Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-03-05
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The State board of supervisors Of
the insane viii meet at Waterbury to-
day, by request of Governor McCul-
Tough, TO investigate the death OF Mrs
Bennett, a patient of the State hos
pital for the insane who was scalded
in a bath tub,
Owing to the discharge Of four team
sters employed by the Newton and
Thompson Manufacturing company Of
Brandon about 100 of their hands went
out on a strike Saturday afternoon.
The concern is a wood working plant
and the strikers are practically all the
hands employed by the company.
The Rutland Masonic Association
has announced that the gross re-
ceipts of the eight days Masonic ba-
zaar, which closed last week, we're
SO, 500 The expenses will be little
over $500, so that nearly SO, 900 will be
realized. The profits will be applied
on the $4,000 debt on the new Masonic
temple.
Gen VIM Farrar Smith, better
known as "Baldy" Smith, one of the
prominent figures of the civil war, is
dead at his home in Philadelphia. He
was in his sOth year and was born in
st Adams. He entered West Point at
the age Of II, and when the civil war
broke out he was made commander OF
the Sd Vermont regiment. He is sur
vived by daughter and son.
Napoleon Provinche, alias Tromb-
ley of Rutland, charged with break
ing into Walter I. Smiths store at
Fair Haven, has confessed the crime
for which he was arrested Saturday.
According to his confession. he went
to Castleton on the electric railway
Tuesday and walked from there TO
Fair Haven. He there broke into
Smiths store and took seven revolt
vers.
G. w. Benefits house on North
Main street in Manchester was slightly
damaged last week. The blaze was
discovered at O'Clock. The fire was
kept under control by means Of fire
eXtinguisher and a small hose until
the hose company arrived. II was ex-
tinguished before much damage was
done, but soon would have been be-
You'd control, as a strong wind was
blowing. The fire started from a de-
fective chimney near the roof The
loss iscovered by the insurance.
A serious accident occurred Monday
afternoon in the Green Mountain slate
quarry, about two miles south Of
Poultney. AS Harry Williams and
John r. Mahar we're working in the
pit, a stone, loosened by a blast, de-
scended, striking Mahar on the head
and back, producing very severe scalp
wounds and rendering him uncon-
scious. 1t is thought that he may also
have received internal injuries. Ma
har has a wife, who has been i'll for
some time, and four small children.
John Rutherford, aged %, an en-
ployee in Barden Bros. shop at Wal
lingford, was seriously injured Fri.
day. Rutherford went underneath the
main floor to oil the machinery and
his clothing caught in belt which
carried him around. The machinery
was stopped at once The young man
was still conscious when released,
though the clothing was torn from the
upper part of his body. The lower
portion OF his body was paralyzed'
His back and neck we're also injured
and internal injuries are feared. This
is the second accident that has occur
ed in the shop within week.
Leland Clark of Chittenden was pro-
badly fatally injured by falling under
load of logs while at work in his
mountain wood lot Friday. His body
was badly crushed and his chances of
recovery are very small. Mr. Clark
was on a big load of logs driving his
horses down a steep hillwhen the load
was overturned and he was caught be-
tween the heavy timbers and huge
rock. The horses broke away from
the sled and ran down the mountain.
II some lumbermen had not been near
at hand to rescue him, Mr. Clark would
have died in few minutes under the
heavy logs. Should he recover he
will probably be lame for life.
Remarkable Case.