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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-18
Manchester Centre.

DR.. p. S. LoOmis has become perma-
nent resident of our village, having
opened dental Office in the Morse build
ing, opposite the postoffice.
The death of Mr.. Art. BrownsOn oc-
Cured recently at Dunville, Province of
Ontario. The older residents of the
county will remember him as the son of
the late "Uncle Gideon Brownson of
Sunderland and brother of the late Will
liam Brownson of this town and of Mrs.
Ann BOynton of Sunderland Another
member of the family Mr.. Guy Brown
son, of Arlington, is now absent from
home, having gone to attend his
brother funeral.
At the annual business meeting of the
Y. p. S. c. E. of the Baptist church,
held March 9th, the following officers
were elected: President, Edwin Reaulo;
Vice President, Nina Marsh; Secretary,
Sarah Hoyt Treasurer, Verona Provan.
The committee elected were as follows:
Lookout Committee, Florence Phillips,
Ellen Reaulo, Earl Marsh; Prayer Meet
ing Committee, President, Vice Presi-
dent and Pastor; Flower Committee,
Ella Dyer, Bessie Hyde, Nina Kilburn;
Social Committee, Cora Marsh, Louise
Reynolds, Herbert Stillson, George
Balch, Watson Curtis.
School closed last week. Below we
give the report of Miss Derby's depart
ment. The names of the scholars in the
primary department who were not alb
sent during two terms are Robbie
Anderson, Amy Cummings, George Sey-
mour and Harold Taylor. Bertha An
derson, Ethel COlvin, Reuben Colvin,
Willie Cummings, Arthur Davis, Fred
Taylor, Ethel Taylor and Edith Wright
were not absent during one term. Jes-
sic Appleman, Elizabeth and Sarah
Coffey, Freddie Heinel. Frank Lugene,
Jessie and Ethel Taylor were not tardy
during the year. Bertha Anderson,
George Bentley, Ethel and Reuben Col
vim, Amy Cummings, Abbie Clemens,
Laurin Davis, George Seymour, Harold,
Reuben and Mabel Taylor. Annie Tuttle,
Edith Wright were not tardy during two
terms. Freddie Heinel was absent but
two days during the year.
An interested audience assembled last
evening in the Methodist church to lis
ten to the young speakers who were to
declaim in behalf of temperance. The
occasion was the Demorest Silver Medal
Contest, in which six contestants par
ticipated. They were Miss Sarah Hoyt,
Miss Jennie Kilburn, Master John Hill
lard, Miss Vallie Wilcox, Miss Flora
Lincoln and Miss Florence Phillips.
Rev. J. NJ. Appleman opened the exer-
cises with a scripture reading and prayer,
and a quartet rendered several tenn
perance songs at intervals. The Judges,
Rev. Mr. Shoemaker, Mrs. Snyder of
Dorset, and third party from Man
chester village awarded the medal to
Miss Vallie Wilcox. Mrs. A. F. Smith
presided very acceptably during the con
test and at the close presented the five
unsuccessful contestants with a neat
temperance souvenir. A great deal
of credit is due Mrs. Smith for the
success of the entire affair and fer the.
public interest manifested therin.
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A large flock of wild geese passed over
this place last Friday.
Last weeks blizzard was not as severe
as the one of March, 1888.
Every one reports pleasant time at
the last sociable at r. J. McKee's.
Mrs. Fayette Lackey and children of
Pawlet, are visiting her MOTHER
Mrs. NJ. J. Eaton and Mrs. E. L. Howe
of Albany, were in town this week.
James Mckee of Grand Rapids, Mich,
made his brother, A. L. Mckee, short
visit this week. He has not been East
for 81 years.
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Maj. Moses Harrington.

