The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun-
ties Of State.

Henry s. Town Of Montpelier, aged
rs years, fell from the high beams In
his barn this week and sustained no
serious injuries.
Senator w. p. Dillingham; and son,
Paul S. Dillingham; OF Montpelier will
start Monday for Washington, ID. c.,
for the winter term OF Congress.
Eugene Ladue Jr., OF Peth, aged four
years, while trying to gain a ride on
his fathers team, caught one foot In
the wheel spokes and suffered the frac.
ture Of the leg beloS the knee.
Prices paid in Vergennes this week
by poultry buyers are as follows. Tur
keys, 20 TO 26 cents pound; chick
ems, II to l6 cents; ducks, 10 to IA
cents; geese, II to 10 cents; fowls 10
to II cents
This present year will probably go
on record as the banner year for we'd
dings in Burlington, the number be-
ing far in excess OF any previous year.
There were % weddings last month
which breaks the monthly record
There have been eleven so far in No.
vember.
The next annual meeting of the
grand lodge of Good Tempars will be
held in Montpelier In October, 1908. A
district meeting of the lodges in that
vicinity will be held at Barre in Feb
ruary. Mortified is the banner lodge
in that district with a membership Of
SO in good standing.
Representative from all the Con
gregational churches In Rutland coun
ty were present In Dandy Thursday
evening for the ordination and install
lation of w. r. Mcintyre as pastor of
the First Congregational church. The
Rev. w. II. Spence of Rutland preach.
ed the sermon of the evening.
1t is not now thought probable that
States Attorney Benjamin Gates will
file information against the three men
In Barre who were charged with re-
sisting an officer In a small riot In that
city the evening of November g. An
important witness for the state can
not be found. The cases against these
men are still on the docket for trial
in Barre city court.
Senator w. p. Dillingham; who has
been asked to nominate candidate
for appointment as cadet from Yer
mont in the United States Military
academy at West Point, has announc-
ed that candidates should notify him
by letter addressed to him at Mont
pelier and should appear at the Office
of w. n. Theriault there Friday, Dec
ember 6. at 10 o'clock for eXanina-
ton.
Six hundred officers and men of the
battleship Vermont gave their first an
nual farewell ball at Mechanics hall,
Boston, Wednesday evening, previous
to sailing, December l6, on long voy-
age TO the Pacific coast In the grand
march the long floor was completely
covered with the winding lines. which
finally resolved itself into a huge let
ter V which reached from one end of
the hall to the other and which called
forth hearty applause from the entire
party.
The stockholders of the Burlington
Baseball association have transferred
to G.. ID. Jarvis for consideration the
remaining property of the association
the old grand stand at Athletic park
Mr.. Jarvis bought the new stand and
bleachers at sheriff's sale last sum-
mer so he now owns all of the associa-
ton property. This last deal termin-
ates long and hard struggle of the as
sociation for existence. What Mr.
Jarvis will do with the property Is not
yet announced.
Robert Waterman of Victory has
been taken to the state hospital for the
insane at Waterbury. Waterman 1t
will be remembered, was arrested in
October, 1905, on the charge of caus-
ing the sudden death of his three-year
old daughter. An indictment of muir
der was found against him but after n
time the case was mol pressed because
of lack of evidence. Recently while
in Jail awaiting sentence for obtaining
goods under false pretenses he cut his
throat with jack knife and has since
been pronounced insane.
At Tuesday evenings session Of the
National Grange, Patrons OF Husban-
dry, in Hartford, Conn, State Master
George W. Pierce of Vermont, chair
man of the committee on constitution
and bylaws, presented the report OF
the committee. No resolutions or re-
commentators had been made to the
committee, and the opinion of the com
mittee was that the present constltu-
ion and bylaws needed no revision.
The report was adopted. Former Gov.
C. ]. Bell of Walden secretary of the
executive committee, gave one of two
sections of the report which reviewed
the business transactions of the year.