Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-04

All the schools in town will open Mon
day after the Christmas vacation of two
weeks.
John II. Merriield carried a total of
$500 of life insurance, distributed among
several of the leading companies.
Gov. Proctor has issued an order for
the annual officers school. for instruction
and drill of commissioned officers of the
Vermont National Guard to be held in
Brattleboro Jan. % and %. Col j. Gray
EsJey, Major H. Edward Dyer and Capt.
w. w. Russell will constitute a board to
observe and report upon the work to the
commander in chief
Tommy Guiheen has received letter
from Manager OBrien of the Fall River
team of the New England base ball league
in which he states that he wishes Gut
heen to return to that club the coming
season as captain, with his salary in
creased 10 per cent. GuiheeH has been
Fall Rivers captain the past two years.
There had been some talk that he would
be transferred to the Lynn club, but he
expects now to return to Fall River, al
though he has signed no contract
Protective Grange gave reception last
night in Grange hall in honor of the local
Changers who have recently been chosen
to office in the State Grange, Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Pierce and Mr.. and Mrs.
II. w. Sargent. The master of Protec-
tive Grange, Harry w. Spaulding, and
the overseer, Philip E. Franklin, with
their wives received with them and af-
terward there were short addresses by
the state officers. AT 10 O'CLOCK the en-
tire company marched to the banquet
hall below where a cola ton was served
The neighboring Oranges were invited
and several of them were represented.
The family of Patrick Manning We're
nearly overcome by coal gas last Satur-
day night in their home on Vernon street
and were seriously i'll for some days. Mr..
and Mrs Manning and their three chill
drcn went 10 bed a usual Saturday night
and for some reason the coal stove gave
off gas freely and as no windows were
open and the rooms were small they We're
nearly asphYXiated before morning When
they tried to rise IN the morning they
were unable to do so and called to their
neighbors, who summoned DR.. T.. r.
Lynch. The family were unable to ac-
count foc their condition, but fresh air
restored them partially. They have now
all fully recovered.
Randall Childs, aged nine years, young
er son of Arthur w Childs, may lose the
sight of one eye as the result of acct
dentally sticking the point Of pair of
scissors into II. In a letter written by
Mr.. Childs from his Manchester, n. H.,
home to his partner Fred w. Putnam,
Wednesday he told of the accident and
thu possible consequences. Inc boy was
trying to unlace his shoestring and was
using the point of the scissors to loosen a
hard knot when the scissors slipped and
the point entered the corner of one eye
Medical assistance was promptly sum-
moned and everything possible was done
to save the eye but at the time of writ
ing the letter it was not certain whether
the sight could be saved.
Robert Lincoln, a brakeman on the
West River division of the Central Yer
mont railroad, had his leg badly crushed
by the derailing of a freight car two
miles above TOwnshend Tuesday morn
ing, and is now i'm the Brattleboro Me-
mortal hospital. 1t was at first thought
that the leg would have to be amputated
but it is possible that it may be saved
He was brought to Brattleboro on a spec
ial train i'm the afternoon and he was in
serious condition when he arrived, but Il
now doing we'll The leg was badly
crushed and twice fractured by the fal
against a rock. He was standing on TOT
of a freight car being pushed ahead o
the engine to a siding and another bra6e
man, Jesse Lane, was with him. TIL,
car left the rails and plunged down
15-foot embankment into the carriag,
road. Lane was somewhat bruised bu
was cared for in Townshend, The caus,
of the derailment was probably ice frozei
to the rails, which were somewhat Low
in that place.