Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

Joseph Brandt aged 2ik years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Levi Brandt of Russell
street st. Adams, was fatally scalded
Monday by falling into a tub of hot water.
The accident occurred when the mother
stepped away from the tub few seconds
to empty some water from a wash boiler.
The child lived only a few hours.
The citizens of Rochester have voted
to deposit $4,000 to be paid to the White
River Valley railroad on or before Nov
1, 1908, or whenever the road is pro-
nounced by the state railroad commission
to be in good condition 1t is also UNDER
stood that the road shall be kept in
good order and shall continue in opera
ton.
Gordon Ouimett, Is, of Swanton was
shot in the right leg above the knee by
his companion, Sanford Campbell, on
| Saturday. The two boys were hunting
and in climbing a hill Campbels gun
was accidentally discharged. Ouimett
was taken to the hospital in st. Adams.
1t is thought that it will not be necessary
to amputate the leg.
Henry c. Lamberton, 81, a well-lnown
farmer in Marshfield, committed suicide
Sunday afternoon by hanging. He under
| went "A serious surgical operation a year
! ago and the past few weeks had been
| suffering from a nervous trouble which
| is supposed TO have affected his mind.
! lie is survived by his wife and two adult
| daughters.
John Meilleur, %, an employe at the
Elias Lyman Coal companys yard, was
drowned in Lake Champlain Sunday af-
! ternoon. Meilleur was one Of a party of
| four who went out on the lake to fish.
| The boat was Capsized and Meileur met
death in the water, his three companions
! being rescued by men who were in boats
I nv nV1N L.,
Johnsbury.
The Vermont chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, at the meet
! ing in Burlington, elected these officers:
| Regent, Mrs. Clayton y. North of Shore
ham; treasurer, Mrs. j. G. Hlndes of Yer
| gennes; auditor, Mrs. ]. Z. Weeks Of
! Middlebury; historian, Mrs. Emily p. S.
Moore of Rutland; chaplain. Mrs. L. B.
! Lord Of Burlington. a motion for the
| endorsement of Mrs. II. +. Dyer of Rut-
! land for the Office of vice regent of the
| national society was lost after q spirited
| discussion.
The malpractice case of Delbert c.
| Lawson of Woodbury. against Drs E.
| NJ. Crane of Hardwick and c. G. Hall
! of Woodbury., which was on trial three
weeks in Washington county court result
! ted in the jury returning a verdict for
! the plaintiff to recover $1,000 and costs
! The plaintiff claimed that the defendants
! made bad job Of setting a broken thigh
! for him in 1902. The costs In the case
will be another $1,000 or more 1t will be
! taken to The supreme court on exceptions
! by the defendants.
Gov. Hughes Of New York state has
pardoned Frank Palmer. who has served
| over 20 years of life sentence in Danne-
mora. Palmer worked on the Lamson
farm in Randolph, Vt. and with COM
| panion, Peter Bernerd. went on an eX-
| cursion from South Royalton to Danne-
mora. Shortly after Bernerd was missing
and in about two months the body was
! found in the woods near Dannemora
! Palmer, who was last seen in the dead
mans company, was arrested and tried
| at Plattsburg in November. 1SS5~4rnd on
being found guilty was given a life sem
tenceA
The 9It,h. annuri meeting of the Yer
mont State Medical society closed in st.
Johnsbury oct 10. These officers were
chosen; President, DIR. George II. Cor
ham. Bellows Falls; vice president, j. f.
Blanchard Newport: secretary, c. II.
Beecher. Burlington; treasurer, b. H.
Stone, Burlington; auditor, j. II. Blod-
gett, Burlington. The house of delegates
is organized as follows: President w. L.
Ravens Chester: vice president. E. NJ
Brown, Sheldon; secretary, c. f. Dalton
burlington; executive committee, c. II.
Gorham of Bellows Falls, c. II. Beecher
OF Burlington, c. S Caverly of Rutland
The meeting next year will be held in
Rutland.
The bail of F. ]. Dennis, who is
charged with manslaughter in causing
the death of Peter Durant a patient at
the state hospital for the insane at
Waterbury, has been surrendered, and
Dennis has been committed to iail TO
await trial at the present term of Wash
ington county court. Since he was in
dicted two years ago he has been out on
$500 bail b. d. Coon. another nurse
at the hospital who was jointly indicted
with Dennis for manslaughter, was ad-
mitted to bail, and his present where
abouts are unknown. The trial Of Dem
mis- has been postponed from term to
term in the hope that Coon would be
apprehen6ed.