Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-09

the accident.
The body Of young Arnold, the fireman,
was buried entirely out Of sight, and it was
not until Wednesday evening after the car
and tender had been hauled out, that it was
finally recovered, having been buried beneath
one corner of the tender under six feet OF
sand. His death must have been instantaneous.
He was a son of Fenelon Arnold, ESD, OF
Westminster, Vt, and nephew Of supcrin-
tondent Arnold Of the Central Vermont road
He was a little under p years of age, and had
been running on the road for some three
years He formerly attended school in Brat
tleboro, and was young man Of fine abilities
and appearance His body was brought up
on the Boston evening train and taken to
Westminster The bodies Of Pattee and Root
were brought to this place Wednesday after
noon. and that Of the former was taken on
the night express to Milton, Vt, for burial.
That Of Root will be taken TO Palmer on Fri
day.
The work of recovering the wreck is nee
essarily slow, but the road will probably be
cleared so that trains may pass by Thursday
night. The car was but little injured, nor
was the locomotive, except that the cab was
demolished.
Large numbers Of people on Wednesday
visited the scene of the disaster, which is the
worst that has occurred in this vicinity for
many years.
W. II. BIGELow's HORSES AND pHAEroN STOLEN
AT WEST BRATTLEBoRo RECOVERY or THE
PRoPERrY-ARREsr OF THE SUPPOSED THIEF
The prevailing local excitement was largely
increased Wednesday morning by the an
nouncement that during the preceding night
the valuable family turnout Of w. II. Bigelow,
Esq. of West Brattleboro, had been stolen
from his stable. The officers in this village
were notified of the robbery about G:4j in the
morning. Officer Smonds accompanied by
one of Mr.. Bigelow' sons, Immediately started
in pursuit, and soon after Mr.. Bigclow him
self followed, accompanied by A. J. Gleason
The track of the team had been readily fol-
lowed by Mr.. Bigelow to Centreyille and
across the bridge at that place, when it turned
toward Guilford But little trouble was found
in following the track of the team, owing to
the condition of the roads from the heavy
rains of the day before. The course taken by
the thief lay through Guilford Centre and
over the hill road towards Leyden. 1t was
found in two or three places that he had
taken wrong road and doubled on his track,
thus losing time, and as it afterward proved,
the horses were htched up wrong, which re-
tarded them still more. About $3.50 Mr.. ST.
monds came to a spot in Shattuok's woods i'll
the edge of Leyden where the team had evil
4 =. I To-.
Upon searching, the team was found little
farther back secreted in the woods. The car
riage contained a bag of oats taken from Mr..
Bigelow's barn, and bag of crackers from
the Brattleboro bakery. Enquiry at Mr..
Shattuck's house showed that a strange man
had been there that morning on the pretense
of buying butter, that he had got some milk
to drink and then gone away. Watch was
kept in the woods near the team until it be-
came evident that the thief had been fright
ened away, and soon after Mr. Bigelow re-
turned to Battleboro with his property, Mr..
Simonds following. Dispatches had been
sent in the morning in all directions for the
purpose of heading of the thief or thieves.
At l:45 p. NJ. a despatch came from Green
field saying that man had been arrested
there who was presumed to be the thief.
Messrs. Bigelow and Simonds went to Green
field by the afternoon train and found that
this man had come into town from Leyden
about noon. He had started on foot and
hired boy to bring him in, but on reaching
the outskirts of Greenfield left the carriage
on pretense of going to the back door of a
house to Surprise" the family who lived
there, and who he said, were his friends"
1t proved, however, that his first move was
to take oil his linen buster and secrete it.
He afterward reappeared in the streets, by
roundabout way, was. recognized by the boy
who brought him in and by other Leyden
people, and arrested He refused to come to
Brattleboro with Mr.. Simonds without a re-
QUESTION from the Governor, so that he still
remains in Greenfield jail. His examination
was put down for 2. NJ. at that place to-day,
Thursday. He gives the name of A. p. Hill.
There are good grounds for believing that he
is the same man who stole team from Chas.
Davis of Chesterfield the first of last June.
Davis was notified of the mans arrest and has
gone to Greenfield to identify him, acoompan-
led by Mr.. Thatcher of the Chesterfield hotel
who thinks he carried the same man to Keene
about that time A requisition from the Gov
ernor will undoubtedly be asked for. 1t will
of course be granted, aud the man would then
be brought here for trial.
Look out for a new advertisement from
c. D. Cobb d Brothers next week
Miss c. c. Hatch is the Brattleboro agent
for Stanley's great work, Through the Dark
Continent" soon to be issued from the press
of Harper Il Brothers, New York
The new village steamer was out on
Wednesday evening pumping water from
Milestone brook to fill the tank in the new
gas holder near the railroad station The ca
pacity of the tank is 900 gallons Careful
observation showed that the machine regular
ly pumped thousand gallons every five min
utes The new holder will be in use the lat
ter part of this week
The Brooks House gave a social party in
honor of its guests last Thursday evening,
which proved in every way pleasant and
happy, although entirely informal affair. In
addition to the guests of the house many of
our leading townspeople were present The
dining hall was cleared for the occasion, good
music was furnished for dlncing, and with
the handsome toilettes of the ladies and the
beautiful and elaborate floral decorations OF
the hall, the scene was altogether a brilliant
one, gratifying alike, We doubt not, to host
and guests. Ices ice creams and cake were
served at IL O'Clock, and the party broke up
at a seasonable hour.
Not the least pleasant incident connected
with the Unitarian fair was the receipt by the