Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-08
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Mr.. ana Mrs. Walter $. Stearus enter
tanned the IS club at their home ON Ca
nal street last evening.
Brattlcboro lodge 80. 1O2 held "a spec
n meeting last evening and worked the
first degree on two candidates.
The Central Vermont railroad officials
went through Brattcboro today from
New York. special train was sent
to Alilcrs Falls this morning to- meet
them.
Fifteen members of oscar Wares sun
day school class gave Mrs j. f. White
u surprise visit and tea Saturday after
noon i'm honor of her birthday anniver-
sary
chief Engineer Turner was called To
Vernon street with fire eNtinguisher
last evening to subdue flames which had
started around chimney i'm "a cottage
occupied by Patrick Clarity and family.
The damage was slight
Nonzo f. Whitney H. of Halifax. died
i'm Brattleboro yesterday The funeral
will be held in Bonds undertaking par
Tors at o'clock, tomorrow, Rev. II. r.
Miles officiating. The body will be
placed in the tomb in Prospect Hill Gene
terry, and the burial will be in Halifax
next spring.
y woman walking ON the railroad track
back of the American House Wednesday
evening slipped i'm turning out for a
freight train and rolled down the bank
into the river Her cries were heard
10y a brakeman and she was helped out
of her uncomfortable position more
scared than hurt.
\ telegram received yesterday by Mrs.
Robert Gordon Hardie announced the
death of her father Or. Robert Stone, %.
of New York from gastrius. lie was
formerly a prominent physician in New
York. but retired from practice several
several summers at the Balesticr farm.
lie leaves three daughters and one son.
Mrs. Iardie went to New York this
morning to attend the funeral.
Selectman John Mccormick of chit
tenden brought to the Brattleboro Re
treat today Columbus G. Churchill a re-
ligious fanatic, who set fire to his house
in North Chittenden Sunday for Jesus
sake The building was destroyed with
all its contents. Churchill then walk
ed Is miles to Rutland where he was ar.
rested. His wife fed from her home
Sunday to Brandon, fearing that h,
would kill her. Churchill is a veteran
of the civil war and for a time was
travelling evangelist. He was wounded
in the war and formerly drew pension
but he gave it up, or, as he said, con
secrated it to God"
The users of electric lights through
out the village received notices by mai
TINS morning stating, in substance, tina
the wiring is all wrong and must b.
changed to comply with the rules of tn
New England Insurance Exchange with
in 80 days or the insurance rates will
be raised 10 per cent. This is the re
suit of recent examination of the wir
ing made by an inspector sent here b,
the Insurance Exchange The cost o
the required changes will in many case
amount to the cost of complete new wir
ing, and the total cost will be thou
sands of dollars. Without attemptin
now to fix the responsibility for fault
installations it is evident that from thi
on, all wiring should be done by sys
TEN first to be determined upon and ar
proved by competent experts, and tina
those who do the wiring should the
be held responsible for it's CORRECTNESS
and security. The investigation is tn
outcome of an exaggerated account @
an occurrence at the Brooks House las
fall, as sent to a daily paper at tn
time. If the movement is general an
impartial throughout New England Their
is nothing for Brattleboro victims to sa
or do except to comply-and pay.