The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-14
NEWS AND NOTES,

Gabrielle Greeley. the only surviving
member of Horace Greeley g family, Lives
at Chautauqua with trusty servants and
leads almost the life of recluse.
Herr Krupp. the great German gun
maker, who employs about 10000 men,
ls credited with the purpose of starting
a gun factory in this country, near Pitts.
burgh, on a large scale. Natural gas is
said to furnish the controlling induce
ment,
On the person Of a woman recently or
rested in Manitoba was found "a bottle
of ether, bottle of vitriol, two rszors
and two self-cocking revolvers." She
was going for a man she claims as her
husband, and her Dsme is Mrs. Tough.
Who says there is nothing in a name ?
A law suit over the possession OF forty
acres of land, which was begun two
years before Columbus discovered Amer
lea, has just been settled in Warsaw,
Poland, between two branches of the an
cient Isbieski family. The settlement
came in August, 1899, by the equapsrti-
ton of the land after litigation extended
through four centuries, The expedients
of the various lawyers to keep the suit
alive from generation to generation
ought to be embodied in a volume. They
would be very useful to the profession
nowadays.
"You are not going to stay down town
late tonight, are you John ?" "Not very
late, Maria. have to help put q man
through the third degree at the lodge.
I'll come straight home as soon as it is
over" Kindly, but firmly)-"If you can
repeat the password, Six slim slick sap
lings, distinctly when you return home
from the lodge, John, the outside guard
ian will admit you, and il you can't you
needn't ring any alarm at the outer
door. You'll stay on the outside all
night. my dear" John came homo ear.
ly.-Chicdgo Tribune.
Marriages solemnized in cotton bag
ging suits are beccming quite fashion.
able in the state Of Georgia. These cos
tunes we're introduced by the secretary
Of the Farmers' Alliance and his bride q
few weeks ago, and since then they
have become all the rage. The fashion
able fabric owes its origin to a prolonged
controversy between the cotton planters
and the 'jute trust" in the use OF sack
ing for cotton, The farmers refuse TO
use jute sackiDg since 1t has been con-
cerned by the trust. The adoption OF
the Georgia wedding costume generally
would be dollars in the pockets Of par
ents with marriageable daughters. The
Georgia farmers have built better than
they knew.
The new law in Minnesota which makes
the drunkard rather than the liquor sell
ler the criminal is reported to be work
ing well. As will perhaps be remeIn-
bered, it makes compulsory upon the
police magistrate to impose apenality OF
thirty days imprisonment upou any one
found guilty Of drunkenness for the
third time, In st. Paul the returns for
the two months in which the law has
been in force show a decrease In the
number Of arrests for drunkenness from
4S4 last year to 446 this. Last year no
record was kept of "repeaters." This
year there have been only two cases
where any one has been found guilty Of
a third offense. The principle Of the
law is new in America, but it is quite
commonly accepted in Europe. In Aus
tria, for example. whoever is punished
three times during year for drunken.
ness can be prohibited from entering
places where liquors are sold for year
in the place Of bis residence and In the
towns Immediately surrounding IL, Any
infringement Of this law IL liable TO
penalty OF one months imprisonment,
or twenty dollars fine. The same pen
allies are imposed upon the dealer who
sslls the liquor. NeiU York Commercial
Advertiser.