The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-14

vanced from forty to so cents on each
100 pounds.
A house just out of East Peacham
owned by Eugene Shaw, which was
burned week ago, was over one hun.
dred years old.
At the recent annual supper and
meeting of the Rutland Baptist Socie.
ty, deficit of $500, reported by the
trustees, was raised bp subscription in
thirty minutes.
Echoes from the Green Mountain
State Industrial School, the first news.
paper to be published by the boys and
girls of the state industrial school at
Vergennes, has just been issued.
Thomas Walsh, of Rockingham has
sued the Rutland railroad for $500 al
leging that considerable grass on his
meadow land was destroyed by fire
started by sparks from the locomotive.
DR.. Leonard Tracy Hanks, one of
Dubuques oldest dentists. who died
January 3 after a two weeks Illness
was born in East Randolph October 8,
1912. locating in Dubuque nearly forty
years ago.
Hugh Donaldson. of West Swanton,
reports. that he has been engaged by
number of the Canadian seine fisher
men to repair their nets this spring
and that they have been assured that
SEEMING licenses will be issued to them
this spring as usual.
Dana Garfield, the 16 year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c. Garfield of
Greensboro, fell on the ice recently in
jurying one side so seriously that he
was taken to the st. Johnsbury hospit-
al where he was operated upon.
The Rev. o. J. Anderson has given
up his labOrs as pastor of the Metho-
dist church at st. Johnsbury Center
and has gone into business at st.
Johnsbury. The Rev Mr.. Gregory of
Lyndon will occupy the pulpit for the
remainder of the year.
A pleasant family gathering was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Baptiste Boulia OF Middlebury, New
Years day MIR. and Mrs Boulia
have been married SO years. Mr..
Boulia is n years old and his wife 70.
OF the eight children born to them,
seven survive.
The new owners of the Mount
Mansfield electric railway, running be-
tween Waterbury and Stowe, have is
sued an amended tariff to take effect
Ltohr ThA hnt Ar
bury and Stowe has been raised to
fifty cents and express and freight
rates will be raised in proportion.
1t Is expected that Burlington's new
filtration plant will be completed Feb
urary l. Operations were begun on
the plant, which is directly south OF
the city pumping station on the lake
front August IA by the Ley Con
struction Co and work has been
pushed along with creditahle dis
| patch.
The Barre directors Of the Intercity
Athletic Association have perfected
| arrangements for a fair to be held il
Barre the week beginning February
3. The second week in February &
similar fair will be held In Montpelier
These fairs are to be held to raise
money to wipe out the indebtedness.
of the association.
Sneak thieves made good haul o
| loot at several cottages at Mallett.
Bay Tin Colchester) some time durini
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
! ing The discovery was made by VIII
liam Mayo and George Mcintyre resi-
dents at the bay, who had planned Oh
a fishing trip Sunday morning and ha'
gone to the cottage owned jointly b.
Mayo and Albert Whittekind Of Win
ooski.
Claude Graves and Ralph Stygle
young Underhill boys, pleaded guilt
to intoxication Wednesday and wer
fined IS each, which they paid. Upol
disclosure they said they were treate
Christmas day with diluted alcoho
by Floyd Jock, also a minor Joe
has departed to escape the prosect
ton which he anticipated would 70
low the disclosure of the boys.
As Charles May was drawing loa
Of logs over the crossing on the 8
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain raj
road In Wolcott the other day tn
brakes on the sled dropped betwee
the rail and plank and set the tear
fast. Just then an extra engine cam
along and boosted the load Of log
and sleds some twenty feet over q
embankment. Fortunately both ma
and horses escaped unintured. r.
Alderman Farrar of Rutland n
Gently charged the fire committee wit
keeping on the payroll call fireme
who were negligent One had MISE
4 "a fires In q year, another 20, thir
10. The committee replied In defens
that these men were unfit for servic
because Of injuries or illness, from el
/ posture in the city's services. Alder
man Farrar will sift the matter.
The recently formed girls club a
Brattleboro which has quarters In tn
Brattleboro rest room, Is making Al
effort to increase its membership. tn
plan of the club Is similar to that OF
ganized in larger cities. The room
will be kept open every evening e,
cept Sunday and books and perio(
icals will always be on hand. In tn
near future classes of bookkeeping
basket work. and sewing will
formed. There will also be q socia
feature.
The board of j. B. Campbell, tn
promoter" who was In Washingto
county Jail two months, will be char
ed to the city Of Barre. At the tim