The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12

The Mugwump papers have answered
Mr.. Carter's argument so ably and have
shown so conclusively that the United
States actually has no case that it seems
quite superf1uous for the Behring sea ar
bitrators to go on with their hearing.
The postal note will be succeeded by
postal script. A sheet calling for amounts
from one cent to SO has been prepared
from which on the payment of one cent
the amount to be sent will be torn off
about the same as an express order.
There will be no writing on it of any
kind by the postmaster, the sender en-
doTsing the check or draft. The govern
ment guarantees its safe transportation.
SETTING type seems to be a work es-
pecially adapted to the deft fingers of a
girl, and the fact that she is earning a
comfortable competence ought to give
her dignity that demands the respect of
those with whom she comes in contact.
The actual work of picking up the type
is no harder than playing scales on the
piano, and not half so trying for the eyes
as drawn work or embroidery. 1t isn't
clean work, but is fairly paid for in
clean money.-Press and Printer.
MAY the following act, passed by
the legislature, went into effect: No
manufacturer or other person shall sell,
deliver, prepare, put up, expose or offer
for sale any lard, or any article intended
for use as lard, which contains any in
grediant but the pure fat of swine, in
any tierce bucket, pail or other vessel
or wrapper, or under any label bearing
the words, pure. refined, family, or
either of these, alone or in combination
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wrapper, or label in or under which such
article is sold, delivered, prepared, put
up or exposed for sale, bears on the top
or outer side thereof, in letters not less
than one-half inch in length and plainly
exposed to view, the words, compound
lard" A fine of not more than $50 is pro-
vided for the violations of this act.
DEPUTY SHERIFF KIDDER of Whining
ton arrested Charles E. Rice on Tuesday
near Buskirk's Bridge, New York, on a
charge of forgery. Rice is about 80
years old and is a son of Charles D. Rice
of Wilmington. During the winter the
young man and his wife visited his faith
er and by some means he got hold of his
fathers bank book and drew $50 from
the Wilmington Savings bank. The faith
er subsequently declared that he had
given no authority to his son to draw
the money and this led the bank people
to prosecute. Young Rice denies no
thing but says that his father knew all
about it and made no objection and that
he has often been in Wilmington since
he got the money and no one found any
fault with him. He seems to be a rather
simple minded man who does not realize
the position he is in. He was suffering
from sprained ankle at the time of his
arrest.-Valley News.
AMONG the wrecks of the late stormy
weather, we find the following tele-
graphed from Middlebury, under date
of May 6: San extra freight train, GO
ing north, consisting of twenty-five cars
mosCly loaded with coal. went through
the covered bridge just south of this
village at $50 o'clock Friday morning.
The engine, No. 80, i'll charge of ]. E.
O'Neil of st. Adams, came safely over
with seven cars, five of merchandise and
two of coal, and ran about ten yards be-
fore stopping. The rear truck under one
of the coal cars evidently left the track
in the bridge as all the ties are torn up
to where the train stopped. There are
nine cars of coal in the river. Two cars of
coal overturned at the north side of the
river and two cars and the caboose were
left standing at the south side. The
bridge is entirely in the river, the Roof
and sides completely enveloping the
wrecked cars. The train was in charge
.of Conductor w. A. Shannon. A wreck
train from Rutland with Superintendent
Burdett in charge of George w. Kenney
reached here at o'clock and at once be-
gan pulling out the fragments of the cars
and bridge. The debris made perfect
dam on which many venturesome people
crossed until policemen were stationed
at either end to prevent it" The Cen
trail Vermont were short of coal and had
just borrowed fifteen carloads from the
B. & R.,with the esult that nine of them
went to the bottom of Otter Creek.