THE BENNINGTON EVENING BANNER ONE CENlN ONE CENT BENNINGTON, VT., WEDESDAY, DEOEMBER 9, 1903, i Ihis Is Not.Our.Ideal of a Ncwspapef and Probably It is Not Yours, ,But if the Public .Helps the Infant Along Cordially It Will Improve Somewhatl Bennington Counly NATIONAL BANK Capltal $100,000. ' 'v Omcrs, JOIIN 8. HOLDEK. Prcsldent. A. K. KITCHIE. Vlce I'resldcnt. CLEMENT II, CONE.'Caliler, Bennington, Vt. Transac-t a gei&rai banking Tasiness, pays iriterest on eerti iicates of deposit ut the rate of 8 per cent if allowed to tt'inam ttliree inonths.-. v DIRECTORS I. E. Gibson, J. S. Holden, Wm. E. Hawks, N. M. PulTer, A. K. Ritchlc, 3. T. SliurtlolVC. W. Thtltcher. FIRST TL BANK OF NO BENNINGTON OAPITAL $150,000 SUIlPLXJS-nd PROF1TS $75,000 KESOUKCES, $500,000 Most entrally located for country 'business and is always ready t receive new accouuts. It is one of the oldest aud strongest Banks iu Vermont, aud tr&tisnets a gcueral bauk- ing buwness. J. G. McCULLOUGH, President - S. B. HALL, Cashitf. BUSINESS EXCHAIIGE rno HKAT-Warm (urnlshcd slngle roonw X o Ar mnnia fnr lluht lintlAAkeetmiif. C K. DVKU. Hank St.. N6 DennUtRtoD. Vt. 4GW riMi ItKNT -KlKhtroom teneuent ou Scralli horsebKniutlicrear. KlQier F. ltoekwood. 1. st. wiui au mociurn lmprovemems. ajji'uu 80 rno liKXT -IlMlralileteiiements. offlcen Mhl .L 9 atorev i"oHne-.sIoii clven imiixwJateiiy. Vi E. Ilawlcs, 2u5 North St. rno HK ST Elve roomi on nW toor. new X ern iniproyemeiits. alo a furtilshed i-oom- rorlaflyorsenooigin. Appiy 10 xn ju.,.v. Moorc, zsi rarK ni. TTIOIt ltliXT -Home. Wlllow 8t, ls- i.' cupleJ ly w. w. uurice. uauirstftn. moo. ern couventeuces. Jnquire Alrs Edw. Norton, TO ltK.'T.-Cotft(!e2ni) Orore St,rooms JL U..IU AUU ttMltlb, HW. ........ W" " rbonn. bath, toUet. hot wter boller aad steara heat. W B.Sheld n. -Ott rno ItniVT. Sevenroom tenementon UnJon X st. ; slngle houe.; possesMnn glven atoucc, Alan six rixirn teiiement wltli all modrru ta- provements, cJectric llghts on Maiu ht now, occupica ny miso ii. juurKHu, iuo iuuuim:! Iosses9ion gtveuoepi;a. a. 11. hockv.uu. z rno IIK.VT DiulilR tenetnenU cotoer Mo- I fall nmt 1 jin Itpnt 18 aiul f9 r specllve'r.- Modern eonvenlences Appljr rjK!r&I)arliiienlo' " -lllTAIVTKW.-Woman rfor general uHise. W work, fiood cosK. cail West Maln strccL or addre. 220 WANTKn.-Miu to do.chore work on larm aud cut wood Uitougk wlnter Jesse Utoblnson. l WANTI'.n.-Olrl todO'ien ral fcotiscworb. Appiy to Mr E. J. TTaany , 409 Qae St. WANTKD Orderi for Irult treos, orna mcntal trees and sbrubcry (or nprtn( de aiTerlng. Allen Nuraery. Kocbeater, w. Y. . Alnaworth, Agent, 311 West Slaln St. 4)tf WAKTKI I'oslUon as lereman In jiaper box shcp, 12 years ezperience. Xddress ,J H. 8 , Box 183, Ftiilmont, N. V. 3w4 VVASTKD FaUhful person to call on retal ,trle and agents for manatacturlng Uau.sc .having welCjbstabllshed buslnes; local terxl. tdry Btralght saliiry $20 paid weekly and ex poose tnpney .adTnee(! prevlous eiperleuee unnoe5ary: ' poslUon permanenti buslneis juccesstul, Encloje self-addreaied wnvflope. 8uperlntndent Trarelers, 605 Monon Illd CblMgo. 