The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-22
VERMONT NEWS
Items or Interest From Fourteen coun
ties Of the State.

ties Of the State.
w. A. Beebe, principal Of Peoples
Academy, at Morrisville, has declined
a flattering call to the principalship
of the Rutland high school.
F. e. Williams, chauffeur for Elk.
Congressman Charles N. Fowler. was
arrested in Rutland Tuesday night for
speeding his automobile and was fined
$40 and costs. This is the first In
stance Of out of town autoists being
arrested in Rutland.
The children OF the Nazareth and
st. Joseph's schools, at Burlington OBJ
served a triple celebration Wednesday
the closing of the school year, the
golden jubilee of the RI. Rev. Mrg.
j. M. Cloarecs ordination to the
priesthood, and the seventy-fifth ami
versary of his birthday.
The total highway mileage OF the
state as filed with the state treasurer
by the secretary of state, is this year
1902 miles, an increase OF exactly
ten miles over that Of 1907. This tab
ulatlon is made up Of returns made
by selectmen and aldermen Of towns
and cities each year to the secretary
of state, as required by law.
The accounts OF Sheriff Frank H.
Tracey of Montpelier totaling 1892
80 have been audited by State Auditor
Horace F.. Graham. This amount was
made up as follows: Jail account, ST.
90S.3S; January term OF supreme
court, $9625; May term, $S9.75; Mar.
term OF Washington county court,
$76S.69; search warrants, $3.50; ser
wing processes, $43.05.
Lieut.. Gov. George H. Prouty OF
] Newport, has just sent to State Treas.
urer Il. II. Deavitt OF Montpelier q
check for $500, the amount OF the pur.
chase price OF the Vermont house al
the jamestown Tercentennial Expos
ition. which was recently sold. The
report of the expenditure Of the $40,
900 appropriated by the legislature oil
1906 has not yet been received.
State Auditor Horace F. Graham Of
Craftsbury has announced that the
March term OF Rutland county court
cost S3,9S1.36. This Is much above
the average but not record breaker
The assistant judges were paid $567.
20; grand jury, s30960; petit jurors
$2,021.20; referees, s222.23; witness
es. $3S353; and reporters, $47S. The
fines and costs of the term amounted
to s6S5.60.
Unless the unforeseen happens Rut
land will see, June 30. the tamest
school election ever experienced there
The time for filing nomination paper.
has passed and nobody but Charles
w. Ward, James F.. Lamb and George
II. Baker the present incumbents In
the wards where elections are to bs
held, have filed. The sticker methot
may be used II any late candidate de
velops but a school election without
some hot canyassing beforehand Il
something heretofore unknown In tn,
Lefty.
George II. Terrill. OF Morristown
has herd of Jerseys with BUTTE
average OF 800 pounds annually. H,
has built up his herd through the us,
of prepotent, purebred Jersey males
and the careful selection of his heife
calves. More than $1700 worth O
butter has been sold from this her,
in one year. The milk OF each COW
weighed every day and occasionally
tested for fat Mr.. Terrill now ha
55 cattle, nine horses, 25 swine and
large flock of Shropshire sheep whic
is constantly being enlarged by pul
chase and by raising the best ew
lambs.