The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-09
Local..
THE boteIs onened this mornino

National Bank.
A PARTY of Troy gentlemen were here
yesterday and enjoyed a trout supper at
"Camp Comfort"
THE Vermont militis's share in the
National appropriation OF equipment
money is S3797.0 S.
The topics Of the Salisbury letters for
June are Hong Kong" Canton, ~
Shanghai, "'Funghwang" and "Yoko-
hama"
THE case of State vs.. O'Donnell, con.
tinued from the LIST, was heard yester-
day and resulted in discharge OF the
defendant.
G. B. SHELLEY has been making q very
ornamental addition to his pleasant reti
dence on Union street. Luther;;R. burt
is doing the work.
G. II. MOORE Of the Bingham farm,
owns a fine stock horse, George Wash.
ington," of "Percheron" blood, This
stallion has a first-class pedigree.
THE Grand Chapter o. E. s. OF Yer
mont, will meet in Morrisville June 9Th.
Round trip tickets at reduced rates will
be issued to members and delegates BY
hii III InC Oldlcs
THE article on corporal punishment
IN another column, though written for
the latitude of Boston, applies in its ress-
Oning to all schools. and is commended
to the attention of our readers.
For about year, or since the Fitch
burg put on their suburban trains, a
train leaves Troy each day at 6:15 p. M.
arriving in Bennington at O'Clock.
This is via the Lebanon Springs railroad.
FRANKLIN RAwsoN, father Of Mr.. E.
E. Rawson, an old and respected citizen
of Lyndon, VT, died Sunday evening,
and the obsequies were held yesterday.
Mr.. Rawson has been absent on this &C.
count this week.
THE court calendar for the June term
is out. There are 1877 civil and 10 State
cases entered. The chancery docket has
81 entries. Judge Rowell will preside.
The term is held at Manchester and be-
gins the 4th prox.
MAI. A. B. VALENTINE, while stepping
from moving car in New York last
week, sprained his left knee badly.
With the aid Of crutches he manages to
get around, but it will be some time be-
fore he can walk on the limb again.
THE Rev. w. B. Walker is in Brook
Ign, N. Y, and will remain away from
town until the 18th. His wife accom-
panies him. The services next Sunday
at ST. Peters Church will consist OF
Morning Prayer and Sunday school at
the usual hours.
MRS. WIN. PHALEN, and her mother,
Mrs. Kirby, were riding Sunday after
noon, and in turning from Stafford to
County street both were thrown out, but
fortunately neither was seriously in.
jured. The horse ran some distance and
smashed the carriage.
THE Troy papers have these personal
items Nv. II. Shields and family and
Mrs. Peter Thalimer will remove to their
summer residence at Bennington this
week" Seymour Van Santvoord and
family have moved to their summer res
idence at Bennington"
OWING to failure to obtain straw.
berries as promised, the Methodist festi-
val last evening was adjourned until to-
morrow night, at the same place, the
vacant store in the whitney" Block,
Main street. Shortcakes, etc. are surely
promised for Friday evening.
VIM WINsLow has an advertisement
in another column Of his new store on
Main street He needs no introduction
to Bennington County people as a tin
smith, having been known as one Of the
very best workmen for years. He solic-
its the patronage Of the people.
THE Masonic and Eastern Star meet
ings occur next week the former on
Tuesd4 ~ and the latter Wednesday even
ings. There is proposal before Mt.
Anthony Lodge of Masons to change the
date of regular communications from
Tuesday, on or before the full moon, to
the second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month, and this will be brought up for
action next week,
THE State encampment S. o. V meets
here June 18th and 14th. The local
camp hold an entertainment on the Gath
inst, to raise money to defray the ex-
penses incident to the reception OF the
Vermont body. Among the attractions
of the latter is broom drill by young
ladies. At the State meeting matters of
Importance internal to the workings Of
the order will be considered and dis
posed Of.
THE special report from the signal
station at Washington for Rutland is :
THE weather on Thursday TODAY will
be warmer and fair, with light southerly
winds. For Friday the present indIca.
tions are for rain. A heavy storm now
centering in the west, is advancing east
and may strike your section on Friday
or Saturday, Its preliminariPs will be
warm and humid weather. followed by
rapidly falling barometer"
QUITE number of our people are at
tending the musical festival in Rutland
this week. This Thursday evening the
oratorio of Elijah will be given. Friday
afternoon the miscellaneous concert will
include Rubenstein's "N4iad." Friday
evening Jensen's Feast OF Adonis."
Mietzke's Festival Motet" and Gounod's
"Sanctus" from the st. Cecilia mass will
be given. Saturday evening will be q
grand Wagner night, including selec
tons from the Flying ,Dulchman,'
'Tannhauser, 'Lohengrin, ""Die Walk
ure" and Die Meistersinger." The B
& R. sell round trip tickets from Ben
nington Including admission to the con
cert for $2.55.
THE estate of the late Mrs. Jared s.
Weed is estimated to amount to about
$780, 900. Mrs. Weed left will and be
queathed the most of her property to G..
A. Norton and family Of Newark, N. j.
Mr.. Norton was a relative OF Mrs. Weed,
and was at one time resident OF this
city, where he was a member Of the
crockery firm of StarkweatheT, Norton
& Cahoone. Mr.. Norton afterwards re-
moved TO Newark, N. j., and went iu
business in New York City with Mr.. Ca
firm dissolved after a successful career
Of five years, Mr.. Cahoone going in the
harness making business and Mr.. Norton
retiling.-TrOy Press,
FROM the Chicago Inter Ocean OF the
2Sth of April, we take the following no
tice Of wedding which will be of inter-
est to the many friends in Bennington /:
IAN Saints Episcopal Church, OF
Ravenswood. wac gay with flowers Wed
nesday evening, April "a, in honor Of an
event which for some time had been an
ticipsted by society. Every seat was oc.
cupied when at Z o'clock the choir boys
IN white cassocks, singing bridal pro-
cessional, passed down the aisle and en-
tering through floral gate took their
places on each side OF the chancel. Be
hind them came the ushers, Messrs, Har-
ry Field, Frank Frost, F. Wright and J.
Halstead, followed by the bridesmaids,
Misses May Gates, Lizzie Goodfellow,
Minnie Parks, Mamie Parks, maid OF
honor, and the bride, Miss Clara Hills,
with her ia her, John N. Hills. The
trademarks were attired in gowns OF
white silk, cut decollete and draped with
tulle. They carried bouquets Of yellow
and white tulips. The bride wore an
empire robe OF white fsille with court
train and veil, and carried bouquet Of
lilies Of the valley. The bridal party
UNA mat nj tho altar nv tho ornnp, NJ