New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-01-31
PMinOiMe News
INCREASE IN GRAND
list OF Sl9,772
Total Valuation OIL Property In
PlaiuYille Amounts 10 S4,Ss2,Y2i
BOOTH -GEETERSLOTH

Seek Man Who Tiei Horse In Weeds
sunday school Entertainment
Episcopal Church Notes-Piain,ille
briefs.
The grand list for Plainville. as
compiled by the board OF assessors.
shows an increase in property SaIua-
ton OF sifs,fss over that OF last
year. The total property valuation
amounts TO st,ss2.72l,
Some OF the important items as
taken from the abstract furnished by
Assessor Williams. give the following
totals: Dwellings. ti,62s.63b: lots.
tss7.iai: theaters. shops. hotels.
banks. etc. s?s0.t7t. mills and fac
tories. ssl3,96?. unimproved lands.
ti5o.63s: horses. $685.; cattle. Sii.-
GAS. sheep. swine or other animals.
$685.: motor vehicles. sits.575;
merchandise. Including stocks OF fac
tories and stores. si5e.9s5.
The total exemptions from taxation
for the post year amounts 10 s42.is5.
and the total OF the ten per cent In
crease for failure TO put In lists OF
valuation and property amounts TO
s?o.sSi.
Last years tax rate was 20 mills
and at this rate. the present grand
list viii not cover the budget for the
coming year. The total amount of
taxes which the town will receive al
the rate OF 90 mills for the coming
year amounts to only ss7,954. while
the budget as prepared for expendi-
lures amounts 10 about $4,000. To
raise this sum to cover all expenses.
II will be necessary TO levy rate OF
% mills. This will not be definitely
settled until a town meeting is held.
Board OF Relief.
The figures as given above are sub
ject to any changes which may be
made by the board of relief at ses-
sions the coming month. The board
will meet for the first time tomorrow
evening and 1t is expected that there
will be rush of property owners
whose holdings have been increased
in valuation, for reductions. Peti-
tions must be in the hands Of the
that action may be taken on thepA
5OOth-Gcctersloh.
Miss Giorgianna Booth. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur NJ. Booth of
Whiting street. was married to Ed
ward Geetersloh. son of Mr.. and Mrs. |
William Geetersloh of SOS Broad |
street, Hartford, at IL o'clock this
morning in the rectory of the I'm
maculate Conception church, Hart |
ford, by the Rev. NJ. Sullivan, pas
tor. They were attended by Gertrude
r. Geetersloh, sister of the groom, as
bridesmaid, and Edgar M. Fender
ollie, as best man.
The young couple left on an ex-
tended wedding tour after the cere-
mony, after which they will reside in
Plainville's most popular young wom-
Hartford. Miss Booth is one of
en-. She was employed in Hartford
before her marriage.
Seek Horses Owner.
George A. Williams, general agent
of the Connecticut Humane society,
has been called by Constable E. w.
Furrey and f. J. Smith. local repre-
Of the society, TO investi-
gate the discovery Of a light bay,
horse, strangled in the woods south
of the Moubtain View section.
The horse, from all appearances,
had been tied with a rope about its
neck to a tree. and had been left to
the mercy Of the snow and the cold. ,
1t evidently had strangled itself and
was discovered yesterday by Charles
Arnold Of East street.
MIR. Arnold. in speaking Of the case ;
This morning. stated that he was 60
ing through the Mountain View Sec
lion on his way to town and was ,
passing an isolated spot where a
number of birch trees are growing,
when he saw the horse through the ,
brush. He investigated further and ,
'ound the horse dead in the snow.
rhe condition of the trees and the
brush about the spot showed that the ,
animal had made frantic efforts to 9
rec himself, and in so doing had
ightened the rope about his neck and
trangled himself. a
The horse is light bay and APP i
Years to have weighed about loo \
=
white spot on it's forehead. The &
of its hoofs showed that 1t
lad been shod only short time ago.
Mr.. williams stated that the so
iety would offer n substantial re-
Yard for the detection of any infor- !
nation leading to the culprit. Up to
oday. no trace of the owner could
e found and many conjectures have
cen offered for the solution of the "
MYSTERY. The one most prevalent is
hat the horse had been stolen, be- d
ause from all appearances, it Vls q
OF crippled in any way.
Many local people, incensed at evil q
ence of such cruelty were preparing II
} visit the spot today. 1t is stu IN
ted about one mile south of Noun n
in View in patch of ground COW
red by thick growth OF birch
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