The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-30

Ira Ward and wife of New Haven are
the oldest couple in Addison county. and
if they live until November 10. 1899. in
tend to celebrate their 18th wedding an
niveTsary.
Col. Stephen NJ. Pingree of Hartford,
who has been at Mary Fletcher Hospital,
Burlington, for several weeks with a
| badly broken leg, has so far recovered as
to be able to return to his home.
a deer about year old was found in
| Granville tie other day suffering from
wounds caused by jumping on barbed
wire fence. Several deer have yarded in
that vicinity this winter.
TIE first slab of marble from the East
Monkton quanies was shipped last week.
| The quarry has been opened by experts,
and has proved to be one of the best do
omile marbles without any outs.
1t is said that that the Judevine estate
has received offers of $4,000 for some
900 acres of land in the northwest corner
of Hardwick. 1t is nearly all good tim
Der land, and it is understood that the
executors now ask $40, 600
Charles Stillman, swindler. has re-
Gently swindlCd several Burlington par
ties with bogus checks purporting to be
certified by the Bank of Commerce al
Rochester N. Y. When the fraud was
discovered Stillman has left.
A log drive owned by the Connecticut
River Lumber Company and containing
10000, COO feet, is being put into the river
at Stewartstown, n. H. The logs will be
fioated down to Wells River and stopped
until the water is at the right pitch
It is expected that the coming summer
will be busy one at the port OF st. AL
bans for veterinary health officers, as il
is rumored that many thousand head Of
export cattle are to be passed at tha
point. Upwards of 500 head have already
been passed by the bureau of inspection
The rededicatory exercises of the Con
gregational church at West Randolph
came off last Friday and were well at
tended. A. b. Tewksbury presented thC
keys, and an original HYMN was contrib
uted by II. Porter Smith of Boston. TIL
pastor, Rev. V. VI. Hardy, preached tn
dedicatOry sermon.
There is big trout preserve up in Ad
Olson county, although it is not general,
known. Col. TN. Chapman and Josepi
= Battell of Middlebury own several hun
dred acres of land in Ripton, near Brea
Loaf Inn, in which no fishing is allowed
and where the numerous mountai
brooks swarm with trout. The schem
was started only four OF five years ago.
States Attorney w. w. Stickney {
Windsor county returned Saturday froI
Washington, where he argued the Robel
Triton hdbcdS corpus case before the flu
bench in the United States Suprem
court and secured a dismissal of the p,
tition. Fitton is now in Jail at WoOC
stock for contempt of court in disObe,
ing Judge Rowell's or1er in the divorC
suit brought by his wife.
The Fail Mountain Paper Company {
Bellows Falls has acquired about on,
third of the entire acreage Of the town {
Granville, and will cut off the timber fC
pulp stock. The timber will come dow
White River 1t will be remembers
that the company got bill through I'll
last Legislature to improve the cham,
at the company's expense. The purchas
of timber land on that river and its tril
, ut1ries will follow as n matter of cOurs
, Through the efforts of the Ladies' All
, Society, tho interior of the Christia
: church ut Lincoln has been thorough
remodelled and repainted. Sheriff Clar
has presented the church a valuable o
gan, and Others have given liberal sun
n for improving the grounds. A conc +
intended as welcome to the new paste
Rev. Mr.. West, was held last Sunday,
which there was an address by EnOs ]
Hoag, the aged Sunday school and ten
perancC worker.