The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-19
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun.
ties Of State.

hiSb W otdtCs
The girls basket ball team of Bar
! ton Landing has received the hand
some northern Vermont league cham.
pionship cup.
Owing to a hitch between the sci.
ectmen and the management of the
Chelsea electric light plant the streets
Of that town are In darkness as are
also the public buildings.
Mrs Lucy Blodgett the aged Rut.
land woman who was refused n home
by her daughter, has been sent to
Rome, N. Y, where relatives will care
for her, A subscription paper paid her
fare,
United States Marshal Horace w.
Bailey Of Rutland underwent n serious
operation at the city hospital In Rut-
land this week for the amputation OF
one foot. II is expected that Mr.. Bail
ey will recover.
A new rural FREQ delivery route was
started Tuesday morning with head
quarters &C the Fowler postOflice I'm
Pittsford. Douglass Bates IL the mail
carrier. The route will cover 20 miles
and include 1Oi families.
The Carnegie library building at
Norwich University Mortified. Is now
nearing completion and another month
Is likely 10 see Il finished The cxter-
ior Is practically completed and the In.
terror is largely ready for the finish.
T. W. Lee OF burlington has In his
possession an antique bureau which
was made In England over so years
ago. The bureau was brought to this
country from ireland I'm the early sos.
II Is made OF solid mahogany.
Hyde Park Is up against II In n dam
age claim. A horse wandered into q
mans yard He set his dog ON the
horse which jumped and broke his Lex.
The question Is whether the man who
set the dog on the horse or the town
Is liable for the damage.
The condition Of William Fairbanks
who has been confined In the Brattle.
boro Memorial hospital since shooting
his niece 40 SaXtons River May %. Is
much improved aud there now appears
to be- no reason why he should not re-
cover. lie is able 20 walk about aud
Is making rapid progress toward re-
coyery 10 Is expected that In a week
or two he viii be- removed Ia the state
prison AZ Windsor.
IN order 10 save the sight OF the
right eye which b. rs yet uniniured.
ln operation has been performed ON
the LETT cyo OF Fred W. Rurnham at
the Barre city hospital. the cycball De-.
Ing enucloatod. 10 was feared that "
the injured eye was allowed 90 remain
the Inflammation might extend 10 the
right Il will be- remembered that Mr.
liurnham who BE- "a teacher at Goddard
seminary sustained the injury by "a
piece OF wire piercing the eye.
The wcst Side hotel at Mortified
has been closed because of the large
number of men who are leaving North
field to rp to other towns Ia follow the
trade of stone cutting. business with
the o. 10 Ellis Co.. which owns the ho.
frl d. dull but the management expects
DO viii Foon have So old force OF men
back at work The company has hr
urDs ont ou several Jobs which will d.
closed in few weeks and probably be-.
fore it has 40 of the present orders cut
and delivered.
J ll Hooker has sold bis interests
Too the Vermont Gray Granite Co. 90
South Ryerltc to Rosa iirus. who
have been Loo partnership with him in
the Quaryiug of granite stock from
the quarry az blue Mountain Rosa
Bros, viii continue 10 Operate the quar-
ry on the mountain and will transact
90 business under the same name
which the company has been known
Mr. Hooker rotires from the firm be-
cause that bis time 81 entirely taken
with DIS railroad work. be- being the
agent In the South Rycratc station 81
the Montpelier and Wells River rail.
road