The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-17

hdil vi uiH OuliulDB lou on county Stroet,
just above the Adams property. to Luz
cinda, wife of Luther r. Burt, who con-
templates erecting a house and barn
thereon as soon as the weather will per-
nit.
THE Bennington Historical Society
met Wednesday and elected the follow
ing gentlemen members of the Battle
Monument Association j, K. Batchel-
der, E L. Bates, G. II. Darling, G. A.
Pierce, E. ID. Bennett, !. E. Gibson, H.
7. Cushman.
Mr.. JOHN II. FLAGLER has entered his
new business relations IN New York
City, as the junior partner of Valentine
q Flagler. We are told that his family
will not remove from Bennington for
year or more yet. This will be pleasant
news to the friends of Mrs. Flagler here.
AT the last session Of the Legislature
the name of the Bennington Knitting
Company was changed tn the Valentine
Company. This Is a change of
name only, the stock is still owned by
the same holders IN the same proper
tions, and the assets and liabilities re-
main practically unchaged.
THE Manchester Journal announces
briefly the death of Capt, Josiah B
MunsoD, formerly of that town, but
lately of Michigan. Capt. Munson was
the commanding officer of Co. c., 18th,
and is well known and re-
membered both in Grand Army and 9th.
er circles, and his death will be much re-
GREETED.
THE Wren Comedy Company" have
filled engagements some time ago at
Hoosick Falls and Mechanicville, N. Y,
and in other places near us. They give
unbounded satisfaction in each case aud
possess National reputation. The G..
A. R. here have secured this troupe for
Feb 2, 1899. We shall have more to
say about this matter next week.
THE officers of Manser encampment,
No. 8, l. o. o. F., installed Monday ev.
ening, are as follows: NJ. w. Stewart,
Q. P. B. G. Barber, H. P. ; j. P. Daley
s. W. A. 2. Cutler, J. w. F. H.
Scott, S. III. G. Lindlotf, T. II. l..
Hover, g. ]. V, Hupf, l. S. 4; II. R
Babcock, o. S. Fred l.. Houghton, Isl
w. David E Moore, Cd w. Theodore
F: Sibley, Sd w. Henry G. Camp, 4lh
w. AT the next regular meeting, Jan
2Sth, there will be work on the first de
gree.
AS F. Il. Madison was passing the
residence of Hon. II. G. Root yesterday
noon, on his way to dinner, he heard &
whizzing sound near his head and some
thing strike the house. On his return
he thought he would see what it wal
and picked up bullet. This ball haC
spent its force as it reached the house
and dropped where Mr.. Madison founC
it. There seems to be no enforcement o.
the law regulating the use of firearms il
this village-pistOls and guns being free
with impunity.
JUDGE VEAZEY, in a recent issue o.
the Burlington Free Press, has length
crit que of Col. G.. G.. Benedict's, Yer
mont in the Civil War" of which h,
say: "1f this book stood, as to Yer
monters, on no other ground than it
merits as a historical production, i
would be difficult to find its superior il
American publications of the last year
In point of interest to the people OF thi
state and those who have gone from u
to other states, men and women, old anC
young, no work, recent or old, can ap
proach it,"
The regular weekly meeting of thu
Bennington Medical Society took plac,
at the office of DR.. Jennings last Thurs
day evening The following member
were present Drs. Rogers, Goodall
Bennett, Jennings, Day and Potter. DR.
Clark of Arlington was also present
Heart disease was the principal subjec
of the evening and all the members tool
part in the discussion. The same sub
ject had been discussed at two previou
meetings, Later on the society will
doubtless consider matters pertaining
to public hygiene, dislnfectants aut
other allied subjects.
ALBANY intends to have a grand car
nival in the last week of January. /
year ago it had Its first carnival an
over 100, 900 people were present at tn
bombardment of the ice fort, Las
week the committee of arrangement
held its preliminary meeting and owe
| s 800 was raised The committee pre-
pose to raise $4,000 to build an ic
palace this year and expect to give
programme each day and evening tina
will outrival Montreal A delegate vii
be sent to Can da to secure snow sho
clubs to give exhibitions and race TO
prizes during carnival week.
MEssRs. F. NJ. Tiffany and E S. Han
rs of Bennington arrived home on Sal
urday last after a two months trip t
South America, coming by rail iron
New Orleans. In the evening the F. N
Tiffany Hose company in their new an
handsome coachman's drab uniforms
headed by the Peoples Band of Benninl
ton, 20 pieces, marched to the residenc
of Capt. Tiffany. After serenade b.
the band, all were invited into the spaC
ious and elegant house, where congratU
latiOrs were given to the returned cit
zens. Refreshments were served an
after selections by The band, three cheer
for the gentlemen and a good nigh
were given.
THE two men who were injured b
the falling of the elevator in tho Waite
A. Wood works at Hoosick Falls Nor
day are still alive. O'Haren is in yer
critical condition ana DIR, Hudson, VIII
has charge Of the case, entertalns n
h pes of his recovery. Jansen, tn
Dane, will probably recover. He wa
upon his feet as the elevator fell an
jumpt d from it before it struck the bot
tom OF the shaft, striking on his feel
There are no marks on his person, an
unless inf Elimination sets IN from interns
injuries that are not apparent this morn
ing, he will recover. Dr. Skinner ha
charge of his case. There were 1870
pounds of sharp sections or knives 70
machines on the elevator at the time
fell. Great sympathy is expressed b
resilents for the relatives of the deal
men, William Carroll and Octave Bost
ley.
! THERON PLUMB, who escaped from tn
! Bra tleboro Insane Asylum recently
came here yesterday and was taken int
custody by our officers. The way the
were led to expect him WAS by means o
letter written from North Pow nal
Having been away from the Asylum
more than ten days in order to be re
turned new proceedings must be had
The question of his sanity will be full
invest gated. While showing now n
traces of a disposition to violence yet W
are told that DR.. Draper considers hin
| little or no better than when committee
three years ago, and Plumb himself still
hold the illusion that his former paste
encouraged the giving away OF his prop
erty to foreign missions and consequen
impovishment of his family. This ]
known TO be false, and an hallucinatiol
at the best but whether enough develop
to return Mr. Plumb to the Insane Asy
lum for treatment remains to be decide,
by the medical fraternity now havinI
bis case in hand. He will probably b
retained in custody until this matter
settled.
THE organization of the new cornt
band, through the efforts Of Capt. COTE
and others, has already been commente
upon by the BANNER. We are please
to know that such band has been agai
called into existence and it should be
come one of the permanent organiza
tions of our town. 1t will be remem
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