Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-02-12
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49, ttttsl1St 49, s-Nus ~ ~-u@ 80 1919
Col Stephen p. Jcctlyu Of the
Uaited States army has been visiting
his sisters in carton. He will return
soon to the Philippines.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
reported to the house Monday carries
b appropriation of Sl45,OOO for the
F deral building at Burlington.
Arthur Mossey, IS, was arrested 10
Burlington Saturday, charged with
8 ealing about s25 from clothing left
in the gymnasium by other boys.
Commissioners Coke, Sanford and
Griffith, appointed to appraise the laod
damages against the Manchester, Dor
set & Granville railway, allowed G. R.
A mes 81 $50 S. M. Hawkins s4OO, NJ.
L. Marley 81, 700, tue HOLSTER estate
81. 800.
The incorporators of the Bennington
County Traction Co. met at Msnches-
ter Saturday, and went over the pro
posed route Of the electric road to Dor
set, and found conditions satisfactory.
They expect to begin work in the
spring.
w. c. Lyon of Waterbury Centre
presented at the town clerks office on
Saturday morning the heads of SO
hedgehogs, which he had captured.
He had before brought in 10, making
a total of 50 brought in for the bounty
of 30 cents each.
EphraIm II. Crane of Ludlow, edi-
tor of the Vermont Tribune, and Miss
Mary Elizabeth Mestiu of st Johns
bury we're married Thursday at noon
at the home of the brides parents in
st Johnsbury The bride was for
merly librarian at the Fletcher me-
mortal library in Ludlow.
With gold in abundance down in
Readsboro and Wilmington way, aver
aging hundreds Of pounds to the ton Of
dirt under the new process, the gold
brick market in Vermont has come to
a standstill l haven't heard Of gold
brick purchase for weeks. Burlington
Clipper
Mayor Hawley has called a special
Burlington city meeting for Thursday,
February 18th, at p. M, to consider
the renewal Of the offer Of DR. W. s.
W BIB to remove the headquarters gen
erAl Offices Of the Rutland railroad
tIere. 1t is understood that Rutland
has made a big offer to retain the
shops.
Saturday morning while Herman
Merrill was fishing in Lake Champlain
of the Panton shore, he found about
midway in the lake four YER old doe
Wing down. From indications it was
evident that the doe bad remained iu
that position the greater part OF the
nigNt, not being able to stand up on
account of the smooth condition of the
ice MIR Merrill took the animal to bis
home and has notified the proper auth.
ocitias of his singular find.
spread of typhoid fever in ST
Johnsbury, fast approaching the pro-
portions of an epidemic, is causing
no little alarm a careful investiga.
tion of the matter discloses % well de-
vyloped cases of the disease TO date,
and there are doubtless other cases in
its incipient stages, not yet reported to
tle doctors. The general consensus OF
opinion is that polluted river water,
which forms a considerable portion OF
the village supply is responsible for
most of the sickness.
"a Dandy despatch says that several
deer have been killed by lynx in tie
vicinity. Monday morning man dis
covered lynx struggling with a deer.
The lynx fed, but the deer was so
badly injured that it died. A similar
struggle was seen few days before in
another part of the town, and young
doe was found near the Heater"
which had been killed, and one leg
was eaten off. Local trappers and
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