Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-12
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Six to eight inches of snow is the report
from the hill towns this morning.
The annual meeting of the trustees of
the Vermont Live Stock company will be
held Nov. % at I 80 p. NJ. at the Vermont
National bank.
Last weeks item about the Brook road
children who wandered away should have
read that one of them was the child of
Gustaf Hartzburg.
Groceryman F. E. Young's horse, with
delivery wagon attached, ran from Elliot
street to the barn in the rear of Mr.. Young's
store about o'clock this morning. but no
damage was done.
An indictment has been found by the
grand jury at Greenfield against Carl L.
Schuster, charging him with maiciously
setting fire July IL to the house on High
street in that town, then occupied by his
parents and himself. Young Schuster
pleaded not guilty.
The doll show, in which so much inter
est has been expressed, will be given in
one of the new stores in the Retting build
ing next Friday afternoon and evening and
Saturday morning, afternoon and evening.
The exhibition will be for the benefit of
the Woman's club charities.
The funeral of Mrs. Carissa Hale, who
died at the home of her daughter Mrs. G.
e. Warner, Friday, was held at Bernard
ston, Sunday, at 2 o'clock and the burial
was in the Bernardston cemetery. A
prayer was offered at the home of Mrs.
Warner. at 10 o'clock Sunday morning,
before the body was taken to Bernardston.
The explosion of kerosene lamp caused
a small fire at j. M. McQuaide's last Fri
day. No one was in the room at the time
but when Mrs. Ames entered the room
few minutes later the carpet and several
other articles were burning. The house
dog, by paving at the carpet, rendered
valuable assistance in extinguishing the
flames.
''Zeke" Marston, the hermit, formerly
of White River Junction, wandered away
from the Retreat about s o'clock Tuesday
morning while he was out for an
airing, and when it was found that he had
gone north the stations along the railroad
in that direction were notified by telephone.
Marston was found at Putney and brought
back to the institution.
News was received yesterday of the
death, at his b, me in New York, of Chas.
X. Randall, SO, an occasional summer Wis
itor and brother of Mrs. A. B. Hall. Mr..
Randall was stricken with paralysis while
vieiting his daughter at Tarrytown, some
two months ago. He was a son of the late
John Randall and was a member of the
firm of Randall g. Wierum of the New
York stock exchange.
Through some unknown agency three
freight cars of the afternoon mixed train,
southbound, on the narrow gauge railroad
were derailed above Jamaica Wednesday.
A wrecking train was sent to the scene
from this village and the track cleared, but
the evening passenger train did not reach
South Londonderry until midnight. An
other accident occurred at the same place
within week, but no serious damage was
done.
&c. Crosby was in Amherst yesterday
to assist in presenting to the Amherst
selectmen the plea for a franchise for the
Northampton and Amherst electric rail-
road company to build a road from Am
herst to the Hadley line. The meeting
was spirited and lasted from to 6 o'clock
The selectmen reserved their decision and
the question may be decided by town
meeting. There will be hearing before
the Hadley selectmen next Monday.
The Bay State Beneficiary association of
Westfield, Mass, has applied for receiver
and its affairs will be wound up. The
company has about 20 policy owners in
BrattlebOro, the policies representing
about $4,000. L. G. Retting, who has
received the regular assessments from the
policy holders, has received word from the
company that the members may be re-
insured, free of charge, in the Mutual Re-
serve Insurance company of New York,
until the affairs of the association are set
tied