The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-10
VERMONT NEWS
ltsms Of Intsrsst From Fourteen ,ooun.
ties OF State.

ltsms Of interest From Fourteen coun.
ties of State.
There were rs deaths In Rockins
ham in 1907 as compared with ITO in
1906.
During the year just closed there
were 1926 criminal cases in the city
court at Montpelier.
The Center Congregational parish of
Brattleboro made its pastor, the Rev.
Harry r. Miles, New Years gift of
5000 In gold.
The fire loss for 1907 In Burlington
amounts to $16.5Sl. The number of
alarms was large but the actual fire
loss was small.
A lodge Of Good Templars has been
organized In Randolph with B. A. AL
len as chief templar. There are ~
charter members.
Thomas Mack has been appointed
postmaster at Vergennes, vice Fcss,
who forwarded his resignation to the
department to take effect March 1.
The Lyndon Savings bank will pay
dividend Of two per cent or interest
at the rate Of four per cent annually
upon all its deposits for the past six
months.
Mrs. Fletcher d. Proctor, wife of
Governor Proctor, Of Proctor, was In
the receiving party at President Roose
velt's reception New Years at the
White House.
Mayor r. L. Richmond, of Rutland
has instructed the chief of police to
arrest all persons who spit on the side
walks or in public buildings. The
WOman's club has complained.
All the property of the Oxford Lin.
en- company which had under consider
alton plans for opening a factory III
Bellows Falls. has been shipped to
Gardner, Mass, which Is taken as an
indication that the company will not
open the factory In Bellows Falls.
Three deaths occurred in the East
man family at Barre within few
days. The father. William Edward
Eastman, died December 25; the
mother, December q; and daughter
Josephine, died December 20 of meas
les. Six children survive Mr.. and Mrs
Eastman.
The commission appointed by vote
Of the last legislature to revise the
Vermont Statutes begins to see the
end of its work. The proof is now be-
Ing read for the fifth time, and it viii,
probably take the month of January
to complete the work. The new vol.
ume will have 100 pages with 6317
sections. /.
The Rutland city council is getting
after the meat vendors there. To nc.
c0mplish its end City Health Officer c.
F. Ball has been empowered to take
the initiative in prosecuting all viola
tors of city health ordinances. He re.
ports finding bad meat in three shops
lately but he did not then have author.
ity to act.
Although the past year was aaseem
ingly quiet one In the building line
some $4,000 was expended for new
structures In Essex Junction. Amcne
them are the new grist mill, the Doug
lass building, M. C. Fishers livery sta
BILE. and Baptist parsonage. Sew
eral hundred dollars was spent for re
pairs and improvements.
The four members of the family OF
Joseph Biota at West Rutland mar.
rowly escaped asphyxiation from coal
gas one night recently. Mr.. Eiota
slept farther from the stove than the
others and was not so badly affected
but his wife and two children nearly
lost their lives. It is MIR. Biotas Gus.
tom to arise at about o'clock in the
morning and this fact probably saved
the lives of some of the members OF
the family.
The Hon. James L. Martin, Judge OF
the United States district court, has
announced that special session OF
United States court will be held In
Montpelier Wednesday, January Is. to
hear objections, II such there be. Ia
the sale OF the Mount Mansfield cleo
trio railroad to A. H. Soden of Boston
1t Is not expected any such objections
will be interposed. Mr.. Soden recent
ly purchased this road at auction fol
$22,500 for himself and two other bond
holders. II the sale is ratified it IL
his intention to improve the road. He
has already looked over the field in re
gard to extending the line from STOKE
to Morrisville.
The Rev. F. L. Billiard of Brandon