The Bennington daily banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1877-1877, 1877-08-14
Local Intelligence.
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will be the guest of Hon. A. B, Gardner.
TIE Rutland and Bennington county vet
Grams in camp, win number five hundred each
Hon. ELI. PHELPS, president of the cen.
tennlal commission, arrived in town yester-
day.
MEMBERS of the Vermont Centennial Com
mission will find their badges at the Post
Office.
SEVERAL car loads of visitors arrived yes
terday The rush" will probably begin to-
day,
MRS. Col. Geo. W. Hooker, of BrattlebOro
arrived, yesterday, and went to the Putnam
House.
The Georgia Slave Jubilee Singers are to
dispense melody here during the present
week.
LARGE delegations fromI Burlington. Mid
dlebury and Montpelier are expected here
to-day.
THE Sherman Band of WlnOoslki, gave q
concert last evening, for the benefit of the
Rutland county battalion of :" old soldiers
THE four companies of veterans from
Washington County leav Montpelier to-day
at 11.45. and are expected here about p IN
F. NJ. Squire is agent in Bennington, and
these instruments can be seen in his store on
Main street.
Mr.. A. L. RANKIN, Secretary of civil and
military affairs, will arrive in town this
evening accompanied by his wife.
BRGADIER- GENERAL j. NJ. Clough, of New
London, N. H., will be here as the guest OF
the New Hampshire battalion.
THE first vote for the elegant sword at the
bazaar last evening was for Capt. Levi X.
Fuller of the Light Battery.
PRESIDENT BARTLETT will arrive in Ben
ningtOn, this afternoon, and be the guest of
Hon. A. B. Gardner during his stay here.
MAI. GEORGE w. BIGELow of Boston, son
of the late DR.. William Bigelow of this town,
is stopping at the Walloomsac House.
GENERAL Superintendent j. w. Hobart
of st. Adams. and his aids, have put things
in readiness for running the extra trains dur
ing the week.
A HIBERNIAN greeting on Nroth street pro-
claims '"Cead Mile Failthe"---the meaning of
which is, "A hundred thousand welcomes"
Appropriate, and not too strong.
Col, +. V. RANDALL, commander of the
Washington Caledonia, Orange Orleans and
Essex county battalion, Vermont Veterans,
arrived here last night by the overland
route"
THE Presidents carriage arrived yesterday
afternoon from Woodstock. tits the proper
ty of Hon. Frederick Billings, of Woodstock.
and is to be drawn by four Morgan horses.
For some reason there was great delays in
getting the daily papers from abroad, yester-
day, but the BANNER well supplied the pub
lie demand
"MoLLIE STARK did not sleep a widow
August 10th, 1777." So says motto on Main
street; and every patriot rejoices to-day in
in that fact:
AMONG the distinguished arrivals at the
Putnam House last evening we noticed the
name of Assistant Adjutant General Kings
bury of Massachusetts.
Col. James II. Dyer has made arrangements
for an engine head light, which will be
placed at the street leading through the
camp of the Rutland county veterans.
THAT is a neat and appropriate motto dis
played at the residence of Rev. G. G. Jones,
on Main street. 1t reads: Welcome to the
President DacifcatOr of states."
THE Ransom Guard Glee Club have been
teuderod and accepted the invitation TO fur
nish vocal and instrumental music for the
exercises of the 18th and 10th insts.
OFFICER SQUIREs arrested Troy thief
yesterday morning, named Abram Sinsheim-
er. He had upon his track warning that
the officers were on his track, and signed
Nellie"
WE learn that Brig-Gen. Alden, command
er of the 10th Brigade, National Guard, New
York, and his family will arrive in Benning-
ton tomorrow morning, and will be the
guest of F. c. White, Esq.
THE Centennial learns that; Mrs. Julia
Healy O'Brien, aged 1903, is living with her
daughter, Mrs. 0DonOvan, on County street.
She will be the oldest attendant upon the
Centennial festivities"
A MEMBER of one of the St. Adams militia
companies got into crowd down town, Sun
day night, and lost his watch and the great
or part of the chain, and twenty dollars in
money.
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town on the various trains from different di-
rections yesterday aud last night. Several
members of the National Guard came in aud
swelled the numbers at Camp Stark.
IT would be good idea to have the depot
better lighted on the arrival of the night
trains Quite so much shade is rather inco
venient for those who are looking for
friends.
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS AN veteran SOL
diers are cordially invited to meet at Grand
Army Hall, opposite Free Library building,
at l-2 o'clock, this P. NJ, sharp, for the pur-
pose of attending a campfire, to be held at
headquarters of First regiment WIG.
A COUPLE of Burlington artists are here,
one being engaged yesterday in taking views
down town aud the other at the camp There
is controversy between them as to who has
the right to do the centennial photograph
ing, but there is room enough for BOTH and
more, to do their level best.
THE clothing house of G.. B. Sibley of Ben
nington is advertised elsewhere. Mr.. Sibley
Is the gentleman who manufactured the fine
uniforms of Gov. Fairbanks staff, which they
will wear during the exercises of this week
He makes military goods speciality.
BURLINGTON MISUNDERSTANDING the ar
rivals from Burlington, lyesterday afternoon,
we noticed Col. A. G. Watson, commander Of
Post stannard, G. A. r.; the Hon. 10. d
Hatch; the Hon. Daniel Roberts, orator for
the celebration of the 18th inst, and family,
and Hon. Ell. Phelps, president of the Cen
tennial Commission.
AN excursion to Nebraska is advertised
elsewhere. The Nebraska State Journal
says; Samples of Nebraska wheat, oats,
barley, rye, millet, timothy, sarghum, broom
corn, ETC., are being received daily by the B.
and NJ. railroad company from the counties
west of us, that were once called and laid
down on the map as the great Sahara of the