The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-26
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest from Various Parts
Of the State

OF tne state
The state w C. T. U. convention
will be held at ST. Johnsbury this fall
The Rutland police force killed four
unlicensed dogs the first of the week
and will dispose of Others as fast as
they are located.
William Allen OF Peacham landed a
lake trout at Harvey's Pond a few
days ago that measured 32 inches In
length. IS inches around and weighed
IL pounds.
A number OF breaks that have been
made recently in cottages al Lake Hor-
tonia. near Rutland, are being investi-
gated by the authorities.
That Rutland is inhabited by many
nationalities is evident by the state
.ment that besides the papers printed
in more common languages there are
received more or less regularly at that
office an read by people, papers print
ed in Greek, Chinese. Spanish, British
and French languages, while not long
since one was received from Bombay.
During moving picture show In
Ludlow Tuesday night. a 32-calibre re-
yoiver belonging to young man from
Proctorsyille. named Ripley, accident
ally fell from his pocket and was dis.
charged. the bullet passing through
the back OF the chair in which he was
siintg and from there through the
ceiling overhead. No one was injured
Commissioner OF Industries J. S.
Buttles was in Johnson and Morris
vile recently. holding hearings rela-
tive 10 workingmen compensation in
two cdses. These are Emma Holmes,
OF Johnson and Emma Holmes. of
Johnson. and Emeline Williams of
Worthwhile, against the Parker G.
Stearns company The husbands OF
TWO women died recently after several
wteks illness and the question is
%hether the accident each suffered
While employed by the deJandantwas
the cause OF death. Tho Illness and
accidents were similar.
Tho Barre. city council has taken
steps to clean up the city's milk sup
ply A veterinarian and a federal
inspector have been summoned in on
request of the council The need
for eradiction Of tuberculosis germs
from the milk supply was considered
SO urgent that a motion was carried
TO have the mayor appoint COM
mitteo OF three to investigate the milk
situation
A Bellows Falls post of the Ameri-
can Legion will be formed when Bell
lows Falls ex-service men gather next
Monday evening at the armoryhfoi the
signing OF the charter The mat
ter has undergone considerable dis
cussion. which has resulted In appli-
alton for Bellows Falls post, to
include Rockingham and Saxons
River, while Westminster is to form
a post of her own. 1t is estimated
that there will eventually be over 100
members for the local post.
At recent meeting for the or
ganization of council of Knights Of
Columbus in White River Junction
plans were perfected for q council
which. will start with at least 100
charter members. Postmaster Morris
Walsh was elected temporary chair
-. lfCdiCJs oCOtCtdi anu
John j. Hanralian, treasurer.
The sheriff department of Rutland
county is armed with, a search war
rant and during the last few days it
has looked over number OF houses
in the country east of Rutland in a
vain effort to find out who shot and
carried away yearling heifer, be-
longing to the Rutland Fire Clay com
pany, as it fed in. q pasture almost
within the city limits. The deed was
committed in the middle of the after
noon in place much frequented by
berry pickers and the theft was par
ticularly daring one.