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Northumberland u. A. Woodbury.
is the largest individual taxpayer in Bur-
lngton, being assessed on SS7 900.
The autopsy on the remains of Prnci-
pal Bingham of the Brattleboro High
school showed that he died of cancer of
the liver.
States Attorney Bisbee of Barre was
thrown from buggy at Williamstown
gulf Tuesday night and, it is feared, is
fatally injured.
A new signal service station is to be
established July at the summit of Mt.
Killington, 1900 feet above the sea level,
10 miles from Rutland
The annual meeting of the real and
wholesale marble dealers of New Eng
land and the British Provinces will be
held at Rutland, July "a.
Major A. p. Childs of Springfield,
Mass. has recently completed hand
some summer residence in Bennington,
and has removed thence for the season.
Bennington has the oldest church soci-
ETY. in the State and the church at New
bury was second. Both are Congrega.
tional and were organized in December,
1852, and 1854, respectively.
John WEIGH. an employee at the Yer
mont Marble Company's mills at West
Rutland, was crushed in the side Friday
morning by a large marble block. He
was hurt internally, and it is feared that
the result will be fatal.
The first annual field day of the Patri-
archs Militant division eof Vermont was
held at Rutland on Tuesday aud Wednes-
day. Many members of the order at
tended. They paraded the streets on
Tuesday, making fine show.
Lucian Hewitt, ~ years old, was driv-
ing team attached to drag at Brattle-
boro, the other day, when a thunder
storm came lp, frightening the horses.
They ran and a tooth of the drag hit Hunt
in the abdomen, making an ugly wound.
He died of lock-iaw week after.
Mrs. Abigail Fletcher of Springfield,
died last week aged l0l. She was pen
sioner of the revolutionary war. There
are three other pensioners of that war in
this State. There are nine of the war of
1872, who were actual participants in the
war. besides about 80 widows who are
also pensioned.
a Barre dispatch of Friday says; IL.
E. Robinson, student at Tufts college,
came to Williamstown June | and was
taken sick on the way with supposed
rheumatic fever. Today council of
physicians announced it to be case of
smallpox. A large number of people
have been caring for him, and they nat
urally feel paricky.
The rumors in regard to the sale of the
Ripley marble property at Center Rut-
land to the Vermont Marble company, of
which Secretary of War Proctor is presi-
dent, were finally confirmed Friday, by a
formal transfer of the property. The re-
ported price was $3.50, 900, which includes
all marble property on the site of the
late burned mills, the tenement-houses
and old homestead of the late William Y.
Ripley The Vermont Marble company
will at once erect a 30-gang marble mill.
and employ 100 men, in addition to those
already employed at the extensive Proc
tor plant.
The monument erected at Burlington
to the memory of Gen. Stannard, which
was unveiled yesterday with imposing
ceremonies, cost $1,000, $1,000 of which
was raised by the Gen. Stannard Grand
Army post of Burlington. $500 by Other
Grand Army posts and $500 by State APP
preparation. 1t is of Barre granite. The
base is five feet square and shaft of l.
teet is surmounted by a bronze statue
On the face of the center die is a bronze
tablet containing the names of the battles
in which Gen. Stannard participated, ant
on either side are cut the corps badges o.
the lst, 9th, 10th and 18th army corps. tt
which Gen. Stannard was attached at va
rious periods. On the reverse side of thu
shaft is a blank space which will be re
served for the names of the StannarC
family. A laurel wreath extends arounC
the shaft just above the dies. just below
the front die on the plnth is the name
Stannard in raised and polished blocl
letters. six inches high.