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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03

Mrs. o. C. Converse, who is now liv.
ing in Waterbury, Conn, at the age OF
rs, says she taught President Garfield
for a while II her her School at South
Bend, and also had Gen. Harrison for a
pupil. Numerous exchanges Benjamin
Harrison never lived at South Bend,
but did live at North Bend in another
state. Mrs. Converse or the Dewspa-
per has got things "a little mixed
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Advice 10 Mothers.

Mas, WISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for children
'eething is the prescription Of one Of the best fe
male nurses aud physicians In the United States
and has been used for forty years with never.
failing success by millions Of mothers for their
cures dysentery and darrhRA, gripping In the
bowels, and wiud-colic. BY giving health to the
HID Il rests the mother. Price 25c, a
Sot.le. 22y1
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Beware of ScroMLo

o, Serol , Is probably more general than any
o.neL uisease' 1t is insidious in character,
anu .iests Itself in running sores, pustular
e,upuons' boils, swelllngs, enlarged Joints,
aoSoesses, sore eyes, etc. Hoods sarsaparilla
.Apels all trace Of scrofula from the blood,
ieaving II pure, enriched, and healthy.
was severely afflicted with scrofula, and
Tver a year had two running sores on my neck.
Took five bottles Hoods sarsaparilla, and am
cured" Q, Z. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
u A. Arnold, Arnold, Me-, had scrofulous
sores Tor seven years, spring and fall. Hoods
SaTsaparilla ctlrnd hin,
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Sunderland.

Rev. j. II. B. HeadIey OF BostDl is
holding revival meetings at the Bofosh
Mrs. T. Hanaman of Arlington las
been visiting at her father. II l n
rop.
There was Sabbath school cos,art
and Christmas tree under the ulhngp-
ment of Mr.. + Robbins attistat.t INIT
at the q rough Chr, eveninf The
hous' was tastefully trimmed hi The
exercises we're very enjoyable ir3eed
The tree was heavily laden wiAvi
for both old and young. RSe. Z r.
Brown OF Manchester was presal and
took part in the exeecises.
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MAKE NO MIsTAKE.-If you have
made up your mind to buy Hoods Sar-
saparilla do not be induced TO take any
other Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar
medicine, possessing, by virtue of its
peculiar combination, proportion and
preparation, curative power superior to
any other article of the kind before the
people. For all affections arising from
impure blood or low state of the system
it is unequalled. Be sure to get Hoods.
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failure Of the vital powers 65 years.
q, Mrs. Harriet Elwell, IS years,
50, Infant son OF Alv9 r. Styles


