The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-02-14
STATE NEWS,

The General Assembly at its session IL
1888, assessed a state tax of twenty cent
on the dollar of the grand list for tn
year 1889. The State Treasurer has jus
issued circular calling the attention q
the proper town officers to this matte
before The time for the annual tow
meeting that provision may be made FOL
its payment at that time, by including
10 the amount raised for town expenses
enough to cover the state tax, thereby
saving the trouble and expense Of asses
sing and collecting a special tax.
| Governor d bingham has issued an
order granting permission 10 military
! organic atoms of other states to pass
| through the State of Vermont en- route
and returning from the Presidential in
auRuration at Washington and the
centennial celebration of the inaugura
ton of Washington in New York.
The War Department has detailed
First Lieut.. Peter LeaIy of the Fourth
United States Artillery and First Lieut..
r. w. HOyt of the Eleventh United
States infantry as military instructor at
the next Officers School of the National
Guard of Vermont. TO be held at Mont
peier Feb 90 and 81,
H. A. WinshIp of Brandon has recent
ly placed in his store fine specimen
of mounted game, making piece five
feet long. II represents a fox in the
act of catching a partridge. The fox
is n very rare specimen, being d cross
grey and was shot by Col D K.Andross.
The Bellows Falls merchants are ar
ranging for "A market day. every Wednes-
day. Petitions have been circulated
asking the Central Vermont, Vermont
Valley and Sullivan railroads for hslf
fare rates
S., Adams letter carriers delivered 90
O45 letters, 6J6S postal cards and IL 594
papers in January, maklnga toCal OF A.
744 pieces of mail matter delivered b.
them during their first month of sci vice.
Col. w Seward Webb of New York
has recently purchased five additional
farms in Shelburn for 100000, making
an estate of some 5000 acres now owned
by him in that town.
The Postoffice Department have es-
tabished a postotiice at the Canadian
line, near Canaan. 1t is called Beecher
Fall and Amasa McGaffy Is appointed
postmaster,aa
Officisls of the Central Vermont Ril |
roads have been at Hartford to select
site for Zig ice house whiGh the com
pany intend TO bui d, to hold 1000 cords. |
State Treasurer Dubois has borrowed |
$50 900 in Boston for the State of Yer
mont uut Sept. |. 1889. at the low rate |
Of interest Of 8 per cent per annum.
The Green Mountain Fish Hatchery
at Fair Haven has 300 600 trout eggs il |
process OF Incubation, 100000 of which |
are for the State Fish Commits Dners.
The Vermont Farm Machine Company
Of b FLOWS Falls are building mode
creamery TO be exhibited At the coming
Paris Exposition,
Mr., Drawn Rider Of Nj ldlebury hat
sold his famous lrolt'r. MembrinC
Archie, TO South American parties for
s1S, 600
The Estey Gu I'd ard Fuller B.tterS
If BrsttleborO have issued 900 invita-
ions to their annual bali, to be giver
Feb, Is.
The stock holders of the Windsor Ma
,hine Company have voted to increas,
he capital stock from $50, 900 to $50, 600
A census recently taken shows there
ire 1864 inha 0itants in the Village
school District in Montpelier.
There were 100 dAaths in s.. Abant
n 1888, which Is a death rate of 10 fol
'ach thousand inhataIt,.
A train OF 20 cars Of hay from Min
lesO'a recently passed though N wpor
or the BD, ton mark,t.
A Tariff R-forni L-agu,, has ht en- o.
,ariz ID n Bra,rltb 70 With l. S Brig
lam as President.
The w, r, g, of UndprhiIl will fur
list room in the soldiers H me a,
Bennington.
Middlebury ard Burlington are to BE-
Connected bv telephone the coming
pring.
Between 40 and 50 tickets in the Lou
sian lottery are sold in Island Pond each
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Dldley Hol5rook have
ust celebrated their golden wedding.
Montpelier mail carriers handled 40
70 pieces of mail matter in January.
The graduating class of 80 of the Bur
Ington High School numbers IS.
Burlington expended nearly $4,000
n its streets last year,
The DInville Moth Star has entered
pom its 81 h year.
There were % deaths in Braltleblro'
ist y ar.
Pttsford had 81 deaths in 1883.