The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-03

VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun
ties OF the State.

ITEMS OF interest from rourteen CouF
ties Of the state.
The Addison comfy Republican con
vention will be held az Middlcbur,
June 30
Mrs. J. w. Haskins OF Bristol wht
was shot by her husband has 80 fal
recovered from her injuries AZ Il
walk out.
The state fish hatchery at st. Johns
bury has sent 10000 brook trout fry
to Rutland county, most OF the ship
ment being for the Whipple Hollow
brook at West Rutland.
The night freight on the Central
Vermont railway between Montpelier
and Barre, which was taken of dur
ing the granite strike has been res
tored. The granite business Is rapid
ly improving In the two cities and this
night freight is a necessity In hand
ling the long trains Of loaded cars.
The trustees of the state hospital
for the insane at Waterbury have ask
ed the Montpelier board Of fire under
writer's for q lower rate on the state
hospital building. The first rate was
reduced from SO to $3.50 and the trus.
tees want a nat rate OF $3.50 for
$1,000: otherwise they may ask the
state to insure It's own buildings.
At the annual meeting of the Me.
chanics' Building & Construction Co.,
one OF the prosperous institutions OF
Montpelier, II was shown that In ad-
dition to the regular annual dividend
OF six per cent paid one year ago a
special dividend of ten per cent had
been declared during the past year
and six per cent dividend was do
clared at the meeting.
A committee consisting of Judge
Fl. l.. Clark of Castleton, +. NJ. Butler
c. l.. Howe and 7. w. Browne Of Rut.
land and F. w. Williams Of Brandon
will represent the Rutland County
Bar association In arranging for the
proposed meeting OF the Vermont
State Bar association at Lake Bono
seen in July. 1t is planned to have
the meeting take the form OF an all
days outing.
A serious fire In the residence OF r.
B. Gilbert, first assistant engineer Of
the Montpelier fire department was
narrowly averted recently, Work
men were engaged In the cellar put.
ting In gas fixtures when an explosion
occurred which ignited the wood
work In the cellar and shook the
house to its foundations. An alarm
was turned in but the fire was extin.
guished before the members of the
department reached the house.
Laura Bigger Bennett, the former
actress and widow Of Henry M. Ben
nett, the Pittsburg theatrical manager
is now editor of the Daily Sun, Albu-
querque, N. Mex. She went to that
place two months ago was pleased
with the climate, bought the local
daily with part Of the $250,000 she
got from the Bennett estate, and has
made good" to use her own express
sion. Mrs. Bennett was formerly a
Chester woman and has been more or
less in the public eye during the past
few years.
The placing of a cesspool In the
yard Of the schoOlhouse ON the prin-
cipal street In West Rutland caused
complaints to be made to the school
directors and the selectmen and final
ly to the state board Of health. The
latter has sent letter to the local
health officer In which 1t approves Of
the cesspo0l but warns citizens
against using the water from wells.
CesspOols should be used generally,
says the board, till sewage system
can be installed The board says
that what West Rutland needs is a
sewage disposal plant.
Some Of the trout fishermen In Rut.
land have stolen march on property
holders who were intending to stock
their brooks and post the waters
against fishing this season. The an.
glers obtained supplies Of trout fry
from the government and state hatch
cries and placed them In the waters
referred to. This constitutes stock.
Ing by the state and waters SO stock.
ed cannot be posted for a certain
length OF time. One OF the streams
Is In Mendon and is owned by Gen.
4. H. Ripley Of New York and the
other is in Castleton running through
property of Mr.. Pine. wealthy Phil.
adelphia man.
A list OF the minimum prices paid
In seventeen granite cutting towns In
New England Is shown at the office
OF the Bethel Courier, which gives an
average rate OF $3.10k a day, rang.
ing from SO In number of the Maine
towns and Cape Ann, to 1895 at Mil.
ford. A conference was held recent.
ly by the officials Of the Woodbury.
company and the union committee,
but no new development followed.
The union committee says It is ready
to meet the Official any time and will
do all in its power to arrive at some
settlement. 1t Is also understood
that they do not ask for the Saturday
half holiday.
About twenty citizens Of Montpelier
have petitioned the city council for
permission to beautify and improve
the vacant lot on Main street In front
of the armory. The laying out of a
park on lower State street just below
the end OF the electric railway line is
also being discussed. Owners OF
this land next the river are willing to
give the free use of II for that pun.
pose. The city council has these
matters under consideration, as we'll
as a request that member of the
street committee and the superinten.
dent of streets be sent to Massachu-
sets to examine the method of sur.
facing roads there by tarring pro.
cess which 1t Is said costs only three
cents a square yard, resists the &C.
ton OF automobiles and does not need
sprinkling.
Twenty-Five boxes, each containing
six garments of mems underwear,
were found on the shore of Lake
Champlain near Burlington by fish.
erman named Mercier. who taking
three of the boxes, went to Max Glad.
stones store and then. finding that
thav did mt belong IN him went IN