DIED.-March 18th, Maj. Moses Harrington
in his 18th year.
Mr.. Harrington was the son of Lyman
Harrington, Esq, and removed to this
town from Manchester, where he had
been associated with his father in the
mercantile business. He early formed a
copartnership with Mr.. Albert Walker,
and they were long time in business on
the dewey Corner" and for a time
manufactured gun-powder in the east
part of the town. Mr.. Harrington after
wards engaged in business in New York
city, in house furnishing dry goods, and
later, dealing in horses, of which he was
fine judge. His last few years have
been full of pain, and disease finished its
work upon him. lie was a genial,
though very positive man, full of public
spirit and of generous impulses, that he
would have been glad to crafty had
fortune smiled upon his Efforts, but in
this he was disappointed, but did what
he could. He married Miss Sarah Ann
Robinson, who survives him, as well as
two children, Mrs. Walter f. Sears of
Steelton, Pa, and Mordaut l.. Harring-
ton of Harrisburg, Pa. The time of the
funeral is not yet arranged.
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her children for their home in--
Her mother, Mrs. Harriet Mclaughlin,
accompanied her to her home for stay
of some time.
The lectures by Mr.. Farman came off
as advertised on Friday and Saturday
evenings, and on Sabbath evening this
gentleman delivered an excellent ad-
dress to the young people. The ques-
tion has been asked: "How can this
young man travel so well alone. since he
is blind?'' The answer was, because
people are kind to him." CHATS good
word for Uncle Sans sons and daugh-
tersl. Mr.. Farman was to go North this
week, and expected to visit his mother
in Westfeld, vt.
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PIG; Auditors, j. P. Guiltinan, 1877, c. H.
Mason, 206, H. c. Day, 21S.
Trustees. Ward 1, J. S. Holden, 20;
Ward 2, NJ. ]. Nash, 81; Ward 8, Joseph
Watson, SO; Ward A, a. c. Lindloff, 90;
Ward 5, g. N. Powers, I; Ward 6, G. G.
Kimball, IS; Ward I, J. V, Carney, 45,
Geo. II. JepsOn, 80.
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Manchester.

Frank Cook has returned to Hoosick
Falls to work i'll the potato digger fac
tory.
Blank inventories may be obtained at
the postOffices in all three villages of the
town.
Some repairs will be made upon the
Equinox House this spring Among
other things Equinox Junior will have a
handsome new piazza.
The farmers in the south part of the
town have decided to build cheese fac
tory This spring. 1t will be located on
the Curtis Burton place, on the river
road
Work was commenced on the church
repairs on Monday. The lecture room
will be first repaired and services held
there until the main audience room is
finished.
Leonard and Alvin Pettibone have
purchased the Hawley & Fielding mill
and twelve acres of meadow land adioin-
ing. 1t is reported that the mill may be
used for some kind of wood work.
Arrangements are in progress for a
more vigorous prosecution of work at
the TacOnic marble quarry as soon as
the weather gets warmer The blocks
got out last fall are being sawed and
polished at East Dorset and Burlington.
Most of it will be made into fancy table
tops for which there is large demand.
The annual prize rhetorical contest of
the students of the seminary will be held
at Music Hall, Wednesday evening,
March Odd. Four young ladies and four
young gentlemen will compete for the
two gold and two silver medals. The
speaking will be interspersed with Sc
lections of vocal and instrumental
music. Admission % cents. Reserved
seats without extra charge can be OBJ
tanned at Hard's drug store.
The final examinations of the winter
term at the Seminary will begin on Sat
urday morning of this week. They will
be public and a cordial invitation is eX-
tended to all to attend them. On Sat
urday all will be written, but on Tues
day and Wednesday all will be oral.
The program is as follows: Saturday
morning, algebra, English grammar,
Caesar; evening, arithmetic, French,
English literature, Cicero. Tuesday
morning, algebra, U. S. history, Caesar,
physical geography, German, Virgil;
evening, arithmetic, general history,
astronomy, Illiad, Anabasis; Wednesday
morning, geometry, English history,
evening, chemistry. The spring term
will begin on Tuesday morning, April
9TH. New classes will be formed in
botany, geology, Greek history and
political economy.
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The Windham county court house at
Newfane, narrowly escaped destruction
by fire last Saturday. The floor about
the furnace in the Grand Jurors room
was on fire when discovered by some one
in attendance upon the court and extin-
guished in time to prevent much dam
years that the building has been on fire.
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WOOdfOFd.
Mrs. F. A. Gleason is very ill.

Mrs. F. A. Gleason is very i'll.
The weather for few days has been
more like December than December was.
Mrs. John Bugbee will lead the Y. P.
S. Q. E. meeting Sunday evening.
The selectmen have appointed c. c..
Easton school director in the place of
Geo. w. Knapp, who resigned.
A flock of foolish wild geese ''f1oun-
dered' in Woodford. waters during the
blizzard last week.
"Chub' has been in town "buying up"
all the hotels, real estate, and other
property he could espy. "Chub"
smacks strongly of Benonia of old.
Another religious dissertation will be
read at the Union church morning SER
vice Sunday. Let there be good at
tendance.
The price of eggs is taking tumble. ="
We are panied to learn of the shock
ing accident that befell our friend, D. r..
Cutler, at his steam lumber mill in
Searsburgh
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMS.

