Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-10

The Brattleboro Independents will play
the Springfield, tNt) basketball team in
Springfield tonight.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs. Daniel Long of Superior, Wis,
which occurred in a hospital in that city
Monday following a surgical operation.
Four candidates received the first and
second degrees in the regular meeting
of Protective Grange Wednesday evening.
1t was voted to change the date of the
next meeting from Feb. 90 to Feb. 23
The funeral of Miss Emma f. Heath
was held i'm the home of her nephew G.
NJ Clay, sunday afternoon, Rev. II. NJ.
Houghton officiating Miss Emma Gregg
sang The burial took place in North
| Thetford.
The Grange Dramatic club will give a
moonlight dance in Grange hall Thurs
| day evening. Leitsinger's four piece or
| Chestra will furnish music. with singing
| by Alison Dugan. These dances are Of
| the same plan as those given by the
Grange marching staff two years ago
| Everybody is invited
Persons throughout the county will be
| glad to learn that Charles H. Williams of
Bellows Falls, formerly states attorney,
is improving in the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital The contents of a cyst on his
neck have been drawn off, and as soon
as the condition of his health permits an
operation vii be performed for the re-
moval of the seat of the trouble
The snow storm of Monday ana Tues
day did not interfere much with the
| schedule of the railroads. All the Central
| Vermont trains were running within
| few minutes of their regular time, while
the northbound Boston Il Maine trains
were from half an hour to an hour late
| and the southbound trains were from one
| to two hours behind the schedule. There
| was no session of school that day.
Saay Thomson of Richmond, for whom
| guardian was appointed recently, was
| brought to the Retreat Friday. He re-
| Gently spread terror in the neghborhood
| Of his farm by shooting at persons who
| passed. Officers who went to his home
| found that he was well supplied with
| firearms and that the walls of the house
were full of bullet holes. He was ex-
amined to determine his mental condition.
The meeting of the Bratteboro Wo-
mans club Wednesday will be an after
noon with Mcdowell in charge of Mrs.
Francis p. Blake. Mrs. Blake will give
a short sketch of this great American
composers life, followed by selections
from his best known works She will be
assisted by Miss Esther Dale, soprano.
of Springfield. Mass, Frederic c. Adams,
baritone. and Miss Izetta Stewart, pianist.
The meeting will be open to the public
upon payment of the regular guest fee.
The tea announced in the year book will
be omitted.
The subscribers to the baseball fund
held an enthusiastic meeting in the
county clerks office Friday night A
committee was chosen to draft a consti-
tuition and bylaws for an association
and to report at a later meeting to be
held not later than March /. The COM
mittee consists of Howard C. Rice, Mar
tin Austin. IL. f. Eddy. ]. p Ferriter
and Charles w. Cleaveland. The COM
mittee was empowered to conduct nego-
tiations with other teams with view to
games next summer. 1t was reported in
the meeting that the subscriptions now
amount to $1555 and it is hoped that 5000
more will be raised 1t is expected that
a team representing Springfield and
Charlestown will make the fourth club
in the league with Bellows Falls Keene
and Brattleboro.
a program of generous length by Mrs.
Elizabeth de Barrie Gill, harpst, con-
tralto soloist and reader pleased a large
audience in the First Baptist church
Monday evening. Mrs. Gill came under
the auspices of the young women of the
Baptist and Congregational churches and
the attraction was the last in a series,
with the exception of one which had to
be be postponed. Her readings covered
a wide range of subjects, both of dig
niiied character and of a light VEIN and
In each she showed truly artistic tenn
permanent and much dramatic ability. Her
harp Selectios displayed a good degree of
technical skill and they were largely of
the melodious type in which the majority
of people find the greatest pleasure Sew
eral OF them We're original arrangements
The vocal numbers also were of quiet
cd to ha
the harp. The entertainment afforded
general satisfaction.
Mrs. Nellie HARDWOOD, Administrative of
the estate of her husband, Gilbert B.
Eiarwood, has brought suit against the
southern Railway company of Washing
ton. ID. c., for $l5, 900 for the death of
her husband and the writ is returna Bile at
the April term of the Windham county
court. Deputy Sheriff c. e. Mann at
tached cars in Brattleboro and White
River Junction belonging to the company
Inc plaintiff alleges that on Feb II 1905
Whlle riding from Washington to Bate -
burg, S. c.. Mr.. Harwood was thrown
down ana injured and that his death was
a resuft of the injuries. She alleges thar
the train was run in an unsafe reckless
way, that the air brakes were out of re-
pair and could not be operated from IN.
locomotive and that the train ran info
another locomotive which negligentlv had
been left on the same track, all solely bv
reason OF want of care on the part of the
defendant. 1t is alleged also that the
Train did not have a competent engineer
and that it was not being run under
orders from the train dispatcher
y sleigh ride to Winchester and return
was enjoyed by about 81 members of the
Attainers and the knights of Wesley of
the Methodist church Wednesday even
ing The party left here in two four
morse sleighs and upon reaching Win
chester a bountiful supper was provided
by the Methodist Sunday school of that
town Those in the party had an inter-
eStlhg experience in IInsdale on 4their
way nome about 100 in the morning
IheY mad just passed through the village
ana were on the outskirts when their at
tehtlon was attracted to a pile of burning
wool Upon investigation they found
'nolt a cord of wood. piled beside a shed
winch apparently just started to blaze. 1t
was evident that the wood had been
saturated with Kerosene They extin-
gulshed the fire and after a vain attempt
10 arouse people in the house concluded
.hat IL was without occupants A woman
IN helghboring house raised a window
ana CIRCULATED something but she was
.ne only person the party saw or heard
me arrival upon the scene OF the Rrat-
tleporo people probably prevented the
burning OF the shed and house
special meeting of the Rrattlehoro
EAST society, Congregational, was held In
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