The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-08
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of interest From Fourteen
Counties Of State.

Next TUESDAY MorrlsVllle village
will hold a special meeting to consid-
er the ACCESSIBILITY of furnishing pow
er from their electric plant for the
operation of the Mount Mansfield rail-
way 1t is estimated that 125 horse
power will be needed.
The schools have been closed and
church meetings and other public as
| semblies have been temporarily for
| hidden in Bethel owing to the prevail
! ence Of diphtharia. One person has
died of the disease and two cases now
exist in the town,
The 35th annual meeting OF the
First regiment, Vermont cavalry will
he held in Morrisville October 10.
Judge d. c. Walker and Col. E. B.
Sawyer will be the principal speakers
at the campfire in the evening. The
Morisville band will furnish music.
A certificate of increase of the cap
ita stock of the Baldwin Refrigerator
company has been filed in the office
of the Burlington city clerk. The
stock of the company is increased
from $4,000 to $4,000, dividend into
1900 shares of $1G0 each.
A $4,000 negligence suit was enter.
ed in United States courts Tuesday by
l. H. Barber of Brattleboro against j.
H. White of Meriden, Conn. The plain
tiff sets up that he suffered a broken
rib and a punctured lung in an acct.
dent to the defendants automobile in
which he was riding.
Mrs. George Stone ot Rutland has
won suit against A Simonson of
New York ter obtaining money a. der
false pTetenses. According TO Mrs.
Stone she sent the defendant sos for
a mail order course in maniclring
and hair dressing, obthinlng no re.
suits.
John |. Van Orman, aged 70 years
died recently at Springfield. Mr. Van
Orman was a shoemaker and enlisted
at Montpelier in Company |. 18th Vt
Regiment, for service in the Civil
war. OF the 105 men who went out
in that company, 20 are dead and six
have died since August, 1908.
The mail carriers of st. Johnsbury
held jubilee Thursday evening to
celebrate the Goth anniversary of the
free delivery service in town. Henry
Holder, the only surviving carrier of
the original thirteen employed, who
started the service in st. Johnsbury,
was presented with a briar pipe by
his fellow employees.
A statement issued from the offices
Of the New York Central railroad
shows the operating revenues OF the
Rutland railroad for the month OF
August to have been $500, 62490 an
/ en- %
the corresponding month of last year
The operating expenses are given as
Sl75,32137, an increase of $4.573.S0,
total net revenues, 1926, 3O3.53. an in
crease of S29. 37762, one-twelfth of an
nual tax S9,9S5.34, an increase of 81,
llS0S; operating income, $1l5,40S19,
an increase of s27 ,259.54.
Judge James L. Martin of the fed.
eral court has approved the decision
of w. ~ Theriault of Montpelier. ref
cree in bankruptcy, refusing to dis
charge of Thomas Brady formerly of
Brattleboro from bankruptcy Bra
dy's liabilities were SIP, 600 and the
grounds of the denial OF the discharge
are alleged irregularity in book keep
ing, failure to keep proper accounts
of money received and because the
petitioners had compromised with
creditors within six years
Norris D. Blake who for several
years has been principal of the Yer
mont Business college at Burlington,
has gone to Worcester, Mass, whore
he Will teach this winter For some
time Mrs. Blake has had a throat
trouble which seemed to be aggravat-
ed by the winter near Lake Cham
plain and il has been decided to try a
season under different surroundings
with hope of greater physical COM
fort. Mrs Blake will remain uniden-
titled with the business college as a
stakeholder and president of the man
aging board His place as principal
of the college will be taken by Irving
V. Cobleigh
A Poultney Italian, called Mike
Perry, and another man of the same
nationality, whose name is unknown.
are under arrest charged with assault
with intent to kill. Charles Streeter,
of North Poultney, fired a revolver
shot at dog belonging TO Perry the
animal having an annoying habit of
chasing teams. Immediately after
Perry is alleged to have set out after
Streeter on bicycle and fired at him
with shotgun, some of the shots
striking him in the back. Soon after
Streeter was fired on while passing
through a piece of woods in the eve
ming. On this occasion a heavy sheep
skin lined hunting jacket impeded the
charge of buckshot so he was not SER
iously injured