The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-21
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Fourteen
Counties Of State.

Counties OF state.
It is now thought that the net pro.
ceeds OF the society circus at Rut-
land will exceed 500, with all bills
paid.
Philip B. Stewart, native of Mid
dlebury and son of former Governor,
Congressman and Senator Stewart,
has announced his candidacy for gov
ernor OF Colorado.
The new addition to the graded
school building to be built at Bris-
toll this summer will be two stories
high, SAY x32 feet. to cost $4,000. It
is to be ready for the fall term OF
school.
Because of the development of a
case of diphtheria in Washington the
Central Vermont Pomona Grange
meeting, which was to be held there
"Wednesday OF this week. has been
cancelled.
The quarantine for diphtheria in
Center Rutland Las been lifted A.
scare developed among the. Polish
residents when II became known-that
case had gone without proper med.
zeal attention for a week.
George Downs. formerly of Rut-
land. who died at Washington, d c.,
June Z, had been a railroad man prac.
tically all his life, having been EN-.
ployed as an engineer by both the
Rutland and Delaware & Hudson rail
roads
The police of Rutland will rigidly
enforce the laws regulating automo-
bile traffic in that city under the
orders of States Attorney Stafford.
Two speeders were fined Wednesday
in the city court, the first SIS and
the second $3.50
An agent for the Boston Elevated
Railway company has been in Bur
lington during the past few days and
endeayored TO hire students OF the
university of Vermont to go to Bos-
ton to work for the company during
the strike which is now on. 1t has
not been learned that any of the stu
dents accepted the offer.
DR. NJ. Fierstein of Burlington is
minus a mustache as the result of
the explosion Of a cigarette lighter DR.
Fierstein started to use the lighter.
which had been overflled with gaso-
line. so that II exploded when ignited.
The doctor was burned severely about
the mouth and lost so much of his
mustache that he was obliged TO
shave of what was left.
Deputy Collector c. NJ. Bailey of
the United States customs at New
port has been looking for smugglers
OF late. and as the result of his ac.
| tivity In this direction secured about
5000 pounds Of maple sugar upon
which the duties had not been paid.
This sugar was sold by Canadian pro.
ducers to United States farmers liv.
ing near the border and by them sold
as of their own production.
In Addison county court at Middle.
bury Monday Doctor Bisbee, OF Bris.
tol, pleaded guilty of having liquor
on hand with intent to sell, and was
fined 5000 and costs. George Train.
OF Middlebury also entered plea
OF guilty of selling liquor. first of.
Tense, and was sentenced to not less
than six or more than seven months
in the house of correction at Rutland
at hard labor
George Karkanedes, a fruit dealer
was fined Sl5 and costs In Montpelier
city court. charged with selling straw.
berries measured in baskets under
regulation size. The charge as
brought by Inspector Moher OF the
state department OF weights and mea.
sures, who purchased two baskets of
the berries and found that they did
not measure up to standard. Mr..
karkanedes was unfamiliar with the
law and paid the fine and costs
A iOO.pound bear whose stomach
was found TO contain an exposed ko.
dak film, Is said to be the result of
a hunting expedition In Chittenden
Thursday, when Pearl Newton OF
that place. brought down the big fel.
low with his gun. II is believed the
animal Is the one that has terrorlzed
live stock In the vicinity OF Chitten.
den for several weeks. A peculiar
discovery, IL Is reported. was made
when the bear was cut open. In It's
stomach was found an exposed kodak
film II Is thought that Brhin, while
ransacking some picnickers' lunch
box. ate the film.