Rev. George H. kinsolving, S. T. D., OF
Philadelphia, has been consecrated as assis-
tant bishop of the Protestant Episcopal do
cese of Texas
The grand encampment of Michigan Odd
Fellows has elected these officers: Grand
patriarch. Edward G. johnson, of Luther;
grand high priest, John B. Penfield, Of
Vicksburg; grand senior warden, Josiah
Dandy, of Grand Rapids; grand scribe, E
II. Whitney, of Lansing.
Clifford Calverley, a young Canadian,
crossed the Niagara gorge on a three
eighths-inch wire rope in minutes and 8
seconds.
Tennyson's funeral drew together a
throng of the great of England. His re-
mains were placed in the poets corner, with
impressive but simple ceremonies. One of
the musical portions of the service was the
last poem he wrote set to music by Lady
Tennyson-
The village of Silax City, Ia, was com
g gIe5sy destroyed by a prairie fire Loss
The resignation of First Assistant Post
master General 5. A Whitfield has been
accepted.
An effort is being made to remove Judge
Scott, who holds court at Tekamah, Neb.,
on the ground that he is insane
A storm of rain, sleet and snow was gem
eral throughout Colorado. Telegraphic
communication was suspended IN cOnSe-
quence.
A trooper and a corporal in the British
life guards were tried before a court
martial for offenses connected with the
mutiny of squadron c at Windsor The
trooper confessed his culpability and asked
for mercy. The corporal, who had already
been deprived of his extra post as canteen
steward, was discharged from the service.
Henry Harris, an American author, has
been made a chevalier of the Legion of
Honor.
The leadership of Gilmore's band has
been offered to Professor d. w. Reeves, di-
rector of the Providence Or. l. Cadet
baud.
The suggestion is made by the Louisville
Times that Kentucky withdraw from par
ticipation in the Worlds fair. principally
because of the Breckenridge episode.
Train robbers held up a Missouri Pacific
train near Caney, Kan, and robbed the Pa
cific Express company's car of small
amount of money after wounding the mes
senger in the arm.
The suit of Edward Parker Deacon for
divorce from his wife, the heroine" of the
Abeille tragedy, is progressing at Grasse,
France.
James Kelley, of Kokomo, Ind, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
some one unknown on the train returning
from the Peru barbecue.
Obituary: At Middletown, Conn ,ex Mayor
Samuel Babcock, aged 30; at Cincinnati,
Robert Reid, at one time cashier of the
Chicago custom house, aged 90; at Column
bus, o., Timothy j. Price, aged So
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
THE RIGHT KIND OF SHERIFF.
He Knows His Duty and Does 1t and the
Mob Melta Axax.

"oD neits away
SEDALIA, Mo, Oct. 14.-At I245 O'Clock
a. m yesterday an organized mob of 200
or 300 men visited the Pettis county Jail
in this city and demanded Of Sheriff Smith
that he turn over to them Bill Sims, the
negro who attempted an assault on Miss
Fannie Gruber Wednesday forenoon The
sheriff and his half a dozen armed guards
with a sqnad from the Sedalia rifles, who
had been appealed to, stepped into the
front yard of the jail and the sheriff with
drawn weapon declined to comply with the
request
Moved That the Meeting Adjourn.
The drawn weapons in the hands of the
shorthand others had an awing effect. At
1:15 o'clock Major A w. Weizenberg, one of
the leading Germans of the city, and who
had been attracted to the scene by the
noise and the crowd, moved that "the
meeting adjourn" ana when the motion
was put it was carried by largo majority,
after which the mob slowly began to dis
perSe
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
THE VERY LATEST.
Look. Improbable But It's So.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct. 14.-For two
DAYS past the severest snow storm ever
known on the Union Pacific, has been
raging as far west as Ogden. Thousands
of head of cattle and horses have been
showed in and no report can be had from
them. Several lives are reported lost.
A Distinguished st. Louisian Dead.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14.-Judee John
Wicham, one of the most prominent
members Of the lar died here this morn.
ing.
VaIparaiso's New President Takes Oath.
New YORK. Oct IA special from
Valparaiso says that Senior Luis Saenz
Pena took the oath of Office as president
of the republic yesterday Everything is
quiet despite the fears that there will be
serious trouble.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
THE CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL.
Proceedings of the Second Session at
Minneapolis.

