The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-30

Tax Collector w. A, SUBWAY has
been busy this week making out his tax
bills. He win start ont Monday TO col.
lect.
The latest song entitled Chanticler,
by NJ. Pollard Babb Of this town, will
be sung at the Empire theatre all next
week
w. ID. Linehan S barber shop will
be open until II o clock Monday even.
ing and will be closed all day Tuesday,
July t.
The Girls guild OF -, Michael 5
Episcopal church will have Il lawn party
on the church lawn Wednesday evening,
the night of the band concert.
The First Regiment band and or
chcstra. f. G. Leitsinger conductor, has
engaged to give concerts every sunday
afternoon during the season al Island
Park
The Outlaws 20 to Adams, Mass,
tomorrow to run a hose race with the
| AleTts OF that place. The occasion Is
benefit for the tuberculosis hospital OF
Adams
The selectmen gave a hearing last
evening ON the petition for sewer on
Western avenue near Bonnyyale road.
No objection was made TO the petition
and about 600 feet of sewer viii be laid
east of the Bonnyvale brook.
Sometime early Saturday morning
four men obtained access to Charles II.
Oakes 5 cottage on the Connecticut
river by picking the lock. They did not
carry away anything but raised consid
cradle havoc. A neighbor saw the men
leaving the house, hut thought they had
permission To use the cottage.
The sixth annual baby meet will be
held on the common tomorrow after
noon. The managers in charge of this |
annual event of the summer season are |
anxious to make the attendance ut TO. /
mOrrow's meet recOrd-b breaker and |
hope that every mother will try to he
present with her baby or babies. The
parade OF children around the common
will start at o clock y, m.
AT the annual meeting of Brattle-
b0ro association of seamstresses. needle
women and shop. girls held Monday eve
ming in Festival hall the following Of
fcers were elected: President, Mrs 4.
!. Currer: vice-president. Miss Addie
Fay: secretary. Mrs. NJ. T.. Butterfeld;
treasurer, Mrs H. NJ. Cook; executive
board Mrs. a. ]. Currier, Miss Mary II
Donnell and Miss Jennie Duncan.
Mrs. Cora (Gale) Martin, -, wife
of Frank X. Martin of Wardshoro. died
lt her home in that place June % She
was born in Wardsboros Oct, %, 1869,
q sister of Mrs Myrtle Knight of y
south Main street. She was a member
IF the Baptist church and conscien
ious, Christian woman. Funeral serv-
ces were held in Wardsboro Saturday
md the burial was in that place.
One of the largest audiences to AT
end q band concert this season gather I
ID on the common Wednesday evening
md listened 10 the program given hy ,
he First Regiment hand Various esti-
mates were made of the number of peo-
he on the common and il was the
opinion of many who are competent TO
lie up audiences at that place that 4
1000 persons were present The Wo-
men OF St Michael 5 Episcopal church
old ice.cream and cake during the con
ert
A runaway horse owned by Charles 4
=. Smith created a furry of excitement
tuesday afternoon on Main street and
or a few moments there was a general
tempt upon the part of pedestrians
o seek places of safety. About 4
clock the animal came down High
treet at a rapid rate and before b. ;.
,alestier could rein his horse out of the
ath OF the frightened animal there was
collision in which the Balestier wagon 4
las partially wrecked The frightened
orse started down Main street and at
ampted to jump over a horse driven by
ear Vaughan & Burnett's store The 4
eeond collision resulted in the animal
eng captured by Ansel j. Pierce.
The annual Universalist church
icnic was held yesterday at Bellows Y
ais. The pupils of the Bellows Falls 4
niversalist Sunday school Joined with
ne Brattleboro school in the festivities
hich took place at Barber park. The Z
orning was given up to athletic sports
nd Bellows Falls was the largest point ;
inner. The Springfield, Vt, Univer
dist church was unable to take part in n
lie picnic as originally planned. After 4
inner group picture was taken of the
lrty. AT clock baseball game be- Y
veen picked teams was won by the a
am having the largest percentage of
elbows Falls players, the score being
to 4. There was an orchestra in at
ndance and dancing was the attrac-
on from 3 to 6 clock. ;
The Island Park management has
AIDE arrangements for an interesting =
lurth of July program next Tuesday.
ne events will include two motor boat
ces under the auspices of the Brattle-
no Boat club with Commodore Crosby
rsonally in charge, two baseball =
mes, and several hours of dancing
lie boat races will start from IN front
the pavilion at 9 a. M, and will be
ished before the second game in the
vim State league which starts at 1880.
this time the Brattleboro team will
get the much-touted Keene team for
e first time PLAYING at Keene in the =
ternoOn. In the absence of the local
louers the afternoon ball game locally
II be between a team known as the
attleboro Independents and a Hins,
lie aggregation These teams have =
rh won game this wear.
In Justice hearing at the South
rnon House in Vernon Saturday af
noon, Justice Lewis H. Lynde of
awarded the plaintiffs,
Dson Waterman. 800 and costs, in \
,ir case against the town of Vernon. =
e suit was brought by the Brattleboro
ornevs to recover fees for services to
board of license commissioners dur
the adjudication of the Alderman
.nse matter about two years ago. =
e town of Vernon was represented
A. F. Schwenk and w. d. Smith APP ~
red for the plaintiffs. The defend =
claimed that the board of license
nmissioners was without authority to
rage counsel. The court held that in
much as the commissioners constitut
a court they could do as they saw fit ?
mt retaining the services of attorneys
counsel. This is the end of the Alder -
n license tangle which aroused much =
ling in the adjoining town of North
d, Mass, and which won no end of
oriety for all parties concerned.
Papers have been filed in the office
F. S. Plat of Rutland, clerk of the
tied States court, in $4,000 negli-
&c snit AGAINST the Boston & Maine p