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candidates.
BEGINNING with Monday next, the af-
ternoon flyer for Troy and New York
will leave here at 3.12 p. M, instead of
1925 p. IN. as now.
CHAs. Fl. CLARK and wife receive the
sympathy of friends in the death of their
infant child, Wednesday. The funeral
was held yesterday.
There will be special convocation of
Temple Chapter, r. A. NJ, next Monday
evening, at 7.30 o'clock, sharp, for work
on NJ. NJ. degree. All visiting members
will be made welcome.
THE Rebekahs are to give a social in
Odd Fellows hall, next week Friday
evening. It. will be an invited affair and
includes supper and hop.
OTTO r. BENNETT, wife and child, are
visiting in town. Mr.. Bennett returns to
New York in day or two, but his wife
and child will remain for time.
THE State Rebekah convention will be
held in Bellows Falls, Wednesday, OctO-
Der Sd. The delegates from here are
Mrs. c. D. Gibson and Mrs. L. S. Frost.
J.E. BARNEY, whose departure was
noted few weeks since, is pursuing his
studies at the Ithaca, N. Y, High school,
instead of at the Auburn High school,
as he first intended.
UNDER a silken canopy, Rabbi Alpert
united in marriage Joseph Lavine of
Bennington ana Miss Jennie Brown of
New York at the Jewish synagogue, in
Hoosick Falls, N. =, Sunday.
On Saturday September 10Th, n. No
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gentlemen,s furnishings, with thirty
days sale, in the new Hupf block, on
Main street. See his advertisement.
AT Coles lone price, cash store" you
can get S25, custom made suit for ST.
so. He has a very fiue and large line of
samples to choose from in making your
selection. Opera House, clothing store.
G. B. STORY, manager of the Hoosick
Railway Company, has leased Riverside
glen at Walloomsac for term of years.
Next year the glen will be arranged with
comforts for family picnics and enter
tainments.
VIM. D. HAYTREE will begin the cree
ton of new residence on the lot recent
ly bought by him on South street, as
soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made. 1t will be of wood and two
stories high, and he hopes to have it
ready to move into early in the spring.
n. NJ. PUFFER has moved in the house
recently purchased by him on Union
street. Among the improvements and
alterations made by him is the addition
of broad verandah, connections with
the sewer, putting in electricity for light
ing purposes. He will also paint it
both inside and out.
Miss LILLIAN VALENTINE enters Tenn
pie Grove Seminary, Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. The principal, the Rev. Chas. f.
Dowd when at North Granville, N. Y,
thirty years ago, became noted far and
wide, and we note that since he located
at Temple Grove, the prestige of the
earlier institution has been transferred
thereto.
THE improvements and additions to
the Hupf property on Main street, are
nearing completion. We understand
that VIM. E. Hawks will turn the home
stead, just west, into two stores by build
ing out front, as he did with the Norton
house on North street, adding to the rear,
and making the building three stories
high. The depth will be some 70 feet.
TOMORROW afternoon, September 10Th,
the annual inspection of the Fire De-
partment will be held. The parade
starts from Station No. 2 and will be over
the usual line of march, starting 1T
o'clock. The citizens and public in gen.
eral are INVITED by the Chief Engineer to
inspect the houses and apparatus which
will be open for this purpose in the af-
ternoOn and evening.
THE Hoosac Valley fair will be held in
North Adams, Mass, next week,
18th, 10Th and goth. The L.
S. r. r. sell round trip tickets from here,
including admission to the fair, for 81. 25
and, ALSO, from other stations on it's line
at reduced rates. Train leaves Benning-
ton at S.25; returning, leave North
Adams at 5 p. M; the fair grounds at
). 10. Tickets good returning on all the
three days, but full fare will be charged
on the train.
VIM. WADDELL of Hoosick Falls, N.
Y, has accepted the challenge of Ed.
Fisher Of the same place to compete in
hundred yard dash for a purse of $50.
The match is to occur at Walloomsac
Friday evening and will be for the best
two in three heats. The hundred yard
course will be specially lighted by cleo
tricity for the occasion. Fisher will run
under the goldenrod colors of the Troy
club.
AT the store of A. NJ. Knowlson is a
photograph of a pickerel which meas,
ured AZ inches in length and weighed 1911
pounds. The fish was caught with a
light rod by resident of Jersey City
while enjoying an outing with party of
Troians at Lake Bomoseen, and is one
of the largest ever hooked in that region.
Lake Bomoseen has the reputation of fur
nishing the largest pickerel of any lake
in the State, and the one above referred
to was the largest caught there in years,
THERE is on exhibition in the window
Of Barthe's furnishing goods store, in
Troy, relic of interest to members of
the Masonic fraternity. 1t is Masonic
apron which was first worn by men,
Der of Emanuel Lodge of Manchester,
England. The apron is made of white
kid, with border of blue silk, and is
decorated in each corner with a rosette
in blue silk. 1t is accounted to be 10S
years old. The relic is the property of
A. w. Grottey of that city, to whom it
was presented by his grandfather.
THE adjourned temperance meeting
from Sunday night was held in the Meth
odist vestry last evening. The commit
tee reported that there were 80 names.
comprising most of the best people in
the village, to become members of the
society. A society, to be known as the
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