The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-30

THE addition to John Wool Griswold's
stock barns, makes it one of the largest
in this section.
In another column Michael Murphy
offers his farm for sale. This is a fine
place, the land is in good heart and
some one will purchase a nice home.
Mrs. J. Ii. LEvERICH and daughter of
Central America, are at Mrs. f. G.
Whites MIR. Leverich is expected later
in the season.
FIVE children received the Sacrament
Of Baptism at Mathis, in St, Peters
church last Sunday. Three Of them
were children Of Mr., and Ms. J. w.
Quackenbush tlate OF Nebraska) and the
other two Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Rice,
A. w. PERRIN has removed to Bridge
port. Conn, Mrs. Perrin going down
last week. Under his supervision the
passenger department of the Housa.
tonic railway has greatly improved its
service.
THE Rev. E. G. Read of Somervile, N.
j., accompanied by his daughter who
has just graduated. and two sons, are
visiting the Misses Park and other
friends here this week. Mrs. Read is in
New jersey.
SUPT. PARSONS proposes to have
things convenient for the laying of the
foundations of the Catholic church, as
q branch.trsck from the B. and r. r.
r. is being laid across the river below
the Dewey Pond" right into the cen.
ter Of the enclosure.
B. F. WOOD and his associate in the
business, Mr., DIN, have secured the
building Of another system of powder
mills, having Just completed one Of $135-
900 for a rich firm. We congratulate
our townsmsn upon the success attend
ing his first contract in that it has led to
second and more extensive job. 1t
will take about two years to carry out
the plans,
WE have received from the publishers
Hubbard Bros. Phila., Gen. Lew Wal
lace's Life of Gen. Ben. Harrison"
Words of praise Of this work are not
needed at the hands of newspaper crit
les, The author HAS reputation which
is world wide, and in this sketch Of the
life Of the great man who will be inau-
gurated President March 4!h next, he
has fully maintained that reputation.
The book ia handsomely bound and
beautifully illustrated. 1t should find a
place in every public and private Ii
brary,
THE people of Bennington county have
heard and seen the Hon. VIM. 2. Dill
liugham, the next Governor of Vermont
and the BANNERS candidate as well.
From expressions heard in and around
the stand Yesterday afternoon and even.
inc nd of Manchauflr (Napfar fha NIGHT
before, we are assured he is veil reCeiv-
ed. In fact it has been perfect ova-
ton as far as he is concerned. The Man.
chester Journal says of his visit there
Tuesday: The Hon. w. p, Dillingham;
was next introduced as the future Gov
ernOr, and he made a very fine address
of an hour in length which was listened
to with the closest attention and fire.
quently applsuded. Mr.. Dillingham; is
a very easy speaker and has fine voice
though it is wonder that he can speak
at all for he has been constantly on the
stump for the past four weeks, some
times making two long addresses in one
day"
THE Troy Press correspondent writing
of the Hubbell- Birdsall wedding to.
night, says: Among the guests will be
the BRIDES great aunt, Mrs. Richard
Smith of Sharon. Conn, who was mar
ried in the same house, in the same
room, and on the same spot upward of
fifty years ago. 1t is remarkable that
on the same spot six other great aunts Of
the bride were married, to wit: The
mother OF Daniel Robinson of Troy. sew
enty five years also Mrs. Horace Read,
/ = 81, I ~
seventy years ago; also Mrs. Daniel
Conkling, who was drowned on the
steamboat Swallow, and mother of the
late Hubhell Conklin; also Mrs. Meow
en-, mother of Daniel McEowen of Ben
niugton; also Mrs Robinson, wife of
Judge Stephen Robinson, deceased, and
also Mrs John Van Der Spiegel, deceasd
seven sisters, all married on the same
spot on which their grand-nece will be
married tonight"
The following notice will interest our
farmers, 1t is proposal, as we said
two weeks since, which ought TO com
mend itself, the project having been
tried in other places and being in sue.
cessfuI operation. There is no reason
why the towns of Bennington and
llOL reap lDt OtHtllk6
of CO. operation: There will be a cream
cry meeting at the Court House in Ben
nington Friday afternoon, Sept. It'll at
2 o'clock, and at Grange hall, South
SALISBURY, tomorrow evening at 1880
O'Clock Mr., f. |. Purdy of Amsterdam,
n. y, who is thoroughly conversant
with dairying. both East and West, will
address these meetings and explain the
advantages of establishing a creamery
in this section at once. The committee
add: Farmers, now is your time to
establish a creamery here. Come and
bring your families, and let us have a
full attendance and a meeting of inter
est and profit
THE Prohlbitionsts have rally in
Library hall tomorrow evening. The
speakers are the candidates for Govern
ors of New York and Vermont, w
Martin Jones of Rochester, and Prof.
Henry NJ, Seeley of Mddlebury college.
The Democrats follow their deputies,
holding forth Saturday evening with
Col. John r. Fellows of New York City.
District Attorney. II the word deputy"
is challenged we refer TO the Democrat
who, last week, under the cognomen Of
"Pruhibition' writes the identical arti-
Gle for both the Reformer and the Adyo-
cate-the one the Bennington county
Democratic paper, and the other the
Third Party State organ-and published
simultaneously: "Who are the Assist
ant Democrats = II this is not a pripld
Jdcid indication Of affinity of the two
parties opposed to the Republicans, what
is evidence: Since the above was in
type and the Republican rally held, the
Democratic programme is announced as
follows; Saturday evening, Chas. Z
Patterson, eX speaker of the New York
assembly and +. W. McGettrick of St.
Adams, would be postmaster. Monday,
Postmaster Reddngton of Rutland.
PETER MATTIsoN Of SALISBURY at
tended the circus Aug. 14th. and on the
way home met with an accident, being
picked up insensible. The pusher
engine which had been to North Ben
ningtou with the second lection of the
circus train was returning to Benning-
ton when the engineer saw just before
he got to the crossing that there was a
wagon standing on the track. He re
versed his engine and stopped but not
quick enough to avoid hitting the wagon.
Near the wagon was found Mr.. Madison
apparently quite seriously injured, being
bruised about the face and cut upon his
head. He is now about. An examina.
tion Of witnesses develops the fact that
with him at about midnight were L. |
Twitchell and N. Dunlap, all three
were in "happy mood" so much 30
that they have little recollection OF events |
in which they were the principal part,c
ipators. Others, however, saw them