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tions upon the recent arrival of a son in
his family.
DRYsDALE begins a mammoth sale'
Monday, of remnants, bargains, etc. See
his two-column adv.
MARTIN CONE of the Centre, has gone
to the Retreat at Brattleboro for treat
ment. He was taken there at his own
request.
ABOUT thirty couples, mostly members
of the last winters dancing classes, en-
joyed a dance in Library Hall, last Tues
day evening.
THE subject of the address on Sunday
evening, at the Second Congregational
church, will be "a Sunday IN Venice"
Service begins at 7.3O o'clock.
THE trout fishing season has not
opened very auspiciously. Nearly every
disciple of Isaak Walton went out the
first day of May and but few of them had
much success as far as heard from. One
young man, Henry Marsh Jr., showed a
good catch, several of them being over
eleven inches in length, and John II.
Norton also got a few nice ones
THE regular meeting of Stark Lodge,
No. 9, l. O. o. F., Wednesday evening,
was the occasion of the last visit for the
present of H. c. Lindloff, an active mem
Der and one of the trustees, because of
his contemplated European trip. He is
to sail next week, as heretofore an
nounced in our columns, and sails in the
Lloyd steamship Norddentscher, a fine
engraving of which, handsomely framed,
he presented to Stark Lodge. The
brethren will wish himself and wife a
pleasant journey and a safe return.
THE board of government of the Cath
ole Total Abstinence Union of the AL
bany Diocese, met here Tuesday evening,
to arrange for the first field day of the
Union, which is to be held here August
10th, in connection with the annual pic
mic of the F. NJ. T. A. b. Society. 1t is
expected that there will be an attendance
of fully 1000 from Troy, n. Y. Arrange.
ments will be made to run excursion
trains in various directions. Robert E.
| Guiltinan was selected as grand marshal
for the day. He will appoint assistants
from the various organizations that will
be here.
JOHN LoNERGAN, aged 70 years, died
Wednesday afternoon, of pneumonia,
after a brief illness. He was at his us
ual labors Saturday. The deceased who
was respected by all who knew him, had
been resident of the village for over 40
years, having been employed in the Ben
ningtOn Machine Works where he had
charge of the cupola in the furnace for SO
years. Previous to that he worked afew
years in the old U. S. Pottery Works.
Mr.. Lonergan was one of the pioneers in
the organization of st. Francis de Sales
parish and helped to build the first
church. His wife died some eighteen
years ago. He leaves three sons, two
brothers and sister. His funeral was
held from st. Francis de Sales
church this morning at o'clock, and
was very largely attended
On the night of April Goth, the resi-
dence of Frank Downs in Sunderland
was entered by burglars, and a gold ring
valued at SIS, gold chain Sc, gold but
tons So, and other valuables taken. Sus-
picion was directed to one George Nc
CHM, who had been at work in this sec
ton for some time. Yesterday, Deputy
| Sheriff John Nash went to Weston where
MCGinn was at work and arrested him,
charging him with the crime. McGinn
confessed and told Nash where he would
find the stolen articles, and to-day man
has been sent for them. Nash and his
prisoner arrived at Dandy just in time
to flag the down sleeper this morning,
and at about two o'clock McGinn was
locked up in Jail here. His hearing is
to come off tomorrow.
FROM the Saratoga Daily Press, we
learn of the valuable contributions made
by Rev. DR.. Hawley to individuals and
institutes of learning. Within a few
years he has given from his library be-
tween 300 and 400 volumes to the Wesley
anand Syracuse Universities, to the young
institution of learning at Lucknow, India,
at Aoyamo, China, to the Athenaeum
and Union school libraries and to young
men in the ministry, besides many man
uscripts, sermons and lectures. Since
the late session of the Troy Conference,
of which he is member, he has sent to
the Rev. S. P. Allen, of South Glens
Falls, Brande's Encyclopaedia and ten
volumes of the Methodist Review. The
benevolent and scholarly Doctor, in his
giving, remembered his former pastorate
in Bennington, and has recently sent, to
be kept in trust for The Historical So
ciety here, number of valuable books
and pamphlets, being the first for a col
lection which it is proposed to secure for
the Society as soon as a suitable place
for safe keeping can be provided.
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