111. 41w WANTnn Posltion by an experlenced trotoan nurse. Best of relereuces Klven. Juciulre 442 Malo 8L 36W12 WANTEJ A canvosslng acent wlth imall amount of money may becure the airency of a Callfornla protluct tbat can bc sold -to erery famliy of UennlnKton and surroundlng .country. sac seller for a houie to houso .canrasser to bandle wlili other goods. It 1 an artloleof dally consumpUon, and where once sold Is a ureepeater. Tbe product 1h not as yet Introduced ln Vermont but hundreds of ap plicatloiu liave been lecelved from there. Kor partlculari. prlces and sample, address MAN'AO EK, P. O. Hox 587 San Jose.Californla. Por SaTe. Farm of 275 acrej, well watered, buildlngs In fiooj condl'lon, land In ftood state of cultlv.'itlon, pple orchard of ino to 200 barrels of f rnlt. migar orchard of soo trees. coo corUs of npod, loo.oo f't!t ot tlmlier , ciim ino tnns of hay Tcrms p;ny. Knqiilre ofc 11 .Mjers, Pownal cemro, TT'on NAcn -to wail lall descrlptlous. l ' 3 seu oi narnes'jj He and douMe. 20 ikhoree. Jnquire llnrses, j;ood anver : C01-0R,At)O STRIKERS. Knllnn Mlnrrs 5Inlc Sfrlonii Trotilil n ( SiiKUiulo, T1UNIDAD, Colo., Dpc. 0. A pitch cA battlo has oecurred at SiiKiimlo, a Colontilo Fupl and Iron cnnip, lii'twoen thlrty strlklng Itallan nilncM and scv-on-of the'coinpany's Kanls.NI'oiif of the strlkora wcro sliot, nnd two of Uiem ivill rTWbably dle. Tlie strlUors wcnt lo the ovens, but werc ordered to fitop by the guaitls. Tho shootlnR be Kan. each side assertlng that tlie otber flrcd flrst. An attack on tlie new part of the settlement Is expected from the Itallan Btrlkers ln the old town, nnd a bloody flght may be lookcd for. Nearly every m'au ln New' Sagundo lsaniicd and wlll shoot at flrst slgn of an assnult. Ail dny the itrikers are sakl to have becn drlnklng aud have matle thrents that they wlll clenn out Sagundo ufter dark. The sltuntlon!'ln tho tfauip Is most crltlcal. At all the canips nnd ln thla town the ItnllatiR ure worked up to a pltch of frcnzy. 'CONVICTED OF FRAUD. McGrrKor and Upton I'ound e:ullly Iy Ilnlllmorc Jurr. IJAIrOIOnK, Dec. O.-Kormer lost nl Clerks Tliomna W. M:C3regor and Columbus Kllsworth Upton werc con vleted ln the United States dlstrlct court here of consplraOy to defrniid the govcmment ln connectlon wlth the pmv clmse of 0,000 leathcr pom-hcs for us In the free ilellvery Bervlce, Clinrlos 13. Snilth, -wlio recelrotl the wder tm the pnuches throu'gU the iTitluenc! of Upton and MeOregor, wns the pilnwpal Tvlrnoss ngalnst the accuscd. The Jury after belnR out forty-Uve mlnntes re turned n verdlet ot gn'lty. Coiinsel Cor the eonviutwl men Iinineillately innde Tuotlon for a new 17431, and .Ttidgo Morrls greed t hear ttrsummts on the motlon nert SatunJny. Uond lit f5,00J "cns furnlshcd liy the frlends of Upton, and he was released. HeOregor is ln cliarge of United States Mnrshal LanfrlKttnmer endlng the arrlvnl ot frlends from AVnshlneton to 1'urnUli a slmllar aniouut of bafl for hhn. DOWIE IS ON TOP. inljnh Akii1i 1" Cniitrol-nr 7.lin 'Cttr -ftutl 1(m IdimtrlrK. QHIOAGtJ. Dec. O.