Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-03-12
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Ralph Dow, 49, son of VIM Dow Of
Burlington was drowned Tuesday
afternoon, when he skated through an
air hole on Lake Champlain.
Frank Dillingham; of California
brother of Senator w. p. Dillingham;,
has been renominated as consul gem
eral at Auckland, New Zealand
James L. McGurk has opened bar
Der shop at 424 Main-st, the building
formerly Smiths meat market and has
it equipped thoroughly up to date.
DR. w. H. Vincent who represented
Orwell in the legislature last fall died
last Friday from pneumonia, aged ~
years. His wife died six weeks ago.
Isaac w. Sanborn, 10, died in Lyn-
donyille February 2G, He was an ex-
tensive farmer, and was president Of
the Lyndon savings bank, treasurer
and trustee of the Lyndon institute,
and town clerk and treasurer of Lyn-
don Al consecutive years.
Henry Wands, teamster for Keyes
& Co., in Rutland was caught between
his team and the side of a building
last week and in one part of the spinal
column the vertebrae were forced two
inches apart. His limbs were not
paralyzed and it is thought that he
may recover after several months.
DR. w. r. Hardness, a prominent
young Montpelier physician, was ar
rested there last Saturday charged
with forging Endorsements to note
on which he secured $1,000 at the Capt.
tai Savings bank. He confessed the
crime. He had creditors who were
pressing him and did it TO raise mon
ey.
Chas Walker, 30, brakeman, fell
between the cars OF freight train near
the Summit Thursday afternoon and
the wheels passed over both legs, cut
ting of one at the knee and severing
the foot on the other leg. He was TAX
en- to the home OF his mother in Barton
Landing, where his death took place
Friday,
w. d. Kendrew has been held for
the grand jury in Chittenden county
in 81, 900 bail on the charge Of arson.
He was a clerk in A. e. Pages store
which was burded in Williston. It is
alleged that he set fire 70 the store in
order to obtain $3.50, which was put in
secret drawer, and it is claimed that
he was flush with money just after the
fire.
Thousands OF muskrats have been
killed on the frozen marshes near
Swanton this winter They have been
caught by dogs while sea: ching for
food away from their little grass
houses. Many more have been killed
with pointed iron rods, which have
been thrust into their houses, pinning
down the rats, the hunters then tear
ing away the houses.
A clerk in J. X. Lyude's store IN
Williamstown took a check for 1924
signed by r. H. Slack, giving 800 in
cash and the remainder in goods.
When the check was presented at the
| Randolph bank it was declared a
forgery. Arthur Luck of East Ran
dolph admits cashing the check, but
denies any forgery. Luck has been
taken to Williamstown for a hearing
The same game was worked in Ran
dolph recently.
John Sheeran, a, was found dead
in Henry Bixby's barn at Essex juno
ton early Friday morning. Sheeran
and VIM Packard and Alec Cornell
were in Winoosh Thursday and
bought there pint of whiskey and a
pint and one half of alcohol. They
drank all Of the intoxicants and Shee-
ran was made helplessly drunk. On
their way home their team broke down
and James Romprey, tenant of the
Bixby farm, took Sheeran into his
sleigh, and, fearing that Sheeran's
mother would be alarmed, left the
drunken man in the barn. Romprey
says that during the evening he asked
Sheeran when he was going home and
the latter replied, "Soon." He was
evidently too helpless to move, and
lay on the barn floor all night. Rom
prey found him dead there in the morn
ing, but the body was slightly warm.