Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

Two more counterfeit SOD silver certih-
Gates turned W az Philadelphia Saturday.
one at the sub-treasurv. aud the other at
the Fourth street usti0na. bank At the
latter Institution the note was received
from a bank In the interior of the state
which forwarded II for inspection The
fact that the note came from all interior
town leads Sup-IreAsurer BlEelow T. fear
that more Of the spurious notes are ID cir
culaton than heretofore supposed. a. the
belief has been general that merely a few
Of the notes had obtained general circula
tion in the larger cities.
The towboat Percy Kelsey was blown
up on the Ohio river near Giendeld Pa.
early Saturday morning. Six men who
were al work on board are missing and the
captain OF the vessel and several Others ale
injured seriously. The cause OF the eN-
plosion is not known.
six miners we're killed by all explosion
in the Nj Carmel companys mine SIX
miles from Pittsburg, Kansas. Saturday
evening II the explosion mad occurred
half an hour earlier 40 men would have
been entombed. The property loss Is large
Two miners escaped from the smoking
shaft by climbing up the frame work
Charles Hayward killed his wife bv
crushing her skull with al axe at their
home in Green Harbor village. Marshfeld.
Mass, early Friday evening Then HAY
ward tried = Kill himself hv cutting his
throat, lntictlnE injuries from which he
died late at night. The terrible deed. 70 81
appearances. was either the outcome Of
quarrel or Hayward was madienei by
liquor and attacked MS wife when she re
fused 10 kiss him
The American Fisheries company has
been organized under the laws Of New Jer-
sey with $40. 900, VuU capital. It, object Is
70 control the meIhadeu industry Of the
Atlantic coast. The consolidation of the
different factories viii reduce expenses. and
It Is said the Standard oil Company j. inter
ested IN the combination Standard oh
refuse now thrown away and menhaden
oil make fine Illuminating oil when mixed
The value of the product of the fishing
companies Is estimated 70 be about :. 600
600 per year. about equally divided between
oil ana fertilizer. The company intends
10 work lnder the English patent obtained
by one Stanley, for cooking menhaden, sub
tracing the oil and drying t. guano. bv
which saving Of 30 per cent Is said to
have been effected.
Major Moses 2. Handy, who died at
augusta, Ia saturday, was born in
Missouri in 1917, and was conscrip-ed into
the Confederate army, serving with the
engineering corps OF Gen. Lees army. He
began work on the Richmond Dispatch as
areporter after the war and sooG rose to
an editorial position. He was one Of the
commissioners of Virginia at the centen-
NAL exposition at Philadelphia in 1876
He was connected with the editorial man
u hra. ~ -. D
Philadelphia and was president of the
famous Clover club of that CITY. He
gained wide reputation as chief of the
bureau Of promotion and publicity al the
Worlds Fair. He was managing editor Of
one Of the Chicago dailies for a short time.
President Mckinley appointed him special
commissioner to look after the exhibits
from this country to the proposed worlds
exposition in Paris in 1900. He was en-
gagged in this work in Paris when he broke
down in health two or three months ago.