SEPTEMBER
2, Mrs. Ann D. Frost, Bennington Center. Pneu.
monia supervening on heart disease IS years.
4, Thomas CavanAugh. Centennial House. Ty
phoid fever 30 years.
s. Frank ]. Mallory, northeast part of town.
Typhoid fever 30 years, month and "a days.
10, Mrs. Catherine B. Hawks, widow Of Alvah
Hawks, School street. 81 years.
10, William Mcclure, fatally shot at the depot
by George Koran, q years.
II, ]. C. Babcock Main street Gradual failure
of the vital powers F.; 81 years 1 month and q
days.
II, Mrs. Mary Lizibelle, Mil street, 10 years.
IS, CALVIN Harrington Main street. Heart dis
ease 81 years,
%, Marcena Manchester. South street. Gradual
failure Of the vital powers IS years, months
and IS days
30. A. Earl, infant son Of Amos Harris,
OCTOBER
2, George A. Wood, Union street. Gradual
failure of the vital powers SO years, IL months
and 2 days.
2. Danniel Cunning, an infant
3, Mrs. Mary Hayes, North Bennington, II
years.
3, Allen Thurman, infant son Of II. W, Martin.
0, Mrs. Ruth Wadsworth, wife of Melvin wads-
worth, North street. Heart disease 10 years. 8
months and IS days.
s, John V. Hall. Died at Springfield, Mass,
while temporarily out of town. Congestion OF
the lungs SO years, months and % days.
q, William j. Adams, Pleasant street. Heart
disease 81 years.
Is, Mrs Sarah Elwell, wife of Clark Elwell,
County street. Pneumonia 4; &c years,
26, james Bahan, Bennington Center, Typhoid
fever IS years.
20, Walter S. Kennon. Division street. Con.
sumption /; 90 years.
%, Mrs Martha Eam"s, widow of Joseph
Games, Main street, So years. n
%, Mrs. Violetta s. Houghtou, Main street, "a
years.
80, Mrs. Mabel C. Graves, wife of Louis A,
Graves Main street. Heart disease f; 81 years.
NOVEMBER
6, Patrick Brann, west part of town. Con-
sumption 70 years.
g. Fanny Danforth, Main street. Apoplexy
46years,
D. Mrs RebeccA Wilcox, wife of George Wilcox
Main street. Heart failure supervening on chron
c disease 90 years
Q, Infant son of Thomas Cummings
u, Mrs. Barber Chase, north part Of town. In
iammation of bowels IS years.
Is, James Bigart, North Bennington. Hear
disease "A years.
81, Mrs. Dwight Rudd. Union street. Cancer
Gus disease of intestiues "a years.
DECEMBER
T. Mrs. Calvin Harrington, Main street. Pneu
monia So years.
20, Mrs. Annis Bacon, (of Sunderland Mali
street. Peuri'y supcrVening on heart disease
II years.
81, John McMahan, North Bennington,4t years
Is Robert Oollard. Found dead in the high
way at west part of town 80 years.
%, Henry Robertson. School street, so years.
| REHABILITATION.
Total number of recorded deaths fol
1888, l02 for 1887, 90 for 1886, 81
for 1885, 10 ; for 1884. 50 for 1883, 70
for 1882, 81.
The average age of each person a
death was about 46 years, the averag,
for 1887 being also the same.
II. G.. DAY.
Bennington, Jan, ., 1888.
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SPECIAL BUSINESS LOCALS.
CB-Isaac Surdam offers his furniture
business for sale and store to let. 12tf.

rB-The sales for the past week,
through the real estate agency of Chas.
N. Powers, were the double house on
School street, owned by Prof. |. w.
Durham, to Henry d. Fillmore, and one
of the D.. s. r. Wilcox houses on Dewey
street 10 Mrs, Catharine Ryan.
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Notice to My Patrons.

The Troy Cash Bazaar will be closed
all day and evening on Saturday, Jan
uary 9Th. 1889, Centennial Day., in or
der that the employees of the Bazaar
may participate in the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the nam
ing of the City of Troy.
WIN. II FREAR.
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MARRIED..

KER--LoNERGAN.-In Remington, Dec
~, by Rev ): 5. Michaud, Joseph Z. Parker of
West Rutland to Miss Julia Lonergan.
LEACH-DENIO.-I North Rupert Dec N
by Rev. I: 5, Pratt, Casper L Leach Of Pawlet
North Rupert,
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Samual F. Nay. aged %, and former
Dummerstone boy was drowned at Mil
ford, Mass, Sunday afternoon by skat-
ing into an air hole IN Hopedsle pond -
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
Salt Rheunn

Is one otthe most disagreeabled diseases caused
Dyimpure blood. tits readily cured by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier.
William Spies, Elyria, o., suffered greatly
from erysipelas and salt rheum, caused BY
handling tobacco. At timec his hands would
crack open and bleed. He tried various prep
arations without aid; finally took Hoods sar-
saparilla, and now sayp: " lam entirely we'll"
my son had salt rheum on his hands and
on the calves Of his leg, He took Hoods
sarsaparilla and is c-tirely cured" J.B.
Stanton, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. lfade only
by Q, l. HOOD CO., ApOthecariel, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
BRADFORD HOOKS.

Michael WEIGH, foreman; Frank Craw-
tord' assistant foreman Geo. NJ. Slbley.
corresponding secretary; Ed. Moore, IL
nancial secretary; Frank Knapp, trees
urer; John Coleman, president; DR.. H..
j. Potter, Jr., vice president.
Inc annual ball will be held Feb. 22d,
1889. Look out for that date.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
annual Elections,
TIFFANY HOSE COMPANY

A. q, Patchen, president; W. S Pike.
wee president; A j. Morrison, foreman;
= A. Crawford, first assistant; John
Doyle, second assistant; c. s. Perry,
secretary; N. B. Burnham, treasurer;
Eugene Stratton, steward.
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PUTNAM HOSE COMPANY

