The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06

ne metnOulst COurCn. SuOJpCls Won
Making" One dime at the door for all
over sixteen years.
Mrs. l.. A. AUSTIN is seriously i'll at
She is the only daughter
of Deacon u. l.. Taft, and her condition
is a matter of deep solictude TO her
many friends here.
THE members of the Good T-mplar's
Lodge purpose holding sociIl ever ing
soon, and all are especially interested in
evenings meeting. The q.
7. desires full attendance.
The Rev. j. NJ. Bachelor, formerly
of Powna, now of York, Pa, is in town,
called here by the trial of the Barber VS..
Bennett case. Mr.. Bache dor gave us
a pleasant ca this morning.
Mrs. JOHN ROBINSON fell upon the
sidewalk near the Free Library building
Tuesday, and fractured two bones in
the right wrist. She was attended by
DR.. Goodall and is doing well.
MRS S. G. PUTNAM Of Rutland, il Wis
ting friends here. She also attended
the Odd Fellows distri meeting yester-
day, afternoon. Mesdames Pike and
Gore of Readsboro, were also in attend
ance.
WIN. r. MATTIsoN, of South Shafts
bury, n graduate of Amherst College.
has entered the Yale College law school
at New Haven, Conn. lie is fine
scholar and will no doubt graduate with
honor.
THE Graded school trustees have
thrown out six old heaters in the build
ing. and two improved ones now do the
work acceptably. One has been before
noticed and two are doing the work OF
the six.
JOHN NJ. PlLLING, who has been with
his father, John r. Pilling, in New Jer-
sey, came here last week, and will re.
tnrn with his mother, as the family are
20 remove permanently to that state
We are sorry to lose this family from
Bennington.
A SERIES of praise meetings will begin
at the Congregational Church next Sun.
day evening. At this service only the
hymns of Charles Wesley will be sung
the day being appropriately observed as
the one hundredth anniversary of the
celebrated song-poet's death.
MAJ A. b. VALENTINE is absent in
the interest of the proposed enlarge
ment OF the capacity Of the Bennington
Knitting Company's mill. This is g
direct result of the election of Harrison
and Morton, as he explained in public
speech after the election, and by letter
before the campaign closed,
FOR the benefit of few croakers we
state that The increased taxation, by
reason of the dwellings of Messrs. b ng-
ham and Childs, will pay for the ex'en
sion of Elm street in five years. This
provides for the expenditure, and ther
the town and village gain thereby he
81 les, as well as the property holders.
IT was compliment to the pages Of
the last Legisla' ure that Il special reso-
luton was passed thanking them fol-
their efficient service. This expression
was put into more substantial form by
voting them fifty cents day ex ra pay
Arthur II, Cushman of North Benning
ton, was the appolntee from this town
CHAS II. RICE while intoxicated Tues
day evening, shot at James Hurley, pc
liceman, as he was endeavoring to que
him. Hurley had been called into Rice
shop becausn the family could do nothing
WIN lut 'ill W.
policeman's pants leg but fortunately
did not hit HIM. r ce was arrested anC
awaits the action of the Grand Jury nov
in session.
THE w. R. C. elected last evening tn,
following Mrs. Eiz, A. Cut ing, pres
idenl; Mrs. Laura A. Long, S ": Mrs
Ida Howard, j. "; Mrs. l. j. Gibson
treasurer; Mesdamrs Martha Burch ,ant
Elvira Clark. secretary and assistant
Mrs. II N Patterson, CHAPLIN; Misse
Lucy II. Cutting and Mary Spear, con
ductor and assistant; Mesdames Adj
G imp and Mary A. Haines, guard an,
assistant. Delegates to State Conven
ton, Mesdames Long and Patterson; al
ternateS Misses Spear and Cntiing.
TROY was shocked Monday by the an
nouncement that Theodore Z Hasle
hurst had committed suicide. 1t
thou ght that his death was accidental il
the handling of pistol. The Press saws
ITO all appearsno es his life was pleasan
and the future inviting. Active, p pu
lIr,in mid-!ife and apparently comfnrta
BILE in business and in domestic rela inns
there were many men that envi"d him
| Whether appearances were deceptive, o
in moment when reason was absent n
committed self-slaughter the thousand
of people that knew him have nothing
but piry for him and sympathy for thos
who are called upon to sustain the shoe
of the awful bereavement
The change of time yesterday on tn
l.. 5. X. r., does not change the forme
connections, but does materially affec
H.,
at O'Clock and at Chatham makes clos
connections for Albany and Hudson, ar
irving at those places at p. NJ. and Il
New York at 5:25 p. m. The 3 AS p. N
train leaves at 3:l5, an important thin
to remember, The train south is nov
an express, the local freight leaving q
3:l5 p. M. This road is in better con
ditiol than for years, and with neN
steel rails laid the whole distance,
rapidly assuming tirst-class proportion
of passenger and freight traffic, Thi
is quite complimentary to the officials {
that road
GEN. j. q. MCCULLOUGH will pleas
accei thanks for advance copies of re
ports of the railroads In which he ha
an interest, notably the Erie railway, {
which he is lead ng director. "Thi
trunk line.n says the Commercial ChrOI
icte, has been doing relatively bette
than any of the other great east-and
west lines, and their annual report furr
ishes striking proof to that effect"
then goes on to speak Of the Fries in
proved earnings both gross and net,
the greatly increased carrying trade
The Erie is not only an important trun
road, but an exceptionally heavy cal
rier of coal. We think that Gen, Nc
CullOugh's financial ability has contrib
uted much to the success of this corpol
alton of late years.
THE union temperance MEETING in tn
Second Congregational Church on Sur
day evening was grand SUCCESS. Tn
large auditorium OF the church wa
filled with the combined congregation
and slio the choir with the Baptist
Methodist and Congregational Churc
quartettes-twelye voices in ill. Tn
pastor, the Rev. Chas. r Seymour, pre-
sided. The opening services consiste
Of songs, scripture reading and prayer
This was followed by the opening ad
dress bv the pastor, Hon. Geo. w. Hal
man. Rvs Widmer. Severance an
ha'S"' t"p musN "o9 '" an eASel
tionally high order, the speaking TO
lowed gospel lines and the audience ey
identity were IN sympathy with the tor
les and the OCCASION. 1t was announced
incidentally. that this meeting might b
followed with others, and it IL possibl
that some Of the suggestions as to read
ing rooms, etc. may ma'erialize an
become a fact
ALTHOUGH the law regarding the US
Of postal cards for dunning or for any
thing else likely to injure the repu,atio
| ~. H. faalin1a ~ tho narson add.a,,a1