Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-10-20

cooley, Mrs. Helen DIX, MIS-. lda IL. hen-
drick, Nellie Lawrence, Jenny s. Meow
an, Mrs. Ada f. Sawyer, Lotie Wheeler.
Gents.-Henry Adams, II. A. Ballou, II.
G. Barrows, J. NJ. Cobb, Joseph Doutigny,
G. w. Holland, c. J. Lawton, Willard
Packer, Waller G. Reid, Henry Shepard
son, Chas. Il. Tilson, j. Il. Trask
SATURDAY MoRNING's FIRE.
List Saturday morning, at about
quarter past 3o'clock, fire was discovered
in an ungccupied tenement in the "rear
building" or what was formerly the din
ing hall of the old water cure establish
ment An alarm was given by Henry
Pratt tao night Waterman who fist saw
the fire, and as soon as help arrived the
door was burst in and the fire found 10 be
in the pantry of the tenement, Immediate
ly adjoining +. w. Grauhering's house.
AT this time few buckets of water would
have extlnguished 1t, but these we're not at
hand, and by the time the engines got TO
work the flames had made such progress
that it was only by the most strenuous ef-
fort that they were stopped after having de-
stroyed about two-thirds OF the "rear"
building and the whole of Grauherings
house. Esteys steamer was sent for, and,
going directly TO the brook, on Flat street,
in the rear of Marsbalrs & Esterbrook's
building, did good service, playing through
1850 feet of hose. The hand engines played
about two hours and exhausted the supply
In the reservoirs in the vicinity, so that
they were obliged TO change from one TO an
other as each in turn gave out. The fire.
men dispa aged the greatest bravery and de-
termination in fighting the fire, standing,
in one instance, upon the highest part of
the roof of tue building with the flames di-
rectly under their feet. Fortunately no
one was hurt. Ten families were burned
out. In most cases their personal effects
were saved, but in one or two instances
they were total loss. The insurance Of
Mrs. Mary b. Duclos on her building was
about $4,000 Mr.. Grauhering's $500.
There is no doubt that the fire was of in
cendi airy origin. When the door of the
tenement in which il started was first burst
open the fro was found to be in a mass of
excelsior saturated with kerosene, in box
in the centre OF the room, while in the box
were a bottle, and can OF kerosene with
the top melted off. Investigation after the
re was over still further proved that this
was the case. The general belief is that
lighted candle was stuck in the bottle
some hours before the fire started, with the
excelsior so arranged that when the candle
burned down TO certain point it would set
the excelsior OH fire, while the finding of a
mass of melted lead in the bottom of the
box has led some persons 10 believe that
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touch off the fire at the right time. 1t is
hardly probable, at this writing, that SUM-
cleut evidence will be secured TO warrant
an arrest, although suspicion, in many
minds, is very strong. The fact that the
morning was a very still one alone pre-
vented the destruction of large amount OF
adjoining property. In this respect the in
cendiary's plans probably miscarried.
THE ORGAN CONCERT.
} The Concert season was brilliantly
opened Wednesday evening by an organ
recital at the Baptist church, given by w.
: j. d. Leavitt of Boston, assisted by Miss
L. A. Humphrey, Soprano, and Mr.. G.
Cove, Baritone. Now of all unpopular
! concerts with country audiences, an organ
concert is unquestionably the mos; so; and
the mere fact that the church was well
; filled showed such an increasing interest in
f our community for music OF high order
l as to put every one in the best possible Of
:. dispositions 10 begin with. If Mr.. Leavitt
! h umored popular taste enough 10 give US
r an occasional overture from Verdi and
= Herold, and flute orchestral arrangement
r which latter, however ingenious it may be
must be considered in questionable taste
9 he still made ample amends and showed
himself TO he no mean master of the organ
+ by performing certain fugues from Bach
= and Hesse, and two movements from Mer-
k els Sonata in d minore. But for fnenoss
Y of conception, however, nothing excelled
+ his charming rendering of the familiar and
J simple Adagio from Hayden's 9Th Sympho
ny. We hope TO have the pleasure Of list
ening TO Mr.. Leavitt again, but wonld sug
gest that the organ be putin more thorough
0 | repair before serving as a concert instru
4 ment. Miss Humphrey, who came among
us a stranger, made highly favorable i'm
) preston upon the audience, Gs much by
: her simple unaffected manner, as by hel
= charmingly fresh voice. Her rendering Of
= ballads was particularly pleasing, but the
t choice of the Scend and ATid from Del
: Freichiltz was perhaps on the whole rather
/ ambitious, although she executed a portion
of it very exquistely. But the most thor
a oughly correct and classical vocal interpre
a talion of the evening was, in spite of al
occasional uncertainty of the voice, tht
= selection given us by Mr.. Cove OF the "PrC
peccatis" from Rossinis Stabat Mater.
n DIPHTHERIA IN BRATTLEBoRo-A PLAIN
a STATEMENT.
Whatever alarm may have been fe
, last week in regard to the presence of diph
= iberia in this village, has apparently almost
u entirely subsidized. Careful enquiry among
l. the different physicians shows that there
are less cases now than week ago, that blu
: few new ones have appeared this week
and that these are mostly Of a comparative
ly mild type. II is also true that none o
the cases now in the hands of the physi
: clans are despaired Of, that all of them will
: probably recover, and that since Thursday
morning of last week there has not been
u death from the disease. 1t may also be
> proper TO say that the whole number Of
deaths from diphtheria since its appearance
9 here this season, TO the present time, has
been only nine or ten, and we believe tina
d the only reason that any alarm was fel
arose from the sad fact that a majority o
5 these deaths CHANGED TO occur within few
5 days of each other. We make these state
ments, which we have gathered from ou
own personal enquiry, not TO satisfy NOR
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