-Joliil AlexH'tnder Dowle ls nsaln in control of Zlon Clty nnd all its JndtiKtrlon. TIiIk turn ln the affalrs or the hc.td of the Curlstlan Catholle cliurch Jfolloweil a fluuuciill showlng whlch sntUtled all the credlt--ors, who linmedlately ninde a formal motlon beforo Juige KoliIsaKt to have tho recelvershlp appolnted by tlie Uhlt ed States 'dlstrict rourt a woek ngo dis .solved. As no objectlon was offered to the Tiiotlon iy nity f the cwlltors Judge Kohlsnnt granted the rpqWNt. and He culvers Kloinit .nnd Currier weix; dls ehargcd. Vlillft1heTecelver have been Telleved from fnrther dutles at Zlon Clry, the bnnkrupti.'y proct'edlnp;s are stlll mnrntalned. IVortlMrrii Sicr1tlc t Al, C'n-. WASHINGTON, Dec. i). - Hrlefs Iu "boliaLf at 1hc Northern Styurltles eom- pany nuil the NorUiern I'nclllc Hallway eonipatiy ln the case of the I'nlted ;States Versus thof.e two'ctmipanlert and 1he Great Nqrthern conipany werc fllwl ln tlie supreme -tirmrt here. The brlef of the scciirltleB eompanj' Js by George Ii. Tonnt and tltatof tlie Northern Ia clfle by C. WL Uunn. Mr. Voung's brlef tTnee mlntitely the orlln of tlie nier cor. The movement for thl cmisollda- tion l attrlbutnf larKcly l the raldyif Jlay, WOt, liy hostlle Interests on NorUiern Iacllle stock. whieli lt wna c-oiislxlerori most Imiortant to prcvont, and sajs llie Unlwt PnclQo Jnteresls till hcld S7,000,(XI0 of th Northern l'ariilc conimon sloek." All llnnovrr S(ndrn(illlwtl. HANOVKU, lnd., Dre. O.-l'resUIent Flsher of Hanover t-ollege has expelled ten studeutti nnd suspended flfy oth ers from the various clawcs ua the. re sult of u vlass closh. The entlr ntti dont body hoji left the college nnd at a iucetlng held on the campus has ifeeid ,ed not to return tlll the nieu'qrc relu .eUted. The sophomore clnss banicad d itself In the bclfr?of the college, Aad not oren the profcssors .and stu (dents' wlth axes conld dUlodge them. SJliotKana Ilnle JDerklvr. NOBFOLK, Vn., Dec, . Deiiiocrats la the iown of Berkley have driven Connt Treasurer Lyous from hls of flcc, where, lt Is charged, he wns regls terlng. negro voters, and have tbe nc groeg penned up In one scctlon of the town. The atrects are fllled wlth men armed with shotguns, and a request will be made for a company bf mllltary from Norfolk or Portsmouth at once. crIous trouble ls fcared. llntlroad Totrer Ontrnire. PITTSBURG, O.-SIngle hauded and wlth no chancfe to summonsaId, Operator J. II. LarfiVmot, stntlone'd ln the Plttsburg and LaTw Erle fallroad telegraph tower nt Allftulppa Purk, a mlle dlstant from any IjQbltatlon, bat tled wlth three negrocB until he was overcome. He was befin lnto Insensl- blllty and robbcd of nMt 850, HJs & URGLA Mrs. Hattie Stevcns Pratt Ar- restcd Last Ni,ght. BROKE INTO THE H0U5E Of Ensign W. G. Ricdardsdn Is the Chargc Against Hcr, On July 25 Last. ' , Mrs Hattie Stovens Pratt was avrest ed lust night by Olllcer Kelksy on a warrent Issued by States Attornoy Shakshobor, fharIng hor with break injj lnto Knsijjn W. G. llicharuson's houso on tlie Huts, Jnly 2i last. She spenttho night injail. It ls al leged