Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25
Appalling Distress in Nebraska.
Hundreds Of Families Are Dependent
Upon Charity for support


The distress in the region about Greeley
Centre, Neb., is appalling. Hundreds of
families have nothing to eat and no fuel,
and children are so nearly naked that Chey
are kept from school. At least one fifth of
the people of the county have become
county charges, which has. depleted the
county treasury and deprecated county
paper until ii is not worth more than half
its face value, and is still going down. 1t
is impossible for the people to care for the
destitute and unless large amount of out
side assistance is received at once, some of
the worthy farmers and their families will
perish. The people are most in need of
clothing. Some of the best farmers, whose
lands are unencumbered, are as destitute,
because they cannot realize on any kind of
securities. All the hogs and salaOle cattle
have been sold and shipped away, and the
people have to depend on charity. This
distress was caused by the crop failure, re-
sultng from the drouth last summer. 1t
extends over large part of western Ne
braska. There is also restitution in parts
of South Dakota.
The List of Known Dead at Butte DID,
A Body Hurled Two Miles.
The financial loss by fire and explosion
in the immediate vicinity of the recent dis
aster at Butte, Mont, is S163,00 The
list of known dead has reached total of
80. There are % injured people in the
hospitals and 30 have been reported from
different parts of the city. Thursday night
part of body was found at Meadervile,
two miles from the scene. The owners of
the burned warehouse claim that there
was not over 100 pounds of giant powder
in the buildings. The law limits the
amount to be stored within a mile of the
| city at $50 pounds. The conclusion shook
houses in Belgrade, 81 miles east of Butte.
The relief committee Thursday received
| subscriptions amounting to $4,000.
New Hampshire Horse Thieves.
Valuable horses have recently been
stolen from the barns of G.. II. Fairbanks
of Hanover, l.. a. Esterbrook of West
Lebanon and VIM. Towlc of Lebanon.
| Geo. Bushee of Olcott was awakened by a
noise in his barn Friday night. His horse
was missing, but he followed the tracks
and found the animal near the river, the
thieves escaping in the darkness. A total
reward of S400 has been offered for the APP
prehension of the horse thieves. A bill
| will be introduced into the New Hamp-
shire legislature to increase the maximum
penalty for horse stealing from seven to -
years, and to offer standing reward OF
$1,000 for the capture of every horse thief.
a Minnesota Tragedy.
Sam Hateling, farmer, went to the
house of T. b. Whitney, his father-in-law,
near FairmOnt, Mimi, Thursday, and shot
and killed both of the old people and his
wife, who had left him and gone to live
! with her parents. He then barTicaded
himself in his house, and, when the sheriff
posse gained access Friday, it was found
that Hateling had committed suicide.
Three Runaway Boys Frozen.
William Pitt, who, with two other boys
ran away from st. Vincents Industrial
school in Utica, n. Y, few days ago
was found in barn about two miles from
Herkimer Friday morning. His legs were
frozen, and he is in a bad condition. Hi.
companions, Thomas Buck and Josepl
Ermner, were found in a piece of woods
about half mile from the barn, frozen t
death.
Charles Fritz, 80, was shot and killed il
New York Friday, by the accidental dis
charge of revolver in the hands of F. S
SnOwden, an officer of the Society for Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. The Office
had Just killed a horse, and was putting
the weapon iuto his pocket, when the acct
dent occurred.
The body of Barrett Scott, the defaultin
treasurer of Holt county, Nebraska, win