Andrew j. Griffin, president; Thomas
Murphy, vice president; Cornelius Sulli-
van foreman, Thomas Donovan, first
assistant; Patrick Fitzgerald, second
assistant; John P. Mulligan, treasurer;
John P. GuIltinan, secretary.
The elert'on was held in the new hose
house on River street, although it is not
yet completed. Mr.. Putnam sent on as
New Years remembrance four nice
pictures illustrative of the life of a fire
man. These tr3 handsomely framed
and will grace the walls Of their elegant
rooms.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03

The permanent roadway improve
ments made during the year on the sew
eral roads in the State were in detail as
follows
The Central Vermont-2314 ions new
steel rails renewed; 102, 1853 ties renewed;
iron lattice bridge at Hartford. $50 feet
long; iron lattice bridge at Williston,
900 feet long; iron lattice bridge at
South Barre, SO feet long; iron lattice
bridge at Brattleboro, 800 feet long;
wood stringer bridge at Milton, S8 feet
long; Howe truss bridge at Ludlow, 30
feet long; trestle wood bridge at Ches-
ter, 139 feet long; trestle wood bridge
at Chester, So feet long. Over 800, 900
was expended for new bridges and near
" 100000 for new locomotives last year;
IN addition to which eight miles of new
road were built.
PassumpsIc Railroad Division, Boston
and Maine-1723 tons new steel rails
laid: BIOS ties renewed. The mana
gers expended 1874, 7l5 last year for re-
pairs OF bridges.
st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
Rairoad-161 tons steel rails laid; so, 84S
ties renewed. The sum of $101, 021 70
was lOI IcDdlIb VI lUt IOduUCu
and track last year. Several OF the long
est trestle bridges have been recently re-
built and filled with earth.
Bennington & Rutland Railroads.&c.
tons steel rails renewed; 30, 1888 ties re-
newed; new Howe truss bridge, built
near Arlington, 1862 feet long.
The Vermont Valley Railroad renewed
1851 ties and relaid go tons Of 66-pound
steel.
The Missieqoui Valley Railroad Central
Vermont, lessee), laid 300 tons of steel
rails.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany built two new iron bridges, one at
Summit and one at Newport Centre.
The Burlington aud Lamoille Railroad
built new iron bridge at Jeffersonvile.
The Clarendon and PittsfoId Railroad
was extended five miles during the year,
making the main line from Proctor to
West Rutland ten miles. The total cost
of the road was $85,0l7.o1 and of the
equipment SIT 1856, representing a per
manent investment of 1902 $50 81. The
road was built for the marble business
of the Vermont Marble Company, and lie
owned by Governor Proctor and the
marble company of which he is Presi.
dent.
During the year the Montelier and
White River Railroad was extended by
the Central Vermont from Barre to Will
Jamestown, 81 miles, and the road was
opened for traffic during the summer.
This extension runs through the "Gulf
Route" and it is expected the road will
be continued to Royalton at no distant
day.
The Montpelier and Wells River Rail
road Company are building a branch
road to Barre. and also a line to the
granite quarries from Barre Village.
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Total train mileage ....

The returns made to the Railroad
Commissioners and the Commissioner of
State Taxes for 1888 show the gross in
come, operating expenses and net in
come of the railroads in Vermont for
the year ending June 80, 1888, to have
been as follows Gross income, $4, 1884,
372; operating expenses, $3.50 1854; net
income, 81 1854 ,409. Included IN the
operating expenses is the annual item Of
$780, 900 in round numbers for State
taxes. The gross earning and net earn
ings of the principal railroads in the
State for the year ending June 30, 1888,
were as follows
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03

Beecham's Pills act like magic on a
weak stomach.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
STARK HOSE COMPANY

The election of this organ z.tion was
pos poned two week.. The fire depart
ment is in excellent condition and one
that any village might well be proud of.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03
VERMONT RAILWAYS.
MADE DURING THE
PAST YEAR.

