Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23

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Wednesday, January nd, at Z; o'clock
I, M,
fEE At NoRmflEIn Thc hlock an
Central street, Mortified, owned hy Mr.
Alhcrt Stevens, Wa partially destroyed
by fire on saturday evening last 1t Wa,
occupied by the bookstore of Mr. stevens
Mr. Bruce, harucs, and shoemaker J, g.
spear meat market, and Mr., Wright
dealer in fancy good, Mrs. Wright wa,
partly insured. There Wa, uo Insurance
"n the rest Of the huildmu
NATIONAL RNNH or BrRINoruN.-At
the annual meeting OF >torkhvllrr, Of the
First National Bank Of Burlington held
ou Tuesday, the following officer, were
elected Tor the ensuing year
q, \. nolge, President; G. \ sumner,
Cashier; ". II, :, WMtcmuh, Teller; q,
\, nodgc, L. NJ, Hagar " H. Hoyt,
C. VI SpauldmG O. ] Walker, O. :,
Wood, NJ, b. Ca,lm, Dirctm,.
HAY.-Thc following arr the statistics
relative 10 hay raised in Vermont Turing
the year lsiG:
Amount Of crop in tons, >i2. SIS
Average yield per acre, /
Number vi acre, in each .rop ST., SIS
Value PER ton. Sl5,Gl
Total valuation, Sl3 80
BENNlNGroN.- The waddiug mauu-
factory OF MesSrs, Parker Bingham y
Go, has been shut down Tor repairs,
Bishop Clark of Rhode Island lee
turcd at Free Library H1ll last evening.
His subject was "Pictur,- Ahead" and the
lecture is spoken Of AS rich literary
treat
The salary of Rev. W. 5, Apscy, pas
tor of the Baptist Church has been raised
Two hundred dollars, The financial af-
fairs Of the Church present most aattor-
ing exhibit,
The following are the officers elected
by Mt Anthony Lodge No. l3, T, y \.
NJ, of Bennington. for the present year
J. T. Shurtlcff, W. MI. H. Cushman,
; W; f. Bradford, J. w; f. 2. Norton.
Treasurer Chas, Benton. Secretary Geo
Benton, Chaplain; Lorenzo Fisk, Jr,, )
d. John Norton, J, d. ~. G.. HARDWOOD.
]. \. y. Williams, Stewards; II. futile.
Tyler; W. III. Cook, Orranist; +. y.
Squire, Musical Director; VIM. Ii. Cady,
Marshal
Mr. C. l.. Root Of New York, one of
the parties most intimately interested
in the project was in>Bennington last
week to look over the ground preparatory
to putting railroad up into the wood
land bought by the old Harlem r. r. Co,
Of the late Lyman Atwater, some 10 or II
years ago. The object is to open available
HI
Of lumber, &C., embraced in this tract,
and which once opened by railroad trans
portation, would yield rich pecuniary
harvest to the proprictor~, The prospects
now are that the road will bc built
- " r learn fr-.fft- He Banner THAI the
gift presentation concert of the Bcnning-
ton Cormet Band, which occurred at Free
library Hall, on the evening of the sth
inst, according TO previou, announcement.
was a success i'll every ~on-s of tlc word.
Over 900 tickets were disposed Of, which
puts quite a handsome sum into the
Treasury of the Band The drawing was
conducted in a fair, satisfactory manner
by two individuals chosen by the audi
ance. The first prize--a splendid silver
tea set-fen to Mr. Frank Carpenter. and
the Band themselves were lucky enough
to draw the second prize Of $50 in cash,
the lucky ticket being among the number
not disposed Of
M0NTrEGIER.-Thc annual election Of
officers of the First National Bank Of
took place last Tuesday, and
resulted in the uuanimull> choice Of the
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made choice'of J. \. Page. as President,
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