that-ho entered tho houso and carrled away sevoral-artlcles of valuo. She has been wanted for sorao timo but has kept out bf tJie way of the police. Mrs Pratt wus one of tho wltnessos in Ure Warren Dowooy murder cas at Ilooslck Junction and is woll knomti here and at Iloosick Falls. Sho was lxsfore S udge Bates today who flxed her bail-at$500 und scrrt'kor bnck to joll forhoaring Saturday. COLLISION IN POWNAL Freight Bro'Kc in Two anil An other Fjjc) ghl Coroes .Along. Tho- rssr eod colltfioo whrch tooK r.t tbo Drst Dnpn bridRO'Ccar th 'dtiwiy'Mrriday ooon ras one 61 tlie worfst pllo ups eve badon tbis divis ion. Tbe'Uannor corrwoondont hap pnd to 'be oo the nooa mail traia which was the next ttiin -cilDng after tho nccidont So it was -ibat h, in corapany with everl'Other J'ownal people, faad the pVasuiA'of o ciilo acd u hnlf 'tramp' hotse. It-eooma that the tlrst froiqht .broke in two and tliose ',10 tbe Toar -section did'DCt nnke up to Uiooccasion quick ly eoough to llag tbe frclgbt wbich was folIOKin" closoly and MH) ruix up rcv sulted. " The cngineeraDd Sremui juuped in ti ao.and escaped injurj. Ttfeiatbooae of tbe tirnt train cas js-Disbed ito ltind liog wood and the eagine wus itorribly dencfisliwl aud tbrowji ovnr on Uh sido, acar of furniture oding itsolf percbed bib io. aironNthe .ditimantleii locanHrtito. Beveral other .cars woro throvrn arqund in various s&apes. Tb-a nricking train was numraDnetl from MnohnniL'ville, but lt was not until -1 p m. tbat one taiult was clHared ifor'trafllc lt was nnt tmtil Sunday nigbt that all tbe clttjrid nas dlsi:oeid at. SURPRISE PARTY- Givtn By Mm .Agno Morriitey la hnor .dlj ,Her GuesL MissAtfooH Morrlssoy garu a urpriso party Monday eveninj; to 1ier friend MiseThoresa Phalen of Ctica who is vieitin? her. Fifty yovuig ladles and geat-s were present. Whfjit was the Ieadin iittractioit, eight tables being providcd, The prizes weat to Miss Kathkcn Quininn, Hnd Alfred Dwyer, the co solations to Mlss Margarot Uayes, and Roy Brant. Kefrethments woVo servod at midnight. Duriig the evenin Harry McKean gave-somo vocal solop. , ' NEW TELEPfiONES. South Shifbbury to Joln Wircs Wlih the Reit of the world, . Au ageiit visited Soutit Shaftsbury last Saturday and placed telephones with tho following: Dr F. E. Doan, F. Eddy, C. R. and A. B. Hawklns, Grant lfrowason and tlie Eagle Squaro Companys. A long felt want at the latter's ofllce. Nelson Gower, propriotor Amertcan House stables, and lirst class blacfe smithlng and wagon making, opposlte iUe stablos on River streot. Tlio T)ouclas fihoe is tlie bestfoi-. ' alo only b.v M.J. Schwab, corner NEWS OF J, W. PAGE. After Many Monlhs of Actlve Strvice He Thlnks of Old Frlends. Tho many friends of John W. Pago may beploasedto learn something of hls whore abouts nnd know that old associations aro not forgotten in now surroundings. Early last spring lio enllstcd as a prlvateand hasrapidly advanccduntll ho now holds the ofllco of sergeaht' in Co. I 2nd Colorado regiment, and is. a,tpresent in oommand of tho dctacL- ment at tho Midland Sampler, whloh guartis tho A