The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-06
VERMONT NEWS
News Of Interest From Fourteen Coun.
ties Of the State.

News Of Interest From Fourteen Coun.
ties Of the State.
Recent army orders announce that
Capt II. 3. Chamberlin, quartermas-
ter, u. s. A.. who has been stationed
at Grand Rapids, is relieved from
duty there and will return to his sta
ton at Chicago. Captain Chamber
lin Is a son-in-law of Adj.-Gen. w. Fl.
Gilmore of Fairlee.
John Little, aged 43 years, who was
one of the first men to stake claim
In Oklahoma, April %. 1889. when the
territory was opened to settlers, died
Thursday afternoon at his home In
Rutland after a months illness of
Bright's disease. He had been In
poor health for seven years.
Col. Charles A. Miles will 90 to
Boston this week to arrange for the
shipment to Brattleboro Of the paint
ing 1.-THE Prodigal Sons" 1t was paint
ed by the late William Morris Hunt,
/ of Brattleboro, and was willed to that
towns free library by his daughter.
Jane Hunt. who died recently In New
York.
For breach of prison discipline by
running away William Wright, a
Washington county Jail prisoner, has
been sentenced to serve one to one
and one half years in the state pri-
son. Wright will take the case to the
supreme court to test the constitu-
tiOnality Of the law. He was let out
of Jail to work on farm without
guard.
It appears that the physicians +, OF
Brattlebcro issued more than one
thousand prescriptions for liquor dur
ing March, the last month for which
the, figures have been recorded with
1.-THE county clerk. DIR. George b. Hun
ter, who was fined $780, had issued
1911 of these prescriptions, 1876 being
filed at one drug store, "a at another,
A at third, and "a at the fourth.
The books of DIR. c. F. Ball, city
health officer, of Rutland. show an
lexcellent record for April as regards
contagious diseases. OF the eighteen
cases reported, only one, light case
of diphtheria was Of serious char
vdCltI. luCIc 10 uOt a ShbC Va ohy
kind under quarantine In Rutland al
1.-THE present time. This is unusua
The cases reported for April aside
from the diphtheria follow: Whoop
ing cough, thirteen; chicken-pox, one
measles, three.
Replying to a statement In The In
surance Press that Montpelier is on
of the cities in Vermont in which tn,
school buildings need additional ap
lpliance for fire protection, Supt
F. j. Brownscombe, Of that CITY, say
that, while doubtless some improve
ments might be made In the way
automatic sprinklers, fire extinguish
lers are at present located on ever,
, floor OF the school buildings, the boi
fire drills are frequently held at ur
Expected times. The Insurance Pres
criticizes oiling the floors, but 81
lperintendent Brownscombe declare
this is necessary to lay the dust an
7 protect the health Of the pupils.
State Fish and Game COMMISSIONS
II. G. Thomas, of Stowe, has shippe
brook trout as follows: seven tho,
sand to Johnson, Waterman brook
!. 5000 to N. d. Rice, OF Roxbury, 70
, branch OF White river; 10000 to Smit
B. Waite, OF Hyde Park. for Core
pond; 1000 to II. J. Stanhope, VIII
ooski 5000 to H. T. Jacobs, Morris
town; 1000 to f. p. Farnswortl
(. Sharon; $4,000 to Il. H. Deavit
Montpelier; 10000 to w. G. Reynold
!. Barre; 1000 to A. w. Whitne,
Springfield; 5000 to e. J. Plantie
7 Bellows Falls; 5000 to A. f. Lussie
Dewey's Mills; 10000 to Neshobe F'is
9 & Game Co., Randolph; 10000 to II.
Kern, Manchester; $4,000 to Rutlan
Fish Il Game League.