The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-02
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun-
ties Of State.


shot recently by Edgar Pierce OF Ches
ter.
Walter Weinie of Rutland while
painting window sashes on the roof of
a greenhouse, received a severe cash
in his right arm which it required 90
stitches to close.
The fowls of the Vermont sanator-
ium at Pittsford which have but re-
Gently been put into the new quarters
have died of some unknown disease.
An expert has been called to investi-
gate the matter.
The Rev. p. ]. Barrett of Burlington
will celebrate his silver jubilee during
the coming month, having been or
dained to the priesthood in 1882. The
members OF st. Mary's congregation
are planning a celebration fitting to
the occasion.
At the "Od Glory" horse sale at
Madison Square Garden. New York,
Wednesday, Angus Pointer" 2:01%
was said to have been bid in for the
consignor, George E. Whitney of Bur-
lington, by the secretary, Charles E.
ROUNDS, at Sl4OO.
John G. Haskell, one of the oldest
and best known architects in the Cen
trail West, who died November "a at
his home In Lawrence. Kan, was born
In Vermont in 1882, studied his profes
sion in Boston and was from 1854 to
1856 student in Brown university,
Providence, X. !.
Franklin ID. Hale, U. s., consul at
Coaticooke, Que, formerly state audi
tor OF Vermont, and Miss Jennie Anna
Sils0y, daughter Of the late Levi Sils
by, of Lunenburg, and a graduate of
the Emerson College of Oratory at Bos-
ton, were married at Lyndonville, Tues
day, November 26.
1t is now learned that Mrs. James
Garvin OF Newport Center who recent
ly suffered the freezing of both feet,
necessitating the amputation, had be-
come lost in the woods and wandered
about for two and onehalf days before
she was found. Mrs. Garvin is 81
years old.
w. F. Richardson's meat market In
| Brattleboro was burglarized Tuesday
| night, the thieves getting $40. En-
trance was effected at the rear door
which is fastened by placing bar
across it, In the money drawer which
was left unlocked. two bags of change
are always left for the use OF the driv-
ers of the delivery teams. Mr.. Rich
ardson has some one under suspicion.
Congressman ID. J. Foster and Miss
Mathilde Foster left their home in
Burlington Tuesday evening for Wash
ington. Mrs. Foster and daughter Mil
bred will remain in Burlington until
| the close of the public schools for the
Christmas holidays. Congressman
Foster says that he is perfectly salts
| fled with his present committee APP
| pointments and expects 10 retain them
He is a third member of the committee
on foreign affairs and chairman of the
committee on expenditures of the de-
partment Of commerce and labor.
Adjt. Gen. w. H.. Gilmore of Brad
ford. has, in conformity with the act
| passed by the legislature of 1902 which
provides for conformity of the militia
of the state with that of the regular
army, issued a special order which
is to take effect January 10 next which
affects every company in the First
Vermont regiment, V. y. G.. and in.
creases the entire number of men In
the regiment by twelve. This is done
in order to enable the state to draw its
proportion of money from the federal
treasury for the use of militia. The
minimum number of men In each com
pany in the regiment has been three
commissioned officers and fifty seven
men. This order changes the mini.
mum number to IS men. The maxi.
| mum, or war strength number still re.
mains at $50. The field artillery and
the Norwich university corps is not
affected by this order.
The body OF woman who commit.
ted suicide by gas in a tenement on
Castle street. Worcester. Mass, Tues
day night. November, q, was identi
nesday as Mary l.. Winans who left
Winooski few days ago after drawing
her savings from bank. She took
the money to Worcester and placed II
under a carpet in her room. A few
days after she reported to the police
that the money had been stolen. The
woman then went to an employment
agency where she obtained work as q
cook. At the agency she said she was
married when IA years old to a physic
ian named Winans of Burlington and
two years later he was murdered
Since then she had lived in various pla
ces. She was 60 years old. In hel
room were found deeds for property
in Winooski and Preston Hollow, n. Y
The stone cutters of Montpelier ant
Barre will file with the manufacturers
Saturday or Monday their demands fol
a new scale of wages and bill of prices
to take the place of the one which ex
pires next March. The Jumpers anC
polishers will also put in a bid for 9
new bill of prices. Both of these viii
ask for an increase in wages and shor
ter hours. 1t is said the cutters vii
demand 40 cents an hour instead Of
371a cents which they are paid under
the present bill, and that they will ask
for 40 hours a week, five days at eight
hours and five hours Saturdays. The
Jumpers will demand 80 cents an hour
instead of 271a cents which they are
now receiving, with % cents an hour
for new men. The bill of prices al
Bethel does not expire until May /
next and the cutters at Hardwick are
working under agreement that has q