The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-01
STATE NEWS.


quarters of the army at Columbus. o.
the commissioned officers of the First
Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, which
comprises the Cantons No. of Burling.
ton, No. A of Bennington, No. of Brat.
tleboro. and No. 6 of Rutland of the frs
battalion, and Nos. 2 and of st. Johns
bury of the second battalion, met at the
Odd Fellows Hall in Burlington, July
25, for the election of battalion and field
officers for the First Regiment of Yer
mont. The election was under the di,
rection of Capt. ]. w. Goodell, A A. G..
and the following-named officers were
chosen N. NJ. Puffer of Bennington,
lieutenant colonel l.. G.. Grant, Bur.
linston, major of first battalion o H
Henderson, st. Johnsbury, major of sec.
oud battalion. Major Grant has appoint,
ed H. w. Hall of Burlington adjutant
and E S. Harris, quartermastcr sergeant
of the first battalion.
A party of gentlemen consisting OF
Ezra Brainerd, President of Middlebury
College, Vermont; Governor Stewart,
Prof. Steeley and Prof. Eaton OF Middle
bury, Prof. Higley of Groton, Mass. and
Prof. Kellogg of the Brooklyn Polyterh-
mic Institute, who baye been on geolo-
gical excursion for the past two weeks
IN their sailing yacht Diadem. on VAL
cour and Providence Islands and the
south end of South Hero, have made a
number of discoveries. New fossils
were found and some important discov-
cries made as regard the relative posi- =
lion of the strata Of the Chazy calcar-
ferrous rocks. The party went into
camp for time at Knights Island, near
Plattsburgh on Saturday.
The Rutland Telegram says Vermont
has the smallest town in the United
States. 1t is Baltimore, percbed on the
side of Hawke Mountain, and is COM
posed mostly of rocks and knobs. Years
ago it was part of Cayendish, situated
on the other side of the mountain, but
voters had to 60 Is miles to cast their
ballots so a petition was circulated and
the town Of Baltimore was set of good
many years ago. The population in 1880
was 70, and there were not enough voters
to fill the town offices. The voting list
numbers scarcely dozen, and there are
90 offices to fill.
Arrangements have not yet been COM
pleted for the Goth annual excursion OF
the Vermont Press Association, but it is
expected that Saranac Lake, in the Adj
rondacks will be the objective point, the
party leaving Burlington on Thursday.
August Is, by steamer, for PlattsbuEgh,
from which point the trip to the lake
and return will be made by special trains
The annual business meeting will be held
at a convenient time during the excur.
sion, TO be named by the exuctive COM
mittee.
States Attorney A. E. Cud worth Of
South Londonderry was in Arattleboro
Tuesday, and summoned G. E. Sherman,
proprietor Of the American House. be-
fore him on the charge of illegal liquor
selling. Sherman plead guilty to 40 first
offences, and was fined $500 and costs.
Mr.. Sherman was formerly of the Ches-
hire House, Keene, N. H., and ia a vely
popular hotel man, keeping the house in
as orderly condition as ever before.
Prof. W. z. Ranger, principal of the
Lyndon institute and Miss Mabel G. Be-
mis-, daughter Of the late Ira w. Bemis,
for many years conductor on the Pas
sumpsic railroad, we're married at Lyn.
doDville July 30th, Rev. j. C. BodwelI
performing the ceremony. Only the
near relatives were present. They left
on the afternoon train for Montreal, and
willmake quite an extended trip through
Canada.
Charles S. Crystler, the Independence,
Mo-, lawyer, charged with being a de-
faulter to the amount of $50, 900, arrived
at Middlebury from Washington, Tues
day morning and is at his father-in- law's
in the adjoining town Of Weybridge.
The granite and syenite quarries at
Ascutney, are attracting considerable
attention. 1t is likely that some impor
tant work will be done there soon. The
stone ia pronounced by experts to be the
finest In New England.
Rev. E. w. Culver Methodist Presid
ing Elder OF st. Adams district, has
resigned on account Of poor health, and
will go West. ReY. w. u. Malcolm has
been apo nted to fill out the unexpired
term.
Boston parties who have bought the
Severance quarry, mill and machinery
at MIddlebury, have opened and devel-
oped the ledge, and will manufacture
into lime the stone not fit to be sawn.
Miss Grace Denison Of Nashua, N. H.,
has bequesthed one-balf of her peFsonsl
property to the Congregational Church
in Chelsea. It is said toamount to near
ly $4,000.
Editor l.. o. Greene of Woodstock,
state inspector OF finance. has returned
from an extended business trip to the
west, having travelled about 5000 miles.
The two-year-old daughter Of Charles
Silver. a Calais farmer, ia reported to
have slept for more than 100 consecutive
hours. The case puzzles physicians.
Joseph Monty lie said to have run away
from Waterbury with Mas Mundy, a u
year old girl, leaving q wife aud five
small children,
The North Pownal Manufacturing Co.,
which has at present II 900 spindles, hal
increased stree Jan. LIST, 1888, nearly 40(
cuts per week.
Large amounts Of local wool oontinu,
TO be absorbed by the Winooski wooler
mills and the Troy market.
Survevora have commanded ,yo,l, ~,