Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-17

COLES clothing store will remain open
until IL o'clock next Tuesday evening
Christmas eve.
THERE are now two cases OF scarlet
fever and three of typhoid fever in the
village. They are all old cases but are
yet quarantined.
WITH meal selling at ninety-five cents
hundred pounds and oats at thirty-two
cents bushel, it is not so very expen'
sive to keep horse.
MONUMENT LODGE, Knights of Pythias,
will hold it's first meeting in Sixth Corps
Post rooms, Friday evening. The com
mittee having in charge the work of find
ing permanent quarters for the lodge'
will make its report.
THE ten new street lamps are all in po-
sItion and the old ones have been
changed from 1000 to 1900 candle power
each. They went into operation Friday
evening and thus far the change appears
to be very satisfactory. q, T..
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church. will hold its regular meeting on
Thursday afternoon of this week. at
three o'clock, in the rooms of the Sixth
Corps Post. Supper will be served as
usual, at half past six o'clock
SouLE's unmounted photos, in various
sizes, aud handsomely finished, can be
Ir Of n finishing
decorations of handsome articles that
are being made for Christmas gifts. For
sale at the BANNER Store.
SERVICES will be held at ST. Peters on
Monday morning at ten, and Friday
evening at half past seven O'Clock; these
days being Ember days, or days of
prayer for those who are to be ordained
to the ministry of the church. On Sat
urdav, which is st. Thomas day, there
will be a celebration of the Holy Com
munion at 10 a. m.
THE following were elected officers of
the F. M. T. A. B. Society Sunday: John
F. Guiltinan, president; Edward D. Slo-
cum, vice president; David Donovan,
recording secretary; James Cone, COR
responding secretary: John Morrissey,
financial secretary, John A. Ryan,
treasurer. '.
THE Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet at Rutland the second Wednesday
of May for three days session. During
the session the Gill Odd Fellows Home of
Vermont will be dedicated. A reception
committee has been appointed consisting
of Past Grand Master Henry Clark, Hen
nv C. Farr, Grand Chief Patriarch Louis
V. Greene, Henry o. Carpenter and DR..
G. NJ. Spencer.
OWING to the large increase in the
freight business on the Fitchburg rail
road, John Midway, superintendent OF
motive power, last week ordered five
more of the large freight moguls from
the Schenectady locomotive works. They
are of the same class as Nos. 1853, 1854, etc,
making total of twenty locomotives
purchased from this concern during 1895
eighteen freight moguls and two pas
senger locomotives.
HIRAM POTTER, of Woodford, who at
the last term of the United States court
in Rutland, was convicted of selling Ii
Guor without a government license and
sentenced to be confined IN the Jail here
100 days and to pay fine of 500, was
released from confinement this morning
his sentence having expired. The fine
was RENTED by reason of his taking the
poor debtors oath. Potter, who is
seventy-two years of age and an old sol
der, is badly broken down in health.
THOSE who were on the streets Friday
evening about Z O'Clock, saw. coming out
from the nol theast what appeared to be
a remarkable meteor and coming in the
direction of the village at comparative
ly slow rate. There was slight, sway
ing motion observed as though the OBJ
ieCt had lost its momentum and was Ii
able to fall. 1t was thought by some
who observed it that this motion was
the result of strong currents of air
through whichit passed. Once num-
Der of dull sparks fell from the meteor
like those that fall from an exploded sky
rocket. 1t finally vanished in the north
west.
THE forests of Vermont are being sys.
tematically stocked with various species
of game birds from other states and
lands, under the direction of a depart
ment of the State game commission. A
few days ago number of Monaghan
pheasants, which have been introduced
in several Pacific states with much sue
cess, were received at the headquarters
of the commission. The birds are to be
kept in confinement and the eggs dis
tributed in various parts of the State.
The eggs will be set under domestic hens
and the young pheasants will, at the
proper time, be set free in the forests. A
consignment of Virginia quails and sharp
tail grouse is now on its way to- Vermont
to be used for the same PURPOSES
THE village of Hoosick Falls is taking
anew lease of life. 1t was once said of
the place that if the Walter A. Wood
Works ever moved away or the place
vUare denr,ved Of them in any vav the