Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-28
Country Clerk FaIIed Dol ColIect the Ta1es.

County Clerk Failed to Collect the Taxes.
State Comptroller Harris of Tennessee has be-
gun action against eX-County Clerk I. j. Qulgley
of Nemphis and his bondsmen to recover $4,000
ON his bond to reimburse the state for privilege
taxes not collected. There are S3,OOuUOO or THESE
uucollected taxes. The comptroller has recently
been filing suits against all classes OF deinquents,
but the liquor dealers organized and forced the
COMPTROLLER to accept fifteen per cent of the
amounts due in full settlement
There are now overdue on the Pacific coast
nine ships carrying 800 people, according to
San Francisco despatch
TIL. French government has voted 200 900 francs
for the adoption of blood serum in the public IN
stitutions as a cure for diphtheria.
Thirteen persons were killed and 20 injured
Saturday in a collision between an express and
freight train near Manchester, England
An order has been received from the Pope in
hitting Roman Catholics to berome odd Fellows,
knights of Pythias or Sons of Temperance
George Rusby Co. threw lighted lamp at his
wife in a drunken row at Fall River, Mass, sat
urday. The lamp exploded and Mrs. Rusby was
fatally burned.
Diphthera is raging at Ashtabula, Ohio, and
the town is practically isolated from all ~ rthern
Ohio. Sixteen deaths TOOK pace Out Oh 80 cases
reported last week.
Cedarcroft the historic home of the late Bay
ard Taylor was burned near West Chester "a,
Saturday with the library and valuable colec-
ton of brio, a. brac and art treasures
Fire DESTROYED shoe factory and several other
buildings at Clinton, Me, Sunday, The hre was
caused by the Overturnng OF an oil heater' Alu
was summoned FROM Waierville. ABOUT luO
hands were thrown out of employment.
Jere Haralson ex.congressman, who was found
guilty in Little Rock, Ark, of forgery ana per
Jury in several pension cases, was yesterday sen
fenced to two years Imprisonment or 10 pay
fine of $1,000
The authorities of New York are thoroughly
convinced of the utilize of the anti-toXlhe cure
for diphtheria, and $500 has been appropriated
for the board of health to be used exclusively IN
procuring the anti-toxine. The board VIII ltseli
produce the medicine, as there is no sate way OF
obtaining il. ----, ..-.---
The body of Mrs. A. D. Matson, a prominent
woman suffrage advocate, and for several years
member of the Topeka, Kan, board of education,
was found Friday in her home in that city. she
had evidently been assaulted and murdered ~
days before. She lived alone and there Is no cue
| to the criminal.
over dozen buildings were burned by lncendl-
| airy fires in Springfield, Ill, a few weeks ago
| After a 1926, 900 fire in which 100 horses we're
| burned and one man cremated 2OeXtra police
| men were appointed, They were Withdrawn last
| week and since then store and four barns nave
! been set on fire.
! Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Davis were murdered
j recently near jamestown, n. Y. Fred ). MARSH,
! a scientist, made microscopic examination OF
the eyes of the dead women, In the eyes or Mrs
| Sherman a picture was revealed showing dis
were removed, but the attempt to secure the pic
! ture by photography was unsuccessful
Bills have been introduced in Congress prCvid-
! ing for the purchase of a block of ground about
one mile north of the White House, for the pur-
pose of erecting thereon private residence for
| the President. The sum of 81 100000 is appropri
| ated by the bill for the purchase Of the ground,
which is at the rate OF s per square foot This
is believed to be excessive price, at one third
| greater than its commercial value