Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-11-19
General Vermont News.

rd line will make continuous line from the
terminus Of the present line of the HOo-irk
railway company in the village uf liuUSick
Falls and-th village of Bennington. in the
state OF Vermont. and continuing the line
from Nalloomsac, the present terminus Of
IN" HOo~ir6 railway company To the village
oi Bennington sixteen miles. The name Of
the new company i TO br tine Bennington
K HoosIcK Valley Railway Company,
and the directors will number seven.
with a president. yice-president. treasurer
and secretary. The number Of shares will
b" 1909 OF the par value Of 800 each. that
being the combined capital of the two CON
-Olidating corporations. the capital of the
Hoosick Railway company being 100000 and
that Of the Bennington Electric Railroad
company being 100000. The directors Of
the new company for the first year are George
Greene of Hoo~rk Falls. &C. Moses of Bath
Me-. l.. l.. Bates and I.E. Gibson of Benning-
ton. Joseph Buckley. W. VI. Holmes. Levi Il.
Murden and q. +. Rising of Hoo,ick Falls
and William G. Geer of Troy.
Reports received by Commissioner Tit
comb from the different sections of the state
| show the number Of deer killed during the
open season, which included the month Of
October. 10 be as follows: StHrksbOrO,
Ninhall, 3; Woodford. i: Manchester, l.
Readsboro. Burke. 3 Kirby. Groton
Bolton, Huntington. / Brighton. /:
canaan, ] ; CRANKY. !: : Victory, , Concord.
! Franklin, Cambridge . Orange l
Holland |: Morgan. >: Newport | . Shreyys-
bury, = thitteuden. > Mount Holly /:
Sherhurne, 3 Mount Taber. l: Clarendon.
4 Mrndou. /. brandon NIiddlesev
4: jamaica. ?: Stratton. 2: Rocking
ham. Weston. |; Brid..water /.
Plymouth. y: Rovalton. 1: Barnard. ,.
Springtir.d ]: Storkhridgr l. This makes n
total "fHl for the whole state thus far heard
from. ltis probable that further reports
will put the figure up To an even 100. In Il
cases the weights are reported. and these
run from 100 to 325 bounds. Six Of the deer
weighed 24O or over. Meudon reports the
capture alive of a fine buck three Years old
and wants TO know what to DO with him.
/ one writer adds to his report that 1t was
a shameful thing for the Legislature to sue
'nmb t. the unholy cIauor for an open
season
H. H. jacob, Stouecutter. emploved ON
the capitol at Albany. was arrested hy de-
tectiyr~ from Vermont on the ground that he
had violated the liQuor law OF this state He
was taken frem New York state without re-
QUESTION and combinations NAV follow.
Judge Joyce. pardon clerk of the governor.
said This is an uncommon thino
il it be true. for Vermont officials to do, RE
punishment in Vermont for violations of the
excise law are so frightfulIy excessive thar
governors of various states may naturally
hesitate in giving up a man unless the
crime is a very serious one. knowing this
they send officers with instructions fo yat
men without extradition it possible. The
matter i, worthy of Interference. and if it is
found that this man was taken without his
free will the district attorney of Albany
should bring action for felony against the
men VINO TOOK him. Ihls department will
give assistance. and am sure the governor
OF Vermont VIII honor any requlstion.
District Attorney BurllnSame said that il
charges were preferred by Jacob or his
trlenos ne would tollow them up. jacob
has been here for year, and the crime al
IeSed must nave been committed prior TO
ihdl TIME
At the last meeting of the Vermont Off
GERS Reunion society held at Bennington
the following officers were elected PreSi-
dent Col f. G. Butterfeld first yice-preS-
dent. Hugh Henry of Chester; second vice
president. y. NJ. Puter of Bennington See
retary and treasurer F. E. Smith of Mont
pelirr executive committee, L. W. Shadd
j. II. Lucia and Eli Holden Of Mont
pclier The annual BANQUET was held ut
odd Fellows g., nah. 1t was prepared
py thr heleI corps OF HlNth corps post,
ana 10 covers were lald. hnEh Henry pre-
sided ne .loaSts were responded TO as lol-
lows: vermont, Heh; 90 McCullouGh OF
N"rth bennington; Inc PRESIDENT, John
'. CarneE oi Bennington; The Ladies.
1oi'h +; laHlur OF bratlIeboro: Inc Army.
ter. Il: B IoZer OF North BehhlnSton: Our
CltlHeh HoldierE' H. l. tushmah OF North
Bennington; 'Our Society, Gen. l. G But
terneId. The meeting OF the society will be
hein AT montpelier next year.
A meeting Of the creditors of the Ely Cop
per Mine Mining company was held at Brad
ford recently. Iu Insolvency court before
Hon. 5. NJ. Gleason of Thetford, the faction
led by Robert F. .Straine of Boston was rep
resented by William J. Hutchinson of BOs-
ton and Hon. Gilbert \. Davis OF Windsor
VI, hon. W. b. Z. Stlckney OF Bethel and
|ol. John II; watson OF bradford repre-
Senleu the local creditors, while eN-GoN
hoSWeH arhham' president otthe company,
appeared ior hlihseH. Inc court appointed
Tue Ioilo"IIS 'ssiSheeS: r.: W. LarhHam OF
NerSnlfe' L. T. HeorSe OF west talrlee. W.
H. Niih'ore "l faIfiee. Inc cIalm OF MI
ntIaihe' o' nl'naSer Oh the company ol Siu,-
ooo l0r salary anu disbursements was dls-
puteu, po tue company canning au onset ol
Soo'ooo ior money uhaccouuted lor. Action
was postponed lor an investigation by the
asslsheeS'
The tenth annual report of the Expert
hleht St4tloh mas Just peeh issued from the
press. II contains ~ pages upon agrlcui-
."i"l tollcH' lhGluuldS aItlcleS upon lertl-
lHerS' pug Ieeulhs' diseases or potatoes,
aPPleS' oals ana onions NWth remedlesl,
Moo"9: lhsocts' plul!l Elowlhs' seeu Strmlna-
tion, ilut PIesetN lls' leeul1S trlals Wlh
coMs' nu'tel making, cue. Each article Is
carelully unmarried so that the glst OF the
soluue Is puileu uomh INTO stlal! compass
lol INC "uSs leouel' Ahc icPort Will pe sent
l MIthout TnatSe W any vermont address
upon apPllca'lon; Dack issues VIII likewise
Vermont mailino Lief far f,itnrs nubifioations
nnon request noStaI nard a1drasSed t|'
the Tynarimep+ Statior Rnriint,ton stotin,.
desires, is suffcient. 0'''''''7