The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-09
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen Coun-
ties of State

The first free delivery of mail in
the village OF Sprinfleld took place on
Tuesday morning, June at o'clock.
The names of 81 Aliens. 173 Browns
and 296 Smiths appear in the revised
roster of the Vermont volunteers in
the Civil war.
The jurors at the last March term
Of Washington county court will hold
a picnic and reunion at Dewey park
Thursday afternoon and evening June
II.
w. A. Dutton of Hardwick nas been
appointed to succeed Judge Zed S.
Stanton of Roxbury as commissioner
in the public wharf proceedings
against the Central Vermont Railway
In Essex county court which ad-
journed recently. Melvin Nelson plead
ed guilty to the charge of burning the
veneer mill at East Haven last Janu-
airy and was sentenced to not less than
seven years at hard labor in the state
prison at Windsor.
1t has just leaked out through one
! Vi Aut DtlootuSNA0 NhhN WV
| on the Sunday train over the Rutland
railroad from New York was robbed
of bag which contained 5000 in cash
and about a thousand dollars in mile
age books many the property OF the
passengers aboard the train.
Winoosh policemen have been noti-
fed to report violations of the Sun
day closing law, the village trustees
| having ordered that all business places
shall be closed tdat day except for
a few hours In the afternoon and eve
ming when the paper stands and soda
| fountains may operate for few hours.
The Reading Tale & Asbestos Co..
| of Reading a stock company with a
capital of 100000 has already 1000
| tons of tale in the crude state mined
and is soon to erect large building
in which to put machinery for the
manufacture Experts say the mine
which is in Hammondville in the town
of Reading. contains an unlimited
amount of this ore.
The granite to be used in the con
struction of the new city hall of
Montpelier will come from the Wet
more & Morse quarries in Barre, own
ed by Montpelier men, and will be
cut at the sheds of d. X. Lille & Co,
in Montpelier. 1t is estimated that
about $4,000 worth of granite will be
used for trimmings, etc.
! Frank Osborn of Essex Junction.
the butter buyer who disappeared re-
Gently with checks amounting to $3.50.
has returned nome and tells strange
story of mental alteration, being drug
! ged, etc. He had just four cents when
he reached home but he says he des-
troyed the checks he took with him.
He has been taken to the county Jail
at Burlington.
The state committee of the Young
Mems Christian associations of Yer
mont announces the fifth season OF
Camp Abnaki for boys and young men
at Hibbard's point on Lake Cham
plain in North Hero. Byron. N. Clark
of Burlington is chairman of the camp
committee The boys will enjoy an
outing from July 9 to 10 and the
young men from July 90 to 80.
Fred NJ. Crosby, managing editor
OF the Middlebury Register, suffered
bad injury to his right hand Satur-
DAY afternoon in the elevator. While
assisting in transferring the editorial
belongings from the second to the
hrst hoor, somthing went wrong with
tne machinery an in attempting to set
thing right, his hand was caught in
the gearing. No bones were broken.
ana II is thought he will recover the
full use of fis hand.