Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1896-01-07

of the town causing demand for them
for preservation and for mailing to for
mer residents and visitors.
JOHN ADAM, living back of the pack.
ing department of Cooper's mill, on
Branch street, was arrested by officers
Nash and Godfrey last evening for abus-
ing and maltreating his wife. He was
locked up in Jail and his hearing will be
held later.
THE sessions of the Graded School
were resumed Monday after the holiday
vacation. The vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Scarborough, and the
place of Miss Sibley who is absent,
through the recent death of her mother,
are temporarily filled by Misses Anna
Hathaway and Maude Miller, both grad
mates of the High School.
In Fridays issue, we inadvertently
failed to mention S. II. Rockwood's pro-
posed writing and bookkeeping classes.
The number of pupils will be limited to
ten in each class, thus making it posi-
BILE for each pupil to receive particularly
careful instruction. Mr.. lockwood has
had much experience in the subjects he
teaches, both in business colleges and as
an instructor. The classes will be formed
tomorrow, Wednesday evening. Mr..
lockwood says that there is yet chance
for few more pupils and that all intend
ing to take advantage of his classes
should apply at once.
THE long promi sed cold wave came
along Sunday. James O'Donnell, night
Waterman in Cooper's mill, kindly fur
nishes the following figures, showing
the rapid fall of the thermometer from 5
p. m, Sunday to 6 a. M, Monday: Five
O'Clock, zero; nine o'clock, II, and at
midnight 10 below zero; at two, II; at
four, IS and at a. M, 10 below zero.
Last night the thermometer ranged as
follows: Six p. M, s below zero; p.
M, II below; II p. M, 13 below; 2 a.
M, 10 below; a. M, IL below; a. M,
0 below; a. M, 9 below.
THERE have been Two false alarms of
fire this week, bringing out the fire de.
partment in both instances. The first
one Sunday afternoon, was caused by a
chimney fire in the house occupied by
Mrs. Nye on North street. Monday at
IL: As another chimney in one of the ten
ements on Spring street, occupied by
James Burns, burned out. Since Oct.
LIST, there have been six alarms of fire in
which the services of the fire department
were not needed. These needless alarms
are becoming mOnotonous to the firemen.
Much inconvenience to them and consid-
cradle expense to the village might be
saved if common sense was used in hand
ling these chimney fires. Instead, the
occupants seem to go into Mysteries at
the first smell of smoke, chase for the
alarm boxes and bring out the depart
ment From the fact that there we're
ladies only in both of the above men.
toned houses, when the fires were dis
covered, there is perhaps little more
excuse than usual for pulling the alarms,
but in both cases it took a man but a
few moments to bring things again to
their normal condition.
The following from the Boston Herald
of Sunday, will be of interest to those who
have seen Mason in HIS appearances at
the Opera House: "a month ago, while
Jack Mason was playing at the Columbia
Theatre in the Cotton King" he was
surrendered by the bondsmeu who had
gone surety for him in the suits brought
by Clark's Hotel and Geo. W. Simmons
& Co. In consequence of this surrender,
Jack had to remain in jail for two days
and missed two performances of the
"Cotton King" He was released upon
the evening of the second night in Jail.
through the efforts of his counsel, T. j.
Barry, who furnished bond which is
very seldom given In legal proceedings
in this State, and which is the only
method by which debtor who has been
once arrested upon claim, aid against
whom judgment had been entered up
on such claim, can be released from Jail
after his bondsmen surrender him. This
bond is commonly called bond for the
Jail limits, and it provides that the bebt.
or shall not leave the vicinity of the Jail
for 30 days, but shall be within the
county in which the Jail is situated every
day during that time. In case seizure
of him is not made, the debtor is obliged,
in order to free his sureties upon this
bond, to deliver himself to the keeper of
the Jail upon the Both day from the date
of the bond, and to remain in such keep.
er's custody between 10 a. m. and p.
m. AS Mason had not been arrested, he
vas obliged to 60 to the Jail yesterday
morning, and therein remain until 6
o'clock in the afternoon. He sat in the
Office studying his part for the piece
which he is about to produce at Keith s
Theatre in New York, and waiting in ex.
pectancy for sheriff to appear with the
} execution to commit him to cell. He
waited bat the sheriff did not come and
at 5 o'clock Keeper Bradley opened the
outer door for him, told him he was moi
wanted any more and babe him good