The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items or Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of the State.

TICS " THO otatcs
The New England Fat Mems Club
will hold It's midsummer outing at
Contoocook River Park. Concord, N.
H.. July 10.
There are at present twenty prison
ers confined In the Addison county
jail at Middlebury seventeen male
and three female.
Mrs. Susie WEIGH fell down stairs
at her home In Rutland Sunday night
and died soon after, death being caus-
ed, II Is supposed, by broken neck.
Albert George OF Barnard has hen
which built It's nest In a pine tree.
The nest IL on branch forty feet
/ from the ground. She has laid four
eggs and seems perfectly content in
her position where she can watch the
passers by.
The expenses OF the March term OF
Washington county court were $3,137.
Among the large expenditures were:
Petit jurors, $1,S15.20; referees, speci-
al masters. etc., !$447.08; state wit
nesses, $ll5.40; reports, 1898; as
sistant judges, $38l.2l.
Louis Neveaux OF Montpelier, who
was shot by Miss Christine Bau four
weeks ago. Is able to be dressed and
take short walks and he expects soon
to be discharged from Heaton hos
lpital. The bullet that lodged In his
!spine has not been removed.
The Sargent, ,Osgood & Roundy Co.
of Randolph. with capital stock OF
manufacturing and jobbing wares and
merchandise, has filed articles OF In
corporation In the Office Of the secre
tary OF state at Montpelier. With one
Exception, the incorporators reside ir
Randolph.
Word has been received In Mont
pelier of the death at Rio Janeiro. Bra
I'll. OF Mrs. John Campbell, formerl.
la resident Of Montpelier. when hel
father. the Rev. Howard F. Hill. o
Concord, N. H., was rector of Chris
church. She had resided in Rio Jan
eiro since her marriage a year ago.
A circular letter has been sent from
the Office Of the auditor of accounts
at Montpelier to the county clerks o
the state regarding bills of costs II
justice courts. The county clerks arr
urged to familiarize themselves will
the law governing these bills of cost
and to make their returns that sucl
service shall be uniform.
The books OF the listers OF Mont
pelier show 2.101 poll tax payers n
the city this year against 2,237 las
year. This decrease is to some ex
tent due to the granite strike tina
was on two months this spring. dur
Ing which many granite cutters, VIII,
paid a poll tax. left the city. North
; field lost l57 poll tax payers during
the strike.
The listers of the town Of Barr,
: have completed the grand list and
comparison with last years lis
shows gain In real estate to tn
amount Of $S.450. and a gain In pei
sonal property of $1,000, with a los
of So polls, making the list for taxa
Z ton for this year $l,847 1854, giving
/ total tax Of $27,77l.46, divided as TO
lows: School tax, $12,9S5.75;- high
WAY tax. $S,3l5.S4; town tax, $6.467
, lS7.
The 1908 grand list OF the town O
Hardwick as completed by the lister
shows slight increase over the 100
list, Notwithstanding the Russo
building fire and the decrease &
. Isixty-three taxable polls. The list
| made up as follows: Real estat,
r l$9.164.60; personal. $1,517.95; tota
10,6S2.55. The village and academ
: lists have not yet been completed.
/ Is expected they will remain abou
Q the same as last year.
/ Fire Tuesday afternoon destroye
a the house and other buildings on tn
: knickerbocker farm In the Wrigt
district In White River Junction. Tn
4 lorigin Of the fire is not known but
8 Is thought that a spark from III
2 ichimney may have set the woodshe
!. on fire. The place was insured Il
a $4,000. The same afternoon, an Il
!. house near the Central Vermont raj
/ road tracks caught fire from spar
a from a passing locomotive and We
q burned.
State Auditor H. F. Graham
Craftsbury. state treasurer, E. H. De
witt OF Montpelier. and State Tax Co
missioner ]. 4. Cushman Of Burlin
ton, held q conference at Burlingtc
8 Wednesday evening with Gov. F.
l. Proctor regarding the state expens,
!, for the fiscal year. The matter Of a
q preparations for the years expenses
various departments was discusse
3 Governor Proctor asked to be inforI
X ed regarding the states financial co
dition before leaving for the nation
4 convention at Chicago.
8 Fred e. Terril, division command
OF the Vermont division. Sons Of w
" Grams, U. 8. A., has sent out the Il
II lowing notice: The Rutland railros
will sell tickets to Bennington and 7
}. turn for the Division Encampment 4
r. fare and one.third. Ask for excursit
I. tickets on sale June s. All other "a
roads ask too large guarantee, ther
fore all brothers patronizing 9th
roads are requested to procure mil
ages as far as possible. The misu
IN derstanding was with the committ
of arrangements when the progra