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of the village, for the season.
"DnIE'' BENJAMIN exhibited on the
street, Wednesday, a trout caught by
him that weighed one and half
pounds.
AYREs, the tailor, has busy work
shop these days. His line of summer
suitings is most complete, and many are
availing themselves of the opportunity.
JOHN S. HOLDEN has staked out the
foundation for cottage just south OF
VIM. Campbell's lot on Dewey avenue.
1t is to be one of the better class of
dwellings.
JOHN G. REEVES, of Mechanicville, will
open his new hotel in that town, June
| 18th. 1t is built on the ruins of the one
recently burned, and will be known as
the Grand Central.
THE Troy Press says: sat meeting
of the Graded School trustees, Monday
evening, it was voted to engage Supt.
j @. S. Davis for another year. The de-
cision will be generally satisfactory"
THREE of our local fisherman went
to Glastonbury trout fishing, Wednes-
day, They found ice formed on the
bank of the stream in which they fished.
The party returned with a hundred
brook trout.
Miss ANNA PURDY, of Manchester,
was in town, Wednesday, and called on
her friend, Miss Flora Sheldon of Perry,
N. Y, the elocutionist. She was ac-
companied by her brothers, Messrs.
Robert and William Purdy and by Miss
Coy, also of Manchester.
THE copious rains during several days
of the past week have been very CRATE
full to the earth, that was becoming
parched, but the cold succeeding the
showers have not been quite so agreeable
to those who had donned summer cloth
ing.
GEORGE DoNNELLY went to Troy, n.
Y, last week, and on Friday evening
participated in musical given by the
pupils of Profs. Foster and Stein. 1t
was fine musical affair. There was a
chorus of twenty-five violins, and the
piano part of the programme was equally
as good. 1t is compliment that is APP
preciated by Mr.. Donnelly's friends,
that he was called to participate in this
event.
The Odd Fellows have had so many
petitions for membership, lately, that
| they have been obliged to set week for
each degree. On the first Wednesday
the lodge will work the Initiatory de-
gree, and on the other evenings, the
first, second and third in course. Should
there be a fifth Wednesday, then the Of
| ficers will fill up that evening with some
degree to be announced. Even lat this
rate the candidates are advanced in clas-
SEES of from three to seven at time.
IN Tuesdays issue we noted the rob-
berry of flowers from the yard of S. M.
Sibley. On Wednesday evening some
one stole choice plants from the piazza
of Col L. F. Abbott's residence on
Pleasant street. He will pay a reward
of $40, for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the person or per-
sons who stole these flowers from his
yard on Memorial Day night. 1t is
about time depredations like this are
abated. There has been altogether too
much thieving of this sort going on, and
the attention of our officers is called to
| the facts.
THE inside of the Stark Steamer and
Hose Company rooms are being consid-
erably improved, as was noted Tuesday,
and when the work is all done, the COM
panies will be as well provided for, in
the shape or Accommodations, as any in
the Bennington Fire Department.. In
the lower rooms, new ceilings and sides,
| of hard pine, are being put in, and the
glass in the large doors will be changed.
| The outside is to be newly painted in
light colOrs with dark trimmings. New
closets are to be put in and sewer con-
nections made. The upper rooms will
also be improved in inside appearance.
| The house has been in need of repairs
for some time, and this is the first occa-
sion, since the addition to the old house
was made by the hose company, at an
expense of 5000, that the village has
been asked to do anything for it.
THE following will be of local inter
est to many of our people: "Rev. Mar
vim Hill Dana, NJ. A, LII. D., rector OF
the Episcopal church at Saltwater, who
has accented call to the rectorship of
the Church of the Messiah in East AL
banv, graduated at the Episcopal theo-
logical seminary in New York City a
year ago, and was Immediately called to
Saltwater. He graduated at Middle
bury college, class of 1886. Rev. DR..
Dana has just been officially notified of
his election as a Fellow of the Royal
Geographical society of Great Britain
He is the third member of the Royal So
ciety in this country, the other two be-
ing Sir Walter Stewart and the Rt. Rev
j. n. Wingfeld, D. D., LII. D., Bishop
of Northern California" DR.. Dana is
the Youngest son of the late Edward s.
and Mary Squiers DANA of New Haven
his mother being a relative of the earlier
Hicks and Robinson families at the
Centre village.
DAVID MOVES, son of the late David
Moves, died this morning at six o'clock
at the house of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Boardhan, In this village
Tuesday evening, deceased procured o.
C. D. Gibson, druggist, ten cents wortl
of arsenic, saying he wanted the poison
to kill rats. 1t appears that he had beer
suffering from melancholia, was dis
couraged. being out of work, and il
this state took the poison with suicida
intent. He leaves wife and four child
rem, who live in Hoosick Falls, N. Y
We are told that Mr.. Noyes at one time
owned his home and was prosperous
He had not been thrifty of late, and hi'
mind became so unsettled that he was
sent to the Marshall infrmary where hC
remained about year under treatment
He came here during the winter and hat
worked awhile since for Geo. Lawrence
and others, but was very Respondent
J His father was owner of the Noyes
block, torn down to make room for the
Opera House block, during his Lifetime