Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-26

Maine railroad and the road is operated
as a feeder for that system.
The 14th Vermont Reunion society, at
its annual meeting held In Bennington
Friday, elected Charles e. Beech, OF Bur
lington president and r. H. Shepard OF
Fair Haven secretary and treasurer, with
a vice president from each company.
The next meeting will be held In Middle
bury oct. 1S, 1907 A campfire In the
evening was feature Of the meeting IN
Bennington.
Daniel Royce. 40, was brought to Mont
pelier Friday and lodged in jail charged
with assaulting Alice whitney. II. at his
home on West hill in Northfield, where
the girl lived with her mother, a widow.
The girl was so frightened by the assault
and Royces threats that she hid in hay
NOV, where she was found at midnight
by searching party. Royce Is married
and has family.
An express train on the Central Yer
mont railroad was wrecked at North DuX-
bury station Saturday the engine, bag
gage car and mail car being overturned
by running into an open switch. The
passengers escaped without injury and
the engineer and fireman, who jumped
just before the locomotive tipped over,
were hurt only slightly. A section hand
is said TO have admitted that he had for
gotten to set the switch properly
Twenty-eight veterans attended the an
nual reunion of the Fourth Vermont Vol
unteers in Bethel Friday Lieut. A. c.
Carr of Brandon was elected president,
c. f.. Rich of Roxbury vice president and
II. w. Spafford OF Rutland secretary and
treasurer. About 200 old soldiers attend
cd the camp FIRE A. c. Brown OF Mont
peller presided and speeches were made
/ by ex-Govs. Bell and Pingree, Lieut..
Wallace Batchelder and c. s. Palmer OF
Burlington.
The body of Edward II. Hatch. p, a
travelling salesman, was found Friday on
a couch in his room In the Dudley block.
Newport, n H., and beside him was a
glass containing some substance which
the authorities will have analysed. DR..
]. L. Kane, who examined the body,
thought the man died from the effects of
some drug, probably choral. Hatch Is
survived by two sisters. Mrs. Frank
Wakefield and Mrs Daniel r. Remington.
Hatch came to Newport three years ago
from Bethel. VT.
Charles II. Reynolds. n, who died In
Swanton Saturday, enlisted as a private
in the 10th Vermont regiment and rose
to the rank OF captain. He was on the
stan OF the commander Of artillery In the
! Sixth corps. and later had charge OF one
OF Gen. Snermans big army OF trains
and was quartermaster inspector of the
department OF Tennessee. He was post
master of Swanton under the second adj
ministration Of Grover Cleveland and rep
resented the town I'm the Legislature in
1898.
Two men were arrested In Bennington
! Thursday One claimed to be Philip
! Richmond. the other NJ. Hayman. both
! of Springfield Mass. At Manchester they
visited Mrs. Charlotte Reed, 81 years old
/ mother of L. c. Reed. took from her a
/ photograph that was TO be enlarged. col
! lected the amount OF the bill. $780, and
she gave one OF them In payment a 50
| bill. He went out TO get It changed and
| II is claimed forgot TO return. In the
municipal court they were held In the
sum Of 500 each to appear in court SaS-
urday