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MISS MAMIE RYAN of Troy, N. Y, is
in town for few weeks.
Mrs. G, R. SEYMOUR, who has been
seriously ill for some time, is improving.
Miss POWELL has been visiting friends
in Troy, N. Y, and vicinity, fora week.
Miss ELIZABETH ABBOTT is home.
She attends st. Agnes school, Albany,
N. Y.
M. j. ROCHE and Miss Julia Roche re-
turned from brief visit in New York,
Saturday.
Miss AUDRIA BOWEN will sing Mil
lard's "Ave Maria next Sunday evening,
at the Methodist Episcopal church.
L.F. ABBOTT and L. P. Norton at
tended the Episcopal diocese convention
at st. Adams, Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss MARY Snow, one of the teachers
in the Graded schools, attended the we'd
ding of brother in Albany, N. Y, We'd
nesday.
AT meeting of the F. M. Tiffany
Hose Company, held Tuesday, the name
of Newton johnson was dropped from
the rolls of the company.
SERRENo Fl. NORTON has been APP
pointed janitor of the Graded school
buildings, vice Newton johnson who
disappeared Tuesday afternoon
A PARTY of gentlemen from Boston.
ten in number, who were here to attend
the horse fair at North Bennington, were
guests at the Walloomsac while here.
AMONG the guests noted as being pres
ent at reception given to Col. Marcus
D. Russell and bride, in Troy, N. Y,
Monday, is Miss Robinson of Benning-
ton.
MISS ORA BELLE HULET, aged about
p years, died at the home of Lieut.. W..
g. Richardson, north of this village, yes
6erday. She had been sick for some lit
tie time.
EDWIN j. JOHNSON of Richfield
Springs, N. Y, and student at Column
bia College claw Department., New
York, is visiting Ellis L. GoOdall of this
village.
JOHN POTTER, father of Chas. Fl. Pot
ter of this village, died Tuesday, at the
age of 76 years. Deceased resided near
Grafton, N. Y, and was man much re-
spected.
AT the meeting of the Episcopal State
Convention in st. Adams, Wednesday,
Rev. Geo. L. Richardson of Bennington,
was appointed one of the standing COM
mittee on education.
DURING the absence of County Clerk
Harry T. Cushman, at County Court,
Manchester, the Office here is kept open,
Deputy John II. Kelso in charge, so that
the business here is kept right along as
usual.
GEORGE A. JEwETT, manager of the
New Haven Clock Company office at Chi
cago, has been in town two or three days,
stopping over on a business trip to New
Haven, Conn, to visit his mother and
brothers. His little son of three years
accompanied him.
Col. B. B. SMALLEY says the evil
SOM bill will pass the Senate, but the as
tute Vermont manager of the Demo-
cracy, also, is reported to say, that if the
House does not concur, there will be no
tariff bill passed by the present Con-
gress. Just SO.
AN effort will be made to indict the
defaulting janitor for grand larceny by
the grand jury now in session at Man
chester, so that in case he is arrested in
another state requisition can be made for
linn if necessary. For that purpose the
teachers who furnished him the checks
to get cashed have been summoned to
appear before the grand jury on Friday.
THE drapery in the west show window
at Coles clothing store caught fire from
one of the lamps Wednesday evening,
and for a minute or two there was quite
a blaze among the straw hats and other
articles displayed in it. The "Cole Hose
Co.," however, were at hand and quickly
had stream of water on the fire and ex-
tinguished it without any serious dam
age.
r. L. B. MATTIsoN of Rochester, N. Y,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Celestia
kosenbury of North Pownal, and made
us a call this week. He is quite enthusi-
astic over the scenery of the Green Noun
tains in and about Bennington, says that
during recent trip abroad, through
Italy, up the Rhine, in Russia and other
parts of Continental Europe, he saw no
landscapes surprising that of the Wal
loomsac Valley.
In our obituary notices to-day, we
give brief hote of the death of Mrs.
DIR. Clark. Particulars have not been
received. Her decease will be regretted
by large circle of friends here, where
she has passed so many summers. We
had known of her impaired health but
had no thought of fatal termination so
soon. To the daughters surviving this
community extends hearty sympathy.
1t will be recalled that the Rev. DR..
Clark passed away several years since.
THE Young Woman's Club have fin
islled the course of instruction in pen
manship taught by S. II. lockwood.
Miss Belle Tomlinson earned the high
est honors of the class for making the
most improvement. Mrs. Walter CUT
ting made second best improvement, and
Miss Eta M. Streeter, who is beautiful
writer, receives the highest honors for
being the best writer. Miss Ethel Stock
well is the second best, who is also a
beautiful writer. The club is in flour
ishing condition and will no doubt
double its numbers by another winter.
THE Good Templars are collecting a
fund to pay for their piano. 1t has been
many years since this Lodge called upon
the public for even indirect assistance.
The organization is self-supporting and
is doing grand temperance work in
this community as many know. Some
years since subscription was passed
and funds raised to refit and refurnish
the hall. 1t is now proposed to pay for
their new piano, and to this end an en-.
tertainment, with moderate charges.
will be held in Free Library Hall, next
Wednesday evening, to which the public
are invited. There will be fine music
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