Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-08

Miss Grace Odell is visiting in West
Rutland.
Earl B. Hurlburt has gone Buffalo,
where he will locate.
Mrs Charles H. Dewey is visiting
Mrs L. A. Whitney in Troy.
John Powers has returned to his
studies at Norwich University.
Mrs D. A. Ward and Mrs J, H.
Whitney were in Troy Monday.
Miss Lura Harbour has gone to
Middleburg, N. Y, to visit relatives.
Mrs John Russell and Miss Cramer
of Troy were guests of Miss Mary
Robinson at Bennington Center Sat
urday.
There were 81 cloudy or stormy days
between the Goth of September and the
20 of December.
Misses Hope and Ruth Graves have
returned to their studies at Bryn
Mawr. Their mother accompanied
them back and will remain with them
a few days.
Supt Simmons of the graded school
was in Montpelier Friday attending
meeting of the County Examiners of
the State. Eleven of the IA we're pres
ent.
A Telegram has been received here
announcing the death from appended
tbs in San Jose, Cal, on the 4th inst.
of S. Waldo Williams, son of Fanny
D. Sibley Williams.
Thomas LAWN of Schenectady, N.
Y, who has been spending the last
three weeks with his sister, Mrs James
Murphy, at the Center, has returned
to the former place to accept a position
in Hotel Vendome.
Chauncey Goold, the well known en-
gineer on the Chatham and Lebanon
Valley division Of the Rutland rail-
road, has been of duty for several
weeks on account of illness. He is at
his home in Chatham,
Chester Wilson, from the west part
Of the town, was considerably bruised
last Friday by a tree that Homer
Jacobs had chopped down, falling on
him. No bones were broken and the
injuries are not serious.
The new officers Of @, A. Custer post
we're installed Saturday evening, past
commander, Geo NJ. Marsh, acting as
installing officer The officers of the
w. r.. c. were installed last evening,
Commander Marsh also being the in
stalling officer, After the installation
a lunch was served.
In the municipal court Saturday,
Jas Leahy appeared and claimed five
barrels of the ale that was seized in
the railroad yard last August. For
having it in his possession with in
tent to SELL he was fined $40 and costs
amounting in all to $57 which he paid.
The ale will be spilled after it thaws
out.
An exciting cooking main came off
in the village New Years Eve. Local
birds were pitted against New York
state birds, mostly from Fort Edward
but entered by Cambridge parties.
The purse was $3.50, with $40 on each
main. Ten battles were fought, the
local birds winning nine, The visitors
went home broke,
Chief Engineer Buss reports that
during the year 1902 there we're fifteen
fire alarms to which the department re-
sponded. The total fire losses we're
81, 500, all covered by insurance.
There were also two still alarms The
department was also called out three
times to search for lost children.
There we're nine slight fires with no
alarms.
Mrs F, f. Burgess, sister of c.
Floyd Huling, and two children were
in the parlor car on the train that was
wrecked near Shelburne Friday even
ing. They were on their wa! to their
home in Burlington after visiting her
parents in North Remington. They
we're all thrown from their chairs to
the car floor but fortunately escaped
without any injury.
There was large attendance at the
athletic exhibition in Academy hall
Thursday evening. The exhibition,
six round sparring match, between
Mickey Keane and VIM Gunshannon,
was stopped at the end of the fourth
round. The match between Jas Burke
of Brooklyn and Steve Butler of Troy
was announced draw by the referee.
There was much dissatisfaction with
the result. 1t is reported that another
match between the two will be ar
ranged.
News came Friday afternoon OF the