The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17


The Woman 5 Exchange will hold
It's regular meeting at the rest room
Monday nj $50 o iclock, The governing
board will meet NJ 3.
William G. Horizons rem estate
agency has sold for Mrs. Jessie NJ. Jones
her property on Washington street TO
Mrs. Minnie G, Betterlcy of Dummers
ton. Possession has been given
All the next regular meeting of the
local camp of Modern Woodmen Tues
day evening, State Deputy 4, q. Palmer
of burlington and District Deputy i. NJ
Libby Of Rutland will be present. Every
member of the local camp is urged 10
attend
AT present nine children are being
cared for Mt the day nursery which was
started a few weeks ago by the soclal
workers committee of the Brattleboro
Mutual Aid association. The executive
committee of the Women 5 club mas
voted Ia give toward the support of the
nursery the sum of $50 which was re-
funded when the Girls club dlsbanded.
Briefs have been submitted to
Chancellor George NJ. Powers Of Morris
yillr in the matter of j. q. Frost OF Yer
non against the Connecticut River row
or company The ease arises over the
defendant cutting about 100 trees on
the orator : land to remove danger 10
the defendant 5 pole line. The matter
was argued nj Montpelier before Chan
rellor Powers early in the month, X. G..
Bacon and II. G.. Barber representing
the orator aud G. {. Fits and Harold T..
Whitney appearing for the defendant
T. Rlattlcboro will see another demon
stration of the wrestling game next
Thursday evening in the auditorium
when Fritz Hansen, the Swedish mat
artist. will meet Young GOtch. Prellmi-
nary to this match it is planned TO fca-
ture several local athletes. On the even
inc of NOV. % Hansen will 90 against
George Washington Bailey, the local
strong man. in m effort TO throw hlm
twice inside one hour Bailey, it will be
remembered. won $50 from Hansen two
weeks ago last night by staying rigl ]
side no for Is minutes. Since then ne
has been in strict training and feels
confident of foiling the Scandinavian 4
second time
Majestic Niagara. the scenic won.
der Of America, will be the subject OF
the stercopticon lecture at the UniNer-
salist church Sunday evening AT I
clock. Every year thousands of PEG.
pie from all parts of the world stand
in awe and mystery before the beauty
and grandeur of this gigantic waterfall.
Beautiful eoIored slides will picture the
pIory of this natural wonder. There
will be views of the American and
Horseshoe falls by moonlight and sun
set and also in winter garh; Prospect
Park, Goat Island, Cave of the WIND,
Victoria Park, Whirlpool Rapids and
other interesting sights. All of the slides
are colored
The cold wave of the present wee K
has brought the boating season on the
Connecticut river about to an end. The
Bigrlow boat house closes tomorrow and
the boats will be removed from the
wafer for the winter 4 large number
of motor boats and canoes have already
been stored in the boat house belonging
to the Island company and by the end OF
next week but few craft will be found
in the water. A few adventurous ones
braved the cold weather this week and
I made short trips up the river but en-
zine troubles caused by the low temper
allure have made such trips anything but
pleasure excursions. Hayes Bigelow
plans to build an addition to his boat
house early in April and will add seVera
features to the establishment which vii
be appreciated by boatowners.
AT meeting Of the bailitrs Mon
, day evening Attorney +. j. Waterman
/ presented a petition, signed by a mum
7 Der of business men. asking hat licenses
/ be issued to moving picture theatcrs IL
/ BrattIeboro and that the first license
| granted be to the Empire theater. Tn,
! petitioners were in doubt as to the au
! thoritv of the bailiffs in the matter an,
! the petition was addressed to both tn,
/ bailitfs and selectmen. The matter vii
| be taken under consideration by boil
! branches of the government of town ant
village. The license asked fort can he
granted by either the selectmeh or trus
tees under Act pa of the Acts of 1910
/ The petitioners averred that the Empire
/ theater should be granted the first license
owing to the fact that it was equipped
and doing business and because they be
! lieve the conditions are such that Their,
/ is not need for granting license fol
more than one moving picture theater II
this village.
An examination will he held il
, Brattleboro. Feb. 3, 1912, by the Unitet
/ States Civil Service commission for fill
. lHp NttdHtltS dS lItN may oNNhi III Wv
various branches of the federal servic,
! in Brattleboro and its immediate vicn
itv. The examinations will be for posi-
tions for clerk, deputy collector, gauge
and storekeeper in the internal revenu,
service for the district of New Hampshire
and office deputvin the Office of the Unite'
States marshal. Applicants must be n
least IS years of age of suitable physi
/ cal condition and citizens of the United
States. a pamphlet containing speci
men examination questions and full par
ticuars in regard to the requirement.
NAV be obtained of the local secretar,
of the commission, Miss Frances +
Guild. at the Brattleboro postohce, o.
of Edward f.. Stebbins, district secre
tarv. in the postotiice building, Boston
Applications for this examination mus
be filed with the district secretary OF
or before 400 p. m, Jan ., 1912.
The trial of Bertram G. Spencer o
Springfield, Mass, for the murder o
Miss Martha Blackstone of that city OF
| March 81 of last year. was begun II
Springfield this week. The case is of in
terest locally from the fact that Spen
Ger, who led Jekyll and Hyde life o
railroad employe and burglar, visite'
Brattlehoro during his career of house
break king and entered the home of DR.. c
S. Pratt, carrying away a lot of jewelr.
and other valuables. The discovery o
some of the plumber taken from tn
Pratt house and its Identification by D1
and Mrs. Pratt assisted in fixing upol
Spencer the series of daring break
made by him from Springfield, Mass, t.
White River Junction. Joseph Stedman
formerly an employee of the Vernon
Printing company, went to Springfield
Wednesday to testify for the defense
Mr.. Stedman at one time lived il
Lebanon, near the father and grand
father of Spencer and was well ac
ouainted with the eccentricities of tn
two men. both of whom were generally
believed to be unsound mentally.