The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-02-02
THE supreme court of Vermont meets

10 THE Supreme court of Vermont meet
= in this village on Tuesday next.
The editor OF the Reformer should re
= member that Mr.. Isaac Pratt is an OLE
e trapper, and has caught more than ont
It warmth" in his day.
ATTENTION is called to the change il
d the advertisement of A. Drysdale & Son
( Also to Andrew M. Church Co Limited
= of Troy.
A TELEGRAM announces the death al
T Highgate today (Thusday), of Lemue
, Grover. in his roth year. His remain'
l will be brought here for interment on
3 Saturday next.
Z On Wednesday occurred at Hoosick,
the funeral of Mrs. Aaron Sherwood of
that place. She was daughter of j. L,
Quackenbush, and was in her 37th year
The family are well known in Benning.
ton.
THE Electric Light Co. will put in an
engine and other apparatus as soon as
the weather will permit. 80 as to be
! ready in case of any accident CT stop
page of the water power, upon which
they depend.
PUT a lighted lantern under the buffa-
10 skin when you go sleigh-riding, 80 as
to keep warm. This is the latest sug-
gestion OF the season. When you adopt
it. remember that you may be warmer
still if you tip over.
AUSTIN F. HARNAN, a well known
farmer of this town, died Wednesday
morning, aged 81 years. He had been
suffering two or three years with heart
trouble. The funeral occurs tomorrow,
friday.
The thrteen-year-old daughter Of
Thos. Meagher of Bennington went INTO
the upper story Of the Hawks building
Monday evening to sell ticket for the
Catholic fair. She slipped and fell down
the stairs. breaking one of her legs.
AT special meeting Of the board Of
trustees of the Soldiers Home held on
Wednesday afternoon, it was practically
decided to build an addition to the
Home, the ell to be 40x60 feet. two
stories high, IN which will be located
the hospital and dining room.
On Saturday the funeral services Cf
Miss Della J. Corbiere were held at st
Peters church. Miss Corbiere was an
estimable lady whose friendship was
valued by large circle of acquaint-
ances. She died suddenly in New York
on Wednesday of last week, of perl,oni-
tbs, following surgical operation for
ovarian tumors.
THE STARK House" was raided on
Thursday. The complaint for selling
liquors contrary to law was made by
]. H. Livingstone. James used to be
one of the best customers the bar had
1 especially when Henry Pratt offered To
treat. That day having passed by, the
model Reformer is disguised over the
sale of whiskey in his old haunts. or
course under existing circumstances
and with the States prison looming up
in the distance, j, II. L. wouldn't d."
anything to injure member Of the
Pratt family-certainly not!
TWENTY FIVE or thirty Republicans
who mean ensiness when thew set out
in campaign-met at judge Darling
Office last Saturday evening to take
preliminary measures toward forming n
Republican club in the village. A tenn
porary organization was effected with
Hon A. B. Valentine as chairman and
G. A. Pierce as secretary, After an IN.
formal exchange Of opinions which
showed harmonious feeling as to the
propriety of the proposed organization
the meeting adjourned until Monday
evening, Feb. 9th, at Library all
WE regret to announce the failure OF
a Bennington manufacturer. Chart S
E. Hoadley, proprietor of the Novelty
or turned wood works in the Southeast
part of the village, has failed. His in
debtedness is estimated at about $l2 QUO,
secured, and $l3 900 TO $4,000 unsecur
ed. Included in the latter is some $4,000
due belp-on whom the loss will press
heavily, occurring as it does in mid
winter when they will need every cent.
Nearly all this Indebtedness IS IN Ben
ningtou. The assets may reach $4,000
or $4,000, An assignment for the benefit
of the creditors has been made by Mr..
Hoadley 10 Hon. j. V. Carney, who
however will not formally assume the
trust until the meeting of the creditors
which is called on tomorrow friday at
the furniture establishment of J. Ed.
Walbridge & Co. The general opinion
seems to be that the per centage to be
received by unsecured creditors will be
very small. Mr.. Hoadly must have
managed his business badly or the result
would hardly have been SO disastrous.
financially speaking. He had a good
start in life, was popular in the commu
nifty, his credit was goo at home, yet "a
general wreck of his business affairs fol
lowed Notwithstanding all his advan.
tages.