Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-02
Northampton. Mass. Sept. l.

Miss Christa NJ. Park returned Thursday
from Townshend to prepare for her pri-
vate school. which will open Monday
morning in the Thompson block. Miss
Park will live at Mrs. Atherton's on Har-
ris place.
The next band concert will be given on
the common next Wednesday evening.
The concert this week greatly pleased the
large crowd. and was pronounced by
many the best open air concert ever heard
in this town.
Alma j. Berg. the widow of Carl j.
Berg, has received through C. L. Cobb,
clerk of the local camp, Modern Wood
men of America, the sum of $1,000, the
amount of Mr.. Berg's life insurance
policy in that order
Services will be resumed in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday after the
vacation. Owing TO the ract that the re-
pairs on the main audience room have
not been completed, the services next
Sunday will be held in the vestry.
c. NJ. Colburn, an insurance agent who
had a desk in County Clerk Merriield' s
office, but recently moved to Montpelier,
was among those hurt in a wreck in
the Burlington railroad yard Wednesday.
Mr.. Colburn was injured about the head
and cut by the flying glass.
The board of civil authority will hold
/ the last meeting for the correction of the
check list at the selectmen's room in the
| town house Saturday afternoon. 1t is
the duty of every voter to see that his
name is on the check list If it is not
, there he cannot vote and no additions
will be made to the list after Saturday
The windham. County Conference OF
Congregational Churches will hold its $50
annual meeting with the church in West
minister Sept. and S. There are Is
| churches connected with the conference
.,
ground. With one exception the othel
churches have temporary supply. Be
sides the local speakers, addresses ar'
expected from Henry w. Hicks of th'
American board, DR. C. II. Merrill, Misses
Theodore Auman and Helen NJ. Jones o
the women workers. and Rev. ]. T. Stock
ing OF Bellows Falls. The Westminste
people are ready to welcome large delega
tions. The train at lilo from Brattle
boro will stop Wednesday at Grout's sta
tion.
Many Brattleboro friends have bee
deeply shocked by the tragic death O
Mrs. w w. Newcomb which took plac
early Wednesday morning in Boston
Mrs. Newcomb had been suffering fror
nervous prostraton since the birth q
her last child, about four months age
and had been al a sanitorium in Bald
winsville. short time ago she went I
visit her brother. Frank Houghton, at /
, missed her in the morning and at one
notified the police, but her body had al
ready been found by policeman OF III
. Back Bay station. Mrs Newcomb ha
thrown herself in front OF an inboun
! train on the Boston & Albany railroa
near Ipswich street. She was killed in
stantly 1t is supposed that she dresse
and wandered from the house while SUI
D fering from a suicidal mania, and ths
3 she went directly to the railroad track
The funeral will be held at the Method!
| church in Fitchburg Sunday afternoon
8. and the burial will be in that city bt
y side the daughter, Edith, who died seN
e eral years ago. Mrs. Newcomb's maide
/ name was Bessie L. Houghton. She wa
1 a daughter of George and Sarah Hougl
ton and was born in Brattleboro abol
43 years ago. She graduated at the his
school here, where she made a record
an exceptionally bright student Aft
their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Newcon
lived here until 10 years ago when tn,
o moved TO Fitchburg. In Fitchburg, MI
= Newcomb was prominent in the Method
n church and was charter member Of Il
:, Hastings Hall association for helpil
> young women. She was a woman OF iii
% qualities and was sincerely esteemed. 81
leaves her husband and four children.