Proceedings of the Second Session at
Minneapolis.
MISSEAPoLIS. Oct. 1.-THE congrega-
tional council yesterday elected the follow
Ing officers: Secretary, Rev a. Hazen,
Massachusetts; register, Rev. William
Moore, Connecticut; treasurer :. B. Forbes,
Connecticut. Rev. c. b. Blanchard, of uli-
nois, presented a resolution, which was re-
ferred, asking the appointment of a COM
mittee TO report on the duty of the church
respecting secret societies Resolutions to
bring about harmony between the Ameri-
can Missionary society and the American
Home Missionary society were introduced.
The Worlds Fair SUNDAY.
The Rev. J. F. johnson, of Illinois,
brought up the subject of the Worlds fair
He said the committee on Columbian expo
sItion had its hands tied by the resolution
adopted last year declining to made an ex-
hibit If the fair was open on Sunday The
matter WAS referred, and resolution
adopted that the fair should not be open on
Sunday. The afternoon session was taken
up with report on the relation of the
churches to the American board. Referred
A contest from Alabama, where the
churches have excluded colored people, was
also referred
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY.
The New National President of the Ladies'
Aid Society, G. A. r.

The New National President of the Ladies'
Aid Society, G.. A. r.
PITTsBURG, Oct. 14.-Mrs Carrie W. Sher-
if, the new national president of the La
dies Aid, G.. A. R., was yesterday after
noon the charming center of double cele-
bration of large proportions. The pleas
ureable affair was the result of a conspir-
acy between her husband and the special
circle of which Mrs Sheriff has
been for years member, and
has filed several official positions
Early in the morning Mrs. S heriff went
forth, intent upon hospital work Her
duties and friends detained the innocent
victim until late hour. On reaching her
home she found it turned into a wilder
ness of flags and filled with friends intent
on doing her honor. During the afternoon
and evening over 800 friends paid their re-
spects to the new president of the Ladies'
Aid. @. A r
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
IN FLAMING FURY.
Death Comes to Seven in the
Earth's Depths.
THE FIEND OF THE PIT GETS LOOSE.

Kills One Man Instantly, Fatally Injuries
Others, and Imprisons Six More Between
Walls of Debris-No Hope f"r Those in
the Mine, But Rescuers , 'ag Hard
to Save Them-The Disast-. Described
How the Fire Swept the Gian,way.
SHAMoKIN, Pa. Oct. 14-An explosion
of gas, supposed to have been caused by a
fall of coal breaking a miners lamp, hap
pened at the Stirling colliery a mile and a
half from here, at IL O'Clock yesterday
morning One man was killen, four were
injured, and eight were entombed. Two of
the latter. Patrick McDevitt and Charles
Belcavige, Were rescued at 10 O'Clock last
night in critical condition, but the others
are believed TO be doomed because of the
presence of great quantities of "black-
damp" The dead and injured are: Dead
Thomas O'Gara. Injured-Daniel Reid,
driver, skull fractured, burned and cut,
will probably die; Samuel Rogers, loader,
cut and bruised; Horace Price, doorboy,
fearfully cut and mangled; William Mack,
driver, mangled and cut.
The Six Men Entombed.
The men entombed are: Samuel Collins,
Joseph kelchie, Joseph Milnstock, Isaac
Donney, Michael Wetchock and Benja-
min Thomas. O'Gara was married as are
also Thomas, Collins, Kelchie, and Min
stock. The rest of the imprisoned men are
single. Yesterday was payday and a large
number of the workmen were out of the
mine when the accident occurred. The
colliery is one of the largest in the Sha-
mokin district, and is owned and operated
by the Pennsylvania and Reading Coal and
Iron company Searchers are at work try
ing to rescue the entombed men.
What Two Survivors Saw.
William Mack, sitting on the bumper of
mine wagon, saw his four mules killed,
while the body of Thomas O'Gara was
hurled past him like flash. Twenty yards
behind Daniel Reid, another driver, saw
his two mules Drained by falling rock
while his body was being scorched by a
volume of fire, lighting the gloom for
hundreds of feet. Another body of the
deadly sulphur tore along the smoking
gangway and meeting ball of flame in an
alcove ignited with terrific force, causing
great falls of top earth and creating a wind
of the power of q cyclone. This caused the
lamps TO go out and closed the different
passages.
Where the Men are Imprisoned.
The missing men are imprisoned between
two tails and the black damp which arose
Immediately after the explosion has been
SO strong that the officials and experienced
miners have faint hope of finding them
alive. At great peril to their lives the
men took turns in forcing their way TO
where the men are supposed to be impris-
oned. AT O'Clock p. IN. yesterday the in
side foreman was brought out overcome
by gas and taken home on special train.
He says the men are certainly dead. When |
the second explosion took place the men,
such as could, CROPPED their way along diff
ferent routes to get out of the place before
the black damp set in.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
Last Words of the Laureate.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Times gives this
Tennyson "Reminiscences: "when Hallam
Tennyson asked during the illness. on be-
half of his mother, how his father felt,
the poet opened a copy of Shakespeare half
unconsciously at the page of "Cymbeline"
containing the words: aHang there, life
fruit, my soul, till the tree die" He had
been wont to call it the tenderest repartee
in Shakespeare. His last words, except
those of blessing to his wife and son WERE
II have opened the book"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
Hamburg Asks State Aid.

