The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-14

SithaNioh anu Nooh NhS Pi"SS 'N'' W
g GEORGE RoCKwooD was taken SUE
denly and seriously ill yesterday aflel
noon.
GEO. BRADFORD of Boston, Mass
visited the family of II. S. Bingham ov'
Sunday,
Miss MAY SANFORD of the class OF 81
Vassar College, is home for the Summe
vacation.
A COUSIN of Jos. H. Loring, Henri
' Loring OF Boston, has been vsitin
= relatives here.
MRS. F. G. CLARK and family are a
their farm and country residence, jus
e north of this village, for the summer.
The pet dog C"Bob.'D belonging l.
! w, q. I. Wright died suddenly Sun
day afternoon. 1t was a valuable ANNA
as well ss favorite with the family.
, THE Graded School commencement
occurs the Goth, inst, and preparation
are progressing to make the event the
most brilliant of any, as it is the larges
class ever graduated from the High
School.
Miss LILLE B. ADAMS went to Albany
last evening and from thence will &C
company party of relatives on west
ern trip of two weeks. They will stoI
at Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago ano
st. Louis.
A SISTER of Mrs. Andrus and Mrs. DR.
Streeter, from New Jersey, is visiting
her sisters in this village, and the three
will 20 up to Pawlet TINS week. Their
venerable father, Mr.. Woodward, resides
in that town.
REV. MERRITT HULBURD of New York
formerly OF Bennington, says that The
believes that the third party is largely
supported by Democratic money TO help
defeat the true friends of temperance,
the Republicans.
The Bennington delegation of visitors
to the Republican National Convention,
Messrs. VIM. E. Hawks, Charles
Thatcher and Orn Scott, start for
Chicago ~ morrow. Maj. Valentine Is
IN the West aud stops at Chicago on his
return. Col. SCOTS name Is additional
to those spoken OF last week.
In the recent fire III Burlington, the
homestead VI the Rev. j, ). MChaud :
parents was burned. o. these his mother
only is nvIng az the age OF n; she re-
sides hers and consequently the olu
home was used as a tenement. Father
MIchaud was called 10 Burlington yes
Ierday afternoon on business connected
with Tue settlement OF the INSURANCE.
WALLACE Il COS menagerIe and three
ring circus, winch Is u visit BennInS-
ton On trludy, the 22d, comes " US well
Recommended, anu Is undoubtedly one
that IS well worthy vi general patronage
Its ron VI performers Is second 10 none
IN America IN point oI genelai aud
special talent, and within The list are
many that have won Cosmopolitan lame.
The FltchOurg road has established
the rule That between July l anu Sept
temOr 3, all passengers nO,dlng tickets
reading wa Rotterdam Junction ana
| West SHORE route " all points west vi
Ulca ana VIA Rotterdam Junction aud
HOUsaC funnel routes " Boston and
points east thereof, Will he permitted 10
slUp over at Saratoga within the limit OF
the ticket without extra charge.
Ii. NJ. HARRIS promulgates bug
CaIechIsm, which beng rendered into
King . EubiIsn SHOWS mat Peroxide OF
ouCates wIli eXtermlnate potato bugs,
and Tie compound Is Tree from the
POISONOUS QUANTITIES Ot PARIS green. No
case OF It's failure ~ do what Is adver-
used ot 1t has ever been reported. AT
Mr.. HarrIs's store, also, there ls open
splendid me vi CuIluren's wagons.
HE Bennington & Rutland Railway
Co., have received TWO handsome pas.
sen -er Coaches from the WasOn Manu-.
lacturlrS 20. OF Springfield, Mass. Inc
cOsI VI Inc cars was P5UUO each. Gut
sid, The coaches are painted the Pull
man CU.Ur, While the InteIOr finish Is
rlcn III every resp CT. There are 10
oeals Oh each sIue, attUrdlng seating ca
pac,,y lUI ~ people. The seats are up.
nOlsleled ia green plush. All the TRIM
mlngs are nickel plated, Including the
UracAets Tor the lamps. The cars are
certalniy as handsome as eyer were seen
III Vermont.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Monument Association was held yester-
day at the office vi Judge Darling, Vice
President Root, presiding. The consider.
alIon Ut the amendment 10 the by laws,
proposed at the May meeting WAS post
poned TIL the July meeting, as its
adoption would have cut off all altera-
LICLs OF the y.laws, except at the an
nual meeting. Another amendment was
theI etore proposed, which under the by
laws must lie over one meeting. The
The business which has been brought
forward at several of the late regular
meetings and which still ''lle ON the
table, So to speak. was not considered.
In connection with the calls for the
Republican State and District ConI en-
lions in another column, and the first
rally of Republican clubs the second
week in July, the party in Bennington
County are reminded OF the importance
of an early organization of club in
each of the towns not having such a
club. With a live Republican club in
one third of the towns of Vermont,
there is no good reason why the number
should not rapidly increase until the
great majority shall be united and at
work in this way for the cause of G cd
government and the protection of the
iaborlng man as well as that of the
capi,allst-the greatest good to the
grea t number,
FIVE gentlemen are associated together
in an association to maintain the River
side Driving Park, just completed.
These are Messrs. Ii. W. and E. Ii. Put
nam, VIM. H. Bradford, r, b, Godfrey
and John S. Lyman. The track is situat.
ed on the lands OF John Craven, betwe en-
here and North Benning ION, and is
probably the best half mile course IN
this State. Henry w. Putnam, Esq.
holds lease for five years from Mr..
Craven and has fitted up the park with
out regard to expense. His name and
those associated with him Is ample
guaranty that Bennington now has a
place where horses may he speeded, and
If there is any choice stock here it may
developed without any adverse entangle.
ments of an ordinary trottirg course.
YESTERDAY, G. d. Millington of Rut-
land, formerly OF North bennington, and
family started for their new home in
De Smet, Dakota Mr.. MillIngton enters
into partnership there with Prof. w.
II. II. Phillips (also former Benning-
tonian), in the real estate, loan and in
surance business. These gentlemen are
so well and fav Jrably known here that
perhaJ 4 il IS unnecessary to give them a
cordial word of introduction to Western
people. OF Prof. Phillips his residence
Of seven years in DeSmet gives him q
standing which follows integrity in
business dealings, and all we have to
add is, that Mr.. Millington is of the SAINT
New England stock. We hope both will
be prospered in the place they now cal
home.
THE pdblisher of a newspaper has one
thing to sell and one thing to rent. He
has the newspaper 10 sell, and the space
in the columns to rent. Can any one in
form us why he should be expected t
= give away either one or the otheri HI