Lincoln mlno at Cripplo treek. The troops havo seon milch active servico sinco the latter part of August and oxpect to be out all wintor at var ious places, but now have comfort ablo quartcrs insldo the Sampler. A short tlrno agb Sergeant Pago was one of threo candidatos runnlng for sccond lreutenant passlpg a success ful examlnation but both ho nnd Ser goant Holman wlthdrow leavlng Scr geant Greenwood ln po'ssossipn of Uie field. BEHHINGT,." Sitlwt of tlie Toirn and 111af;e fold ltrlaftv ror lluiy Tlcateri. Therowlllboa district meetinj? of tho Odd Follows of the 1st dlstrlct on Wednesday Dec 16th nt I. O. O. F. Hall. All members arcinvited to bo present. A cordial invltatioo Is ex tonded by Stark liO(le'to all brothers from otbec juriiictlons, ln town at that date, to meot vith us. A mustcal will bo given in St Peter's Parish houso thls eToning at8o'clock. Mrs Oias WIlcox -of Hoosick Falls will render soveral ohoioe selectlons. Mrs B. 'G. Slndo roturned last Thursday Troin Jorsey Clty, N. J., after a fouv weets' visbt wlth Mrs A. W. Von Maack. Mlss Lena J.5olds3uIth has returned frora a foir weelcs' rslt with Mrs Ed ward Wintersteon -of Newark, X J., waeforraerly of thls lc. TtieKnights of Tj'thias will work the uecond depree n two aiKUdate8 thiscvoaing. ' Tho New EnLlatid TelecTnh and "THcplwuo 0., has a larce ijanr of un,')uttlngthetrijk lioos in order ioc tbe wlnter. ' Miss Elizaljeth Tteed las rftturtwd o liar hotno In Troy f ter , risit to tho Mdsbes O'De-nnell -on Saflord streot. Thore wlH be a ocial datico 'at tJie S- of V. 7211, Fridny ovnlog, Dec 11 iromi9to2. Adnxsion25conts. Tho .B. B. II. inum goes to Oani lirldfiie thls afternoon to pUy Uie stronff teaui thero. Mrand Ure N. JV. Keuoon of NortJi Wenntogtdit will tond the wlnter with Klioir dauiter Xrs Fred rjyons of Gfttttcfleld, AIuss A3fH.B. NL Estakronk sjMrn t last veek jrith iier nwther, Wrs Gonrgo Nileiin Bafath jbiiisbuTj-, returoicR feuinfay ecenior Ja nes Jircos unf ilueortie Mahon htv in Troy ood Albaqynfor a lurtloo o'( tho wtuk. Henry E. Stocknieilof IJallstoo, X 1'. is riaittxg reJatiPba.hoie. ilissNorAli AIcDuBwiEh 0 Hoosick Falls has lAa-risitii iier brottier iar U0ver.1l daja Mta inellio Alorrissef.is viaitingfa XI roy and Alb&ny. MIsm Norah Drlsjoll ,of Hoosick iCalls has bcon ejrjndinj; oeral day .4tb.frioads here. AflJss Mary Corbett is rkuting her trcthor, FredvCorbett IRA R. ALLEN DEAD. tfjiOwnrunOfTfie Republlcto Jtate Com. nlttee-And WeJI KnoWn. Fuir Haven, Dec. 0:Ira R. .Allem who has beon 111 with pnoumona for Uie post jw:ek, dled at 2:10 o'tfjock thls tuorning. Mr Allen was a republican and prominent la uolitics, havinir baen chairman of tho republican stato coa- mittee for a number of yeary. Bartly Durant, PaU-lck Collins jind Edward FltzsimmOLa. three boys, we arrested at Burlington Frlday, charc- ed wlth burglarilng II. J, Daley's storo on Battery street, whlch thev on- torcd by btoaklng a pano of glass from a rear windowr. They rlfled tho money drawer and stplo clgars, tobuc- co, pipos routitain peds, starang and other artlclcs. Sorne ofi