The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-31
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun.
ties Of State.

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Robert r. Lincoln has purchased a
| power sprayer to be used in the woods
on his estate at Manchester. The vii.
lage trustees are also contemplating
similar action,
United States Marshal Horace w.
Bailey of Rutland who has been III at
| the city hospital since May ~, was at
his Office IN the federal building Monday
/ for the first time since his Illness.
In excayating for the new dam at
! Brattleboro workmen discovered sew.
eral Indian relics. They were located
on an old blum which was once fay.
orite camping ground for the aborigi.
/ mes.
s. c. Drew OF South Royalton has a
| Jersey COW from which he has sold
over 800 worth OF milk In the past
seven months beside supplying his fam
! lily with milk and cream and making
some butter
The ShuttlcwOrth white marble com.
pany OF East Dorset has shipped -
| New York a slab twenty.fc,lr and one.
half feet long and three feet wide.
! This Is an unusually long piece OF mar.
| BILE as seams nearly always prevent
the Quarrying OF slabs OF this size.
James D. Wheeler of Bethel has a
chair which was In existence at the
burning Of Royalton october l6, 1880
as the property OF Gen. Elias Stevens.
This chair has the original elm bark
bottom and was bid on at Martha Dew
cy's auction by Mr. Wheelers father
over 30 years ago at S..
The Mormon monument In Sharon
/ erected To the. memory Of its founder.
! Joseph Smith who was born In a
house which stood close by, weighs
% tons As Il was dedicated on the
| Tooth anniversary Of the birth OF the
prophet, II was intended to have the
monument weigh 100 tons but. having
the base hollow To contain the records
deposited therein. the weight fell short.
At reunion Of the su.Iiying yeter.
ans Of Co. A, 9Th Regt.. VI Vols, held
LAT Brattloboro Wednesday. only eight
members were present The following
officers were elected. President. Col.
| W. a. Niles OF Townshend. vice pres
| idont. Charles Duuklee of Greenfield.
| Mass. secretary and treasurer, +. A.
| Niles Of Halifax. II was voted that
three officers act as AN executive com
mittco 10 choose the time and place
for the next reunion
The returns from the members OF
/ the Vermont Bible society who have
been canyassing the towns Of Orleans
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ated villages of Barton. Barton Land
Ing and North Troy have made sub.
Istantial gains since the last census was
taken. While the figures OF the can.
,assers may not be- exactly right. II Is
said that census figures seldom vary
but a very little from the canyassers'
figures which can be- accepted as iaif
ly reliable In 1900 Bapon village had
a population of 1850. now i2.i Doe
1900 Barton Landing village had q
population uf ca. now lUiG. North
Troy village Ia 1900 had 562 population
aud nov has COS. Figures for New.
port and other incorporated villages
are not obtainablc.
one uf the heaviest burlington fail.
urrs came "Wednesday with the ililng
OF a petition Ia bankruptcy by lerrmi'
an ". p0muife Mr. Domsnife has
been one OF the most widely known
contractors aud builders Ia Vermont
and has carried on very large bust
ness. Ills liabilities amount Ia f2i,
U1aO2. divided a. follows: Wages
San uG. secured claims. $500. unse
cured claims. $40 26i9G. The petition
ers assets are {tsO1 divided a. FOL
lows. Horses. COWS and other ami
mails. Sl25. carriages and other yehic
lrs. sass. machinery. tools etc. $3.50
other personal property. f365. unliquid
lated claims sgNUU The largest cred
itor iH the Vermont Marble company
Of Proctor who's. claims amount a.
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