New Britain herald., 1916-08-09

meeting passed the resolution offered by Collector Lewis
 Lewis Report.
 Tax Collector Charles F. Lewis then presented a report of his collections rom September 1, 1915, to August 1 1916. It follows:
 Taxes Interest Liens Total
 Previous to list of 1914:
 $l,l29.23 s119.79 s12OO 1,2e1.o2
 5;5s7.5s 53, 454.a1 4.5o s.a4s.5o
 On the personal tax list of 1914 he has collected $500 and on the 1915 list, $75O. The total amount of his collections during that period was $35,420.55. The moderator suggested the report be accepted and a vote of thanks be passed to the collector. This was done, the meeting adjourned sine die and the citizens wended their way homeward, feeling the back tax question was inferred for all time, as the members of the finance board had prophesied.
 School Board Meets.
 While the citizens were in the town hall concluding the tax business the school board held it's monthly meeting in the court room, and transacted rou- tine business. At present, the drink ing fountains in the Kensington Gram mar school run all the time. This is considered extravaganza and the board decided to have automatic bub- blers installed The pupils will sim ply turn a handle and the cool spark ling water will issue forth. It was estimated they will cost approximately s3.25 apiece and six will be pur- chased.
 The resignation of Miss Adele Mur- ray, as teacher in the sixth grade of the Kensington Grammar school was accepted with regret and the secretary was instructed to forward to Miss Murray an expression of the boards appreciation of her services The following bills were ordered paid: State board of education, s23; Susan B. Dyer, s5; New Britain Con- solidated school district tuition for nine pupils at Smith school for sixty four weeks, s32 w. J. seibert, se; George H. Baldwin, coal, se17.70: c. l. Pierce, $2; Gotfred Kundrich. s5c; Edward E. Babb company s6.5O: C. M. Weldon, S2; Peckham. Little com pany, SlO; c. S. Hammond com pany, $16.67; F. w. Martin, s9 Am erican Paper Goods company, s5.4O; John Rembert, $50; Fred Hubbard, s73O.
 Lightning Franks.
 The storm of yesterday afternoon was one of the heaviest experienced in this town in some time. A bolt of lightning, presumably entering by the wire, passed through the front part of G. C. GOOdWin's house on WOrthing ton Ridge and took all the paper off the walls in the front rooms on the first and second floors. Mrs. Goodwin was in the parlor at the time, but es- capped any injury. Two COWS belonging to N. L. Beckley in Beckley, grazing under a tree, were struck and killed. East Berlin lost one of it's landmarks, when huge maple tree, which stood on Main street, just above E. W. Mill drums place was felled across the road. It required the efforts of many tOwnspeOple, line gangs of the trolley and electric light companies to remove the obstruction.
 Tension Wire Trouble.
 The storm also had no little effect on the tension wire service. Last eve- ming, about 6 o'clock, the wires near the East Berlin depot dropped and soon flames were enveloping the structure. A bucket brigade was formed and soon quenched the flames. It Is thought the wires were weakened and the strong current caused fuse to blow out
 As a result of the storms yesterday,