The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-13
VERMONT NEWS
items Of Interest From Fourteen coun.
ties Of State.

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Barre potsofflce recently having de
manded his mail but saying he die
not know his name. The clerks could
not supply the mail without the name
although he insisted that he should
have 1t just the same,
Frank Pervier, a carrier on rural
free delivery route in M0rrisville, last
Friday lost his wallet containing S3S
and his stock of postage stamps. Sat
urday while covering his route he
stopped to pick some apples beside the
road and there found his wallet.
The Island Pond Business Mems as
sociation has appointed committee to
confer with the advertising agent of
the Grand Trunk Railway Co., and
carry out proposed plans relative to
acting in conjunction with each other
in advertising Island Pond as a sum
mer resort.
Mrs. Alvira Davis of Garfield who is
70 years old recently completed task
which would look rather large to the
! younger generation. Beside assisting
in the household work, sewing, etc,
she has since August q, spun. doubled
and twisted 1876 knots of yarn and knit
forty OF them.
The Rev, DR.. +. A. Bishop, principal
of Montpelier Seminary, does not he
lieve the style in which boys play
basket ball Is suitable for girls. He
has announced that the girls of Mont
pelier Seminary will be allowed to
play basket ball this winter provided
they play under girls rules and play
only with teams that play under these
rules.
A preliminary verbal report was
made TO President Roosevelt Saturday
by Senator w. p. Dillingham; of Yer
mont chairman, William h. Wheeler,
of California, and Professor jerks of
Cornell University, members OF the
immigration commission, authorized
by the last Congress. The report to
Congress will not be completed for a
week.
In an alleged liquor selling case con-
| cluded at Newfane Saturday, Judge
Seneca Haselton imposed the maxi.
mum fine of 81 900 upon Fred C. Gale,
| of Hinsdale, n. H., after the latter had
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illegal sales of liquor in Brattleboro.
Gale 1t is alleged, made sales of
liquor in Vermont by means of an ex-
press route
d. Mckay, formerly employed as
| brakeman on the Grand Trunk rail-
way, with residence at Island Pond,
/ was found dead on the track in West
| Valley Falls, r, l., recently horribly
mangled. 1t is supposed that he ac-
cidentally fell from the train and lay
unconscious on the track, where he
was struck by a passenger train from
Providence to Worcester.
Articles of association have been
filed with the Rutland city clerk by
the William II. Hickey Co. Accord
ing to the articles this company is
formed for conducting moving picture
theaters and general theatrical
business and the manufacture of
scenery and electrical effects in Rut-
! land The capital stock is $4,000,
divided into one hundred shares.
A case somewhat out OF the ordin-
airy, ORLEANS Trust Co VS.. I.abounty.
was tried in municipal court at New.
port last week A short time ago
| Labounty drew some money from the
| bank and was oyerpaid S75 by mis-
| take The figures on the bank slip
| showing the transaction had a wrong
computation, it was inferred that the
money was paid him. l.abounty con
| tested the claim. The court decided
in favor of the bank and rendered
judgment TO 1t.
The Connecticut River Power Cos
dam at Vernon In addition to being
| the greatest industrial development
of the decade in Southern Vermont,
will provide an immense lake for
| pleasure purposes This lake will be
from twelve TO twenty miles long, ac
cording to the height of the dam, and
it will offer great opportunities for
boating to people of Bratteboro and
other towns. Several changes of real
estate have already taken place with
this prospect in view. Charles r.
Crosby has force of men at work at
the present time remodeling the old
ferry house in West Chesterfield, n
H., into commodious summer resi-
dence with broad verandahs. Early
next season Daniel j. Stolte and John
f. Tasker will build cottage on the
New Hampshire shore a few rods
south of Mr.. Crosby's house and
little farther north Howard c. Rice
and Dr. f. +. Newell have lots selected
on which they will build cottages.
Charles w. Durham some time ago
acquired a slightly location in Chester
field and eventually he plans to util-
ize it for building purposes.