Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
VERMONT NEWS.

The st. Adams Messenger says that it is
some time since the working" committee
have done anything against the liquor sellers,
who continue to thrive.
Judge Barrett has sold his home at
Woodstock, preparatory to moving to Rut-
land.
-Ex Lieut-Gov. Cotton has moved from
Irasburg to Norwood, N. Y, where he has
for some time had business interests.
1t is said that Col. Albert Clarke, for
merly of the St Adams Messenger, has pur-
chased the Yankee Blade, published in Bos-
ton.
-Ex-Gov. Ryland Fletcher of Cavendish
was 81 years old last Saturday. He has aged
considerably in the last few years, but still
takes lively interest in state politics
james Kenney died at the House of Cor
rectiun at Rutland last week. Kenney was
one of the seven prisoners who escaped FROM
the Jail in Burlington year ago. and the
hardships he encountered in wandering about
the country at that time led to his fatal ILL.,
ness. His death is the first which has taken
place at the House of Correction.
A four-years old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymore of Cambridge Junction was scalded
to death last week, by falling into pail of
boiling water.
The upshot of the bitterly contested post
Office fight at Windsor is that A. G. Hatch
loses the place, which he has held for twenty
years, and is succeeded by U. L. Cummings
AT st. Adams, Friday night, a child of
Peter Gerry, aged 3, died from the effects Of
burns 1t is said that a month ago this aud
an elder child were left for an afternoon with
their fathers aunt, Sophie Turner. The small
err one displeased the woman in some way, so
the other child says, and she deliberately held
him against the hot stove, burning him so as
to eventually cause death. Physicians say
the child could not have been burned in the
manner he was by accident. The woman Tur-
ner was arrested, but has since been discharg-
cd, the circum stances being such that notn.
ing appeared likely to determine just how the
child was burned.
-An anti polygamy mass meeting was held
at st. Johnsbury Wednesday, Rev. H. t. Full
er presiding. Mr. Fuller described the rise
and growth of Mormonism, and told how their
converts were made in foreign lands. Reso.
lutions condemning polygamy, demanding of
Congress TO take prompt measures to suppress
it, and thanking S snator Edmunds for his eff
forts in this direction, were adopted.
"A current newspaper paragraph tells the
story of the death from vaccination of Miss
Flora Har5 of Waltham, aged IS. After hav-
ing been once vaocinated, she was vaccinated
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after this was taken with pain about the head,
| followed by swelling of the head and neck.
A oomatose condition followed, and she soon
died. We have seen no medical opinion on
the CASE, but it looks like an instance of in
ocuiation with something which was not vac
| cine matter.
H. G. Kinney, Grand Scribe of the Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellows of Vermont,
has resigned, and D. P, Celley of st. Johns
bury has been appointed in his place.
A Shoreham family have drunk IL bar
rels of cider in four months. One of the
members alone has drunk four barrels.
At Rutland, the other day, there was cast
a rubbing bed for the Wakefield VariegateG
Marble company, which weighed 1900
pounds