Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-05

Col. George w. Kenney, now master mechanic,
formerly Of White River Junction, is to be the
general superintendent Of the Rutland railroad in
place Of Jesse Burdit', deceased
party Of 60 members all told, of the Appa-
lachian Mountain club have been spending ten
days In snowshoeing around Woodstock VI, tax
ing trips TO the various elevations in that vicinity
Ascutney, Kngton, and the Juggernaut were
some of the peaks assembled.
The President returned to the House last Mon
day, without his approval, a bill granting pen
sion TO Harriet Woodbury. of Vermont This is
another case of a remarked widow applying for
a pension after the death of her second husband,
TO which MIR, Cleveland believes pensions should
not be granted.
The wife OF DR. Scion Briggs OF Wamstown was
stricken with sudden blindness recently while at
San Francisco. She was lying on a lounge of an
evening, when II seemed to her that the gas light
had been extinguished. She arose TO light II, and
was engaged In the effort, burning her hand,
when her husband came into tine room and dis
covered the situation. She had become totally
blind and there is said to be no help for her,
A fire whose origin is a mystery DESTROYED the
farm buildings of George n. Stevens of Bradford
Thursday night. All the hay and other produce
in the barns were consumed and IS Jersey cows
persisted. The loss is $4,000 with $500 insurance
on the buildings, and S22OO on the live stock and
produce The cause of the fire is unknown. Mr.
Stevens had been unloading hay in the evening
and does not know whether the lantern used was
left in the barn or not.
Edward f. Robinson Of Burlington met with a
shocking death Wednesday morning, by taking
by mistake teaspOOnful of carbOlic acid Mr..
Robinson had been confined to his house with a
severe cold, combined with an injury to his foot
caused by stepping on a nail. The bottle of aci
aud bottle Of medicine stood on the same table.
He realized instantly what he had done after tax
| ing the fatal dose and help was summoned, but
| death came IN 10 minutes
The court house at Bennington narrowly escap
! ed destruction by fire Monday forenoon when a
lively blaze discovered in the back part of the
county clerks Office. A bucket brigade was has
| tily organized, with Judge Carney as foreman
| and the flames were extinguished before any
! damage had been done. The fire originated II
| one corner of an old cabinet among some lega
papers which had been stored there for many
years. 1t is believed that the fire was caused by
| spontaneous combustion
Jesse j. Ridley, the well known proprietor O
the Bristol House at Bristol died Tuesday from
| a cancerous affection with which he had been af
iicted for two years. Mr. Ridley bought th
| Bristol house 20 years ago, and was enc of thu
most popular landlords in western Vermont HI
was Democrat in politics and represented thi
town in the legislature of 1882. Under Cleveland
first administration he held the office Of post
| master. He had also been selectman, lister ant
school director, and was philosophical, usefu
citizen.
The supreme court refused In a decision rea
| by Chief Judge Ross last Friday, to grant tn
petition praying the court TO withdraw its judg
ment disbarring j. j. Enright Of Burlington. Tn
opinion was based on the ground that the petit
Toner had been disbarred because of a breach o
the essential requirements of an attorney an
member of the Vermont bar because 1t had bee
proved that he committed an immoral act an
was therefore not Of good moral character. Tn
court was obliged TO pass on this petition a
though II was the petition OF a new member az
plying for admission to the bar.
All indications point TO a large gathering at tn
annual eDcampment Of the department Of Vel
mont @. A. r., which is TO be held in Bennington
June 22-24. A reunion OF Vermont veterans wi
be held at the same time During the encamI
ment the Catamount monument, the stone erecte
to the patriots and Hessians who fell in the batt
of Bennington, and the Stark camping groun
. marker will be publicly presented by the commi
tee, with appropriate exercises. Il. b. Jewett {
Swanton is prominently mentioned as cAndidat
for department commander. The SUMMER coul
of the Vermont Society Of Colonial Wars will prol
ably be held In Bennington at the time Of the 81
campment.