The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-16
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties of State

lkGVo " AUNNA%oN iNfff
Counties of State
Lincoln sugar makers that tapped
their trees last week were rewarded
with an abundant flow of sap. Sew
eral Lincoln farmers plowed this
week.
After sufficiently recovering from
his recent severe illness so that he
had resumed his editorial work on
The Mortified News, Fred n Whit
ney has again become i'll and is COL
fined 10 his bed.
A petition has been filed in the of
flee of clerk of the United States
court, F. S. Plat, in which large
number of residents of the eastern
part of the state ask that the White
River Tavern Company at Hartford
be adjudged bankrupt
Judge j. l.. Martin of Brattleboro
has gone to New York to preside in
the United States district court. He
will open court at Rutland January
%. 1912, for the trial OF Matthew Car
Isle, the colored trooper, charged
with numbering a woman on the res
ervation at Fort Ethan Allen in Oc-
tober.
ST Johnsburys bond issue of 1897
of 100000 has been entirely paid.
Three years ago the village owed $12,
600 on this bond and had a floating in
debtedness of $4,000 The village
tax was at that time 80 cents on a
dollar of the grand list This year
it has been so cents.
Edward Monigan OF West Rutland,
has filed suit against Peter Titco, al
so of that village, to recover $500
damages after having gone to Titcos
house to complain about Titco's pigs
trespassing upon his property recent
ly and being elected. The case will
be heard at the next term OF hutland
county court.
4 petition that the new railroad
station to be erected at White River
Junction, replacing the one burned
last month, shall be situated on the
westerly side Of the present site is
being circulated among the business
men and is to be presented to the pub
lie service commission. To reach
the present location a number of
tracks must be crossed by travellers.
Clifford Conroy of Rutland was ar
rested in Burlington Monday on the
charge of robbing Edward Kelley of
t1En fThrpcHaN pfghf urhfoh
spent together When Kelley awoke
Friday morning his friend and money
were both gone Conroy was located
in Burlington and had about $50 on
his person. The men are said to
have been drinking
Rutland has all kinds of thieves.
/ Thursday night someone took thir-
teen hens from the coop of Edward
Vernon during his absence, killing
and dressing them in the henhouse.
Timothy Dryer has reported the
| theft or destruction of a canoe The
boat house was entered by saving of
the lock on the door The canoe was
valued at $40.
The St Johnsbury village caucus
to nominate officers for 1912 will be
/ held in the town hall Friday evening
and the village meeting will be held
January g. The bond issue of 1897
/ of $4,000 has been entirely paid
/ Three years ago the village owed S12
! OO0 on this bond issue and had a float
ing Indebtedness OF S25. 600. The vii
I lage tax was at that time so cents
on a dollar of the grand list This
year IL has been 80 cents
Deputy Secretary of State Rawson
w. Myrick and A. c. Theriault, his
assistant in the secretary OF state
Office al Montpelier. have found the
following notation in the birth anC
death returns from Wallingford fol
November, 1857 "Jerethiel Doty, aget
SO years. months and IL days, one
Of Lafayette's body guard home L
France. wounded by ball through I
vertabrae of the loins on a privatee
of the coast OF Maine Last Reyolu
tionary patriot Of the country
The Vermont Alumni association o
Dartmouth college held its annua
banquet at the Hotel Berwick in Rut
land Friday night. Gov Mead wa
the guest of honor The speakers a
the exercises following the banQue
were Gov. John A. Mead. Presiden
r. r. Nichols OF Dartmouth, Levi
parkhurst OF Boston, a member {
the board of trustees, the Rev ID
George H. Gilbert of Dorset. f.
Rowland OF Montpelier James
Irwin. president OF the class OF 1911
W. b. c. Stickney OF Bethel, J.
Pember OF Woodstock. and j. A. ID
Boer Of Montpelier.
Charles b. Crane. brother Of Il. /
Crane of Brattleboro was among II
newspaper men who told Samuel Go
pers. president OF the American Fe
Grafton OF Labor, about the McNar
ara brothers confession. Gompel
was on his way from Washington
Troy. n. Y, when he was shown
bulletin from Los Angeles and ask,
for q statement concerning t. NJ
Crane as representative OF the Ass
clated Press wrote the story abo
the labor leaders receipt of the new
that appeared In practically all Of Il
newspapers of the country.
WILLIAM |. G0KAY GUARAN
TEES HYOMEI