Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-28
STATE NEWS.

W. E. Strong killed black snake
seven feet long on Saturday in Benson.
The Connecticut river has not been as
low in half century as at the present
time.
Senator Proctor and family are now at
his summer mansion at Marblehead
Neck.
1t is announced that an anarchist
society of 20 members has been formed
in Barre.
There are 40 divorce cases on the
docket of Rutland court at the Septem-
ber term.
F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, is
to erect a summer residence near White
River Junction.
Clifford Gilmore has a Manchester
hollyhock that contains IT'S buds and
blossoms and stands 12t feet from the
ground.
1t is expected that long distance tel
ephone communication will be estab-
lished with Montpelier before the ses-
sion of the Legislature.
Judge George E. Lawrence is the Re-
publican nominee for city representative
from Rutland and II, Henry Dorr Demo-
cratic. Mr.Dorr was candidate two years
ago.
Col. Aldace F. Walker, on his return
from Europe, will come to Rutland to
remove his personal effects to his
mothers residence at Amherst, Mass.
The 1st Vermont cavalry veterans will
hold their annual reunion in September
at st. Johnsbury, and the 18th Vermont
regiment veteran volunteers will hold
theirs September 25th at Londonville.
The all around reunion of the 5th Yer
mont regiment will be held on the his
toric revolutionary field at Fort Ticon-
deroga, Oct. 4th. Col. Samuel E. Burn.
ham of Rutland is President.
The new Episcopal residence at
Rock Point, Burlington, will probably
be completed for Bishop Hall in Decem-
Der. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wells gave
$500, and Frederick H. Wells, S3,500,
towards its construction.
Application will be made at the next
session of the legislature to annex the
town of Westmore to Charlestown and
Barton of Orleans county and to Newark
in Caledonia county. The population OF
Westmore is just 395.
Gen. Lewis A. Grant, once commander;
Senator Proctor, at one time major;
Judge Wheelock G. Veasey, at one time
colonel, and Lieut.. Col John R. Lewis
of Atlanta Ca, will be present at the re-
union of the 5th Vermont regiment at
old Fort Ticonderoga Oct. 4th.
The 61st annual convention of the Uni
versalists of Vermont will begin in St.
Johnsbury to-day. The ordination and
installation of Rev. Henry H. Hoyt will
take place Thursday evening. Rev. A.
G. Rogers of Washington, Rev. G. Fl.
Leonard, D. D., of Tufts college, Rev.
Geo. H. Emerson, D. D., and Prof. Stan
ford Mitchell will be present.
The number of pupils between the
ages of and s, attending Burlington
public schools in 1894 is 600; between
the ages of and IA, 1,O36; between the
ages of IA and 81, $50; making a total of
2,190, of whom ], ,191 are boys and 1,OO5
girls. The average number of days on
which schools were in session was !, ,154;
the average number of days of all public
schools, 1,726; the average attendance
per day, ,525.S; the aggregate number
of days on which the schools were in
session, 7,76S. The number of pupils
between and 2l years of age reported
in the previous yearly census was 2,15S,
there being an increase of 1856 last year,
which emphasizes the need of the new
school buildings now being erected. OF
the 2,O5S pupils in '93, 95S were girls and
100 were boys.
A lively sensation has been created in
the northeastern part of the State by the
disappearance of Frank D. Thompson,
son of Judge L. II. Thompson of the
Supreme Court of Vermont. He has
been absent from his home in Irasburg
for almost week, and his distracted
parents are unable to secure any clue as
to his whereabouts. Young Thompson
was traced from his home to Montreal
and from there to Rouse's Point but at
that place all clue was lost. For two
years past the missing young man, who
is about 10 years of age, has been attend
ing the ST. Johnsbury Academy, and he
has made creditable record both as
student and as a man. His relations
with his parents are said to have been
unusually pleasant, and there is no little
mystery connected with his disappear
ance He is known to have had only
about $40 in money, so that his funds
cannot last very long in travelling.