The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03

| JULIUS NORTON, youngest sou Vi L.
Norton, is seriously i'll with Iheumat
fever. He is little more cemfortab
today.
THE Roaring Branch" was very big
Sunday. The damage to the railroa
bridge near the Hathaway place is cor
siderable.
THE regular monthly meeting of III
r Monument Association will be held q
Batchelder g. Bates Office next Wednel
day morning at 10 o'clock.
THE venerable Mrs. John Sibley
critically i'll. She came home from he
brothers. in North Adams yesterday an
it is feared she has pneumonia.
CARDS are out for the marriage o
Walter Cutler to Miss Dora c. Higgins
which is announced for Saturday, Ma,
18th, at C. w. Cutters residence il
Woodford.
THE tree planting" in spots is pro
crossing nicely in this vicinity, tn,
Messrs. Dewey having alone set out ont
hundred trees in the south western par
of the village.
MRS. Jos. NORTON is still alive bu
very low. On Saturday a council waE
held on her case, and the treatment pro
nounced all that could be done. HeI
friends are still hopeful.
THE attention of farmers is called ia
the advertisement in another column OF
the Stevens spring tooth harrow, new
and valuable implement. l.. r. Brown
OF North Bennington, is the agent.
THERE will be an adjourned semi
annual meeting of the Bennington His
torical Society at the Office of Batchelder
& Bates May 9th, next at 10 a. m. A
full attendance of members is desired.
THE friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Pilling made them surprise visit on
Monday evening. There was a large
number of these and the hours passed
pleasantly as they always do in this
pleasant home.
BY recent changes in railroad en-
playes Conductor c. II. Coombs relires
and has returned to his farm in Ira, this
State. His family move there this week.
Mr. Coombs has made many friends dur.
ing his residence in Bennington.
JOHN MILLER, who has had charge of
affairs here for Frank E. Morgan, Esq.,
OF New Haven, Conn.,, goes to that city
in few days driving the handsome
span of horses which have boon winter.
ed in Bennington. 1t is a very fine
team.
GEO, A. WooD was taken with hem
orrhage Sunday and lies very ILL. AT
this writing he has had a couple of COM
Portable days, there having been no re-
occurrence of the hemOrrhage. Mr..
Wood has been IN poor health for some
months.
DANIEL McEowEN, ESQ, was prostrat.
ed few days with what was feared
would result in pneumonia, but it was
happily averted and he is recovering.
The sudden cold was taken while sitting
in draft on one of those first warm
days of last week.
WE are sorry to hear of the critical
illness of Mrs, DIR. Woodruff OF South
nee Miss Libbie Hicks, who
was former teacher in our Graded
school and who has many friends here.
We have not been able to learn Of her
condition for two days past.
THE first band of gypsys of the sea-
son showed up in town this morning.
They did not find the "horse trade" very
good Selectman Harris has gotten so
good hold upon this trade that the sec
ond lot of Western horses have been
brought on to supply the demand.
THERE are great number of improve
ments going on IN various parts Uf our
will ge. At least three fine residence,
Col. SCOTS, L l.. Tlffany's and G. w.
are in process of erection
besides many other of lesser note, This
year promises well for building in Ben
nington.
MONDAY, Tuesday and Wednesday Of
observed by the Episcopal church as
days of special prayer for the blessing of
Almighty God upon seed time and har
vest. They are also preparation for
the great Feast of the Ascension of Christ
into Heaven forty days after His resur-
rectiOn,
THE Rev. Mr.. Phelps officiated again |
at the Second Congregational church,
last Sunday. He is a very fine sermon
izer, a cordial gentleman to meet, and |
We hope he will accept the call which
has been extended to him with 80 much |
by that congregation. 1t is |
that his reply, either an &C.
ceptance or otherwise will not be delay. |
ed beyond the 10th, inst.
The funeral of Mrs, Abram Burton |
was held from St. Peters church, last |
morning, the Rev. w. B.
Walker officiating. Mrs. Burton had |
been taking care Of little Harold, son of |
Postmaster Martin, and was called to |
N. Y, by the illness Of her |
grand child. She was taken i'll, land in a |
few days followed the little boy Harold, |
Of whom she was very fond, to Paradise, |
THE case of Porter G. Dennison ya.
VIM. F. Taylor of Berlin, N. Y, was
argued in the New York court of ap-
peals last week. 1t grows out OF the
sale of piece of land through which |
afterwards the Lebanon Springs railroad
ran. AS that road was built IN 1859, the |
length of the law suit is known. The
court reserved its decision, possibly to
give time for more costs in the case to |
THE Good Templars elected the fol-
lowing officers last Friday: Jas. p. Sib.
ley, G. t. Mrs. VIM. E, Murphy, V. T;
Laremore Lewis, secretary; John G. |
Clark, F. s., Miss Eliza A. Puffer, treas.
urer; Elisha Wadsworth, chaplain;
Frank Norton, marshal; Miss Josephine |
Clark, guard; Elmer Crawford, sentinel
Miss Gertrude Hyde, organist; NJ. B. |
Morgan, chorister. The installation |
takes place tomorrow evening.
THE Democracy at their caucus Satur.
day evening, chose the following dele
gates to their State and District conven-
tions: DIR. Lyman Rogers, Milo G. Rem.
lngtOn, Francis GuIltinan, John Healy, |
P. NJ. Sanders, DIR. E. B. Daley, NJ. v. |
B. Armstrong, X. NJ. Houghton, E. s. |
Harris, Daniel Guiltinane, NJ. F. Rudd, |
Alfred Robinson, Andrew j, Downs, |
James E. Hurley, A. j. Griffin, L. F. |
Rudd, N. j. Morrissey, s. B. Watson.
These conventions are to be held at
May 10th.
THERE will be an "Orange Tea" in the |
parlors of the % Congregational church, |
on Tuesday evening, May 9Th. The |
Young Peoples Union are not discour-
aged by the losses they have met in the |
field during the past win. |
ter but propose to continue their efforts
to please the public and fill their own |
treasury. We believe that their persist
ency will be rewarded as it deserves.
Oranges in every shape and compound
will be served on Tuesday evening.
THE listers are busy compiling the lists
into the grand summary upon which the |
tax is based. Their labOrs have not
far enough to determine the |
hut while there may be fall.
ing off in the personal DTOperty of this