The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-26
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun-
ties Of the State.

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The Orange County Telephone Co.
win complete its lines from Barre to
Montpelier
Atty-Gen. c. C. Fits and Mrs. Fitss
have returned to Brattleboro after
months visit In the West Indies.
The Capitol bowling team, Montpel-
Ter, defeated the Ethan Aliens of Bur
| lington at Montpelier Saturday after
noon by score of 2744 to 2469.
Rutland's health officer reports
eight cases OF whooping cough, three
| OF scarlet fever, two of pneumonia
and one of typhoid fever so far this
month.
After running on short time since
the beginning of the year, the Bran
don Italian Marble Co., Middlebury. is
again on its regular ten hours day
schedule.
The condition of the Rt. Rev Bishop
Michaud, of Burlington, who is under
going medical treatment in New York
city, is improved Bishop Michaud
expects to visit Virginia before return
ing to Burlington.
The Rev. Flint NJ. Bissell has re-
signed the pastorate of ST. Paul's
Universalist church, Springfield Mass
after ten years service and will retire
from the ministry for while, at least
and make his home on his farm in
Wilmington.
At Hotel vendome, Boston. Thurs
day evening, 175 Daughters of Ver-
mont and their guests enjoyed an adj
dress by the Rev. A. A. Stockdale of
the Union Congregational church. and
recitations and solos, the occasion
being the annual fete of the organiza-
| ton.
Gen Z. p. Ripley of Rutland, has
men at work getting together logs with
which to build dam near the site of
the old tannery at Mendon, 1t will be
about so feet long and Is feet high
and will make good sized pond fro n
which ice can be cut 1t will probably
be stocked with fish.
From 1926 to 1910 there lived in
East Wilmington fifteen families with
an aggregate of ninety children, six
to a family Not one of the thirty
parents is now living, but, twenty-one
children survive, two alone in the old
neighborhood and but three in the
town of Wilmington
The annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, New England Or
der of Protection, will be held in Bur
lington the third week in April. The
grand warden of the organization Is
DR.. w. H. Weeks of Hardwick; the
grand secretary, H. A. Bartlett of st
Johnsbury and the grand treasurer, H
H. Davis of Burlington.
DR.. c. H. Burr of Montpelier Still
holds the championship and state tro
ply for the clay pigeon shooting, hav
ing defeated w. p. Springer of North
field Saturday afternoon at the range
of the Montpelier Gun club by a score
of so to 81. out Of possible 100. Mr.
Springer challenged DIR. Burr for thu
contest.
A few nights ago local Hungarian
workman wandered up to the Procto
hospital to see sick brother. IL hal
pened that the nurse, who was actlni
superintendent In the absence of tn
head nurse, was expecting patien
from Center Rutland concerning whor
she had heard no particulars. Whe
she discovered very detected lookin
: Practically all of the physicians /
! the city of Montpelier and the -requ
site number of voters have signed
petition asking the city council I
grant fifth class or druggists liquo
license in Montpelier during the yea
to come. 1t is felt by many peopl
that there should be some place in tn
city where liquors can be obtained fl
| medicinal purposes.
Harry st. Peters of Island Pom
shot and killed himself with q revo
| yer late Monday afternoon during
period of dependency ami mela
cholia, TO which he had been subie
since the death of his wife aud son
few years ago. He was about
years old, a native of Bradford, az
had lived in Chicago previous
coming here about a year ago
The Windham county court dock
for the April term will contain 2!
cases. of which PA are of civ
nature. seven are criminal cases, al
"a are on the chancery list. Incluj'
in the civil docket are thirty-thr,
divorce cases, which make a list
long as the average divorce Ii:
Court will open the second Tuesday
April and Judge George NJ. Powers
Morrisville, will be the presidiI
Judge.
Brattleboro farmers are slow
promising to raise sweet corn for Il
canning factory this year. About q
acres are needed to make good Sc
sons run, but up to the present tin
: only about half that amount has bee
promised. although SIG ton is Il
price paid this year as against Sli
ton last year. The agent of the pr
prietors are confident, however, HI
when planting time comes they "
be able to secure the desired acraag
Misfortune seems to follow in Il
path OF Mrs. Grace Hawkins, of Ea
Wallingford. She has been i'll q
"h'Nt' hoNhiS tiV sip, thSh VII
Guilty Of the ankle so that she h;
been unable to walk for six week
and recently as she was standing ne
a window she became dizzy, and, ia
ing, unconscious, broke the glass
the window and cut deep cash fl
inches long in her head. Mrs. Ha'
kins also lost brother about fo'
weeks ago.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
Brattleboro. chairman of the comm
tee on war claims. through his inve
legations into the legality and meri
of the claims brought against the fe
eral government owes the state of V
mont balance OF about $4,000.
this $4,000 is due on claims grown
out of the Civil war, although the J;