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house on Pleasant street.
MIR. AND MRS L. A. GRAVES are in
New York for a week or more.
The Free Library, which has been
closed for ten days, was re-opened again
Thursday.
ROBERT PILLING has moved into the
house on Pleasant street, recently vacat-
ed by D. J.. Pratt.
THE evening subject at the Second
Congregational church next Sunday night
will be: "Christ and the Men He Met"
ELISHA MAY, National Bank examiner,
was here Wednesday, and examined the
condition of the Bennington County
bank.
Mrs. E. L. NICHOLS is in New York all
of this week. She reports securing some
very handsome goods. More about them
next week.
JOHN H. AYRBs has added ready-made
clothing to his custom department, and
proposes to sell at city prices-See ad-
vertisement.
MABEL, the eldest daughter of f. o.
Graves, has been confined to the house
two weeks, the result of injuries to a
foot received while sliding.
THE family of VIM. English, paid his
taxes Wednesday, and English was re.
leased. He had been locked up in Jail
since Saturday.
OLLIE MACK of the "Finnigan's Ball"
Company made his first appearance on
any stage, at Library Hall, four years
ago, with "a Soap Bubble"
APRIL 23d is the date decided upon
for the production of "The Miller's
Daughter" by local talent, under the
auspices of the Bennington Rifles.
In another place to-day we give an ar.
ticle: "How Stock bridge Became Beau
tiful," which is timely and is commended
to the Village improvement Society.
WIN. HULIHAN of White Creek, who
has been under arrest several weeks for
illegally selling liquor, in the State, was
discharged by the Municipal Court
Wednesday.
RUSSELL & MARCH have the contract
to furnish lumber and all other materials
for large business block, and residence,
that are to be built at Schraalenburg, N.
j., where they did considerable work
last summer.
THE subject for the morning sermon
at the Baptist church next Sunday will
be walking with Cod" At the even
ing service the fourth sermon of the il
Illustrated series on "Pilgrim's Progress
will be delivered.
The Board of Civil Authority is to
meet April 9th, at the town Office to
hear the cases for the claims of abate-
meuts of taxes, called out by the vigor.
Gus collection of the past two weeks.
Those interested will take due notice.
THE official board of the Methodist
church will unanimously request from
the coming Troy Conference, the return
of Rev. S. Mclaughlin to this church.
The request will be accompanied with
the announcement of a raise in salary of
5000 year.
THE death of the little daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Daley of pneumonia, is sad
affection. Agnes was a bright and at
tractive child and loved by all who knew
her. The funeral was attended yesterday
afternoon. The sincere sympathy of many
friends will go out to the family in this
dark hour.
THE manager of the Manola-Mason
Company was so we'll pleased with his
first visit to Bennington that he says he
shall pass the summer here. Would it
not be well to show such men a little
courtesey when they. are in town? A
visit to the Monument, the Soldiers
Home and other features of interest is
always pleasant.
JAMES L. JETS, aged SS, whose funer-
al was held at Putney, Monday, was for
several years engaged in the hotel bust
ness there. He was the first to drive a
four-horse coach between TOwnshend and
Arlington. In 1910 he drove Daniel Web.
ster from Brattleboro to Stratton, where,
on the very top of the Green Mountains
the ia nous Wing convention was held.
Subsequently Jefts kept hotel in Dun
dee, Mich, where he also served as sher-
if of the county. He leaves one son,
George Jefts, for several years manager
of local hotels.
THE Dennison Loan and Land Com
pany of Dennison, Texas, was incorpor-
ated last week Thursday. This is the
company A. P. Childs of this village has
worked so untiringly to save from utter
collapse. Among the incorporators was
States Attorney Bates of this village who
was afterward chosen secretary and treas
urer of the company. The incorporators
are mostly composed of those who
formed the syndicate for the purchase of
the defunct loan and investment COM
pany. The Argus and Patriot, whose
editor is one of the new incorpOrators
says, speaking of Western and Southern
investments: "Just at present there is
one bright spot, Denison, Tex, where