Financial Results of the operation of
Vermont - Railways since 1855
Character and Cost OF the Improve
ments New stations Built New
Lines In Progress aud COntemPla-
tIOn - Net Earnings of the Various
Roads.
There are few, if any, better single
track railways in the United States than
hose of Vermont, writes Forbes in the
Boston Journal Within few years
there has been very marked improve
ment in the condition of the railroads
in this State. The improvements re-
Gently made consist in the laying of new
steel rails, the renewal OF ties and the
rebuilding of number of bridges. The
main lines of all the principal railways
in the State are now laid with steel rails
there being $50 miles of steel roadway
out of total main line mileage of 932
miles in the State.
During the year there has been con-
structed aud put in operation 1873 miles
of new road, viz : By the Central Yer
mont Railroad, from Barre to Williams
own, rs miles; by the Clarendon and
Pittsford Railroad Company, in the
towns of Rutland, West Rutland and
Proctor, 8 miles. The Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad Company has be-
gun the construction of a road from
Montpelier to Barre, which will be COM
pleted early in 1899. During the year
ending June 80, 1888, the character and
cost of the permanent improvements
made to the roadbeds of the several rail-
ways in the State were in round num-
/ knr fn1lnuo Nan, afaal raflo laid
5000 tons; new ties laid, 2G5, 900; new
bridges built, 10; cost Of betterments,
$3.50, 1000 Including $3.50, 900 for bridges)
Seven Of the reconstructed bridges were
built of iron, the balance being con-
structed OF wood. The new steel laid
mostly So and 60 pounds to the yard, q
portion OF it, however, being 70 pounds
TO the yard.
There were seven new passenger sta
tions built in the State during this per-
iod, as follows At South Royalton and
Shelourne by the Central Vermont; at
East Dorset and Sluth Salisbury by
the Bennington & Rutland, at Sheldon
Junction and East Fairfield by the st.
Johusbury and Lake Champlaip, and at
Wells River (now building) by the Pas
sumpsic Boston and Lowell systcm)
The depot at White River Junction was
also remodeed and thoroughly repaired.
The passenger car equipment on the
principal roads has been materially in
creased and the train service somewhat
improved within short time. Steam
heated trains are now being run on five
railroads in the State. The motive pow
er and rolling stock owned by the rail
roads in the State consists Of 212 loco
motives, 2l0 passenger and baggage cars
and 400 freight freight cars. This does
not include the Pullman and Wagner
cars run on the through trains over the
roads in Vermont.
A compilation of the figures of the
operation of Vermont railroads for the
year ending June 80, 1888 (taken from
the report of the Railroad Commission
ers), shows the following result.
1oao1 -, oorr;ad my
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GOOD READING.
BANNERLIST FOR 1883.

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We are not assured of a continuance OF
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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27
The Eureka Improvement
Company Forced to Make
An Assignment.
The Failure to Get a Route
Through st. Paul Given as
the Cause.
Nearly a Million of Money OF
Shareholders Scattered
to the Winds.
Creditors Will Lose Nothing,
as the Paper Is Secured
by Good Land.

The Eureka Improvement company,
with Office IN the German-American
Bank building. and chiefly operating
and dealing in lands and electric motor
enterprises in South st. Paul, made all
assignment to its former president,
Thomas T. Smith, of Dakota county,
yesterday afternoon pursuant to
an attachment suit brought by
Fowble x Fitz, surveyors. There
was very little surprise at this as
signment, which carries to the winds
belonging to dozen prominent real es-
tate dealers, merchants and private cap
italists of this city. 1t has long since
been expected. and when the crisis ar
rived, real estate circles were we'll pre-
pared to meet it. j. W. Imeson, of
West st. Paul, is the president, and F.
L. Prudhomme the secretary. The COM
pany, it will be remembered, was organ
lied about two years ago. to
construct and operate an cleo
trio motor with termini at
South Park and Minneapolis. The com.
pany fought for long time with the
city counci! to secure franchise for it's
proposed elevated road, an experi-
mental mile of which it had already
built at South Park at a cost of $50. 900.
After much dickering between the city
and the company. the council offered to
grant franchise to the company, with
the privilege of right of way 10 the
west bank of the river, but further than
that the council failed to grant. The
company failed to secure the route
through the city,. and after hav.
ing already purchased large and
valuable tracts of land in Dakota county
along its proposed line of transit. the
concern was forced to care tor and main
tain its great property holding. The
market declining and the concern thus
crippled. the little less than half mill
ion dollars put into the undertaking by
well known men of this city. was fast
being absorbed by the mortgages upon
the vast acreage purchased i'll Da-
kota county. One foreclosure fol-
lowed another until the pressure
eliminated in the assignment.
While the stockholders will
lose nearly half million, the creditors
will lose nothing save few paltry
thousand dollars. The Indebtedness,
which is about S700.000. is all. or nearly
all, secured by first mortgages upon
property paid for from third to half
of the purchase price. Some of the en-
numbered property lies on the West
side fiat, and is considered some of the
most marketable property in the city.
The other paper is principally upon
farms in Dakota county, extending
from South Park to Mendoza.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
A Chesapeake 4 Nashville Train
Jumps the Track, Injuring
Many Persons.

