The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-13
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Z. Crosby & Co. have received
now light delivery automobile truck
which was put into use this morning.
regular meeting of the Woman 5
Relief corps will be held tomorrow
evening and all members are requested
to be present.
Warren c. Doolitt1e will begin to
build his new six tenement building on
Spring street next week. E. NJ. Holden
has the contract.
The ladies' aid society of the Swed
ish Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. Carl Anderson on Williams
street Thursday evening at eight
clock.
By special arrangement Bandmas-
ter Leitsinger will bring the entire
First Regiment band, including the
soloists who appeared at the muster, to
the concert to be given this evening
Workmen of the Hobrook Cabot &
Rollins corpration are engaged tday in
digging under the Central Vermont
freight house which is to be raised to
the level of the new grade of Yer
non street.
Governor Allen NJ. Fletcher has ap-
pointed Dr. w J. Aldrich Of st. Johns
bury, DR. II. ID. IIolton Of Brattleboro
and j. SutcIiffe Hill of Bellows Falls
delegates to the fourth international
congress of school hygiene to be held
in Buffalo August $50.
Rev. \. c. Van Eden, service curate
of the Church of St Mary the Virgin,
one of the most important parishes of
| New York city, will ofliciate at all of
IN ,I
| Episcopal church next Sunday. He has
a reputation as a very able and con
| Vincing speaker.
| The ladies auxiliary of the n. +. O.
=. viii serve supper to lodge members
at $50 tonight in Red Men 5 hall.
| The regular meeting at $50 will be
| followed at $50 by a public silver so
cial, the proceeds to 90 for the benefit
of sick babies and children in the New
York tenement district. A pleasing
program has been prepared.
The East Sides. who met defeat in
the ball game for the benefit of the
| high school track team, are anxious to
meet again the West Sides and declare
chat the score Will be on the other end
of the string in the next meeting. The
East Sides suggest August 23, a vacant
! Saturday afternoon at the Islnd, as
the day for second game.
c. j. Arnold of North Adams. Mass,
has a gang Of men putting the tar and
gravel roof OF. the new Boston &
Maine freight house in the railroad
yard. The office portion OF the build
ing is rapidly nearing completion and
within a week the office force of the
Boston & Maine railroad will be able
to do business in the new quarters.
The members of Company | and the
| First Regiment band, who have been
in camp at Fort Ethan Allen for a
week, will return to BrattIeboro this
4 afternoon about 430 clock on spe-
cial train. They have enjoyed good
weather during the greater part OF
their stay at camp and most of the
time has been devoted to rifle prae-
tice.
Mrs Norman Jacobs was given a sur
prise party last evening at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. O. A. Smith, - A
Washington street, it being her 59th
birthday anniversary. There were
about 20 present and an enjoyable
Ievening was spent. Refreshments of
ice cream, cake, coffee and fruit were
Iservcd Mrs. Jacobs received several
gifts
The commissioners attheir meeting
last evening voted to install a light at
the corner Of Clark and Mountain View
avenues in the Oak Grove district and
to put in a sewer on Belmont avenue
from Maple street as far as the water
company and the gas e mpany will
join in putting all of the pipes in one
trench, as a considerable amount OF
blasting must be done to dig trench
in that avenue.
John Atkinson of Western avenu.
was thrown from his bicycle Sunday
evening, breaking his iawbone in two
places He was coming down Ame>
hill from the South Pond, where h,
had been camping with a party Of
8 boys for a week, when the tire came
off his wheel He was taken to the
Mclrose hospital, but they were un
able to set the fracture there, and DR.
Hunter took him this morning TX
Springfield to consult q specialist.
Mrs. Annie NJ Richardson, Il. wifi,
l of George A. Richardson of East Dunn
merston. died at Memorial hospita
last evening at 9 o clock from con
yusions following child birth. Sh
y was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harr,
, Simonds and leaves, besides her hus
band, her parents The funeral vii
be held tomorrow at O'Clock at tn,
Dunmerston Center church and buria
= will be in that town. The body %
her baby will be buried with her.
Christie b. Crowcll Of the waite
company expects that by tomorrow tn
break in the main on lower NernoI
7 street, which has shut off the Crosb.
elevator and the White River Chat
company from fire protection, will b
:, repaired A broken valve in a pump dc
u layed proceedings several hours am
there were other unforeseen delays i
d getting down to the seat of the trouble
g but these have been overcome and, i