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Show Benson Brieflings BENSON, March 23. On Thursday morning of Inst week every one nslccd his neighbor: "Did you hear tho wind Inst night J" The one -who didn't hear the roar must be n dead one. The writer thought it wns grand wind, thunder, lightning nnd rnin resembling n miglity chorus. Our neighbor, II. Griffiths, thought it might linVa spnred .him some trouble to leave his wngon nnd buggy shed to stny where it bo-longed. bo-longed. In thel ower pnrt of the wnrd n stnek wns blown over, killing two cows belonging to Hugh Dowdle. Ezra. Hicks had 'his big bnrn blown down, this being the biggest dnmngo done by the wind in this plnce. AV. J. Sanderson is ngnin nblo to bo nround nftcr the severe scalding of his leg, which happened hap-pened about six we,eks ngo. On Satin day n school bond election elec-tion wns held nt the Kiversido school house to consider tho proposition pro-position of building nn addition to the present school house. Jfueh discussion wns indulged in, but n few only objected to bonding. We expect to see the new room rendy before September next. If "the expressions nnd wishes of the people would hnvo nny offect on the life our Governor in regard to his notions townrds the A. C, nnd its officinls, ho would live in misery nil the dnys of his life. |