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

Several new cases of smallpox were
reported in st Adams last week,
Robert Wing of Derby cut two fin
gers nearly off while cutting up meat
recently.
The Childs Memorial hall at Will
mington is being opened with special
exercises to-day,
Fred Rushford of Albany cut his
foot very badly with an axe recently
while chopping wood
G. II. Utley's carriage shop in Cabot
was burned early Friday morning,
The building was insured for $500 and
contents for S1.15O.
Hon William S. Newton of Brattle-
boro will have been 40 years town clerk
of that town the coming March. He is
so years old
H. Bedding of Newport fell from a
ladder last Thursday while stringing
wires. He sprained his ankle and
broke one of the small bones in his
foot.
State Auditor Horace f. Graham,
who has been i'll for week or so, has
now recovered and was in condition to
start out Monday on an auditing tour
of the state.
Harry Ferguson of East Braintree
was struck on the head by limb fall
ing from the top of tree last week
and knocked senseless. No permanent
disability resulted.
The schools in Jacksonville are
closed owing to one of the pupils COM
ing down with diphtheria while at
school. The victim of the disease,
Bertha Fairbanks, aged 10, died after
two days illness.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Preston of North Clarendon
obtained bottle of strychnine tablets
Monday, while the parents we're busily
engaged in moving. The child ate
several tablets and died in about 20
minutes, before the physician who was
summoned could reach the house.
Abial Patch, who disappeared from
East Granville l3 years ago, returned
to that village this week, rejoining his
wife, who has remained there all these
years. His only explanation for go
ing away is that he was "sick of liv-
ing at home" he says be has been
living in Maine.
George Howe, the Oldest motorman
in the employ Of the Montpelier and
Barre electric road, was the victim OF
a dangerous assault Wednesday even
ing, by a troublesome Italian on
board his car. Mr. Howe was struck
from behind by pipe ard the stem
driven into his neck just front of the
right ear and back of the jaw, a dis
lance of p inches, and then broken
off. The pipe reached the juglar vein
but did not penetrate it and it is
thought if no complications develop
Mr. Howe will recover.
There was quite little excitement at
the Pond school in Wells few days
ago. A boy named Nelson and one of
the Marshall boys went to school and
ordered the teacher, Miss Anna Jones,
and the scholars to go home. Then
they started for Edward and Dwight
Parks, choking one of them, and then
Nelson drew a revolver on them. 1t
failed to 60 off so he used his fist.
The Parks boys succeeded in getting
away and ran home. Nelson and
Marshall chased them part of the way.
Nelson is staying at Marshall's and
claims he has been married to Mar
shall's daughter, age IA.
Sixty-one head of cattle belonging
to Emerson Leland of Weathersfeld
were killed and cremated last Satm-
day, and % cattle belonging to Cliff
ford Tolles, in the same town, together
with several hogs and hens, were
killed aud burned Monday. A herd
of 25 cattle of A. A. Goodell's in
Windham we're also killed Monday.
The largest herd affected with foot and
mouth disease is owned by G. A.
Boynton at Gassetts, SO head, which
will be disposed of this week. Mr..
Boynton's is the last lot and it is
hoped. that no more cases will be re-
ported. The cattle commission are
feeling greatly encouraged as to the
outlook at this time, and it seems as
though the worst was over.