Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-12

Leslie Combs a Confederate bushwhacker and
the most noted "moonshner" in the mountains,
was found dead Tuesday near Hazard, KY, with
his throat cut. He boosted he had killed 90 men,
Joseph A. Iasigi, the Turkish consul general at
Boston, has been formally indicted for embezzle-
ment by the Suffolk grand jury. The indictment
contains 6S counts and the amount set forth is
Sl3O,eOO.
Oscar Wilde, who will be liberated from prison
next month, will settle in Passy, France, and will
resume his literary work under an assumed name
The managing editor of a Paris paper, who is an
admirer of Wilde's literary work, is ready to &C
cept prose or poetry from him.
A severe shock of earthquake occurred at Nj
agdIa Falls at 1880 last Friday night For a
distance of 30 miles on either side OF the river
the shock was startling, reports from cities and
villages in that section showing that in many
places CONSERVATION prevailed
A fire of unknown origin destroyed, Thursday
night the Union elevator, No. :, at Peoria, Ill
NH canacity of 900, 600 bushels, the property
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
company. In the elevator were nearly VOOUVu
bushels of grain. The loss is estimated at sou
0Oo The grain was owned by several firms in Pc
oria
thirty five men were seriously burned, some
fatally, by an explosion 10 one OF the Kansas anu
T xas Coal company mines at Huntington
Ark Thursday night. over 40 men were en-
Moved i'm the mine, In few minutes the men be
ban 10 appear Some were not burned, while oth
srs appeared their skin hanging upon their faces
and hands Many were burned internally
The snow is said TO have reached an unprecs
5antsd denth in the Northwest this winter. The
sunerntendent of the Great Northern system
,Hho came into st Paul from South Dakota sun
dav said il lay from three TO four feet deep on
| Level on the plains, while in the mountains th'
| dsnth was unknown. Telegraph poles were bur
| led Another big storm Sunday night added u
| the accumulation.
r D. Hatcher cashier of the defunct North
| western national bank OF Great FAILS, Mont
| ,yhich closed its doors on Feb 8, was arrested
| FRIDAY on a complaint made by Bank Examine
| I X iazear. which charges misappying money
| credits and property of the Northwestern nation
| al hank of Great Falls in the sum OF S9OOOO an'
| using IL for the purchase OF stock Formerly hel'
| nv the Conrad brothers. Hatcher was srraighe'
| before United States Commissioner CockeIlh ant
| held in $1,000 bonds.
| PM Goldner, an American, has been arTeste'
| nv a limited States district attorney III Ne" 10TH
| Under section of the immigration law wh ,
| mares n a misdemeanor TO bring ineligible I'm
| MIGRANTS into the United States. II Is asserte'
| Thar 0oldner had made a business OF bringing ue
| formed and idiotic immigrants 10 TINS county
| his relatives, an American cltlzen being aoIo
| bring in his relatives under the law, ms ma
is said to have been $50 for each person orouSn
| in. ,.. .,
Cant. John D. Hart, who was convicted severe an
days ago in Philadelphia OF ALONG az Sne M ~
ouf of a Cuban filbusterng expedition on V "a
| Cleaner Iaurada, was sentenced MONDAY .
Tndse Rutler TO two years imprisonment ana
nav a fine of $500 and costs OF prosecutor MAJ
rPscaivsd the sentence calmly, but when ne me
10 ,rifs in the office of the United states ma
shai and she threw her arms around MIN an
,yant he was overcome with emotion renuIn
an appeal for new trial Harris bail OF S,UoO Wa
renewed and he was released from CUSTODY