The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-07

In the little over six years of DIR.
Henry fuckers administration ms
health officer he has issued 1925 burial
certificates.
The Montpelier Gun club defeated
a team from Dartmouth college IN a
shoot at Montpelier Saturday, the score
being 1876 to 1876. Fred III. Harris of
this town, one of the college gunners,
got 80 out of n possible go
The annual thank Offering meeting
of the Woman's Home Missionary
union will be observed by the ladies
association of the Centre Congregational
church, in the chapel on Friday after
noon, April II, at 800 o'clock.
So far as is known no local angler
had the hardihood to try trout stream
in New Hampshire or Massachusetts on
Saturday, the day when the season
opened in those states. The season
Vermont begins a week from tomorrow
as far as stream fishing is concerned,
and May on lakes and ponds.
-Quonektacat tribe of Red Men at
| Friday s sleep adopted a class OF
palefaces. and the ceremonies of the
degree were followed by corn and vent
son. This is one of the largest classes
of candidates TO be adopted this season.
A class of II will receive the warrior, 5
degree this evening in Red Men S hall.
/ Corn and venison will be served.
Only few members of the board
4 of civil authority were present nj the
meeting Friday afternoon on the mat
1 ter of tax attachments and IT was ad-
/ iourned until Saturday afternoons AZ
/ that time number Of abatcmcnts were
ordered in eases of poll taxpayers VINO
/ have left town since April !, l9lV, on
which date thy were listed. Several
contested abatement cases were allowed
/ to 90 over until tomorrow afternoon
when the board will meet in the select
men 5 room.
The listers. with the exception OF
/ John l., Barney, who has not snihelehtcc
4 " recovered from his severe illness OF
several weeks duration TO take up his
4 duties. met in the selectmen 5 room
! Saturday after taking their oath OF
Office before Town Clerk Carl ). Hop,
| kins \ number of persons called ana
/ filed out inventories during the after,
noon. The listers duties this year VIII
he lessened somewhat because of the
| law which does not require poll tax
PAYERS TO fiji out an inventory blanN:
! All that is necessary upon the part OF
poll taxpayers is TO give their name and
| address to one of the listers
With the proposed extension of the
| Brattleboro street railroad to reac =
Fort Drummer Heights it is suggested
that the line also be extended from the
corner of Pine and Canal streets
through Maple street to Elm Corners
and by way of Guilford street to West
ern avenue. Those interested IN the
cross.town line say that an hourly ser
vice from the Creamery bridge TO q
transfer station to be located at the
corner Of Pine, Canal and Maple streets
would give the citizens of EsteNyllle
what they need in the way of trolley
transportation and what must event
Iually come. The new Austine institu.
ton will be located upon the line OF
the suggested extension.
-Brattleboro people will regret to
learn of the untimely end of Morris
Glatt Of Long Island City, n. y, who
committed suicide in his comfortable
home in that city Sunday. Valley taI
notrons viii recollect that Mr.. Glatt
was the detective who spotted -four
4 pickpockets one afternoon during the
fair of 1909 and took them into custody
at the muzzle of a revolver. The sus-
lnected crooks we're railroaded from
town the following morning after be
ing photographed by j. Z. Howe foi
the rogues gallery. Gatt was once .
professional pickpocket known IN ,po
lice circles as The Twin[ler, and lad
only recently been released iron
Dannemora prison when he came TO TINS
town.
The interior of the new Masonic
temple has undergone a change during
the week. 1t now begins to look as II
the work would be completed BY, MAY
/. as promised by Contractor William
Cnsbman The present week has beer
busy one for the force of carpenters
. and painters. The small lodge room
was fitted with sufficient furniture the
FIRST of the week to make it habltabl'
and meetings have been held. The
walls of the Eastern Star apartments
are being papered this week, and the
entrance to the north parlor or recep
tion room ON the first floor has beer
made wider. The debris has been re
moved from the rooms of the clubhouse
A large force of carpenters IS at wori
in the large lodge room TINS week, au!,
, inc the finishing touches to certain
parts of the woodwork
Frank Adam, while making repairs
upon the main leading to hydfaht II
front of the Mellen Hardware com
,, pany's store Sunday, received col'
hath and incidentally came near re
! assistant left Mr.. Adam in deep hol'
at work near valve and went to
sbut.off near the Williston block. IN
: assistant turned on the water to see. /
: Mr., Adam IS repair job would stand IN
snection, and John Calvin happened u
! he on hand to fish Mr. Adam out befor
he was washed under the sidewalk an'
into one of the cellars of the CrosD,
block. The packing in. the valve olev
out, and it required quick work TO res
cue the man in the ditch. the waite
was shut off before the sidewalk wa
| undermined, but before Mr. Adam
!. cached The street level the water wa
e crawling up around his arms.
The annual meeting of the .Vel
! mont Wheel club was held IN tne'clu
= rooms Tuesday evening, about 5o mem
bers being in attendance; Reports 10
the past year were read ana adopoe'
: and the following officers chosen
: President Pre- DR.. +. R. Newell; vice-presi
. dent. DR.. A. L. Pettee; secretary, +. w
:, Hall. treasurer. J. r. Ryder; governors
W. o. Cooley, Eric Landry and pr. |
Edwards: auditors, III. r. LaWrenc
Y and r w. Nichols. On suggestion
4 q r Crosby, the following resolutlo
!. was adopted: "That the Vernon
4 Wheel club endorses the idea OF boys
J. cinb building to be built and manage
e on non-sectarian, liberal lines. and of
h scope to include all the boys Of the CON co
!, movement its hearty moral support, an
r the president is hereby authorized t
J. appoint a committee Of three to nee
e ike committees of other organization
: to promote such a project" The CON I
v mittee appointed is made up OF =; 7
Crosby Martin Austin nf ths ana Business in s. meet meet
q no lunch was served, and there wa
}, music by Leitsinger's orchestra
$ The affairs of DR.. Edward 5. ME- MI!
af Rostnn and his brOtneT-ln-laM, w