Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26

Geo. L. Sargent, prominent resident of
Concord, n. H., was killed while coasting
on Friday night.
wagon containing six persons was
struck by train near Findlay, Ohio, Sat
urday night. Three men were killed and
woman fatally hurt.
The Chinese Six companies of San
Francisco have issued a notice ordering all
the Chinese to register under the new law.
This is great relief to the authorities.
A tornado struck Oak Cliff, Dallas and
East Dallas, Texas, Saturday, demolishng
or damaging more than 100 buildings. A
boy was killed and a man seriously injured.
Clifford A. Fitch of Plainfeld Ct, while
skating on the Quinnebaug river to attend
church at Jewett City, broke through and
was drowned, when he had almost reached
the village.
Burglars went through the house at Dan
veTs, Mass, Tuesday night which was the
home of John G.. Whittier and carried off
a watch and jewery worth $500. Whit
tiers study and desk were ransacked, but
nothing was taken.
DR.. Henry NJ. Field and three others
gave bail in $25, 900 for Edward NJ. Field
release last Saturday. This kept him from
going to the Tombs, but he was at once
rearrested on a civil suit and taken back to
the Ludlow street Jail.
Armour & Co. of Chicago are said to
have bought 3400 acres of land on the
Hackensack meadows, near Arlington, n.
j. The ArmOurs are to form stock yards
and build great slaughter-houses there.
This property was valued at $4,000, 600
last July.
Additional details of the great earth
quake in Thibel last August have been re-
ceived. The total of fatalities will prob
ably reach into the thousands, and the dis
tress cOused throughout Thibel by the
shock is beyond eXaggeration. Famine
threatens the land.
An unknown negro suspected of burn
ing corn crib was lynched on the Green
wood plantation, owned by Charles Reed,
parish of West Felciana, La, one night
last week. Before he was captured the
/ negro fired at the mob, killing Roberts, an
employe, and badly wOunding a son of Mr..
Reed.
AS result of the mine cavern Tuesday
a part of the public highway at Scranton,
/ Pa, and a portion of lot, 80 feet in d-
ameter, without warning gave way and
/ dropped down fully 80 feet. The sidewalk
went with it, the line of the cave-in ex-
tending to within few feet of a dwelling
house.
The lawyers for Eugene Patrick Prem
dergast, condemned to suffer death for the
assassination of Carter II. Harrison, APP
peared before Judge Brentano at Chicago
Saturday morning and pleaded for more
time in which to prepare the arguments
for new trial. The court granted the re-
quest, setting the case peremptorily for the
3lst
The experiment of running the whale
back steamer in the ocean passenger carry
ing trade is to be tried on the Pacific coast.
One whaleback of 5000 tons capacity, tC
have accommodations for 200 passengers
is now building and contracts have been
placed for two others. They will run
between Portland, Ore, and San Francisco
The steamers will be of the same genera
design as the big Christopher Columbus
which piled between Chicago and the
White City on Lake Michigan all summer
and which looked like big cigar, will
deckhouses, saloons, and cabins percheC
along its full length on pillars, the watel
having clear brefSh under them and owe
the body of the boat in bad weather.