Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-19
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

Mrs. Lurana Buffum, nearly IS wears
old, and for half century a resident of
winchester, died Friday morning from
the effects of a fan seven weeks earlier
when she sustained broken ankle and
two fractured ribs. She was a native OF
Richmond and her husband was Capt Da
Nid Buffum, who died in New Orleans In
1862 while an officer in the civil war.
Irvine A. Whitcomb. IS. one of the
founders of the famous Raymond & Whit
comb excursions, died suddenly from ap-
opleNy in his home in Somerville, Mass
Monday evening. Mr.. Whitcomb was a
native of Swanzey Centre and was work
ing for the Concord & Montreal railroad
company when he conceived the idea OF
tourists agency Walter Raymond Join
ed MIN In the enterprise, which has ex-
panded to such great proportions that the
excursions cover all parts OF the globe
and start almost daily from the important
centres. Mr.. Whtcomb was a brother OF
J. Page Whitcomb of Keene.
Wallace X. Ware, proprietor of the
Lakeside House at Spofford lake. and Luz
Gus thatcher, another well-known resi-
dent of Chesterfield, have returned. great
ly improved in health, after a pleasure trir
OF over 1000 miles. They left home in
February and visited SUCCESSFULLY in
washington, Richmond and Norfolk. 60
ing from the latter place to the James
town exposition grounds. They also stop
ped IN several southern cities, and in Ala
pama Mr.. Ware visited the grave of his
brother-ln- law, Frank T.. Darling n ma
tive Of Chesterfield, railroad engineer
who was killed in a railroad wreck in
Selma, Ala, 80 years ago. Messrs Ware
and Thatcher spent 16 days at Hot
Springs Ark.
The Claremont Power company was or
canned April 10 with 100000 capital
The officers are: President, w /. Muran
Of Providence, r. l.; vice president II r
Beckwith Of Claremont; treasurer, Thorn
as r. Steere of Providence; manager and
clerk, L. n. Wheelock Of Claremont.
These four men and +. II. Foster of Glare
mont are the directors. The concern will
ne working company in the development
OF the big water power on the
BLACK river at Cavendish gorge, in Yer
mont, and will have a working merger
with the Black River Power company.
which was represented at the meeting for
organization in Claremont by ]. G. Sar-
gent of Ludlow and Fred c. Davis of
Claremont. 1t is expected that 5000 horse
power which will be developed will be
available for use i'm Claremont
Charles Fitzgerald, IS, who was indicted
Ior setting fires in Surry last February.
confessed to his counsel, ]. e. Allen. in
heene Tuesday that he was guilty. When
ne was brought before Judge Stone in the
superior court evidence was introduced
10 show his weak mental condition.
brought about by overworh and abuse, I'M
III ms physical and mental health was i'm
pared. The judge deemed 1t advisable to
send him to Concord for treatment 10 de-
termine whether he was mentally ac-
countable for his actions. After Fitz-
gerald had been locked up and was be-
yond the reach of his adopted father, Cal
YIN Fitzgerald, he confessed that he set
the hres at the Field place and at the
holei, when broke out almost simultan-
eously, the hotel being DESTROYED. He
gave as a reason that he felt an irrepros-
sible impulse to start the fires.