The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-29
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VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Fourteen coun
ties Of the State.

ties OF the state.
DIR. Charles Pettis of South Fairlee,
aged 80 years, made a trip to Sharon
and return one day recently.
The Proctor Trust company has de-
clared the usual semi-annual dividend
of three per cent for the first six
months of the present year.
Ludger Landet, aged II years of st.
Johnsbury, suffered the fracture OF
both ankles Thursday by a fall of II
feet caused by the breaking of an
elevator rope in J. II. Ryan's carriage
factory.
c. II. Dinsmore has resigned as
principal Of the Underhill schools as
he has taken the position OF principal
of the Middletown Springs graded
school where he will have charge of
several hundred pupils.
'fhe ladies' village Improvement So
ciety of Enosburgh Falls has offered
a reward of $40 to anyone who will
furnish evidence sufficient to arrest
and convict the person or persons gull
~ of breaking some iron seats on
Lincoln park.
Cady Averill of Barre was arrested
Friday morning on the charge of dis
tributing patent liver and kidney pills
on the porticos and steps of the resi-
dences in the city. The hearing was
continued for two weeks and he was
allowed to go on his own recogniz-
ance.
State Superintendent of Education
Mason S. Stone of Montpelier has
gone to Presque Isle, Me-, where he
will deliver adore sses and will also
speak at Fort Kent. Later with a
guide he will go into the Maine woods
on a fishing trip.
With nearly $lS,5OO of the 500. 900
promised the trustees of the Kun
Hattin homes at Westminster are
planning to erect two buildings In
place of the one burned last winter
One will be a dormitory for the larger
boys and the other a cottage for the
small boys.
At the special village meeting in
Winoosh resolution was adopted
pledging the credit of the village for
$4,000 and to issue bonds, known as
'iThe Village of Winooski Refunding
Sewer Bonds" for that sum. The
bonds are to be in denominations OF
$1,000 payable in twenty years and
bear interest not to exceed five per
cent payable semi-annually.
No trace has yet been found OF Pc
dro Ruin the Spaniard who shot An
gelo Lanzini an Italian, at Hardwick
last Sunday morning. Ruin was seen
in the woods west of the Bridgman
place just after the affair occurred but
there all trace was lost. Lanzini Is
in the hospital and the bullet has not
been located. Bad blood had existed
between the two for some time.
Bert Davis, of Hyde Park, pluckily
held TO the lines when pair OF heavy
Western horses that he was driving
ran away the other day and though
they went ut terrible speed he, with
the assistance of a man with him
succeeded in stopping them. That II
took great muscular skill Is shown by
the fact that the bits were bent and
the horses mouths cut by the strain
II is announced that owing to II
health the Rev, DIR. Edward Everett
Hale will be unatle to preach Sunday
in the old church at Rockingham as
mad been arranged. His advanced
age makes II impossible for him tC
travel long distances at times, es
pecially when not in his usual health
Addresses will be given by two prom
inent Boston and Quincy, Mass, cler
gymen.
The rains the latter part OF las
week put out several large forest fires
which were raging around BELOW:
Falls, Thursday there were three dis
tinct fires, all doing considerable dam
age. The most destructive was In
the woodlot between Minard pond ant
Barber Park, burning over many acres
of timber. bad fire was moving
swiftly on the hill between Bellows
Falls and Westminster West, Tn,
third serious fire had been burning fo
over three weeks, but had not beer
spreading rapidly. At one time, how
ever. strong wind famed the flames
into life and many men were calle'
bout from that section TO stop its pro
gress. Another fire was reported a
the north end OF Fall mountain Frida,
but had not been burning long enough