Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-11-13
General Vermont News.

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The annual report Of Pred q. Field, state
ir-ls.s.: ur 0f finance, has just made IL AZ
gt.I.arauce. The aggregate deposits ui the
swings Institutions Is s32. lsO,it1-.- which
l. an Increase for the year uf -l,l6i.i'Hi1,
ami flr two ycars ending June $50, $3.50, "l
Cd aui. Ss7.42. This amount h deposited 10y
las 81 drpusitors, an increase in number Tor
tue year u .. 1gj.and an increase Tor the Two
YEAR ending June 30. 1850. Of lO.ui- The
5,HUt,,.r Of d.po-it.r- who arr residents Of
thi- state is N. ls4. an increase Ia one year
ut 4.b>2. aud an Increase Ia two years "i
HInl The depOsit0r- resident lu this state
have deposits of 80. ts6. Jnl.o3. an inrrr'.s"
iu one wear OF = ,l1s. SIS. 80 ami an Increase
in the two past years of ca,i6'.ta'.lH mere
are 1906 nonresident drpp~it"'s an IN
crease of I. ll3 during the year and an an
crease Of .g3s for the two past y-ar,. TIE
nonresident dero-iturs have deposits
amuunting,tu 1854, i37!5J. an increa-" ma
one wear Of >5ss jl2.j5 an inrrra~" IN two
years of II 036,O iN.2i.. In IN" last ""
years the deposits ui residents Ol TINS
state have increased about ii % per
cent. aud the deposits oi non-rr-idehlS
about ~ Ia per cent. hr average amount
of deposits 10 each drpu~iiur l. -3il.4'. a de-
crease in average amount of rn.iO forty
cents for thu, wear The average amount
To- the credit OF resident dcpusitur- b. --Hi.0'.
and to nonresident -4i.2I, showing an aver
aye OF $500 more 10 nonresident thah I"
resident depositors. There are All OF ~"
= 500 class Of depOsiturs. who had I" Their
credit June 80 1896, II, So ,sD.99, ah average
t. each of @2.03l.s9.
About 80 members Of the Fourth Vernon;
regiment met at Montpelier aud the follow
ing officers were elected: President. II. W.
Il. J. Coirey. Bennington; executive commit
tee, general C. {. hin-man, lieutenant
Joseph Needham, and sergeant j. Il. Cove,
all Of Rutland. The next meeting VIII he
held at Rutland.
The barns ON Homer Brown farm in Ma
Guam were burned with all the farm prod
uce The live stock and most OF the tools
and wagons We're saved. The house was
saved by the hard work of the neigEhors.
The Tire started IN some unknown manner
in the COW barn. shortly after milking. In"
property was insured in the Union Mutual
OF Montpelier in ii. \. Burt Jr. $ agency.
Mr.. Brown was at Alhurg.
Explorations have resulted in finding the
old military road near Hubhariton uud the
bridge over which colonel seth Warner
crossed the river or gorge leading To the
battle-ground on July g. l77I. II L. near the
residence of Allen Palmer in ta-'lrtuu, aud
Mr.. Spencer in Ira. the town line running
between the two nearby residences. IN that
part of Castlrton known ~ 'Erigu. The
stone ahutmcnts and the logs are somewhat
decayed after lying l25 years embedded 10
the soil. Mr. Palmer. vino died several
years ago, was familiar with the Old road,
which ran IN and out over tho fields. 4
surveyor made several excursions over the
route. The spot will bee appropriately marked
the coming spring.
Frank H. Whitney. "A travelling man, was
being driven from Bennington o. Powuai
recently. when he felt "a sharp pain la his
hand, and immediately heard tur report of
a revolver Some one was hunting ia ia,
woods near by and had rarrlc,-ly shot
toward the road The bullet merely grdIed
his hand and did no Serious damage.
Frank Gammrl of Rockingham had hi-
hand badly mangicd by the discharg" ul u
cartridge, however the hand will be sawed.
ana was not amputateh IA AZ Inst reported,
1t seems that Mr.. Gamm,Il had cartridge
ia a hrcrch-loadng gun which refused o. 20
of ii the proper time. lie dropped the
hrrech of the gun and began digging the
zap from the rartaidgc with section OBJ a
moving machine -eythe when "a discharge
took place in the wrong direction and the
section Of the srythe was blown into the
/ hand.
. Harvey Noe, Felix Pmdhomme. f. No
/ Mahon, G. FrauZuni and +. Bertagun bows
/ from II To 10 years old, while in the woods
back Of the Catholic church at Proctor,
/ found under stone which was rolled ac-
( rtdrntally from it, place. a tin box contain
/ ing -l2 in silver ami bills The money must
/ have been hidden there for some time rs it,
/ appearance showed. \ division was soon
made Of the So hut after awhile the boys
! concluded 10 give up the money t. deputy
sheriff StartuP, with the idea that he shoUm
! take proper steps to hind tn" owner for IT, II
no owner turns up within 10 days,the money
/ according 10 the statutes il to be turned
/ into the town treasury
James +. Cooley of North Chittcnden has
I a desk and bookcase in his house which be-
/ longed to his great-grandfathrr Benjamin
! Cooley, who was the first town clerk ul
| Plttstord The first records of the town
! were kept in this desk. They were called
| proprietors records and were kent hv cap
/ tam Cooley in III. which is the date marked
| IN metallic letters on the lid of the desk Mr.
/ Cooley has taken the best If care OF this val
liable relic Of the early history of the town.
Ari Lee, an old man living in stamford,
/ went out one day last week to repair a fence,
and was found in the pasture some hours
later, bruised and unconscious. He. never
! recovered consciousness and died that NIGHT
from the effects OF his injuries. 1t Is sun
posed that he fell or was attacked nv IA vic
ious buck which Is kept in the pasture.
Harry Miller Of Dummerston, has an old
| fashioned brass clock which has run stpali-
ly and kept accurate time 100 years II be-
longs to his grandfather. and was set nm
ming October 70, 1886, the day of the birth
| OF Susan Miller, who became the wife of the,
late Asa Knight.
The Allen Thompson property in Wood
stock has been bought by the +. Billings
estate for $500 Mr.. Billings tried to buy
this property several times but could not.
1t consists of II stone grtSt mill. out Of use
for some years, cottage house and two
acres of land
Thomas Jefferson Slayton. the. oldest citi
zen of the town of Woodstock died. lie
was in his 92nd year. lie had fail on the
concrete walk while going out Of the public
library some days ago. lie did not regain
consciousness, although no bones we're
broken
Larkin q. Mead the famous sculptor and
son of Brattleboro, but for nearly so years
past in Italy, will visit in this country next
year.