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removed, the lamps lowered and changed
about. The matter is in the hands O
the Trustees.
THE Buell. Brothers, of Eagle Bridge
N. Y. have shipped to the New Yorl
and Philadelphia markets 225 carloads Of
potatoes since fall, 500 bushels to a car
and are still shipping. The average
price paid per barrel was So cents.
Ar meeting of the Second Congrega
tional society, held last evening, the
question of increasing the revenues of the
church was discussed at length. The
matter was referred to the trustees, who
will hold an early meeting.
THOMAS NOLAN, Andrew Griffin, John
A. Ryan and Patrick Riley were sent as
ciety to the semi-annual convention of
the C. T. A. U. of the diocese of Albany,
which is held to-day in Schenectady, N.
Y.
LYMAN n. EVANS badly injured one
thumb in his saw mill in WoodfOrd, yes
terday. He was running palmer when
one of the boards, which he had just put
in place, kicked back and struck his
thumb. The flesh was torn in several
places and the thumb badly dislocated.
THE meat market of c. c. Thompson
Il Co., was robbed last night. Entran.
ce was effected from the rear of the
building. A few pennies were taken
from the money drawer and it is sup.
posed that some meat went also. The
job was apparently the work of anna
teurs.
THE stockholders of the First Nation.
al Bank elected their directors this morn
ing, viz: L. F. Abbott, H. G. Root, E. w.
Bradford, L. A. Graves, Geo. f. Graves.
They organized by electing Geo. F.
Graves, president; L. F. Abbott and Ii
G. Root, vice Presidents; L. A. Graves,
cashier.
BoTI of the National Banks in the vii.
lage received from the New York World
a telegram asking how much of the late
ly authorized issue of government bonds
they would take. Neither bank has as
yet decided upon any action. According
to the World, only four Vermont banks
have signifed their intention of taking
any of the issue.
CHARLES H. TUCKER leaves this week
for trip to New York, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Chicago and other cities, for
the purpose of introducing into those
markets the ten.foot poles now being
made at the Bennington Machine Works,
at the rate of about 800 per day. He is
to establish agencies at various points.
He recently had a very successful trip to
Boston and vicinity.
A LARGE portion of our subscribers
have just received sample copies of the
New York Daily Advertiser. The Ad-
vertiser seven times week is furnished
with the twice a-week BANNER for So 10.
Cheap enough, isn't it? To all of our
regular subscribers who have already
paid IN advance, we will furnish the
Daily Advertiser for SlGj. This is an alb
surdly low price for 365 copies of live,
up to date newspaper.
THE following is the report of the
temperature for the past four night, fur
nished the BANNER by James O Donnell,
night watchmau at Cooper's mill: Fri
day night: Gp. m, II above: s, 7 above;
TO- 3 above; midnight, zero; . a. M,
below; 4, above; 6, ) above. Saturday
night: p. M, above; s, > below; 10,
1 below; midnight. > below; = a. NJ
below; 5, ) below, Sunday night; p.
m, IS above; S, Is above; 10, % above
midnight, 80 above; a. M, "A above;
4, 20 above: 6, 10 above. Monday night,
6 p. m, IA above; s, Is above; 10, -
above; midnight, IA above; a. IN, IA
aboye; 4, Is above; 6, Is above.
OLIN SCOTT has just finished ship
ment of wood preparing machinery to
the high Falls Pulp Company in Chateau
gay, N. Y. He has also completed
shipment of wood pulp machinery to the
Audroscoggin Paper Mills in Brunswick,
Me-, and another to the Fall Mountain
Paper Mills in Bellows Falls. He is now
at work on estimates for pulp mill ma
chinery for the Chandler Dunbar Water
Power Company, of Sault Ste Marie, in
Michigan, which is preparing to erect
what will be one of the largest pulp mills
in the country. The company owns a
water privilege that can develop over
$1,000 horse power and is now at work
on necessary excavations, etc. Mr..
Scott has been there several times in
consultation and has been retained by
the company as consulting engineer.
JOSIAH Russell who died at his home
in Bennington, jan s, was son of the
late Henry Russell and was born IN
Hoosick, Sept 4, 1887. Three brothers,
Judson, Joseph and George, four half
brothers and half sister of the Russell
family survive him. His disease was
cancer of the jaw and his sufferings
were most intense for the past year, yet
they were borne with remarkable forti-
tude and with constant thoughtfulness