Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-02

A ball game which will have a local
interest is that to be played at Springfield,
Mass, next Wednesday. between the Bos-
ton league ana picked team, which will be
captained by Sullivan of Amherst, who
will cover third base. WOOdcOck and
Mahaney will be the battery for the picked
nine. Slater will play at first base, Stearns
at second and Colopy at short, with Ems
worth and Smith as two of the outiielders.
Shirley, Mass, II miles from Fitchburg,
was the scene of terrible accident on the
Fitchburg railroad last night. Four men.
). b. Worden Frank Miller, George Quint
and Frank Gallagher of Leoninster were
returning from fair at Peppereil, when
they drove upon the track and their car
rage was struck by the locomotive. Gal
lagher jumped and escaped, but the other
three men were crushed and killed almost
instantly. Worden was a son of the late
Clark Wordcn of Marlboro, and brother
of Joseph Worien, who lives in the north
part of that town. He went from MARI
boro several years ago. and was employed
as manager of the Bennett stables at
Leominster
The fall railroad changes take effect next
Sunday The official New London time
table has not been received, hut il is under
stood that the changes will be these i'm
substance. The morning train now arriy-
ing at 945 will arrive at O:20. An i'm
portant change is that the morning mail
train north, now leaving at 1880, which
will leave Brattleboro at II 10. The White
Mountain trains will be discontinued. In
place of the train north the Montreal IL
Quebec day express will leave Brattleboro
at 3;25. The mail train from the north
now arriving at 2:jS p. NJ, will reach here
at 2:23. The New York day express for
the south, leaving now at 4:40, will leave
at 4:45. 1t is understood that the Sunday
express train from the south will be con
tinued. In addition to the usual winter
trains an express will leave at 2:2S T.. Nj.
in place of the White Mountain express
south. The time of the Brattlebsro u
Whitehall train down in the morning will
be changed so as to connect with the train
south at 0:22.
Postmaster Childs has received notice
this week from the acting first assistant
postmaster general, T.. G. Fowler. that the
proposition of the town Of Brattleboro to
renew the lease of the premises now occu-
pied by the post-office, to include 220 addi-
tional square feet of floor space, heat. light.
water equipment of boxes. fixtures and
furnitures. for a term of five years from
Oct. /, at the annual rental of $S25, is ac-
cepted. Heretofore the rental price has
been $3.50, extra being paid for heat and
lighting. The work of enlarging the quar-
tiers will begin next week, II. W. Sargent
having the contract The partitions in
front of the stamp and money order win
dows will be brought forward. and the
space in what is now the corridor between
the post-otfice and the lower town hall will
be utilized
There is no doubt that incendiarism was
attempted in Brattleboro last night. Geo.
Reed, the lumber dealer, has been living
for some time in the Office of his lumber
yard on Flat street, occupying quarters on
the first floor with his son. His house
keeper, who had the room upstairs, awoke
last night about II 80 and found her room
full of smoke. She aroused Mr. Reed and
son, who hurridly rushed out to find a fire
getting under headway on the outside of
the shed, in the rear of the Office The
flames were eXtinguished with pals OF
water. There are crevces in the boards
at the place where the fire started. and il
Is evident that kerosene had been poured
through them. \ cigar box on the inside
of the building was full of the oil. TODAY
there is strong smell of kerosene about
the place. Matches which had been
lighted were found on the ground nearby.
The loss was about SO. Who the fire bug
was is mystery.