The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11

The ordinances of the city OF Barre
are being thoroughly revised by the
city council assisted by the city attor-
ney and another lawyer. The original
ordinapces were adopted in 1895 when
Barre became a city.
BOYS are suspected as the offenders
who broke into the Proctor public II
brary and stole $40 from the librari-
ans desk Entrance was made in the
early evening through window, The
money was being saved for new books.
The gross earnings of the Rutland
railroad for October. according to a
statement just issued from the office
of the vice president, amounted to $307-
1885. This is an increase of $40,39l.-
IL over the corresponding month in
1906.
The senior class of the Bellows Falls
high school netted from bazaar just
held $20052 which will go toward the
fund for a trip to Washington next
spring. The class now has about s375
of the $3.50 or so needed for the Wash
ington fund.
John r. Richards of Rutland freight
train conductor was seriously injured
Saturday. He was standing in the ca
boose of his train when the emergency
brakes were suddenly applied which
threw him to the floor, breaking his
shoulder and wrist.
DIR. d. ID. Grout superintendent OF
| the state hospital for the insane at
| Waterbury says there is no need to
worry over the one case OF scarlet fe-
yer at the hospital. 1t is a mild case
and every precaution against the
spread of the disease has been taken.
Alarmists who circulated the report
| in Montpelier the other night that
! there was dead infant In an immi'
grants trunk at the baggage room In
| the station, were surprised when the
trunk was opened to find that the disa-
greeable odor was due to lot OF very
badly soiled clothing.
| F. II. Stone, president of the Yer
mont Fire Chiefs club announces that
through the courtesy OF Col ;. A. lis
ley of Middlebury the state firemens
tournament which will consist OF hose
races and hand engine contests Will
take place on the fair grounds at Mid
dlebury some time during the coming
summer.
A man who gave his name as Short
sleeves narrowly escaped being burn
ed TO death at the Banquet hotel, Rut-
land, Tuesday evening, setting fire to
the bed clothes by smoking while in
bed When aroused by the clerk who
had investigated after detecting an
c1or of smoke Shortsleeyes had suf-
fered several bad burns.
Patrick Flynn who resigned recent
" rs sexton of St Peters church, Rut'
land, after 33 years service. was induc-
ed TO resume the work. with increased
pay. after a lay-off of four days. This
is the second time within the past few
years that the sexton whose services
are evidently appreciated, has attempt
ed to give up the work.
BY the will of Miss Jane Hunt who
died In New York November 3, a col
lection of miscellaneous books is be
uueathed to the town of Vernon and a
painting. "The Prodical Son." is be
Queathed to the Brooks library OF Brat
tleboro. This painting by William
Morris Hunt, brother Of the testator
formerly of Brattleboro is given as 0
memorial to him. 1t is now on exhib
ition in the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts.
Several rare volumes were discover
ed by E. Lee Whitney while he was
moving a lot of old books to the state
library from the dome and court room
in the state house, Montpelier. Sew
eral date back to the fifteenth century
and of these some are histories OF thai
period. An English Bible printed II
1888 is in good state of preservation
as are several Latin works printed II
Venice in 1876. They will be catalog
ued and filed,
Since April /, last.Dr. E. c. Barrett
of Montpelier has administered the tn
berculin test to nearly 1000 cows ant
still has applications to test numerous
other herds. The disease was foun(
most prevalent in Calais where in som,
instances half of a mans herd would
have tuberculosis. Among twelve
large herds in MiddleseX Doctor Bar
| rott COuuGllntu Oiill Oile CoW anu ou
of 400 tested at Waterbury less thar
n half a dozen were found diseased.
M. e. Wheeler of Rutland owner o
a hotel on Mount Killington which haI
been closed for several years, Offers
to be one of ten Rutland men to repair
the hotel and road leading to it, keep
ing a place where one could entertain
friends and where transients could ge
a Gun of coffee and bite to eat /
wanted. To the men who will do thi
Judge Wheeler offers to give a tel
wears lease of the hotel and pay thu
taxes himself for the sake of keeping
the property from going to ruin.
J. Burton Pike of Marshfeld, Wash
ington county game warden, has re
Gently been collecting evidence agains
four men in the county, who, 1t is al
legged. have killed deer illegally
against hunters who have killed part
ridges in the close season; and Is als'
investigating complaints made to hin
of dogs chasing deer. When the evi
lepce in these cases is sifted and made
more complete, official action will b.
taken. Warden Pike OF Berlin has al
lowed A. Il, Buck of Berlin $40 fo
damage done to his crops by deer.