The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-05

MRS. CALVIN NORTON of Minnespol
: is expected to arrive here next week
|. a visit.
MRS. E. d. FILLMORE has been ser
ously i'll at the home of her con in tn
village.
j. HERMoN MORGAN is passing b
summer vacation at his home in tn
village.
MRS. THAYER and grandson of Sprinl
field, Mass are visiting at the Hon. 4
P. Childs'.
Miss JENNIE HAGADoRN of Troy, \
Y, is visiting the family of her uncl'
N. M. Puffer.
D. F. SQUIREs has improved a littl
over his condition of a week ago, but
far from being well,
MRS. NELLIE HUGHES of Erie, Pa,
visiting in town. Also Miss Bessi
Gould of Buffalo, N. Y.
JAMES CARDIGAN of this village wa
married on the Fourth Of July TO lad.
in Mechanicville, N. Y
G. ED, TowNE, Late of the Stark house
has been here Tor few days. His fam
lily are at Hoosick Falls.
Miss II. j. MORGAN leaves town today
to JOIN the family of Ex-Mayor Morgan
of Poughkeepsie, at the sea side.
PROF. NORTON and wife of Chicago
are to pass portion of the summer va
cation with Mrs. II. s. Bingham.
Mr.. HENRY SoUIREs and wife of Paris
are expected this month to visit relativei
here. They were last here in 1876.
SUPT. E. d. BENNETT, II. T. Cushmar
and Frank q. MatTIson, and their fami-
lies, had family picnic in Mrs. Clark's
grove the Fourth.
MRS. JOHN r. PILLING is in Nutley, N,
j., where MIR. PIllIng and his son John,
are employed. She will be absent from
town several weeks.
G, L. GRAVES and Capt. Coffey attend
ed the Gettysburg celebration. The for.
mer was one of tlUenty of the sharp
shooters in attendance.
The Rev. William Mathews of Port
land, Me-, is here in the interest of OBJ
tanning subscriptions toward raising the
debt on his church in that city.
MISS SARAH NJ. DUNHAM, daughter Of
Prof, |. w. Durham, formerly of Ben
nIngIou but now Of Schenectady, is the
guest of Miss Nellie E. Holnbeck.
The train is coming round the bend.
GoOd.by, old Grover, good.by;
And the train is laden with Harrison men,
GoOd-by, old Grover, good-by, by.
r NJ. KENNEDY and wife in the sud
den death OF their only child last Sun
day morning, are en- titled to much sym
patty. The little boy was i'll less than a
day.
CHAs. ADAMS is at the Albany hospital
thorough course of treat
ment Tor his eyes. His wife has been
with HIM for a week. We hear that he
is improving, but slowly.
Il. NJ. FUTILE is doing fine Job on
our streets. If residents will perform
their part no finer village could be found
in New England. The street commits
sioner is not obliged nor allowed to fix
up the side walks.
The Rev. S. S. Simmons preached in
the Second Congregational church last
Sunday. He is Home Missionary super.
lntendent for North Dakota and Eastern
very talanted man and all
excellent preacher.
DIR. F.W. GooDALL attended the semi
annual meeting Of the Vermont Medical
society at st. Adams last week. The
Messenger speaks OF his paper, delivered
before that body, as a very interesting
one on the subject of acute choIea."
MISS GERTRUDE o. JACKMAN of South
Pomfret, who is now attending the Al
bany Business college, was last week
awarded the highest prize for proficien-
cy III short hand. Miss jackson has
only attended the college few months
and has attained remarkable skill in
short hand.
THE fiftieth wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. CnIlds occurs on the
5th, inst. They had intended to cele-
Orate this Crystal wedding" but as il
falls on Sunday they will be glad to see
their friends on Saturday to include
Monday, lat their new and pleasant home
in this village.
ARTHUR w. PERRIN has been appoint
ed General Passenger Agent of the Hou-
5atonic railroad company. We cOngrat
llAe him on this perferment. Among
his first acts is to issue a neat illustrated
guide of the HouSatonIc valley to the
Berkshire Hills, copies of which may be
free from him by sending to
Bridgeport, Conn.