The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-27
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen Coun-
ties Of the State.


church at Newport and the committee
having the matter in charge an
nounces that the church will be dedi-
Gated in the not distant future.
DIR. II. S. Carver of Marshfield. is
said to be one of the victims of c. F. |
King, Boston's fugitive financial |
agent" DR.. Carver is alleged to have |
lost over 5000 which he sent King and |
which he wished to have invested in |
American Wooden preferred.
In the absence of regular rector,
the Rev. George b. Johnson, of Bur
lington, preached at ST. Peters church,
Lyndonville, Sunday. The Ri Rev.
Arthur c. A. Hall has appointed the
Rev. T. H. NJ. Eckford to that charge,
and he will begin duties about May |.
New buildings are the greatest need
| c. the Rutland Hospital Association,
says the officers. The annual reports
show that 226 patients have been treat
ed the past year and there have been
twenty deaths. The total receipts
were sl1,239.69 and the expenses,
sl0.706.56.
ADOul lNtHtN lliNll Will bt Nh
early in May working the white clay
deposit near Rutland owned by the
Clarendon Clay & Mining Co 1t is
probable that large part of the out
put will be shipped to Glens Falls, n.
Y. This city is used in finishing
writing paper and there is a steady
demand for it.
Shortly after the two daughters of
Walter II. Alexander, of West Brattle-
boro, went into the barn to throw
down hay they ran into the house and
told their mother the loft was on fire.
Their lanterns had set blaze which
| destroyed thes barn and house, the
stock and piano being saved The
| loss will reach $500.
The smallpox scare at Newbury has
| about blown over as no new cases
have developed. The people in the
| surrounding towns have been very
much disturbed but there seems to be
no further danger and it is hoped the
health officer will allow the churches
to hold services Sunday and the
schools to reopen Monday.
Henry G. Clark, of Brattleboro, has
filed claim against the Boston &
Maine Railroad Co. for damages to
carload of horses. On arrival at Bel
lows Falls from Boston six horses
were on their backs, and fourteen
were badly cut and bruised by being
trampled upon. One has since died
and three are of little value Appar-
emily the car was in a collision,
The hearing of chancery cases last
week at White River Junction to resi-
dents OF that village further empha-
sizes the fact that White River juno
ton as the railroad center of Wind
sor county should be the county seat
1t is suggested by Junctionites that
any aspiring candidates for town rep
resentative might find captivating
platform to run on in seeking to OBJ
tain change from Woodstock.
At special town meeting in Bak-
ersfield to decide what class of liquor
license should be granted, that for a
beer and light wine or third class pre-
vailed by vote of 76 to TO- The eff
fort TO establish second class license
having failed. it is very probable n
Il hN'AiSt va any AllpiiOH W III Ut
taken out and there is not enough
| money in the class voted to warrant
| anyone going into the business.
| The listers of the various towns in
| Caledonia county have agreed upon
| uniform valuation for live stock
l and produce as follows: Oxen. cents
| a pound live weight three-year-old
l steers, 3ls cents a pound live weight
| two-year-old steers, 500; two-year-old
heifers. SIS; yearlings, $40; cows, s25
| three-year-old colts, 500 two-year-old
| colts, $50; yearlings. s35; horses over
| four years old left TO judgment OF
| listers; sheep Sc a head; wool 20 cents
l a pound; hens in fiocks Of fifty or over
40 cents each; fat hogs and sows on O
four cent pound basis, with shoats
more; loose hay $40 ton; baled hay
. $l2.50 a ton; maple sugar cents a
pound; lumber in logs $40 thousand
sawed lumber, $3.50 a thousand;
wood, four-foot, green, 81 cord
The identification OF young WON.
an who passed three days and nights
last week wandering about the town
and village Of Shelburne and finally
taking the train for Middlebury Sat
urday night, is puzzling the towns
people who allowed her to leave with
out finding out much about her. The
young woman was apparently about
20 years old and prepossessing. At
one house she was found in the cellar,
which she had entered by the hatch
way, intending to pass the night
| there. TWO men were in Shelburne Fri
day looking for the girl. They would
not reveal her identity but said that
| she had been studying too hard of late
! The conductor of the train upon
which she rode said that she got off
at Niddlebury and was met by
friends.
The proposed bowling alley in the
basement of the parish house of the
Bethany Christian church, Randolph,
is causing great deal of discus
sion in the village, especially among
those who have objected to some re-
| cent acts in connection with the man.
| agement of the music hall and parish
! house. The whole trouble seems to
arise from the plans laid out for the
benefit of the younger class of boys
the trustees of the church desire to
keep off the streets. To do this they
/ are remodeling the basement of the
| parish house into a gymnasium with
all the upto-date apparatus which they
no, ,lnr t,, h.