A Chesapeake 4 Nashville Train
Jumps the Track, In.juring
Many Persons.
GALLATIN, Tenn, June ga terri
BILE accident occurred this morning at
Bledsoe. on the Chesapeake & Nash
vile railroad, running from Gallatin to
Scottsville, Ky. The passenger train
due at Gallatin at II o'clock jumped the
track and the passenger and baggage
coaches went down about sixty feet.
Conductor E. B. Buck and Mail Clerk
Henry Peacock jumped and were not
hurt. About eight persons were seri-
ousIy injured and several children were
more or less hurt. An engine has just
left for the scene of the accident with
Superintendent Meek and physicians
on board. Telephone communication
is bad and everything is confusion and
excitement. The wrecked cars were
badly smashed and it is feared there
are few bodies under the wreck. Fol-
lowing is list of the wounded.
Mrs. Mary Jane Hughes, Of Westmoreland,
badly bruised; two of her children we're
badly hurt and the third is in dying condi-
tion. W. L. BRYANT Forestville. Ky, con-
siderably hurt about the head, but not seri-
ously. D. E: Brown, Scottsvlle, hurt about
the head. Mrs. Amanda Garrett, of West
moreland, internally. C. B. Coe and S. G.
Smith, Martinsburg, Ky, injured. but not
seriously. Mrs. S. Whiteside. very badly hurt.
H. II. Cordott, of near Westmoreland, was
more seriously hurt than any of the passen-
gers, but nothing of the extent of his injuries
can be learned Fourteen persons went down
in the wreck. Conductor Buck was slightly
hurt.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27
PROMPTED BY WHISKY.
Contractor Foley Explains the
Strike at Cloquet.

Contractor Foley Explains the
Strike at Cloquet.
Special to the Globe.
FARGO, OAK. June 26.-George Foley,
contractor of this city, arrived here to-
day and says the circumstance attend
ing the strike of workmen employed by
him on the Duluth & Winnipeg road
Cloquet are greatly exaggerated in the
reports from that point published
in yesterdays and tO-night'S GLOBE.
Only portion of the men struck, and
the only reason assigned by them was
that they objected to working long
hours. In explanation of this Mr.. Foley
says that, in order to push the work, he
voluntarily agreed to pay the men S1.50
per day for ten and half hours work.
which is rs cents more than is paid on
hours work. That by some means the
workmen got some whisky into camp
on Sunday night, and when the fore
man called, "All aboard" on Monday
morning about forty of the men refused
to go to work, giving as their excuse
that theytobjected to theilong hours,an
asked Contractor Foley when he could
give them their time. He replied as
soon as their accounts could be made
up. This seemed entirely salts
factory, and they started for Cloquet.
Mr.. Foley followed, passing them on
the way and no unfriendly spirit was
apparent. In Cloquet the men con-
tinued drinking, and while Mr.. Foley
was balancing their accounts. with the
assistance of Attorney Woodward,
the men made all unseemly dis
turbance in the town. Mr.. Foley
further says that they were very
rough crowd of strikers, but
he did not hear single word about
lynching or'anything Of the kind. and
that the above are the true facts, and,
as Attorney Woodward remarked, lit
was the quickest termination of strike
he ever heard off, 1t is we'll known
that on all public work there is
regular pay day each month, to which
the mems time is computed and it is the
custom to give men quitting time
checks for the amount due, payable on
pay day. Mr. Foley telegraphed to
Fargo for the money and the bank here
wires the bank at Cloquet to honor
his check for the amount required,
which was promptly done. Mr.. Foley
says the report that he is about to lose
his contract because of the strike is alb
surd. Whisky was at the bottom of the
tronble. and the places of the strikers
have been filled and the work is now
going on as usual.