The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28

candidate at tho meeting last Friday
eVeAing, 4. 4. Parker and q. T.. spen'
e-r wrrr chosen representatives 10 the
grand council To be- held IN barre neA,
August
Attorney ". u. Smith has this
week come into the possession 81 =
horsc that 10 said TO be valuable AMI,
NAL hy lhosc who arc able 10 judge OF
ils merits, The horso 10 fast roadster
and has already demonstrated It's abll'
iiy in this respect.
There will be meeting Of the ek'
oeuIiVe boai 4 the Girls club Thurs
day evening = 10. This meeting VIII
be followed by a regular meeting II the
Girls club at : o clock. All those In
iercsied in taking up course Of physi
cal culture are requested TO be present
at this meeting,
A pike 81 inches In length aud
weighing i5is pounds was found In the
Golfer dam at Vernon Saturday by some
Of the workmen employed there. The
fish was washed into the enclosure by
the high water of last week aud when
the water receded was left ON top o.
one OF the concrete forms,
Those who attend the Nieoloi the
a,rc next week will enjoy rare treat
as the Passion Play IN beautiful colors
will be the subject Of the pictures pro.
dueed. Thousands Of people from all
/, over the world travel 10 Oberammergau,
Bavaria, 20 witness this sacred play.
An organ has been installed in the local
theatre and special music will be play
ed. The pictures will BE- shown the Gu
tire week.
A party Of about 20 from here who
attended the festival in Vernon last
Friday evening made arrangements
with the railroad officials TO have the
no o clock train stop in Vernon for
their return home but through some
Misunderstanding the train did not stop
for them. T.. II. Akeley furnished a
team for the visitors TO make the re-
turn trip and his kindness will be long
remembered by the party.
: The annual musicale of the Wo,
man 5 club will be given IN Grange
hall Wednesday evening at ) o clock.
Mrs. Alice Bates Rice, soprano. of Bos.
ton and Miss Laura Jones, violinist, OF
Northampton have been engaged. Mrs.
Rice who for many years has been the
soloist al Kings Chapel, was heard
here very fayorably two years ago
, Miss Jones has won an enviable repu.
tation among the musical circles OF
! Springfield and Northampton. The
meeting will be open to club members
: aud their guests without fee.
Reports are current that the de-
preston in freight business will cause
the Central Vermont railway company
; TO discharge large force. An lnvesu-
CATION into local conditions proves
that there is little foundation TO the re.
. port as affecting Brattleboro. Business
, is brisk at the local freight yard. While
. the record Of last year is hard one TO
J beat as the prosperity in business err
cles was unusual yet the records snow
that there is little diminution IN
freighting, and no reason is apparent 10
1 prove that there will be any discharge
of employees there.
The annual election of officers OF
class No. of the Baptist Bible school
was held Monday evening at the West
Brattleboro Baptist chapel where the
! class was served sugar supper when
{ was provided by the captains In the
! color contest for new members. The
captains were Z. j. Eddy and Harry
Adams and the contest resulted in a tie
, The officers elected were President
Arthur l.. Maynard; vice president,
Harry Adams; secretary and registrar,
Robert Kenney; treasurer, sherman
Jenne There was after dinner speak
ing and the closing feature was the
singing of Best BE the Tie That Binds
Rev. W. J. Hamilton will give a
series of lectures Friday nights during
, lent at st. Michael S Episcopal church,
commencing next Friday evening. The
! meetings will begin at 7.3O. The mate
, rial of the lectures was gained during
the rector's studies abroad These lee
, lures ought to be the source of much
|. interest to n large number. The fol
lowing are the subjects: March 6,
Christ in Christian Painting; March ID,
The Bible, Where Did We Get 1t and
How Should 1t Be Read; March 20,
Early Christian Cemeteries, and What
They Have to Teach; March q, The
Footsteps of st. Paul or Planting Chris
, tianity in the West; April 3, The Di-
, vided Church; April 10, st. Peter and
J st. Paul, Their Churches and Tombs,
Many local people were interested
in reading of the sensational arrest IN
, Boston Friday of Joseph Sullivan OF
Charlestown, Mass, by John O'Don-
nell. O'Donnell is known in Brattle-
boro as Jack Mccarthy who was i'm
plicated in the robbery of the New
fame Savings bank and who, after be-
ing pardoned, became a detective. The
arrest took place on an electric car run
ming between Washington and Winter
; street. O'Donnell saw Sullivan take
package from one of Dillingham; s ia
maica Plain express teams. lie pur-
sued the thief for considerable dis
! lance, finally gaining ON his man I'M
til Sullivan boarded street car,
O 'Donnell caused the car to be stop
, ped and placed the culprit under ar
rest. Sullivan, however, was not to
be so easily taken and resisted to such
an extent that the services of the mo-
!, torman and conductor were necessary.
Sullivan handled all three successfully
but the crowd that collected brought
the attention of a patrolman to the
scene and the combined efforts of all
: four overpowered the thief. At the
, station house Sullivan was recognized
as a notorious crook who goes under an
alias of Casey.
Mrs. Emma L. johnson was cited
to appear in the probate court Satur-
day, on petition Of A. w. j. Wilkins,
administrator Of the estate of z. ID.