The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-23
Rutland.

Hon. George w. Harman of Benning-
ton, was in town on Monday.--A cur
rent rumor prevails which is apparently
well founded, that the Vermont Marble
Company of which Senator Proctor is
the head, has purchased or leased the
property, quarry, mills, etc, of the Shell
don Marble Company of which Col. P.
w. Clement has been the recent promo
ter. This consolidates the two largest
Marble interests in the world The
Rutland Old ladies Home has three aged
women as permanent inmates. Such an
institution should be among the charitie
of every large town.--The remains O.
John Henry Hodges, who died at the
Wrangham Hotel, London, England,
September 9th, arrived Monday after
noon and were sepulchered in the family
lot at Evergreen Cemetery with the COM
initial service of the Protestant Episco-
pal church. He was son of Major Geo.
T. Hodges, member of Congress and for
many years president of the old State
bank of Rutland. The deceased was
born in Rutland in 1888; graduated at
Trinity College in 1858, and was bank
er for many years in New York city. He
was arSexpert judge of paintings and his
name was as well known to artists in
Europe as in America. He was a gentle
man of independent wealth and went to
Europe several years ago and his love of
art led him to become partner in the
celebrated art firm of Reichard & Co., of
London. A brother and three sisters
survive him. He was unmarried. On
the first cable of of his illness an unmar-
ried sister sailed for London, but he died
while she was in mid ocean, and she re-
turned with the remains to rest with his
ncestors.--Joel B. Harris, the head of
the Harris Manufacturing Company, died
on Monday of apoplexy. He was at
tackled aboard of the cars while coming
from Springfield to Rutland, on Friday
last-and never became conscious after
stricken. He was brought through on
the same train. The deceased was born
in Sterling, Conn, Nov. 5, 1922. He en-
lered the Rensselaer, Polytechnic insti-
tute in 1910 and was graduated in civil
engineering. He followed his profession
from 1912 to 1853, and did the grading,
the masonry, the building and track lay
ing on the New York, New Haven and
Springfield railroad, the Boston and Al
bany, Harlem and other roads. In 1860
he came to Rutland, and for twenty-five
years was connected with the Rutland
Foundry Company, which manufactured
car wheels. In 1882 the business was re-
organized as the Harris Manufacturing
Company with Mr.. Harris as president.
He was also president of the Springfield
Foundry Company of Springfield, Mass.
The Rutland county court having
adjourned on Friday, the liquor dealers
stocked up, and on Saturday opened
their places in full bloom, expecting that
quiet would reign at least for a time
but States Attorney Preston arrived in
town about 10 o'clock and before noon
the sheriff and four deputies were busily
at work going from one place to another
raiding the premises and securing guam
titles of liquor. Seizures were made at
the Berwick House, The Brunswick, o.
T. Canes Costensible drug store, and
several other places. The liquor dealers
were greatly excited. One alleged that
he had paid $1,000 at the term of the
county court. 1t was evidently quite an
unexpected call. The fines assessed by
county court reached nearly if not quite
$4,000, with several sentences to the
House of Correction. On Monday they
were arraigned and fined considerable
sums and took the usual appeal. Rum
ran rampant on Sunday, drunken row
occurred and the participants, with sew
eral Others, were arrested for intoxica-
ton. A row also occurred at Proctor.
Some fifteen persons were fined Monday
for breach Of the peace and intoxication,
amounting to upwards of 5000. What
would have been the result of Sunday
drinking under license law, can be
! readily conceived. That the Prohibitory