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son of Whist Club, No. | was held with
Mrs. E. d. Bennett, Wednesday evening
WEDNESDAY morning the thermome-
ter registered 14o above zero and the
ground froze to the depth of about an
inch and half
SERVICES in the Methodist church at
the usual hours next Sunday. Morning
subject, 1.-The Price of Our Redemption"
evening subject, THE Finished Work OF
Christ"
MEMORIAL services will be held next
Monday evening by Mt. Anthony Chap
ter Order Eastern STAR in Masonic Hall
All members are requested to be pres
ent.
THE burning of chimney on the resi-.
dence of A. Buel Sibley brought out
portion of the fire department, at $50 p:
IN, Tuesday. No damage was done, and
the services of the tiremen were not re-
quired.
THE Shakespeare Club, the oldest club
in the village, elected their officers at its
regular meeting Tuesday evening: presi-
dent, Mrs. Vim. G. Hitchcock; vice pres
ident, Miss Grace Eddy; secretary, Miss
Irene Putnam.
WILLIAM WooLsEY, who was commit
ted to Jail last month fox 30 days, Tor
selling liquor without a government IL
cense, was released Tuesday. Marshal
Harris Immediately rearrested him and
committed him to Jail again for 30 days,
for not paying his fine.
ONE of the pair of carriage horses be-
longing to A. X. Richie slipped, Mon
day, aud fell, breaking a leg. Surgeon
Houghton reset it, put plaster Jacket
around it and hopes to bring the horse
out all right
The funeral of the late Mrs. H. II.
Baxter was held in Trinity church, Rut-
land, Tuesday afternoon, Bishop Hail.
Rev. Mr.. Rarnsford of St. Georges
church, New York, and Rev. Chas. NJ
Niles rector of the church, otficiated
Among the bearers were Gen. j. G. Nc
Cullough of North Bennington and Tren-
or L. Park of New York.
THE F. NJ. Tiffany Hose Company an
nounces that its ninth annual ball and
concert is to take place on Wednesday
evening, Nov 9th, at Library Hall. Sup
per is to be served at the American
House. The arrangements are in charge
of W. j. Meacham, l.. NJ. Burch, X. ).
Buss and W. Il. Lundergan.
Gov WOODBURY., in response to the
request of the management of the Next.
can Exposition of Industries and Fine
Arts, to be held at the City of Mexico
the coming winter, has appointed Hon.
A. B. Valentine of Bennington, Hon. II.
D. Holton of Brattleboro, Hon. Chas.
Dewey of Montpelier, Hon. John A..
Mead of Rutland, and Col. E. c. Smith
of st. Adams, commissioners TO repre-
sent Vermont.
CAPT. n. O. WILCOX has been admit
ted to the Soldiers Home from HOOsick
Falls, where he has resided for num-
Der of years He is mentally deranged
and his health is badly shattered. 1t is
thought that his brain troubles are due
to an old army wound in the head and an
operation will probably soon be per-
formed in the hope of restoring him to
his right mind It's not probable that
he can remain long at the Home in his
present condition.
Miss VERNA J. PLUME and Walter T.
Russell of Bennington, Fred G. Bailey,
Porter A. Sherman and Frank Hopkins
of West Rupert, have recently entered
the Albany Business College. The snpe-
rior advantages offered by the College
for commercial and shorthand study are
attracting to it students from nearly
every State in the Union and this is like
ly to be the most prosperous year in its
history. Notwithstanding the depres,
sion in business the college continues to
receive almost daily applications from
business houses for its graduates.
Do not forget the lectures tonight and
tomorrow night by Mr.. Yortcheff. The
native costumes, etc, that he has on eX-
hibitiOn are of themselves more than
worth the price of admission. The game
of politics in Europe is so uncertain to-
day, and Turkey plays such prominent
part in 1t that all ought to embrace this
opportunity TO become familiar with the
social and political conditions of its Ma.
tiOnal life. Mr.. Ycrtcheff will discuss
the subject of the Armenian Difficult
ties" Saturday night, under the general
subject of Turkey and Its Subjects"
ANOTHER hearing in the Page will
case came off before Surrogate Ransom
in Brooklyn, Tuesday. John Nash ties.
titled that he had searched in vain for
the register of the Bardwell House, in
Rutland, where the plaintiff claims she
remained over night with her husband.
Isidor Cohnfeld swore that he purchased
Maxey Cobb from Page in 1888 and
owned him until Pages death, in 1856.
This cOntradicted the evidence of the
plaintiffs witnesses. John MOffat pro-
pTietor of the MunsOn House. Manchester,
testified that there had been no midnight
marriage performed there in September
of that year. Mrs. Moffat corrobOrated
the statement as did Alfred Moffat. a
nephew of the preceding witnesses. The
hearing was adjourned one month.
BRIG. GEN. E. L. BATES, Col. r. j.
Coffey and Maj. A. B. Valentine have
just received fine photo, % inches by
20 inches from the Knaffl studio. Knox
vile. Tenn. of the Vermont delegation
to Knoxville, Chattanooga, Chickamauga
and Atlanta last September, The
background is a bank of luxuriant fol.
iage, in the centre of which is a hand
some fountain Gov. Woodbury. Occu-
pies the centre of the picture with the
following gentlemen around him: Lieut..
Gov. Il. NJ. Mansur, Brig. Gen. w. H.
Gilmore, Brig. Gen. E. l.. Bates, Brig.
Gen. j. n. JENNIE, Col. H. w. Allen, Col.
s. W. Cummings, Col. g. w. Doty, Col.
II. w. Hall. Col r. j. Corey, Col. J. j.
Warden, Col. A. B. Chandler, Col. NJ.
w. Parker, Capt. II. E. Tutherly, Corp.
E. P. Woodbury.. Gen w. w. Grout,
Mai. A. b. Valentine, Hon. Elias Lyman,
A. G. Pierce, A. L. Bailey and Secretary
Max L. Powell This photo may be
seen in the BANNER Office window.
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