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OLIN SCoTT is shipping eight New
England pulp grinders to Grand Rapids,
Wis, this week.
THE st. Francis de Sales church fair
will begin the evening of Thursday Nov.
TIN and continue three evenings.
A FREIGHT car jumped the track near
SALISBURY, Friday evening, and made
work for the section men. Trains were
not delayed.
MISS LAURA P. GRIswoLD, pa South
street, announces in another column
that she is prepared to receive pupils in
art needle work.
The Fortnightly will hold its next reg
ular meeting on Saturday Nov End.
Subject, "Literaturc;" Miss Mary L..
White Chairman.
THE frame work for the new house on
Union street being erected by DR.. S. R.
Wilcox. is up and covered. Luther r.
Burt has the contract
New and handsome styles in writing
papers at BANNER Store. These are
Hurd's papers and there are none better
or more fashionable made.
STFruEN, the young son of Herbert
Robin on, clerk in the Post Office, is sick
with d light case of diphtheria at the res
ideuce of his q andmother, Mrs. A. Ed
dy. The house is now quarantined, nut
the quarantine will probably be raised in
a day or two.
Mrs. MARY E. PARKER died at the
residence of her son on Park street Sat.
urday afternoon, aged IS years. She had
been in poor health for about two years
and her death was not unexpected. Her
funeral was observed Monday afternoon.
Rev. G. L. Richardson officiating.
J. D. WAY of Manchester, has in his
possession powder horn that was made
over 1870 years ago. 1t was picked up by
his grandfather on the spot where the
100 men under Warner went to assist
stark at the Battle of Bennington, the
night before the battle. 1t has been in
the family ever since. 1t is very elabor-
ately carved, among the emblems being a
fine representation of brig. On it also
is the name of VIM. Ferris, with the year
in which it was made.
THE Reverend Paul H. Birdsall, assist
ant at ST. Peters church, Albany, N. Y,
was the guest of the rector of St. Peters,
Bennington, on Sunday, and preached
morning and evening. His morning ser
mon was an eloquent and original treat
ment of the text, "Know We not that
your body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost" and was heard with interest by a
large congr cation. The music was eX.
ceptionally well rendered by the large
choir.
JAMAs E. BOWEN, of North Adams,
Mass, died at his residence there Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock. He was ia.
ken sick two weeks ago with bilious ca,
tarrhal fever, and later heart trouble
ensued. For several days past his case
had been recognized as hopeless and his
death only question of time. Mr.. Bow
Ell, who was born in Readsboro, was 43
years of age He was brother of Mrs
Moses Wilson of this town who was with
him during his last illness, and of Fred
L. Bowen of Brooklyn, N. Y.
F. G, MoRAE, who is in charge of the
express Office during the absence of j.
II. Warren, has succeeded in perfecting
arrangements that will improve the ex-
press service of the village. The express
matter, which has heretofore reached
here at 3.35 p. m, now arrives here at
2:O3 being brought directly from the
Empire State Express, instead of waiting
IS formerly at North Bennington until
later hour mentioned. This plan re
quires an extra run Of an express mes
senger from HoosaG Junction to here.
MONDAY, being the Feast of IS
Simon and Jude, there was service in St.
Peters church at 10 o'clock. There will
be service also next Friday, being All
Saints Day, at ten in the morning, and
7:30 in the evening. There will be
memorial address at the morning service
and preparatory lecture in the evening.
Next Sunday, being the first Sunday of
the month, there will be Holy Commun.
ION at l0:30 a. m, and evening service at
r. This evening there will be a service
of especial interest at st. Peters church.
AT the request of Bishop Hall, Mrs. T.
II. Garfield of Burlington is to address
The people of the parish on the work of
the WOmans' Auxiliary and Junior Aux.
iliary to the Board of Missions, giving an
account of the recent convention held in
Minneapolis. The members OF st. Mary's
Guild, the senior and junior branches,
are particularly invited to attend, but all
who are interested are cordially invited.
: SEVERAL weeks ago, U. S. Marshall
Harris arrested Chinaman, zee Wah
Jeu, near RichfOrd, for violation of the
Chinese exclusive act. The Monaghan
was taken before U. S. Commissioner
McGetrich in St. Adams, who sentenced
him 10 30 days in the st. Adams Jail and
then to be deported to China. zee Wah
demured to this decision and appealed