The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-06
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen coun.
tics Of the State.


Rutland milk dealers reduced the
price Of milk a cent quart, beginning
April 4. delivering It for six cents.
Melvin J. Boyle of Burlington who
was arrested in Toronto Monday night
charged with embezzling $500 from the
Home Life Insurance Co. OF New York
was remanded Tuesday for week.
Prof C. l.. Beach of the University
Of Vermont. Burlington, has accepted
the presidency of the Connecticut
College and will as
sumo the duties OF his new position
about the middle OF next September.
. Stowe and Winooski liquor license
commissioners have fixed the fees
for license in their respective towns
In Stowe a first class license will cost
81 900. and second class. $500
while In WinoOski the fees will be as
follows: First-class $1,000; second.
class. $500; fifth-class, $50.
The will Of John s. Brown of Brat.
tleboro. just probated, gives the res
idue' OF his estate to the Home Mis-
sionary society OF New York and the
Vermont Home Missionary society af-
ter the death Of his wife the income
to be used for the benefit of poor par
ishes. churches and worthy ministers"
The estate amounts to several thous.
and dollars but no inventory has been
made and there are several private
requests.
The water in Lake Champaign rose
q little over an inch yesterday. but the
ice late yesterday afternoon showed no
signs of breaking up. notwithstanding
the stiff breeze from the south and
west says the Burlington Free Press.
One small open place In the lake lust
west OF the breakwater was all that
could be seen Of the water from the
shore, although tine ice In the broad
lake has the appearance Of being very
water soaked. ,
A man named Reynolds from Ceder.
Vile, Que, attempted to take trip on
Lake Memphemagog Monday night.
About a half mile from Newport his
horse suddenly disappeared through
the ice. People along the shore heard
cries for help and several went to his
aid. II was fully half an hour before
the horse could be pulled out OF the
water thoroughly exhausted and sew.
eral Of the helpers were treated to a
cold water bath.
A large albino doe was driven into
the village of Bellows Falls the other
day by hounds and went into +. H.
Trimmings dooryard. Some children
drove the dogs away. The deer was
apparently not afraid, but trotted of
toward the woods. Deer are very
plentiful In that vicinity this spring.
An electric car from Saxton River
one evening recently had to stop the
car until four deer got off the track.
The animals were apparently as tame
as cows.
According to the monthly meteoro.
logical summary issued at Albany the
mean temperature for March was 80
degrees which is 2.3 degrees above the
average for this month during the last
80 years. The precipitation was I.43
inches which is LES inches less than
average for the last 80 years. There
were 5 clear days. IA partly cloudy
and 3 cloudy. The highest tempera,
ture was IS on the 2Sth: the lowest
was on the LIST. The prevailing wind
was south with maximum velocity oil
81 miles per hour on March rs.
There were twenty-eight commit
ments to the house Of correction, Rut
land, during March. This is de
crease OF seven from the month of Eel
ruary. In the Rutland county jail
there were thirty commitments 10,
March. The 0ffenses for which the
prisoners were committed to the state
institution follow: Breach Of the
peace, fourteen; larceny. seven; mis-
behavior at Industrial school, break
Ing parole, coming into the state with
the Intention Of being pauper, keep
Ing gambling place. one each; sell
Ing liquor illegally, two.
Rutland license commissioners hav,
served notice that no silent partner
will be permitted In the liquor train,
In that city the coming year. TIL,
names of all persons interested, finan
cially or otherwise, in the sales or pre-
ceeds of the saloons must appear II
applications for licenses.
Department Commander C. Il. Beacl
OF Burlington has secured headQuar
tiers for the Grand Army and Woman
Relief Corps In the parlors at tn
Southern hotel. corner of Jefferson an,
st. Clare streets, Toledo Ohio, for tn
national encampment to be held Their
the week of August 81. Comrades an
friends who feel sure of attending ma
secure quarters at the same hotel b
corresponding with the manager a
once.
! It Is learned that the man who con
mitted suicide In hotel at New Have
Conn.,, Tuesday by turning on the ga
In his room, was Israel Davy, VIII
about twenty years ago was prominen
In banking circles of Vermont Dav
was born In Fair Haven nearly 3
years ago. After leaving school he b
came clerk in the old Rutland Ma
ional bank and later was cashier of tn
Woodhouse National bank of Burlini
ton. After the liquidation Of the la
ter institution he went to Kansas a
cashier OF bank there. or late h
had been travelling salesman. Twer
ty-two years ago, Davy married Mis-
Mary Post, daughter Of J. Il. Post Q
Rutland. Several years ago they SCI
arated, Mrs. Davy taking position a
h0usekeeper ut the Somerset club Il
Boston. Davy leaves two children.
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