The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-06-13
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his improvements on Main street.
CONTRACTOR WARD was in town Tu, g.
day looking after the monument work.
THE Hon. C. Il. Mason has returned
from an extensive business trip in the
North.
SIDE Judge Faxon L. Bowen of Reads
boro spent Sunday with Moses Wilson of
this place,
THE late Guy G. Noble had a life in
surance of $27, 900, and was possessed of
other property.
THE Glastonbury company is rebuild
ing and repairing several bridges along
its line Of road.
FOREMAN Lonergan of the Scott foun-
dry, who recently burned his foot severe
ly, is improving.
Mrs. STAYNoR, nee Lena Cooper, now
of Providence, r. l., is dangerously ill
at her home in that city.
AS is the usual custom the grand jury
came down from Manchester Saturday
to inspect the county jail.
Mrs. A. B. PERKINS is slowly recover
ing from her recent severe illness. Mr..
Perkins was here over Sunday.
NOTWITHSTANDING the unfavorube
weather work rapidly progresses both on
the monument and new Catholic Church.
THE members of the Stark Hose Com
pany were the first in BenninE ton to re-
spond for the relief of the Johnstuwn
sufferers.
GEORGE GAVIN will remove immedi-
ately to Gloversville, taking his family
| mil hin, kn mill IN, ha
bakery business.
THE lawn party of the Second Congre.
gatronal people with Mrs, David Carpeu-
ter tomorrow evening promises to be n
enjoyable event.
THE fire department has taken no &C
tion on the proposition of Assistant En-
gineer Tiffany regarding an electric fire
alarm system for the village.
Mr. AND MRS. c. d. GIBSON announce
the marriage of their daughter Flora A.
to q. Fred VanVleck, at their residence,
June 25th. Relatives only have been
invited.
PROF. E. JACKSON, the we'll known
optician, has been in town this week, at
the Stark House. He will be in A ling
ton Friday and Saturday, returning to
Bennington the first of the week.
THE grand jury found indictments
against both Bent and Roberts for muir
der in the first degree for the killing of
Walder at Woodford last d cember, and
the trials commenced this morning.
THE Vermont Soldiers Home has Just
received from the Baldwin Dry Air Re.
frigerator Co, of Burlington, No. re-
frigprator, made expressly for the Home.
1t is five fe high, five feet long and "a
inches deep, with all the latest improve
ments and extra finish, as all will decide
who see it ut the Home.
THE Annual Convention of the Diocese
OF Vermont will be held in Trinity
Church, Rutland, next Wednesday and
THURSDAY The delegates from St, Pc
ter's parish are j. T. Shurtltff, L F.
Abbott, H. L. Stillson, T. A. Hutchins.
Substitutes II. o. HARDWOOD, l.. p. Nor
ton, j. II. Norton. G. NJ. Lambert.
ST. PETERS Church Guild held its
annual meeting Monday evening, and
elected these officers Rev. VIM Bogert
Walker, (e.r o1icio) Master John T.
Shurtletf, president; H. l.. Stilson, vice
president Chas. E. Graves, secretary /;
l. F Abbott, treasurer the Master.
president, and Messrs, Thos. A. Hutch
ins, Henry o, Harwood, Charles Barnes,
executive committee.
TOMORROW is the anniversary of the
adoption of the stars and stripes as the
national flag. In some places the day
is observed by flinging "Old Glory" to
the breeze. Why should not Benning-
ton, name made famous by the first
victory won under this emblem, fall into
line by exhibiting her bunting. "Hang
out your banners on the cutters walls
tomorrow, patriotic fellow citizens
The BANNER has, within week, been
favored with early garden sauce from
two friends. Last Thursday, June 9th,
James Hurst, gardener for H. W. Put
nam, brought in basket assorted with
peas, beeis, raddishes new potatoes and
lettuce. He had sent lot of these things
to Mr.. II. w. Putnam a few days before,
making the earliest garden we have yet
heard Of. Yesterday, we were in like
manner remembered by VIM. r. Graves
with peas, beets and new potatoes, raised
in his garden, which is early also.
THE president, Col. Chas. II. Joyce, OF
the Second Vermont Reunion Society,
announces that there will be a meeting
of the survivors of the old ID Vt. Regt,
joining with those of the 9th Regt.. in
Burlington, June Goth, to participate in
the exercises attending the unwilling OF
the Gen. Stannard monument on the az
ternoOn of that day. Half fare on all
railroads, and headquarters will be at
the American House. Col. Joyce says
Let every living member of the 2i Vt
Regt. turn out, and honor the memory
OF its first Lieutenant Colonel" Adj. o
P. Ray OF Burlington, will answer all
questions.
PROF. JAMES H. Garfield, a son OF
DIR. E II. Garfield of Arlington, has left
his professorship of political economy at
the University of Kansas, his ideas being
too much in the direction of free trade
for that locality. 1t is asserted that he
Is invited to prOfess1rship at Williams,
but to another chair than that of pOliti
cal economy. He IS very able man
and what Kansas loses Massachusetts
gains. We have never had so much OF
an antagonism tO the alleged teachings
OF the college professors on free trade as
some, for we notice that nearly all the
boys, when they get into practical life,
become fairly good protectionists.
THE Canton field day at Rutland next
Tuesday. the 18th inst, promises to be
grand success. Lieut.. Col. PuffeI and
staff will be escorted to Rutland by Can
ton Bennington, where ample arrange
ments have been made. IL is not def
nitely known whether Gen. Underwood,
Grand Sire, VIII be present or not but if
he keeps his New Hampshire engage
ment the goth, he will grace the depart
ment Of Vermont with the en;hu ,iasm
Of his presence, also a number Of his
staff. All the members from Bennirg
ton will attend, with many other Odd
Fellows. They will be accompanied by
their wives The Rutland Herald SAYS
= Cinton Lafayette Of Burlington will
attend the Canton field day on June IS,
% men strong, commanded by Capt. L.
G. Burnham. The Canton will be &C
c1mDani"d by MajIr L G. Grant and his
staff"
PROF. B F. BINGHAM of the Brattlp-
boro Graded schools, died suddenly Mon
day evening. He was fitting a class OF
twentysix for graduation. just the num-
Der OF years he had b en- the principal OF
the High school in that village. and for
this coincidence as well as the fact OF its
being the brightest class be said be had
ever finished" was looking forward with |
more than ordinary interest to the com.
mencenent next week. Friday, while
hearing class he was taken with sud !
den pain in his head, and never Tecov-
cred. The disease was sDoplexy at the |
last, and it is now known that the pain |
alluded to. as well as the attack Of indi- |
gestion the following Sunday was but
the forerunner of the sudden extinction
OF life 80 soon to occur. There are sew
eral here who were former pupils of
Prof. Bingham, and as an educator he