The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-11


Miss CLARA, HILLS OF RavenswOod, Ill.
daughter OF Hon. John N. Hills, is to be
married during Easter tide, Many
friends here will send the fair bride good
wishes.
A. J. MORRISON has opened harness
shop in the Sheldon store, Main street,
Mr.. Morrison has been in the employ
of II. N. Williams several years and is
fine workman.
A BILL making it misdemeanor to
sell cigars, cigarettes or tobacco to child
rem under sixteen years of age, has been
passed by the New York Assembly. 1t
isn't enforced in Vermont. Why ?
The Battle Monument has risen two
courses of stone since work began Mon
day morning. The structure begins to
tower, but what will it be when il shall
have risen nearly two hundred feet
more
THE old Board Of Health was coDtin-
ued or re elected at the late village trus
tee meeting, After repeated ballots the
election stood : Hon. John V. Carney,
er-oticio, and DrS. II. J. Potter and E.
B. Daley.
THE Grand Army societies have ac-
cepted an invitation to attend the even
ing service at st. Peters Church, May
26, it being the Sunday before Memoir
ial Day. The Rev. Mr. Walker is to
preach the sermon,
THE Baptist society hold business
meeting next Monday afternoon to con-
slider the matter of tuildIng new par
Sonage. This has been talked of for
some time but the prospect now is that
it will be built the coming season.
THE new residence and Office of DIR. H.
J. Potter. Dr., the latter of which he &C.
cupies jointly with his father. is wired
for electric belle, and the lower front
door is opened by electricity also. A
handy device for an up stairs tenement.
IT is proposed to tender Secretary of
War Proctor a complimentary dinner at
Rutland in the near future. Judge
Neazey is the chairman of the committee
and many of the prominent men of the
State unite in extending the invitation.
The Winch .ndon, NJ 1885,, Courier of
March 90, says Landlord Halsey, OF
the Ho'el WInChendUn, ia the happy
possessor of nine and one half pounds OF
girl IN good, healthy condition This
addition TO his family arrived last Sun
day"
The work of laying the walls of the
Battle Monument has been resumed.
This is one month earlier than last year.
The immense quantity of stone cut for
both the face and the backing ensures
rapid progress if the we .ther proves
favorable.
THE shoe store OF Joseph Schwarz has
been enlarged and refitted so that one
would hardly recognize the interior.
This is made necessary t. accommodate
increasing business. and we are glad to
note this evidence of his prosperity. Hi.
spring goods are open.
HENRY +. LAME of North Bennington.
received the appointment of postal clerk
between Troy and Boston Wednesday
of last week, and went to Boston to re-
port for duty. lie had been employed
in the railway mail service for twenty
years previous to last September, when
h. was removed.
A "RosE tea" was given on Saturday
evening, March 30. at st. Luke's Hos
pital, New York City, by Miss Minnie
Price, assisted by number of young
ladies', in honor of Miss Belle Goldsmith
of Bennington. The young lady was
the recipient of many happy wishes, and
a very enjoyable evening was spent.
SHERIFF PIKE is soon to remove here
and will occupy the house just west Of
| the First National Bank. On the 90
ult., it being his 50th birth day ami
versary, a large number of people in
ReadsborO assembled and gave him a
surprise. with an elegant spread at the
hotel. The occasion was one of much
enj 'yment.
CADET PIERCE returned to Mortified
this week. A dispatch of the 18th has
this information of the institution he is
attending "The spring term of Nor
witch University today began with the
for years. The 55th annual commence
past cadets will occur on June 81 and
the annual encampment, military exer-
cises, and societies banquets during
commencement week"
THE Tribune of Monday has the ac-
count of Methodist Sunday in that
city. the occasion being the annual meet
ing of the New York conference. We
notice by the list of ordinations that
Prof. Ogden &. llarpending has entered
the Methodist communion as a Local
Deacon" The Rev. Mr.. uarpending is
resident of Clintondale, Ulster County,
n. Y, and formerly resided here, where
he Is well remembered in connection
with revival work. We trust his new
ecclesiastical relations may prove peas
ant.
THE town clerk says that there have
been in Bennington little over 800 dog
licenses taken out up to date, and that
there is discrepancy of ll3 who last
year were licensed and apparently have
neglected to do so In 1859. 1t is not
probable that so great mortality has
existed to account for the said ll3, so the
owners of these CANNES will do well to
register them, or the dog killer" will
reap harvest. The town officials mean
business, and this matter has been fully
advertised, so no complaints can be
made as to want oRnotico
IT will be remembered by some that
April is 4 month filled with important
events. and that the Both is national
holiday in cOmmemOratiOn OF the in
auguration of Washington; L. S. Grant
was born the eth, 1922 the battle of
Lexington was the 18th, ITS Fort
Sumter surrendered the l4th. 1861, and
the Union flag was reinstated on the
l4th, 1865 Lincoln was assassinated
the l4th, 1855 the battle of Shiloh was
the 9th, 1852 Lee surrendered the 9th,
1865 slavery was abolished in the dis
trict Of Columbia the nth, 1869.
on Sunday Joseph harris was arrested
TOR intoxication and Monday, before the
municipal court. he disclosed on the
town agent. He said he had obtained
on former occasions whiskey for his wife,
who is i'll, but that in this instance he
not tell what he wanted it for and
he took one drink before he reached
home. She used some OF it for medi zine
and Sunday he finished the bottle The
defense was that the agency had not
knowingly sold Harris the liquor, as his
name does not appear on the records. A
| fine of ten dollars ind costs was imposed
and the case was appealed.
i. L. Coy of Hebron, n. Y, one of the
directors Of the contemplated railroad
which is to run from Greenwich to Rut-
land, has spent the past week in visiting
places along the proposed line. The
surveys have not yet been started, al
though il is said that party of ! | sur
veyors and their assistants are at ork
near East Greenwich. One-half the
necessary amount required to make the
survey and pay the preliminary eXpen-
ses has already been raised. The con
ditions of the builders is that the survey
shall be commenced wi hin three
months, and that the new road will be
built within two years,
PEOPLE of leisure have new game TO
occupy their time that is fully as alb
sorbing and difficult TO perform rs the
fifteen puzzle of blessed memory. The
new game is called pigs in Clover"
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