The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-18


a week. His daughter is rapidly con
valescing.
JOHN u. HARDWOOD, manager Of the
Troy steam laundry on Beach street, this
village, comes out with Portland was-
on, covered and handsomely lettered-
the whole in good city style.
Mrs. GEO. E. PARKER has returned
to her home at Amsterdam, N. Y, after
a visit OF few weeks to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Wilcox, in Ben
nington, and to other friends in Shafts
bury.
The new pastor of the Second Con-
gregatlonal Church has arrived and is
settled IN the parsonage, Hereafter the
Sunday services of that sanctuary will
be held regularly morning and evening
at the usual hours.
The advantage of pure water about
meat market is well known. Thomp-
sons now has the aQueduct water, put
in there this week, something the people
will not be slow to notice and appreci-
ate. The sausage season has begun.
The Troy Press revives the itemI about
the alleged disappearance Of Mrs. Net
tie Roberts" This woman left her hus-
band the day Forepaugh's circus was
here, apparently going of her own free
will and accord, but whether with the
circus or not is not known.
F. W. FULLER, son in-law OF Jared
Howard, and Will Erwin, both of Shafts-
bury, have just returned from the Adj
rondacks. whittier they went for vaca-
ton and hunting excursion. They shot
three deer, and brought two of them
home as trophies of the occasion.
GOVERNOR DILLINGHAM has made the
following staff appointments Henry
James, Waterbury, surgeon-general H.
=: Taylor, Brattleboro NJ. o Perkins.
Windsor @. S. Forbes, St.. Adams E.
D. Bennett, Bennington F. D. Butter
field. Derby Line r j. Kimball, West
Randolph ; l.. &. Leavens, Berkshire
u. .. Tyler, Burlington, aids with the
rank Of colonel.
Ii. NJ HARDWOOD and family left on
Tuesday for their home in Santa Paula
Cal. The best wishes of this community
will attend them. For the purposes Of
an Introduction to the people OF the Col.
den State, we will state that Mr.. Har.
wood is one Of our most respected citi.
zens, and the town is fortunate which
secures himself and family as residents
Here, where he was born and alway.
lived, anybody will endorse our recon-
mendation,
An exchange reports; THE case Of
Captain Nelson o. Wilcox of Benping-
ton, who was held by United States
Commissioner Landon of Troy, n. Y
on charge Of sending an obscene letter
through the mails, in collision with a
Hoosick Falls woman, was up before tho
United States Court at Rutland on Fri
day. The case was given to the jury al
l1:40 a. NJ, Saturday morning. The
jury came into court, announced theil
inability to agree and were discharged.
NEXT week we shall print a "Sketci
OF Bennington, written by q well-knowr
young Irish lady. We are glad to note
the attention that is being given to early
and later American history by the grown
up children of Irish-American parents
We had occasion to note this few
months since in the Irish World, where
the 10th of August was placed in its cal.
endar of notable events, and very &C.
curate sketch of the Bennington battle
graced its columns, written by an Irish
author.
THE Rev. Fred Widmer gave a free
scientific lecture in the Methodist Church
Monday evening. The subier was the
Gulf Stream" and the proceeds of the
generous collection, taken up at the
close, will be sent to aid a Home Mis-
sionary in Northeastern COLORADO, who
is in great need This lecture OF Mr..
winners is very fiue one, and we sug.
gest that ii would pay to ask him to de-
liver it in some of our surrounding
towns. Wherever it has been heard il
is highly spoken Of.
Mr.. j. Ii. LEvERIcH and family re.
turn to Guatem la, Central America
Oct. Both. Mrs. Leverich and daughter
have made few W, eks visit to Mrs F.
g. White and daughters, Mr.. Leverich
coming on for them and they return to-
Rether. Mr.. Leverich does not take a
vacation now. so his stay was quite
short. Their Central American home is
in city situated on plateau 5000 feet
above sea level, surrounded by deep raw
ines, so that there is excellent drainage
and the climate at this high altitude is
slngularly pleasant and heslthful
THE reception of the Good Templars
next Tuesday evening, in celebration of
the completion of the Goth year of the
existence of Bennington Lodge, No. 81.
Of that order, and also dedicatory of
their refurnished hall, promises to be a
notable event. The members of this
lodge have issued handsome invitations
to all who contributed towards the new
iurnlture,and programme ofeXception-
ally musical and literary excellence has
been arranged, which is printed with
said invitation, All members of the or
der resident here are expected to be
present without the formal invitations
issued to others. For 90 years, without
lnterregnum, this lodge has met each
Friday evening-the amount of good ac-
complished, who can estimate it ?
MURDERS are not indigenous to Ben
nington. Poultney had one few weeks
ago, and now Berkshire county takes its
urn John Waters Sunday night
went to the house of James and Martin
Boyle in Adams, Mass. The Boyles.
Napoleon Reeves and Dwight Sherman
were there and the party drank.
Shortly aiterward Waters wife knocked
and on being refused admission she
kicked in the door insisting that her hus
band should leave the place. Finally
Waters and wife left, followed by the
rest OF the party, who stoned them.
Waters was hit on the head and his
skull was fractured. He managed to
get to a house near by, where he died
His assailants were arrested, pleaded
not guilty and were remanded to the
Pittsfield Jail for trial.
Col. HENRY G. LOCKWOOD in Frank
LeSlie's Mdgdzine for November, tells a
story characteristic of Gen. Phil. Sheri-
dan, which will interest those Of our
readers who met Major Walker on the
occasion of his recent visit TO his broth
er, Rev. VIM. B. Walker, in these
words : One evening, in the winter of
lo49-so the story runs-a party of ca
diets met in one of the barrack rooms in
West Point to have good time. Cadet
Sheridan, than ''plebe,n was doing
sentry duty directly under the window.
As the night wore on, and the boys in
the room above became more and more
noisy, the temptation was more than
Little PHILIP could stand So, putting
down his musket, he Joined his friends.
A class-mate of his, named Walker, who
is now a major on the retired list. hav-
ing seen the future generals sudden de-
parture, and wishing to save him from
possible dismissal and disgrace. put on
his guard coat, shouldered the discarded
and marched up and down in
Little Pills place. He had scarcely
begun his tramp when the officer of the
guard came by, returned his salute, and
passed on utterly oblivious to the decep
lion that had been practced on him.
The General never forgot Walkers |
kindness, and to the very last used
heartily to enjoy telling the story of
'one of the closest shavesn of his life.
In onr State news" today we give
he list of nllic cars nlanind hv Tho Irnnl