tho nlundpr was discovered ir the swamp north o tha drawftriagq on fo ullaud raiif TROOPS LAND Marincs From the Dixie Now at Panama. ARE TO 'BE KEPT THERE Unitcd States Will Prescrve Peace There IfShe HasToFight For It Washington, Dec. '9 : Navy depart mt)t.t o'flioinls ((dmlttod this morning tbe landiog of, United States raarlnos from tbo Dixie on tbo Isthmcs of Pan- 'ama lt is justified by orders cablcd Rear Admiral HOory Glasj lhst Thursday to take overy n eans to prevent invastoti 'of tbo istbraua by Colun,bia. It will be expocted of Admiral Glasa that ho will provent invnsion of tbo istbmus by land as, woll as by wator, nd if nccessary, relnforcoment wHl voo sent in tho way of additionnl mannes. At present, tbo United Btattacruigor Prairio is lying oil Guantanano, Ouba, with 300 marines aboard, which can bo sedt to Coloo in caaoit istbougbt nec ossary. POLICEMAN SHOT. AndFaUlly Wouodtd By An Itallan In Clevland. Clovolahd, Dec. 9: PatmlmanLiOuls D. Wclck wns shot and fatally wound e by Tony Dlstollo whom ho trled to arrest at 5:30 thls morntng. TheOlllccr was takcn to the gerjeral hospital ln a vory crltlcal conditlon. Tha Italion Is at tho Central Police Statlon at presont charged with intent to klll. PHYSICIAN ARRESTED. Docter lleidel of Rutland Dld Not Report A Cut of Small Pox. Rutland, Dec 9:A warrent was is sued yosterday for the arrest of D. L. V. Helldel a well known local physic lan for falure to roport to the Board of llealth a case of small pox that he attenoed lasl weok. Compla'nt was made by health olllcer, E. B". Jioore. THE FORTNIGHTLY. Wfll Cve Musical Next Salurdiy Afternoon tl TheirReSularUting. Tho regular meetlngof tho Fortnigh tly to be held Saturday aft?moon, December 12, will tako tlio form of a muslcal. Tho subjcct of tho afternoon. is -"Music iu Amorica " Tho program will consist larclv of inusic by contemporary Amorican coro- posers. Iho nutnlwrs will bo rondered by aiembers and ifrieiids of thoclub. 1 ifrs JessleSJieridanof Troy is vist 10 hir sUur, f Willtan Voiy.n y ou Grand View Street, Oo and Mrs Hannon pleasontly entetitained a cumbbr of friends Sat urday evoninjf. JLne Phlllip Eodtxs gave a taa last weolc in honor ot Mrs Stehemao the brdde of Uie Y. M. G. A. secretary. Oauliuol Tb is DQt a eontlo wnnl hnt wlmn you itbink how liablo u aro not to purchaso tbo only remedy uoirersally koowc and a retuedy tlat bas bad tbe world nvTi af ronfliimnflnn .ird rhrnf laog ta-oablee withoot laskg ita croat tinnnlnrlatv all fhnaA tmrii ntiTl Im thankul wb callort yaur attention to IsiwhAii'i (unnin Rvrun Tha au many ordmnrycough romedies made by drugciets and others that are cbeap nnd good for lieht colds perfatpg, but and egpodally for consumptton, whsre inure ia uuucuii expictoration ontl cougbing durin the oighis and morn lonfl. tberi ia nnthine llkn naimnn Syrup. The 25 cont size bas iust boen Introduced tbis year. Regular aizp, 75 cents. At all druggists. Malone, Dec. 8; Mrs Hannah Gal now, 83 years old dled here last night. She was the mothor of thlrteon childrcn. among her de&cendants aro eighty flvo grand