The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-11
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen cour
ties of the State,

The Ellis quarry, Bethel, has been
shut down for an indefinite time and
about forty men discharged Lack
of contracts was the reason of the
stopping of work.
There is said TO be unusual activity
lat Highgate Springs the well known
summer resort. this season. One rea-
son for this, II Is said. is the excellent
fishing, there being large catches of
bass daily rs well as many pickerel
Four of the outside windows of the
/ hail of the house Of representatives
lat the state house, Montpelier, two
on each side of the hall, have been
placed on hinges thus allowing the
windows TO be swung open and the
room thoroughly ventilated. A thor
lough system of ventilation for this
and other rooms in the state house
will not be put into operation until
after the next session of the legisla-
ture.
John Mcmahon who lives in the
Zones brook district in Montpelier,
found a doe in his Il owing one even
ing recently i'm a half dead condition,
the animal being nothing but skin and
bones. 1t was so far gone that it
could not run and Mr.. Mcmahon took
III into the barn. In the morning he
found the animal dead and notified
Game Warden Cilloy The little orea.
ture was evidently afflicted with some
Iavaging disease.
The injuries of Philip Stone of Hart.
ford who was struck by q train Sun
day afternoon, June IS, as he was
driving home from White River juno
ton proved fatal. AS the boy drove
near the crossing just below the vii
Ilage he met the express train and the
horse ran upon the bank throwing
the boy out ana under the cars. He
was taken TO Hanover, ~ H., hospita
and died at IL o'clock. The boy that
was with him escaped uninjured.
The members of the state board Of
pharmacy who have recently been ex
tensivcly touring the state inspecting
drug stores, and who held their july
injecting Tuesday evening and Wed
nesday at the state house, Montpel
Ter during their trip through thu
state have found several parties con
Quoting drug stores without a licens,
and have caused. several of these I,
stop doing business. They say. how
ever. that there is a marked improve
ment in the drug stores of the stat,
over a few years ago.
In general orders No. Ill war de
partment under date of July 8, 1905
Norwich University, Mortified, is 81
en- as one of the eight institution
whose students have exhibited tn
greatest application and prohcienc,
in military training and knowledg
under an army officer, The honor ha
been held by Norwich for severa
years. The other institutions holt
ing similar rank are in st. Paul, Min
Culver Ind, Chester, Penn, Manliu.
N. Y, Faribault. Mimi, Charleston
s. c., and Lexington Va.
Announcement is made that Sup
B. Il. Merriam of the Rockingham pull
lie schools has been appointed to
like position in the schools of Hacker
sack, ~ ]. He will there have charg
of 5000 pupils and a corps of 80 teacl
ers Mr.. Merriam has been In BE
lows Falls six years and has becom
well known among the educators {
the state During his term of ofliC
the salaries of the teachers in Rocl
mgham have been increased % pc
cent and manual training has bee
introduced in the schools, room b.
ing fully equipped for shop work. NJ
Merriam is now attending the sun
mer school at New York Unlversit
' his second year there.