The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-01
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP,

SUNDAY in exchange with Rev. II, r,
Miles.
The next meeting Of the Alliance
Study class will be held at the Uni
tartan parsonage ON Monday evening
nj $50 o clock The subject is Facts
about Modern China.
The well known comedian, DeWolf
I Hopper, who will appear in the Males'
lie theatre in Boston next week IN
Happy Land, will probably be seen in
Brattlcboro soon after February 20,
( The Ladies Catholic Benevolent
association held n whist party in Ea'
. plcs' hall Wednesday evening. The
/ prizes were won by John Griffin and
( Miss Nellie Griffin. The consolation
prizes went TO Harry Haus and Miss
/ Lizzie sullivan.
Mrs. Charles II. Welcome S English
TOW spaniel, King William, won first in
the novice class and cup for the best
| TOW in the novice classes at the Lynn,
/ Mass. dog show last week. The dog viii
/ be shown at the Madison Square Garden
show in New York and at Boston.
A lot in Horton place has been pur'
chased by Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Fletcher
on which she will build house. \ be-
/ ginning will be made AS soon as frost Is
ont of the ground sufficiently to allow
the cellar to be dug Andrew Horton
formerly owned the lot and it was sold
through the agency of William {. Hor'
, ton,
The entertainment furnished to the
odd Fellows in their hall Friday even
ing by Newton Beers was not largely
attended owning to other attractions
/ The verdict of those who attended was
| that the entertainment was excellent
Mr.. Beers gave many pleasing imper-
sonations and funny stories, His chief
reading was from David and Jonathan.
! The Springfield, VI, electric rail
road company. of which Allyn j. Cros-
by formerly of this town, is superin'
tendent, received notice Saturday from
the Jones 4 Lamson machine works
that it must be prepared TO handle an
increase of 80 per cent. in traffic the
coming wear. This will doubtless ne
cessitate adding several ears to the pre-
sent equipment.
AT the annual meeting of the So
cietv for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Tuesday evening in the Brooks
library. Charles II. Pratt was reflect
ed president and +. Q. 5. Osgood, secre'
tarv and treasurer Three vacant places
on the board of directors were filled by
the choice of DR.. F. II. O'Connor, L. b.
Smith and John Barrows. Henry j.
Allen was appointed the agent of the
society for the ensuing year
The final details in the sale of the
Pavilion hotel in Montpelier were com
Melted SATURDAY when Thomas j. Hea-
phv of Brattleboro took possession OF
the property which was formerly owned
bv J. S. Viles. The price paid was
100000 The preliminary negotiations
Of the sale were conducted by II. a.
Siblev of Montpelier and Mr.. Viles
did not know until few days before
the final transaction for whom Mr.. Sib-
ley was acting
Two ears on the Brattleboro street
railroad collided near the West Brat-
tleboro end of the line Friday even
ing. They were extras to accommodate
the people who attended the pertor-
nance of The Earl and the Girl at the
auditorium, The first car had stopped
at the end of the line when the second,
in charge of Motorman George Holden,
struck it in the rear, the force of the
collision breaking some glass but do
ing no serious damage.
Mrs. Persis Maria Hastings, ~
who died in private hospital in
Springfield, Mass, last Friday evening
was mother of the first wife of DENIM
son Cowles of this town and formerly
lived in Brattleboro for several years.
Her death was due to a fractured hip
which she sustained by fall few
weeks ago. Mrs. Hastings home was
in Westfeld, Mass, where her husband
Jonathan Hastings who died about ~
years ago, was a prominent whip manu-
facturer. The funeral was held IN west
field Monday afternoon.
The will of o. Adna Alvord, which
was probated Saturday, left a bequest
of $1,000 to the Wilmington Cemetery
association and another of $4,000 to the
Congregational church of that town.
The latter bequest is to take effect
upon the death of Mr.. Alvord's widow
and the income upon the same to be
used as an annual preaching subscrip-
ton. Mr. Alvord owned real estate
in Wilmington and the house on Elm
street in this town. All the real estate
is left to his wife. Judge j. M. Tyler
is co-executor of the estate with Mrs.
Alvord.
Washington dispatches state that
if is understood that the appointment
of Prof. William Bullock Clark of Johns
Hopkins university at Baltimore to the
dictatorship Of the United States geo
logical survey has been practically de-
cided upon. Professor Clark is the head
of the department of geology at Johns
Hopkins and has been state geologist
since the inception of the Maryland
survey. His appointment Will be as
successor to Charles ID. Walcott, VINO
has resigned TO become head OF the
Smithonian Institution. Professor Clark
is a Brattleboro boy, son of Barna A.
Clark. who formerly owned the hard
ware store of which J. E. Miller is the
present proprietor.
The New Orleans Times of JAM
% contains a picture of the LOUISIANA
state building to be erected at the
jamestown exposition. The architects
are Crosby and Henkel. The building
will be built along Louisiana colonial
lines with huge columns in front and
Ionic caps. 1t will be 40 by 40 with
12-foot galleries on both first and Sc.
cond floors. The interior will be divided
into a large reception room, a private
office for the commissioner, rest room
for women and a small kitchen where