The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

Tho next VIII
Wednesday evening, Feb. Is.
The local court Of Foresters will
hold ladies night in Red Men 8 hall
Tuesday evening.
The grange sewing society will
meet every Friday afternoon until fur
Their notice.
Protective grange will work the
first and second degrees Wednesday
evening, Feb, Is.
-Delmas f. Trout, who is just com
pleting an eight years course in Tufts
college, will preach in the Universalist
church Sunday.
The grange dramatic club will hold
meeting next Thursday evening. The
literary hour will be in charge of State
Master G. W, Pierce.
The local camp Modern Woodmen
Of America will give dance in the
Centcrville rink next Tuesday evening
for Woodmen and all their friends.
Company | held meeting last
night. After the meeting there was a
school for non.commissioned officers un.
der the instruction of Lieutenant G. ii.
Davis.
The motion Of c. II. Davenport TO
have his bill against the Carpenter Or
gan company taken as confessed, was
tried before Judge w. ii. Taylor at
Ludlow yesterday. The motion was de
MED. A. p. Carpenter appeared for Mr..
Davenport and C. C. Fits appeared for
the Carpenter Organ company.
The finals in the pool and three
ball billiard tournament at the Vermont
Wheel club will begin next week. Only
two games have been played this week.
Dan Stolte beat j. NJ. Dugan, winning
on his handicap by the score of 30 to
l2l and Guy Tasker beat A. 5. Thomp-
son, on his handicap, by the score of
So 10 "a.
District Deputy Grand Master
Frederic ]. Swift has sent out invita-.
tions TO the annual communication of
the eighth Masonic district in Bellows
Falls the afternoon and evening of
Feb. II. II is expected that Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master Charles A. Cal
derwood and other officers of the grand
lodge will be present.
From some unknown cause fire
started in the closet of room in the
apartments of Mrs Julia Nation in
the Cox block Wednesday afternoon
When the fire was noticed word was
sent TO the fire station for an exiting
usher and with the help of several men
| from the store of A. V. Cox the fire was
put out. The room was badly smoked
and the paint, paper and ceiling ruined.
The first of a series of six lectures
and demonstrations on the First Aid TO
the Injured by DR.. G. b. Anderson will
be given Tuesday evening at s o clock
under the auspices of the Young Peo
pie s union at the Baptist chapel. The
dates for the rest of the series are Feb
ruary 10, March 5, March IL and 10 and
April Q. There will be no charge and
the class should appeal to many.
During the coming engagement the
famous Hadley moving pictures will no
doubt be presented to the usual large
and appreciative audience. Mr.. Hadley
has now a loyal following here that
always attend his exhibitions. A new
program with each visit sustains the in
terest in this attraction and the coming
exhibition is guaranteed to equal in
variety and excellence, those presented
during the past engagements.
A lively mixup took place at the
railroad station yesterday noon. A
drummer threw some baggage from the
top of the Brooks House barge to the
platform. In one of the bags was a
quantity of samples of fireworks. Tor
pedoes began to explode, and in order
TO save the bag the drummer threw the
fireworks into the street. This started
merry go-round among the teams
standing near the station, and although
the result was not specially disastrous
there was plenty of excitement for
short time.
Fred C. Clark received a telegram
last evening announcing the death IN
Hartford, Conn, of Thomas W. Barnard,
formerly proprietor of the dry goods
store now owned by j. E. Mann. Mr..
Barnard sold out to Mr.. Mann in 1901
and removed with his family to West
Hartford which was his home previous
to coming to Brattleboro. He is sur
vived by a widow, who is an aunt of
Mr.. Clark, and one daughter, Miss Edith
Barnard. Although particulars regard
ing Mr.. Barnard S death are lacking it
must have been sudden. since Mr., Clark.
visited at the Barnard home only last
week and found all of the family in
good health at that time
Word was received in Brattleboro
Yesterday of the death in Warren,
Mass, the previous day of Mrs. Mary
Draper Phelps, wife of DR.. Q. }.
Phelps. Mrs Phelps was formerly EN-
ployed as matron of the Brattleboro re-
treat and while employed there met DIR.
Phelps. who was then an assistant ply
stefan at the institution. Their mar
riage took place in the retreat chapel
DIR. and Mrs. Phelps went to Bellows
Falls in 1888 and subsequently removed
to West Warren, Mass, where DR..
Phelps practiced for short time before
locating in Warren. Besides her hus-
band Mrs. Phelps is survived by one
son, Olney Draper Phelps, a graduate
of Dartmouth college and now a senior
in the medical department connected
with that institution. The body of Mrs.
Phelps will be brought to Brattleboro
for burial Monday.