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BENNINGTON, July 81. \ sensation DC
CURED here yesterday growing out Of the
testimony now being taken in the village
election cases. NJ. b. Morgan, de factC
clerk and trustee, in behalf of his brother
in-law. ). T. Harris, stated that the de-
PENDANTS were paying their expenses
in these suits in village orders
and that they have been signed by Dr. Ben
nett, Charles Hawks, Frank Cromack and
himself Six orders signed by four of the trus-
tees above named were signed on Tuesday
Morgan refused TO answer any further ques-
tons rs to the amount of the orders issued and
to whom payable This causes profound
establishment in this community and raises
| grave fears as to the future liabilities of Ben
nington village from these illegal issues of
orders, if such course is persisted in.
TIE BENNINGTON TPoVPIFs
| BENNINGTON, Vt, July aa-This morning
an injunction, issued by Judge Dmton of the
supreme court, was served on Geo. F. Graves.
restraining him from paying or promising
to pay from out of the village funds any
orders or other obligations If said village,
made, issued, transferred or circulated for
the purpose of paying any expenses connect
ed with the quo warTantp proceedings now
pending in favor Of the State of Vermont vs.
Samuel Harris, Merritt B. Morgan and Rob
ert W. Bennett, and others, respectively.
! The people are aroused and nothing will he
ieft unioSe 10 bring the guilty parties to
punishment The amount Of fraudulent
issues of village orders is not yet known.
srRaLARlors WoEF At CHESTER.
CHESTER, Vt, July s5.-Tne Central Yer
mont railroad depot was broken into this
morning, about l O'Clock An attempt was
made to blow open the safe Of the United
States and Canada Express Company. The
safe was moved fran the Office to the gents
room and placed in a position la he taken
out doors Three suspicious persons who
were about town yesterday are doubtless the
parties who robbed the safe In the depot at
Brattleboro Monday night. The thieves
were frightened away.
IN GENERAL
ID. ID. Middlebrook of Ferrisburgh. now
in the 18th year of his age, moved with a
machine and span of four-year old colts,
seven and three-fourths acres of grass on the
farm where he was born.
1t is reported that Judge Ross has trans
ferred all the cases in the Portland and Og-
densburg Railroad litigation hitherto brought
before him to Judge Powers, and a very
wise thing for him to do. lie is or has been
too closely connected with the road as a
stakeholder and officer 10 avoid scandal in
attempting to adjudicate between the parties
to the SUITS Woodstock Standard
Thirteen Years ago Roxa Gould of East
Barre became insane and was taken to Brat
tleboro where she remained until last March,
when she was so much recovered as TO be re-
turned. She has not spoken aloud for six
years until about three weeks ago, when she
was very i'll one day, and during her illness
she talked and conversed all right, hut as
soon as she recovered her speech left her
again, and she has not spoken a word since.
Jerry Sullivan and James Welsh, two
tramps, have been bound over in $500 for
breaking into the postofice and store of
George W. Foster, at Cuttingsville, Sunday
night. knifes, suspenders and other articles
were taken from the store and 81 from a
registered letter in the postofiice. Some of
the goods taken from the store were found
in their possession.
Eugene Danforth of Wolcott, in Jail at
Montpelier for bigamy, attempted to commit
suicide the other day by cutting his arm with
n razor. After bleeding about three pints,
he tainted, and physician was called and the
razor secured.
Robert Skelley, who lived ON the Fairfax
road, about a mile out of st. Adams, had
horse, harness and buggy stolen from his
barn, last Thursday night.
A tax of ten cents on a dollar has been as
sessed on the ratable estate of Essex county,
for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in
the treasury of that county.
Bennington is making preparations for the
celebration of the 102d anniversary of the
battle of Bennington.
The eth of October, 1879, will be the one
lNlndredth anniversary of the granting of the |
town of Benson, in Rutland county.
Frank L. Magoon, son of Rev f L. Ma
COON, ID. D., the distinguished clergyman of !
Philadelphia, died at Rutland on Tuesday of |
aged p.
DR.. Stokes of st. Johnsbury, the alleged |
ibortionist, has been bailed in : 900.
The Free viii Baptist Society at St Johns
bury have the full amount of their indebted
700-pledged.
Over two thousand dollars has been sub
'cribed TO build Il church at Bridgcwater.
As Willie Major. of Jamaica, II boy Of -
gears of age, WAS returning from North
WardshOrp to his home in West Jamaica
ew days ago he was shot at by some mis-
reant concealed in the woods near the
Austin White pasture. Fortunately for him
he shot took effect in the neck OF the horse
le was driving. \ man was seen proving
round there during the afternoon.