The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-29
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun-
ties Of State.

The Bellows Falls New Industry Co.
which now employs about 40 hands Is
talking OF charging its plant.
The Casen company of America may
again open branch factory in Bel
lows Falls, employing 600 hands.
Charles Hunt, Chelsea trapper put
out his traps hast week and up to date
has canght one coon, three foxes and
seven skunks.
Bethel deer hunters on the mountain
near Gilead discovered COW and calf
that had been missing nearly four
months. The COW was at first mis-
taken for a doe.
The condition of Robert Bourne of
Pleasant Valley, who was accidentally
shot by the discharge of his own shot
gun Is encouraging although 1t may
be long time before he RECEIVERS.
The weighing and counting of the
mail at the st. Johnsbury postoffice
last week showed the total number of
pieces handled to be 1876 and the
revenue therefrom, s291.79. 1t was
light week as the receipts for last
year were 21,000.
Charles II. Pratt of Middlebury com.
pleted a unique job of haying Thurs
day afternoon. In three days he cut
and got in for e. b. Blair q big loads
OF very good hay worth at least So a
ton. Mr.. Blair had despaired of har.
vesting his hay so late in the season.
Mrs. Il. A. Kimball of Washington,
ID. G., former resident of Cabot has
made that town an exceptional offer,
viz: IL the town will furnish site
and build the foundation, she will build
a $4,000 library. $4,000 for the build
ing and $4,000 for furnishings. In the
plan there is to be hall that will seat
300 persons.
The Marist brothers have decided tc
locate summer school for the stu
dents OF their institution at Isle la
Motto on land adjoining that of the
Oblate fathers. Building operations
will be begun in the spring. Some 100.
boys will camp there and form a great
addition to the summer colony on the
island
John Mudgett of Randolph narrowly
escaped serious injury at his farm IN
Brookfield recently while helping get
the cattle across bridge into the barn
the cattle making rush and crowding
him off the bridge so that he fell over
pile of dressing against stone wall
where he. was found with cash across
his left cheek that it required four slit
ches to close.
James r. Bishop, employed at the
lumber camp of the Fellows-Clark Co..
committed suicide Wednesday at his
home In South Reading by shooting
himself with a shotgun and blowing
off part of his head. II is said that
he had been drinking heavily of late
and that this. together with jealousy,
was the cause of the deed He is
survived by his wife and one small
child.
A Springfield man fell asleep in the
waiting room at the Bellows Falls sta
ton the other evening and after quiet
ly doing for an hour or more he APP
parently awoke and to the amuse-
nent of those present began to dis
robe as If preparing to go to bed. An
officer happened In and brought the
nan to his senses. He seemed to be
working while sleeping and when fully
awake expressed regret.
Much sympathy was aroused in the
Central Vermont station at Brattle-
boro Thursday by the critical illness
Of Edward Douglass, a young man
who was on his way from Bellows
Falls to his home in New London.
He had come from Butte, Mont, and
had become i'll of pneumonia. The
young man was barely alive in Brat
tleboro, and it was learned TINT b
died at Montague, Mass. He was ac-
companied by his brother
Great interest centers in the case Of
Charles A. Wells of Victory VS.. the
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., which
is on trial in Essex county court. The
plaintiff alleges in brief, that two
years ago he purchased a ticket to the
Sherbrooke (Que.) fair from Lyndon.
vile to Sherbrooke and return On
his return he alleges that one con-
ductor took up his ticket, and, conduc-
tors changing, the second made a
demand for 1t. On plaintiffs failure
to pay fare he was elected at Bar
ton and alleges that injuries were
received for which he seeks to recover
Sc, 900.
Walter Weinle of Rutland was ar
raigned before Assistant City Judge
Willis NJ Ross October % on the
charge of breaking the quarantine
which had been placed on his house
as the result of two cases of scarlet
fever in his family. Mr.. Weinle was
one of the patients and his little
daughter the other According to City
Health Officer DIR. C. f. Ball the man
was in prime condition to spread the
disease at that time, The respondent
said that he was considerably in debt
as result of the sickness and IL the
case could be continued for six weeks
he would plead guilty and pay his fine.
This was done and the man furnished
bail in the amount of $50.
George Miner of Swanton, who
skipped town some two years ago,
leaving his wife with large family,
reappeared in that town the other day,
apparently with plenty of money which
he was spending freely. Overseer of
the Poor Colomb thought it might be
good time to bring this man to ac-
count for the amount that has been
expended by the town in the support
of his family during his absence and
a writ was served upon Miner, charg-
ing him with desertion and non-sup-
port of family. The man was very
penitent and promised to support his
family in the future and pay all costs
of the prosecution IL the mittimus was
left hanging over him for his good
conduct This offer was accepted and
tho ron ra1aocpd