chlldren, thlrty tw"o gnjat grand childron, foup groat.roat i raid child 0 1. ' 1 . st i- r CHAS KINSLEY DEAD. Was One Of the Well Known Old ResldenU of Bennington. CKarles Kldsley, ono of the old ro sidonts dled at midnight, Tuosday night. He was 82 years of ago, born ln tho w,est part of tho lowp, whero hp Jlvcd mpst Of hls Hfe on a farm that Was 6pened upby ono of'hisincestors Ho had resldcd in tho village about Jti yearsr twenty of them boardlug wlth ono "famliy. He nevcr marrled. Hls father llved to bo 90, dnd hls raothet' Lover 00. Ho was woll known tihd hlgh- ly osteemod. Death Was the rttsultof a shock sustained soVeral weeks ago. He was an uncle of MrsiJTohnH. Kel so and broth'CT' of llon. Edward Klnsley of Hoo"s!ck. The hineral will bo Frlday afttrnoon RELIEFOF H. G. CAMP. Speclal tiil 'introducted . By CtnJ-tssman Foster. dlE'trlct has Introduced in the natlonal trnnsn nf rpnresentatives a PrlvaW penslon blll for the beneflt of 5, G. Camp of thls village. Mr Camp nowdraWs a penslon but on accouht 01 the specially severo hardshlps ho suffered whllo aprlsoner nt Andorsonville and durlng the ser vico hls physlcal conditlon warrants moro cenerous treatment than ho can get under tho genoral law. A STAMP WAR ON Three Trading Stamp Gompan ics Already ln Towni Tho town appcnrs to have no crazy on tbts trading et&mp quosttoti. Three cooipanies aro already located hero and one of tbom has bcgun busiaess, Tho iirst one arrivcd Iroro two wcebs ago and ia doing bcsioesa on upper Main street. Tbo socond and tbird nro ootyot under way. Tbo bait usod by tbo companies io do busineTO Is to soll starops to tbo morchants who gito them away tooasb customors. When tbo custoaoer bas bought $100 Tforth of goodsof the merchants who Sivo away tho stainps, bo bas enough of tbq stamps toIll a little book pro vided tim nnd fco or abo caa tako tbe book to tho trallng stamp storo and get an artaolo wortb $1. After two out tf town companios bad Sot footbold berc, MerchantB E. E. llart, R. S. Drysdale and II. J. Cole took up tho tnatter nnd organized a coenipAny of tboirown whicb will havo tho julvautagft of being baudlod entlro lj At bomo. SHAFTSBURr DSPOT ' ff7. R. Randall is on tbe sick list Uuelson,,Harrlneton, left last Sat- xwlnv for Fforida, whero ho will snentl aJwjiwinter. wn a hursitay oveuinff of this weelc Shere will be a donation at William. .taunald's, and also on tbnt nlMit. ihorewlll bo a salo of fanov aitlclos. aud ll wishfn": to buv ChristmnR nr- aotiw wui liave a erood otinortimltv audEao heip thq church. Scboole in town ononed Mnnilnv morntagwlth the followlnir toaehors MisseXIlla Galusha on Manle Hlll. iilssKathorlno-Lamarro in tho Mont Sromory.di8rict and Miss Mary Mcgrall : in UlRtrJot.H. Truraan Martin, of Arlington, was. an uiwa unday. Mrs J. W Bowcn was In Arlington two daya iat week. Mrs Lavina Elwell vlsitcd .7. Bowen's necently. w. MATTISON VS TESSIER Jary Returned A Vtrdlti, No Cuie For Action. Tho jury in the Mattison vs Tessler caso recelved it from Judgo Watson soon after four o'clock Tuesdav aftnr, noon. They immediately