Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-16

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here Esrs rzidsi By the police. and ,icket.
money. etc. ooufa-At4d- Il ,zrzs O.; tia;
among tie tickets vzs tie one drzzirg TIE
capital priz4 q $4,000. According 70 tie
lax b. which forfeited property Of this DE-
scrip;iol ia tened ever u iLz CHARITIES. tie
Commissioners have pat IL their claim Tor tie
uO1ey. I: /. -iee question Of Ia zLeihar
hey a. legally proai t. Illegal spoils. Or
EhetLer. If they seeep: the money, they Do u;
condone the ozenss Ard compound q felony.
or =; tie Tery le-s; u-sdeueAuOr. The lot
isry gAntisrs style tLsir action internal in
p1d=uce.
The venerable General Abner Doubleday
has been startling the grave merchants Of the
Chamber q Commerce from their thougLts
o. ;-zde and finance ~ dire predictions q
what soaId happen TO New York. il eAss Of a
foreign vLr. shOsld hostile heet choose %
enter According 70 the Old soldier, vho is
acting president Of the Theosophicsl Society.
and l. 10 doubt, intimately acquainted Eitl
spirits Of all sorts, And whose utt=rzuces are
considered by small circle g. inspired, there
Isn't gun mounted On any Of the forts IL
Se- York harbor capable Of making more
impression On q modern iron-eAd nEn-of-
var than the sun 1nitiOn Of a boys bean
shooter On the scales Of an alligator. feet,
or for the matter Of that, one ship, could
calmly steam to the foot Of Wall street and
demand modes; contribution Of, say $jDO,-
90 90 to induce il to refrain from laying
the city in aches. This argument, addressed
u their pockets. made the rich men very IN
easy. Somebody feeJly reminded them Of
torpedo@s, but the idea ga dismissed prompt
y a. TOO pgeriie, and petition i TO be sent
to Congress, praying for protection, signed
by the mos; influential men IN the city.
Turn Halle. famous German resort vas
burned early the other morning. and seven
waters and chAubermAids were destroyed
with it, The poor creatures were worn out
by the previous evenings festivities, which
included Wedding. and when awakened by
the cry Of FIRE found their escape cut of.
There were no FIRE escapes. Factories, hotels,
tenement houses, etc, are all compelled by
Law TO have more or less adequate provisions
for such contingencies This Turn Halle,
which seems 70 the average mind to combine
the characteristics Of al these vas not 50
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legal protection. For city tina. is governed
30 much it is horrible to have so many recur-
ring catastrophcs by ere which would appear
10 be 50 easily preyeniible.
The frat collision on the Elevated Railroad
has occurred, owing, of course, to gross care
lessness. Luckily (Or perhaps unluckily) no
one was hurt, and the matter will no doubt
be carefully forgotten till some terrible So
called accident shall occur.
Captain Mackenzie, the chess champion of
America, who has recently played, on several
occasions, as many a. tventy-one games at
once, winning twenty Of them and drawing
one, together with a number Of other votAries
Of the noble game, from all over the world,
are holding a tournament. Our American
players, 30 far, seem 10 be holding their own
capitally. The games are TO be published at
the completion Of the grand contest and will
no doubt prove a most valuable addition TO
chess libraries, embodying a. they necessarily
will the most effective openings, supplement
ed by the most vigorous succeeding play of
skiAful players on their mettle.
The Produce Exchange brokers and dealers
have been coquettng with the GENITAL system,
but have at last by an overwhelming vote re-
solved to go back TO the old weights and
measurements with all their inconvenience.
Old customs, like old slippers, are comforts-
bic. RADIx.
CLOSING EIKECIsEs OF TIE RANDOLPH NoE-
NAL ScHooI--The sermon before the gradu-
ating class was delivered on Sunday evening,
Jan. 18th, by Rev v NJ Hardy Of West Ran
dnlr.h frnrn H. tt L u. - q 40.