Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-22

ger conductor between here and Boston.
The funeral was held Tuesday and the
burial was in oak Hill cemetery.
Tuesday afternoon about lis a fire
occurred at the residence Of Jeffrey st
Lawrence at the west end of School
street extension, destroying the ell and
badly damaging the main part of the
house. causing loss of about $1,000 The
fire department made quick run and
had 1t quickly under control, after the
alarm was given. The origin is wholly
unexplained.
DR.. George II. Gorham, who has been
spending some months in Asheville, n
c., left there Friday on his way North,
although he is not to reach his home
until about the middle of next month.
He will spend some time with a friend
in Virginia, and some in Washington
Philadelphia and New York He is re-
ported to be in excellent physical con-
ditions and many friends in the county
will be glad to welcome his return.
Ed. Glazier, an Athens farmer, drove
into town Saturday afternoon and started
to drive his team under the sheds in the
rear OF the Congregational church. but
just before the shed was reached the
horse fell dead. Mr.. Gazier had a pas
senger with him and both said the horse
had shown no signs of Illness until the
village was reached. Mr.. Glazier re-
turned to his home and secured a pair of
horses and during the night he removed
the body of the horse, which had at
tracted much attention during Saturday
evening.
Although the Methodist church voted
unanimously asking the Vermont con-
ference to return Mr. Hendee to Bellows
Falls the coming year, and every effort
was made by local members of the board
OF trustees during the conference to that
end, it was decided to place Mr.. Hendee
at Montpelier, and Rev. w. r. Davenport
was assigned to Bellows Falls. The
disappointment at losing Mr.. Hendee is
great, but Mr. Davenport is well known
here and has many friends. He will
take up the work under favorable aus
pieces week from next Sunday. Mr..
Hendee will preach this coming Sunday.
and go to his new charge during the
coming week.
afternoon nearly under the east end of
the steel Connecticut river bridge at the
north end Of the village. A switching
engine of the Boston & Maine road was
shifting some cars up on the line OF the
Rutland road, and when the flyer came
down at 3.39 the locomotives crashed
| together, causing an expensive smash
up. Both engines were deraled and bad
ly broken. The engineers and hremen
| Jumped and were not injured, nor were
| any of the passengers, but It was not
possible for trains to pass the place
until about 10 o'clock the same night
A number Of freight cars were smashed
and all the first cars Of the flyer were
more or less damaged.
On Saturday there was a more ex-
| tensive forest fire on Mount Kilburn,
| extending north on that range a number
| of miles, than the older inhabitants re-
member having seen in many years, al
| though not a year passes that some por-
| ton of the mountain is not scorched
| The copious rains of Saturday night and
| Sunday stopped the fires, but not until
they had caused much damage to the
| land and timber of Mrs. A l. Rolles
| Mrs. John E. Brosnahan, Gilbert Spencer
| Mr.. Porter, Mr.. Weeks, /. T. Hodgman
Horace Stearns and Frank Bushman
| Most of the territory covered was in the
town of Charlestown and help was sum
moned by the authorities of Charlestowr
and Langdon. Large forces of mer
worked long both Friday and Saturday
| Much damage was done to pasture fences
| and to growing timber During the even.
ing and night Friday and Saturday the
fire was beautiful except to the owner.
| of the property.
The death of General w. II. Gilmor,
at Hotel Windham Monday morning, wa!
an event looked forward to by our citi
zens and business men for a week o.
more as coming in the immediate future
and so was no shock, although ever!
citizen was touched in a sympatheti,
manner. Every courtesy had beer
shown the dying man and his famil,
by Manager Willis and the employees o
the hotel during the four weeks Of hi
illness, and the friends expressed thei
gratitude to them in no unmeasure,
terms. Brief services were held in thu
hotel parlors at Ills a. m. that day
the arrangements being looked after b.
Col j. E. Paddock of the governors stat
and Gen n. G. Williams. large mum
Der of the business men Of the villag
gathered, the body lying in the al
cove between the two parlors. TIL
service was in charge of DR.. A. p. Prat
of the Congregational church and con
sisted of scripture reading, a few appro
pirate remarks and prayer, and tn
Masonic quartet. consisting OF A. W
TruaX, O. c. Wilson, II. c. Elliot an
Fred Exner, sang Lead, Kindly Light
and Nearer, My God, to Thee" Tn
bearers were c. f. Howard, II. d. Ryder
C. W Osgood, ]. c. Day. F. G. Pierc
and ]. J. Fenton. The body wa
taken to the station in season to tax
the noon train to Bradford. The pro
cession was escorted by Company z, Y
n. G., and by a deputation of member
of the Grand Army