rotlrod, and in iwonty mmutos returned to conrt. wlth thelr vordlct, "No cause for act ion." Tho jury was dlscharg-f d. The ter dlct was generally antlcj)ated Gcoe i. Cotton willF bo tbo new sub-coiitractor of tboroail routo be- 1 twoi'n Woodford and Wnnington. Al- bort Kulghts will drivfifgr Alr Cottoo thla winter. ManokJn River ovBfcrflat Pattersor ROGE Plcads Not uuilty Io Uiargfc of Murder. THE TRIAL BEGUN TODAY ,Jury Completed and the Work q Taking Testimony Begur This Afternoon. xTbe Rogors' murtler cases are nol on. Tbo caso against Mrs Mabel RoJ ers was tbo flrst cnlled. Mrs Rogers entered dressod In blac ngcompanlcd by Deputy Sberill Tho plea of "not Builty" bau airen II Mts Rocers sat botwenn harcoual u. A. uui iinan ana i. v. nreuiuui Sho nnn verv tialo and sat wltb eyes downcast and ber bands crosscl theil i iJ n MO Waw I belng intorrogatcd to deterrame the capacity to stt on ine case, -ministered tha witness oath. Aithminh thn rnnrt room nas uearl fliioH ln ihn rnomlntr. there was such a crowd as has been aoticipatji The prosecution is belng condu by Statea Attqrney j. 0. D"a nl n. M. HltM1r. During tho oxatiitnatfon of tnel urs. Judtre Watson was sevorar obliged to call the couft room W( Two of tho auaience wero eiected. The history of thlS case is W to most; boodIo Of tbis sectic Worclia' iWers was founa ifl Walioomsac iust ubove Safford It wns at tlrst supposed to be ; but at tboioquest, Leon Perbat down andconfessed thatbe belpl Rogers klll ber huaband. He 1 tbat Stella Bates was not prpse.i Tbe day has been sient in try secure a jury. At 3o'clcck thJ was not completo. afl MANCHESTER? 4 feharles Wttlt and wife derry and Mr and Ms Dc ton and dauorhter Grnrn Londonderry passed tho finj woek with Mra R. Colvin. Mrs Mary Green is vlsitingl m Middlebury. 4 unanes Aloulton of North II ton was tho guest of L. 13. C'oll Suhday. The ladies of tho MHtlmdlef. will hold thelr bazaar on DpopJ uuu 11, uotu aiiernoon and & at tho church vestrv. Fnncv a J uuuo uuuuies anu jejlles on sale. Uot coffeo wui oe served for a dlme. ,., ... Miss Coelino Herbert of Danl the guest of Miss Maudo FlsherJ Mrs H. D. B. McNenl hna J after a brlef absence. J. w. Tbomnson has flnlsliml for S. M. Warren at Glen Fart . . " " W VH ou ouu ia ui uis Donio m thls 7I Herbert Coleman and dautrh J irea uurbeo of Bondville cnl . . o m frlends here Monday. lhe old Bonesteel storn i. painted. miss Allce Hherwin rBh.l week from a threfimnntha tM dlfferent parts of New York. DrT. A. Flandreau nfk ville, was in toWn Fridoy. xnero wui bo a dnnr-n nt houso Fridav eventncr Mu8lc Will bo furnlshwl ho Orcbestra asslsted by Granvll f too T rni iJiinuu. xnomnson ui guest of rolatlves ln Sandy Hlll uays last week. Kennoth McAulov. lnmber camp ln Landaff. N. rr to Montpelier Monday, and k Fred Colloy spent thodar tnrPth inen ronted a room. Whnn ,rn 1 B-uv awoKe iq ino morning Cellev d1 poarcd a roll containlng $39 was ing irom racAulley's ,trousir0 vaiuaoio sllvor watch wn- was fpund that Cellev bonr.i train ror Whlto River thatse dlsplaycd severri watch whlch se trled 1