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MlSS MAIZE REED VI INuUlolNl 10 NlolG-
ag relatives here.
MR.. AND MRS. A, BUEL SHELLEY are re.
ceiving many congratulations upon the
arrival of a son, born April 9th.
RALPH POTTER, son of Col. Andrew
potter, died to-day at AndOver, Mass,
where he was at school.
MRS. M. w. STEWART has returned
rom visit to her daughters, Mrs. o. r.
jennett of Rutherford, n. j.
THE Odd Fellows give social hop in
their hall, Opera House block, Tuesday
in Easter week. 1t is an invitation af-
fair.
THE subject of the morning sermon in
The Methodist church Easter Sunday will
De "The First Words of Our Risen
Saviour"
EDWARD Z. VALENTINE has taken the
position of boss knitter at lockwood d
Company's, in place of James II. Mar
tin resigned.
JAMES II. MARTIN has been absent
about ten days, and is now at his sister S
in Troy, n. Y. He has been IN poor
health for several months.
THE ladies of the Second COngrega-
tional church will hold maple sugar
party in the parlors of the church. Tues
,'lv evening, April 10th.
THURSDAYS Rutland Herald said:
James Homage, West Rutland, is earring
his household goods, and will move to
Bennington in few days.
THE Rev. j. P. Barrett of Fairhaven,
who has been travelling through the Holy
Land and Europe, with Bishop Michaud
and Father Barron, arrived home Tues
day. Father Barron is expected home
in few days.
In consequence of the long continued
low temperature, says the Troy Times,
the peach crop, in which some Columbia
county farmers are taking an interest.
will be failure. Cherry and plum buds
are also much injured
Col. C. S. FORBES was in town on
Tuesday. He is about to start The Yer
monter, a society monthly at st. Adams,
which will be a credit to the State. There
will be Patriotic societies department,
Masonic, I. o. o. F., G. A. r., etc.
H. p. JAMES, vice president of the
Geo. Hall Coal Company of Ogdensburg,
Y. Y, was here part of Tuesday and
Wednesday, on matters of business. The
Company controls the larger part of the
soft coal business in Vermont and North
ern New York, and large quantities of it
are shipped over the Bennington and
Rutland railroad which uses about 800
tons month, at their yard in Rutland.
BERT RoCKwOoD, for eighteen years
engaged lin the milk business here, is
building large addition to his barn, on
the arm owned by him. 1t is to be
&6x7O feet, making the entire building
10 feet in length The barn will be fit.
ted with box stalls and stauchions,
enough to cover 40 cows and the capacity
Of the barn will be 100 tons of hay in ad.
dition to other feed and materials that
will be required to feed the cows. Mr.
lockwood is also intending to make
other improvements in the near future
AT the annual meeting of the Sunday
school of the Second Congregational
church, held in the Sunday school rooms
Thursday evening, the following officers
were elected: G. NJ. Rowell, superin-
tendent; F. E. Battles, assistant super.
intendent: Mrs. G. II. Bickford, lady
assistant superintendent VIM. Barron,
secretary; Arther Moore, assistant sec.
rotary: w. c. Hitchcock, treasurer: Fred
Packard librarian; Prof. E. E. Long,
chorister; Mrs. Geo. W. Keeseman, or
ganist; Miss Mary Rawson, assistant or
ganist.
LAST Friday night Houghton's general
store in North Bennington was burglar
lied and last night Bottum's store in
SALISBURY was also robbed. In both
places the principal plumber secured was
provisions and clothing. Wednesday Of
ticers Nash and Godfrey went to Shafts
bury and arrested Edward Bellows and
Patrick Burns, charged with the robber.
+es and being concerned in the numerous
1urglaries that have occurred in the vi
cinity of North Bennington of late. Their
houses were searched, and although no.
thing was found in them the officers
think'they have evidence enough to con-
Wet them. They were brought here and
lodged in Jail.
THE Bennington Rifles are busy re-
hearsing for the comic opera, the mil
ler's Daughter to be produced at the
Opera House Tuesday evening, April
ed. Everything points both to an artis-
&c and financial success. At a special
meeting held Monday evening at the ar.
nory, Musician Asa J. Harwood was
unanimously elected member of the
board of directors TO FIJI the vacancy
caused by the death of Private Henry c,
Caswell. Musician Harwood was also
elected tofl tIi8 vatancy on the finance
committee and Edward Cook was elected
o fill the vacancy on the entertainment
committee.
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