Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-09
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The High school basket ball team
will go to Townshend tonight to play
the team at Leland & Gray Seminary.
The Garment Workers regular
monthly meeting was held in Grand
Army hall Monday evening. One
member was initiated
Members Of the Epworth League
and their families are invited to So
cial at the home of Or. and Mrs. c. G.
] Wheeler next Thursday evening
The ladies of the Baptist society
are planning for a sleighride to Hale
next week Wednesday. A chicken
pie supper will be served by the ladies
of the Hale society.
/ The annual meeting Of the Grange
store will be held in Grange hall next
Wednesday at 100 o'clock. to be fol-
lowed at o'clock by the annual meet
ing of the Grange Block association.
The A. F. Wilder job shop was sold
by auction Tuesday by c. p Gibson.
auctioneer. 1t was bought for a little
less than $500 by John Knowlton. who
was understood to be a by-bidder for
the mortgage, H. H. Wheeler.
St Cecelia's Altar societys regular
monthly meeting was held last even
ing in the schoolhouse hall on Walnut
street At the close of the meeting
there was a sociable and refreshments
were served.
The members of the w. c. T. U.
are arranging for a temperance lect.
ure on Sunday evening. Jan IS. at
the Baptist church by Mrs. X. L.
Stevenson. \ union meeting of the
churches will be held on this date.
Brattleboro lodge New England Or
der of Protection. and the families of
the members. making a company OF
about 100 persons. held a sociable
with l.. A. Howard at the Perry farm
in West Brattleboro last night Games
were played and refreshments were
served. including sugar on snow.
While playing with Flobert rifles in
their bedroom at their home in Mont
clair, y. j.. the night of Jan: |. Willie
HorraX, -, was shot through the heart
by his brother. Gilbert Is. Edwin
HorraX. the boys father is an i'm
porter at 475 Broadway. New York
The mother Of the boys is a cousin of
Miss Kate Goodrich and has visited in
Brattleboro with the Goodrich family
John w Vogers invincible minstrel
troup drew TO the Auditorium last
evening the largest crowd that has as
sembled there this season, and gave
a performance that maintained the
reputation OF the company. which
means that it was satisfactory in every
way The jokes We're all new and
Kept the crowd laughing. and most Of
the specialties never had been seen in
Brattleboro. Rigby and Gano were
the stars. as usual, and whenever they
essayed to crack a joke the audience
knew il was time to prepare them
selves.
Mrs. Sophia l.. (Norcross) Bruce.
go, wife of T. w. Bruce of % Green
street. died about noon Friday after an
illness OF about four weeks. On Thurs
day Mrs. Bruce underwent an opera.
ton for the removal of cancerous
growth. She was born in West Dunn
merston Feb. /. 1910. and was a daugh-
ter of o. G. Norcross and Sophia Howe. !
She was married to 7. w. Bruce of
South Upton. Mass. Nov. 81. 1856. and
went soon afterwards to Marlboro.
where Mr.. Bruce carried on a farm.
Six years later they came TO Brattle-
boro, and have been respected resi-.
dents of the town the past 40 years.
Mrs. Bruce was a member of the First
Baptist church, giving it her active
support whenever she was able She
was also member of Protective
Grange. She was kind-hearted. So
icitous for the welfare of others. and
possessed a personality that made for
her many friends. Besides her hus-
band she leaves one son, Harry w
Bruce of Worcester, Mass, two broth
ers. A. o. Norcross and o. A Norcross ,
If West Dummerston, and a sister
Mrs. ID. NJ. Estey of Owosso, Mich, {
The funeral was held at her late home
It 2.30 O'Clock Monday, Rev. George B. ,
-awson, of the Baptist church. officiat- {
ng. l.. w. Hawley and Miss Edith '
Thayer sang. The burial was in Pros
Iect Hill cemetery, the bearers being :
crank Norcross. Herbert Norcross. :
Harry Bruce and Harry Horton i
hen, a