sullivan, who is believed to have
in Somervlle.
Two Men Killed by Bad Air.
An endeavor to clean out an old well in
Newport, r. l., Monday, cost two. lives
and placed several others in jeopardy.
Charles Johnson, a Swede, married and
father of two young children, had gone
WI but short distance when, without
even a cry, he fell into the two feet of water
and mud at the bottom. George Under
wood, son of the owner of the premises,
descended to help him, and he, too, met
like fate in the deadly air. The latter
leaves widow and three small children.
Two or three others started down the lad
der TO bring out the unconscious men, but
they, too, were badly affected. Two re-
turned and one fell in but was rescued be-
fore he became exhausted. The others
were taken out and though still showing
signs of life, were too far gone to be re-
vived when medical assistance came. The
we'll had been covered for months.
Report on the Corn Crops.
In the report of the statistcian of the
department of agriculture for September a
decline is shown in the condition of corn
to 63.4 from 69.1 in the month of August
and 95 in the month of July. The change
is marked in nearly all of the great corn
states. In most of the Southern states
the condition has risen, and good crop is
certain. Reports from eight states-lndl-
ana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri
Kansas. Nebraska and South Dakota-in
response to special inquiry show that
out of an aggregate of 40, S73,9S4 acres
nlanted in these states there have been cu
up for fodder or abandoned 15,5O6,OOI
acres, or So per cent, which is little owe
20 per cent of the entire area planted II
this country
The Eiffel Tower TO be Erected in Bal
tImOre.
syndicate of capitalists has bough
the Eiffel tower, and the immense iron AM
steel structure will be brought to Balti
q more. The promoters OF the BaitlmoT
J centennial celebration, which is to be hell
in 1897. are said to be the purchasers
The cost. including transportation of tn
1000 tons of metal of which it is construct
ed is said to be about $500,OOO. Abou
. two weeks ago one of the French director
of the Paris exposition to be held IN Parl
in 1900 agreed to dispense with the tower
A watermelon Tragedy.
Clinton Thomson, farmer near Dykes
= Vile. La, who owned melon patch an
was troubled by lHe Idluo Vi VIZ IVY :.
the neighborhood, recently put poison i
some of the finest melons and awaited re
sults. His own son, Felix, George Briggs
a neighbours son, and man named Jaco
Muir were found dead in the patch one ia
last week, When BRIGGS saw that Ihom
}, son had poisoned the melons and cause
the death of his son he shot him dead
The murderer escaped
w T. Colner q Co., general storekeeper
at St, Petersburg, Pa, were robbed
$40 900 in notes, bonds and cash one mgr
Harold NJ. Sewall, consul general
} Samoa under Cleveland's first adminlstri
ton. publicly announced his withdraw
- from the Democratic party at Repuollca
r, meeting in Augusta, Maine, last week G
$, A cloudburst at Bethlehem, Pa, ga
ID urdav caused damage to the extent
a 100000. Many poor people sustained
severe loss by the flooding OF their dwel
ings, in some places to the second no &c, =,
- Fires were started by lightning IN u
VILLAGES of Malta and Henrietta, Ill., ga
T. ATaIta IA huildin9s were COZ