The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-19
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen cOun
ties Of State.


Montravllle Ross. life long resident
II Huntington. died suddenly at Pros.
tor Sunday morning while ON his
homeward trip from Saratoga where
he had been 20 attend the q. A. r.
oncampmcnt.
The returns 10 the burlington city
clerks office show that during the
month Of August there were ~ births
In the city. 20 being females and %
males During the same period there
we're o. deaths.
According 20 prominent politician
u Is generally accepted among Demo
rattle leaders throughout the state
that G. Herbert Pape OF Bare. viii
head the delegation 10 the newt Demo
cratic national convention.
Petitions In bankruptcy have been
Glrd by Edwin A. Suited. OF St Johns
bury. who has liabilities Of $3.50.
assets Of Sli5.3G. exempt. 500. and By
Harry l.. Jones. OF Woodstock. q WOOL
dealer. whose liabilities are sl.tsi. a..
.rts. siSi.7i. exempt iloo.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
~. g Thomas. Of stowe. has been NO.
tined Of the capture NJ Newport Sat.
Wrday Of Arthur willard. wanted Tor
illegally shooting deer ln MOrristnNn
about a month ago. Il ~ reported that
be- has killed eight decrs but b. D.
charged with only three lie IL nov NJ
Hyde Park awaiting trial
A piece of scrip issued by The
United States Of North America" In
l55a o. in possession of A. q. Hug
Gins. 81 Windsor. II bears on one side
in engraving OF bee hive aud on
the other n bull thistle II entities
the bearer 90 hfty.four Spanish mill.d
dollars or an equal sum In gold or
silver aud has never been cancelled
When a force OF men set out 90
lean the pond above the electric light
'ompany's dam az West Dummerston.
they found that saWdust aud l,avsH.
accumulated at the bottom OF the pond.
had formed an ideal place Tor cels
khich we're taken out by the buahel
90 many of them escaped through the
Ipustock that the water wheels we're
logged many times. one specimen
measured Eve feet in length and sey.
raj inches la diameter
The twenty ninth annual meeting
md banquet of the Vermont iiar A.
sociaiiuu will be- held In Montpelier
Tuesday evening. October /. which will
be- the opening day OF the October term
4 supreme court A business meet
'ng uf the association Will be- held at 3
o'clock in the afternoon Ia counties
where superior courts are Ia session
be- presiding judges will arrange "a
iitend the opening of suIfcme court
The bar meeting and the banquet
Prof George W. Plympton. Tor more
han forty years the professor of phy
sizes at brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
and for nearly a. many years a dircc
tor of Cooper Union. died September
| II at his summer home In Tyson Foi
| fortyfyc years he had taught and had
not lost n day IN that time through
| Illness For the past thirty.flye years
h. had given instructions In both dai
aud night school, lie vas one of IN,
BEST known civil engineers In th,
United States.
The registration In the Bellows Fall
high school last week was rccor,
breaker. The students enrolled mum
bcrcd iSG. which IL % more than las
year The seats In the main room
number only 100 and there IL mucl
crowding la the different smalle
rooms ON the same floor which are nj
needed for recitation purposes Thu
opening Of all the schools Indicate ~
increased enrolment. and year q
advance In all educational facilities.
Judge James l.. Martin. Of Brattle
boro. Judge Of the United States dis
trict aud circuit courts. has been not
fed by Judge Plat. OF Connecticut
that after October Judge Plat vii
be- able 90 again take up the work II
Connecticut. which he was obliged I,
give up the past summer on account o
~ health. Judge Martin has beef
doing the work In both states. NJ
would be Obliged 10 give up the Coz
necticut work anyway after Octobu
/ on account Of the opening OF the au
tumn term OF court In this state.