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THE Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst of New
York City, is to speak in Bennington
some time in December.
TAsKER's new music rooms in Hawks
new block, presents an attractive ap-
pearance. See notice elsewhere.
CHAUNCEY RosENBURY of North Pow
nal butchered hog two years old that
tipped the scales to four hundred and
ninety five pounds.
MISS ISABEL NJ. MUM of Troy, N. Y,
is the guest of Miss Lillian B. Adams.
Miss Mum is the gifted pianist of the
lmpett Concert Company.
G. L. DENCH, Miss Dora Dench and
Miss Blanche Carpenter, of Manchester
Centre, attended 1.-THE Fencing Master"
and spent Sunday with friends in town.
Mrs. f. w. GooDALL has gone to
Northern Vermont to attend the funeral
of her father, Mr.. John Wilson, who
died very suddenly Saturday night, aged
81 years.
MRS. G. G. WILCOX of Hoosick Falls,
N. Y, Mrs f. D. Bennett and Mrs. Geo.
F. Graves entertained the guests at the
Soldiers Home, at musical given Sat
urday afternoon.
ATTENTION is called to the For Sale,' -
in another column, of the "Paige farm"
south of the Centre. 1t is desirable
place and will be sold quickly. 1t would
make an elegant summer home for some
city family.
Miss FANNY WALBRIDGE left Benning-
ton, Monday morning, for Montpelier,
where she will be the guest of Senator
Nyes daughter for ten days. Senator
Gibson and daughter also went to Mont
pelier Monday.
MORTIMER CHURCH, who was convicted
of stealing a pair of gloves from Burt
Bros. Clothing store, was taken to the
reform school at Vergennes, Monday, to
which place he was sentenced for the
remainder of his minority.
A GOOD story is told of an Oswego
Falls, N. Y, voter, who was given five
dollars to stay away from the polls Tues
day, after he had voted. The man who
gave him the bride did not understand of
course that he had voted.
THE annual chrysanthemum sale by ST..
Mary's guild of st. Peters church, in the
opera house block-first door east of en-
trance-opened yesterday and will con.
tinue through this afternoon and even
ing. The ladies have been we'll patron
lied
AS there are few articles that have
not yet been disposed of, the St. Francis
de Sales church fair will be continued
next Saturday evening, when the balance
of the things will be disposed of. The
fair will be one of the most, if not the
most successful ever held in town.
JOHN NASH, deputy sheriff, and others,
raided the residence of Patsey McGrath,
on River street, on information that
liquor had been procured there. They
found two barrels of ale which was con-
fiscated and taken to the Court house.
McGrath will have hearing to-day.
TIFFANY & SONS have recently re-
ceived orders for several thousand dol
lars worth of their celebrated knitting
machines, and expect more soon. Sew
eral of the mill owners report that since
the elections there has been marked
Improvement in the outlook for the win
ter and spring trade.
MANY men under the supervision of
Manager c. b. Storey of the Hoosick
Railway Company, who recently leased
of S. d. Locke the Thayer's pond prem
ises. have begun operations on the i'm
pTovements on the premises for skat-
ing park. A large building will be erect
ed for the convenience of skaters. The
pond will be lighted by electricity.
WHEN the Committee was formed last
September to enforce the prohibitory
law, it was stated that it was law and
order act, and that all laws would be en-
forced. The first installment was agains st
the saloons, and now comes the mandate
to close the stores, fruit stands, lunch
rooms, markets, barber shops, ETC., on
Sunday. With one or two exceptions the
notice was obeyed last Sabbath, and
prosecutions, yesterday, followed dis
obedience.
SNOW enough has fallen during the
past week in the towns adjoining, that
are located on the mountain, to make
good slelghing, and some have already
begun to get in logs. The roads are in
such condition now that but little snow
would make good sleighing. Streams
are very low, and much water is needed
to replenish them before winter sets in.
A party who came across the mountain
Saturday reported that he found good
seighing to within three miles of the
village.
E. S. HARRIS, U. S. Marshal lodged
John Mason, a Scotchman of Barre, in
Jail at Montpelier Friday, on the charge
of selling liquors without government
license. Friday Orison Sawyer of Nor
wich, was arraigaed before United States
Commissioner Gleason of White River
Junction on a charge of selling liquors
and non payment of the tax. He was
held in $500 to await the action of the
grand jury at the February term of court
Wednesday, James Griffin of WOodford,
was taken before Commissioner E. L.
Bates on the same charge. He was also
held in the sum of $500 for the grand
jury. Saturday e. NJ. Hulett, fruit and
vegetable peddler, was brought before
Commissioner Bates here, also charged
with selling liquor without government
license. He furnished bail for his future
appearance for trial.
THE bill to charter the Bennington &
WoOdfOrd Electric road has passed to a
third reading in the House of Represen-
tatives, and the promoters of the object
are sanguine that the charter will be
granted. They state that money enough
has been already pledged for its con
struction, and as soon as the charter is
granted work will be begun. The route
as laid out will probably be from the
Bennington 6 Rutland depot up River
and North streets to County, where it
will strike the bennington & Glasten-
bury railroad, now unused, but for the
use of which satisfactory arrangements