HAMBURG, Oct. 14.-At meeting Of
small shopkeepers it was resolved yester-
day, I'm the name of 5000 destitute citi.
zens" connected with Handbags trade,
that state aid to the amount Of 10000, oO0
marks WAS necessary to save the city from
widespread ruin consequent upon the stop
page of trade during the epidemic. The
number of fresh cholera cases yesterday
was Is; the number of deaths Z; the number
of burials 119. The hospitals contain 662
natienfS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
THE ApPoRTIoNMENT ALL RIGHT.
So Says the New York Court Of Appeals
by Party Vote,

ALBANY, Oct. 14.-By what would be
called in legislature "strict party vote
the court of appeals yesterday decided that
the apportionment law passed by the last
legislature is constitutional and valid. TIE
main opinion upholding the law is writ
ten by Judge Peckham. Justice Gray
also writes an opinion upholding the law,
and Earl, O'Brien and Maynard concur.
The decision in brief holds that the appor-
tionment is fair and according to law.
The Dissenting Opinion
Judge Andrews wrote a dissenting opin-
ion which was concurred in by Judge
Finch. The court is unanimous upon all
the questions involved except those dis
cussed in Judge Andrews opinion. The
Judges practically agree on all questions
touching the constitutionality of the appor-
tionment law except on the question of the
discretion used by the legislature in appor-
tioning the remaining members of assem-
bly, among the counties having the frac-
tional ratios. The five judges sustaining
the law are Democrats, and those holding
1t invalid are Republicans.
LIS q Fight for United states Senator
To elect United States senator in this
state requires eighty-one votes on joint
ballot of the two branches of the legisla-
ture. The Democrats will have seventeen
votes in the senate next winter when the
time comes for electing q successor to
Frank Hiscock. assuming that the majority
in that body holds together till that time.
The Republicans will have thirteen votes
and one, that of Edwards, Of the Thirty
second district, may not be cast for either
regular party candidate. To elect the SEN
ator the Democrats must have sixty-four
votes in the assembly, while the Republi-
cans will need to have sixty in that
body. There were sixty-seyen Democrats
and sixty-one Republicans in the assembly
~ 1902
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
One Citizen Burned To Death.

DEApwoOD, S. D., Oct. 14AHaH of the
business portion of Hill City, near 1iIe-
Harvey Peak tin mines, was destroyed by
fire yesterday, entailing loss of s75, O0o.
One man, Ed Cunningham, was burned to
death. The fire was caused by Cunning
ham knocking over lamp, setting fire to
his clothes. Hill City had no fire equip
ments and the residents were compelled to
stand around and see the fire burn itself
ont
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
Cut Out a Piec. OF Her Brain.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct IA woman who
was suffering from epilepsy and whose at
tacks showed themselves in her thumb, is
now walking around the Orthopoedic ihos-
pital apparently all right. The surgeons
located the exact portion of the brain
which contracts the thumb and then cut
the diseased part out. A convalescent cpl
leptic is rarity in medical annals.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
Kwite Karakteristik of Kansas.

WINFIELD, Kan, Oct 14.-Late last
night Operator Moser, q the Santa Fe sta
ton, was awakened from nap by two
masked men, who showed revolvers in his
face. While one covered him the other
tried to open the safe, but failed. They
then broke into the cash drawer and Sc
cured about s25. Several passengers wait
ing for a train were searched, and one man
relieved of a valuable gold watch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct 14.-Three miles
from Wrightsville, Liberty county, Jupi-
ter James. colored, yesterday while dig
ging on his farm found an ancient urn pot
in which were more than 5000 French and
Spanish coins, 40 or more years old.
Their value is placed at about q, OO0. The
coins are believed to be part of the plumber
buried by Black Beard, the pirate.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-14
Alliance without an Organ.

COLUMBIA, s. C., Oct. III. a. Bowden
has leased The Cotton Plant, the state Al
lance organ Bowden is the third party
leader of the state, but the directors give a
statement to the press that they have a
contract with him by which it is required
that the paper shall be run as a Democratic
srgan- The paper was not in good finan-
sial condition, but has considerable politi-
cal influence