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quite ill with la Grippe, is improving.
GEO. B. SEARS, now OF New York City,
has been laid up week with la Grippe,
but is better.
MRS. NJ. w. STEWART is soon to visit
her daughter, Mrs. o. R. Bennett OF
Rutherford, N. j.
THE condition of Chas. H. Burnham
does not improve. His death may be ex-
pected at any time.
THE Rev. Russell Woodfn, rector of
Trinity church, Albany, preached in st.
Peters church last evening.
FRED SMITH has the Bennington
agency for the celebrated Atwood sus
pender. See the display in his window
The grand officers of the l, o. o. F.,
are to institute new Subordinate Lodge
at Weston, next Tuesday, the 10Th, inst
THE Mountain Mills at Wilmington are
now in operation turning out pulp, the
first consignment having been made al
ready.
Mrs. j. G. HARDWOOD has been called
to Adams, Mass, on account of the seri-
Gus illness of her daughter Flora MRS.
Frank Talham).
LIEUT.-CoL. MERRITT BARBER, A. A.
g., on duty at the department of the
Platte, has been transferred to the de-
partment of the Missouri.
MISS BESSIE Fox entertained about
twenty of her young friends, Wednesday
evening. Dancing was INDUCED in and
refreshments were served.
TAFT COMMANDERY, X. T., worked
the Red Cross last evening, and will con-
fer the Order of the Temple next week
Wednesday, at a special conclave,
Fl. W. STAFFORD, general passenger
agent of the Bennington and Rutland
Railway, left Wednesday for Oberlin,
Ohio, to visit a daughter, who is at
school there.
MIR. H. A. STRONG of Williams College,
is teaching in the High school, during
the enforced absence of Miss Haven,
who injured herself by falling on our
streets as noted heretofore.
ROBERT A. MOONEY, whose eye was
badly injured a few days ago by being
hit with piece of flying wood, goes to
Albany again to-day to consult DR.. Mer-
rill, we'll known oculist of that city. 1t
will be chance if the sight if the eye is
saved
MRS. WM. E. HAWKS gave largely at
tended reception at her home Wednes.
day afternoon from until p. m. The
occasion was very pleasant one. Mrs.
Hawks was assisted in receiving by her
daughter Mrs. Clement II. Cone and
Mrs. w. f. Hawks Jr. Mrs. Louis A.
Graves and Miss Cone of Manchester pre-,
sided at the refreshment table.
The semi-monthly meeting of the Ben.
ningtOn Medical Society, was held We'd
nesday evening at the Office of DR.. Good
all, who presided. An interesting paper
on "Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis" was
read by DR.. Rogan of SALISBURY. A
lengthy discussion of the subject fol
lowed, Drs. Rogers and Goodall giving
an interesting account of the disease as
it appeared epidemically in Vermont in
1864. The next meeting will be held
March goth, at the office of DR.. Bennett,
who is assigned to read an original pa
per on "Cystitis."
THE following figures have their mean
ing: The number of entries for con-
sumption in the customs districts of Yer.
mont for six months ending Feb. 2Sth,
1894, was 9,8S2; the number of cOnsump-
ton entries for a like period ending Feb.
2Sth, 1895, was 1851, being an increase
of 6,719 entries. All other frontier Gus
toms districts have a small number of
consumption entries compared to the
Vermont district. For the year ending
June Both, 1892 the Vermont district
had 81 ,7S9, the port of Detroit standing
next with 1890 while the port of Buffa-
10, N. Y, had less than half as many as
this port.
JOHN CLossoN, janitor of the Main
street public school building at Hoosick
Falls, N. Y, has received word from his
brother, James Closson, who suddenly
disappeared from the village about eight
years ago. Since that time none of his
friends or relatives have received word
from him and he was long since given up
as dead. He was well known in Hoo
sick Falls, having been a molder in the
Walter A. Wood company's foundry for
about sixteen years. He is at present in
Markham, ILL.,, where he is engaged in
herding cattle and is doing well. He has
wife and family residing at Raymer-
town. In his communication to his
brother, which is the first news received
from him since he departed, he fails to
reveal his motives for not correspond
ing and throws no light on his previous
whereabouts.