The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-30
VERMONT NEWS
Items o. Interest From Fourteen
Counties Of State.

NNaWAANN " 0ANNNH
A chapter Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution was organized in
Cornwall recently by Mrs. Clayton n.
North. state regent, Of Shoreham.
The I.auter Athletic club, champion
team of New Jersey defeated the Co.
ID basket bah team OF St Johnsbury
in game played in Montpelier Wed
nesday evening by a score OF 81 to IL.
The January term Of the United
States court which was scheduled to
open in Rutland Tuesday, was formal
~ adjourned BY Deputy United States
Marshal \. s. Whitaker, seurt Srisr;
this bsing done on the order Of Jaegs
James L. Martin.
A valuable addition 70 the number
Of horses at Norwich UniVersity,
Northfield, for the use Of the cavalry
practice is . handsome stallion, EN-.
peror" 1t is q gift of Maxwell Evarts
of Windsor. The stallion is high
blooded animal valued at not less than
$500.
More than $4,000 has recently been
distributed among the employees OF
the Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, this
amount representing the profits Of last
years business at the two co-opera'
tive stores which tho company con
ducts for its employees at West Rat
land and Proctor.
The Rev. Cora NJ. Ewes, pastor Of
the Universalist church at Williams
town has been obliged to resign on
account of continued Ill health. She
will remain In Williamstown for q
time and it is hoped that her health
will improve and later she be able "a
take up the work again
AS the result of a gambling ARRAY,
east OF Granville, N. Y, In Vermont
Monday night, an Italian named Pat
sy, was taken to a hospital at Albany
suffering from serious wound over
the heart, while the authorities have
been prosecuting an unsuccessful
search for his alleged assailant, an
other Italian whose first name Is John
and who went to Granville from Fair
Haven a few days ago
Barrels budget for the next munich
pal year shows an estimated expendi-
ture of $270,799.9S, to meet which an
income of $3.50, S0937l is estimated on
a tax rate just the same as last year,
$2.S03. The expenses will be unUsu-
ally large, as ii will be necessary to
retire $4,000 sewer bonds which be-
come due, but a sinking fund has been
laid away for several years, the sum
total of which, with this years accre-
ton, will wipe out the entire bonds
with the exception Of about $3.50.
When this issue is retired, the city's
bonded debt will be approximately
100000.
Wilbur St. Cyr, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Y. st Cyr Of Brattleboro, is Ill OF small
pox He is about II years old. 1t Is
thought that he contracted the disease
at a dance, when he danced with a
woman who broke out with smallpox
the following day. With one excep-
ton, none of the other members of the
family are likely to have the disease.
A fourth case OF smallpox has develop
ed in the family of Herbert Fisher of
West Brattleboro where case was
concealed sometime ago. The Fisher
house has been under quarantine for
several weeks. These are now the
only cases Of smallpox in town.
The total number of boats loaded
with lumber consigned to Burlington,
firms and entering the harbor during
the season of 1908 was SO. or these
445 were sail OF pin fats" 30 were
canal boats and 10 were blue barges,
or the large Canadian boats The to-
tai number OF feet OF lumber brought
was approximately 16,500,000. AL
though this was called a fair year it
was not nearly as large as the season
Of 1907 when 26,O0O,0O0 feet Of lumber
was brought into Burlington, the to-
tai number OF boats being 14S. The
early part OF the season just closed
was very dull. In the latter part,
however, business took a turn for the
better and large part OF the lumber
was brought in then.