Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-15


P. W. Clement will speak in the
opera house at Burlington Thursday,
January 10, for local-option. There
viii be other speakers.
Frank Brown of Belvidere and AL
yah Hawley of Leicester were admit
ted to bail Saturday in sums of $500
and 500 respectively, for violating
the internal revenue law.
Leon Shippee saw four deer, large
buck and two doe and fawn near his
father's home one day recently in
South Readsboro. They seemed very
tame and have been seen several times
since near the buildings in that local
ity.
Wardsboro, in Windham county,
had 20 deaths within its limits last
year. Its population is 637. OF those
deceased, were between 10 and so
years of age, 6 we're between so and 80,
and l was over 90, The age of the
youngest person dying was 81 years.
Harvey Berry and wife of Sutton
were struck Saturday by train from
the south at noon on the crossing by
Delos Bacon's at st Johnsbury Center
and were instantly killed. The bodies
were badly mangled. They we're in
covered sleigh with bells and did not
hear or see the train.
f. L. Fuller OF Readsboro presented
at the town clerks Office a very fine
specimen of fox skin one day recently.
1t was cross between a silver gray
and red and was more of the silver
gray. Its estimated value was S25. He
had several red fox skins that we're the
finest seen in the Office in a long time.
The residence Of c. d. Baldwin at
East Middlebury was totally destroy
ed by fire early Saturday morning.
The Baldwins had recently moved TO
the place, coming from Ripton. Sew
eral of the family had narrow escapes
in getting out of the house before the
walls fell The Baldwin's loss is 1920
with an insurance of 500.
The Chemical Works of Readsboro
are not getting in their usual supply
of wood as yet, but have choppers at
work Wood is in such demand in
the city that but few are drawing their
wood to the Chemical Co.'S, this win
ter. The demand keeps the price up
to Sc and 81 per cord. Choppers too,
are getting more for cutting, anywhere
up to Sl.5Oper cord and they are very
scarce at that.
A freight train going south last Fri
day was run into at ll:30 by another
freight going south at Royalton. John
Colby, aged 45 years. conductor Of
the forward freight, was in the ca
boose, which was thrown into the high
way and instantly took fire. Colby
was burned to death. only a few bones
being found. This was Colby's first
trip as conductor, though he had been
a brakeman for several years.
The board of railroad commission
ers are holding hearing at Manches-
ter today on the application of the
Manchester q Granville railroad, now
under construction across four of the
streets ia the village of Manchester,
for the purpose of determining whether
the railroad can use the streets or not.
This comes under that section of the
statutes requiring the consent of the
board of railroad commissioners to
establish the crossing of the highway
and railroad at grade.
Willie Bull, ten-year-old boy, who
lives about mile east of Dandy viii
lage, set trap in the fields near his
home recently. When he went out to
look at the trap the next morning, he
found large lynx in it, caught by one
of the hind feet. The animal had
dragged the trap, which is a heavy
one about 200 feet, but had stopped
from exhaustion. Young Bull killed
the animal and sold it to Silas L.
Griffith, who will have it mounted for
his museum.
City Treasurer VIM L, Davis has au-
nounced that the city of Rutland real
lied more money from the licensing of
dogs in 1902 than ever before in its
history, and he will turn in the city
treasury from this source this year,
s53S.SO Every year damages caused
by dogs in killing chickens and in
other ways, is paid out of the dog Ii
cense money, and, while the amount
taken in from license fees during the
past year is very large, yet the amount
of damage done during the year by the
CANNES is the smallest for some time,
being only so. 40 altogether