The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-01

} dues. She persisted in attending the
meetings, Notwithstanding her suspen-
sion. The ladies sued pit her out and
she caused their arrest for alleged as.
sault. They we're arraigned before JUS
tice Scully, who continued their case.
The English pulpit is laundering
against the Sunday diversions of the
rich. One clergyman said recently:
why endeavor to close public houses
and keep open clubs, and why have
amusements, even if right, for the rich
and deny them to the poorp Is the
Sabbath day to be spent in little SEN
timental church going, then in the parks,
on the river, at garden parties, or in
trainsp The English, as Christian
people, should remember that example,
like scarlet fever, is catching, conse-
quently there was greater reason that
the rich in this respect should show
good example to their less fortunate
brethren.
Kate Field, who recently resigned her
connection with the California Viticul-
tural Commission as lecturer on the
gospel OF the grape, has written a letter
to President Welmore from Richfield
Springs, N. Y, withdrawing her resig-
nation. She says she has taken this &C
ton on account of the sympathy and
support given her by the Viticultural
Commission and the press of California,
and a'so because the Prohibtionists al
ready boast that they have forced her to
abandon her opposition to their cause.
The salt industry of southern Kansas
is assuming majestic proportions. it is
said that the salt taken up at Yelling
ton in that State is the purest in the
word. A dozen great salt plants are
already in operation and others will
sood be established. In north middle
Kansas there are extensive marshes
that yield the saline efflorescence in
large quantities. In few years all the
salt used for ordinary purposes west of |
the Mississippi River will probably be
supplied by Kansas.
Commissioner Roosevelt takes very |
strong position regarding the removal
from the civil service, without other
cause than political considerations, Of |
soldiers OF the civil war and he holds
that such as have been thus removed are |
entitled to immediate restoration. Mr., |
Roosevelt, i'll answer to o letter sntting |
forth one OF these cases, writes that '.all |
veterans, no matter how long out of |
office, are, by civil service rules as now |
formed, eligible for immediate reap
pOintment."
One evening recently, the station
agent at bloomsbury, N. j., on the Lee
high Valley railroad, Intercepted a Hun
garian who was on his way to Scranton.
On being questioned, the man produced
Onnn L =.
destination. He had marched the entire
distance from New York and told the
agent he supposed the ticket was only
good TO allow him to walk over the road
He was put on train to Scranton,
Col. John Atkins, editor of the Den
DER NelcS, who has been waging wi
upon the crooks of that city for some
time past, wa assaulted Monday night
just as he was leaving bis office for home
by the leader Of the gang, known as
"Soapy" Smith. Smith knocked him
down with loaded cane and otherwise
severely injured him bin before assist
ance came. Smith was arrested and
locked up.
The Dublin Express Independent Com
servative) says The surplus OF the Par
nell indemnify fund exceeds $40 COO,
the accounts show tn 1t only eco, 900 has
been used for legal expenses in cOnnec-
ton with the special commission. The
remainder, the Cypress says, cannot leg
ally be distributed among eyicted ten
nants, and 1t therefore ought to be re-
turned to the subscribers of the fund.
The Philadelphia Press (Rep. points
to the simple fact that notwithsta nding
ko 1
Carnegie Steel Works are still paid high
er wages than any other body OF men
doing the same work anywhere in the
world, and 1t Gala upon some OF it's free
trade contemporaries to explain it. We
fancy that the explanation will be long
time coming.
1t is announced that the Idaho Consti-
tutional Convention has adopted an ar
tlcle on the suffrage which will be a
death blow TO the political power OF
Mormontsm when Idaho becomes state.
II this is 60, it is a decisive defeat for
the Democratic element in the oonyen-
ton, which endeavored to prevent the
MormonS from being interfered with.
Michel j. Fenton, sentenced to one
years imprisonment and 40 lashes for
an assault upon q little girl at st.
Thomas, Canada, received the first half
OF his punishment at the Central Prison
there yesterday, Fenton took the flop
ging quietly, exclaiming at the end OF
each stroke, "Oh, Lord have mercy on
me-"
When people read about 1000, 900
bushels Of wheat, few realize what a
vast amount 1t is, II ! ,000, 900 bushels
OF wheat were loaded on freight care,
800 bushels to the car, it would fill a
train Is miles long. II transported by
wagons, the line Of teams would be 142
miles long.
The executive committee Of the Trans
continental Association and the passen-
ger department in session at Chicago
last week, adopted a resolution making
a rate for one fare for the round trip for
veterans attending the Grand Army en-.
campment at Milwaukee.
Those free trade papers which main
tain that the tariff fosters trusts must
be puzzled to explain why it is that the
attempt TO organize an American salt
trust was failure, while abe English
salt trust flourishes like a green bay
tree.
The Montana Constitutional Conven-
ton defeated. by vote of "a to %, a
proposition that the Legislature should
submit the question of woman suffrage
to the people once in four years. The
debate was protracted one.
Nine persons we're poisoned in Bur-
lington, VS., Monday night by eating
dried beef shipped TO local dealers by
Chicago firm. Four OF the victims are
precautionary III, while the others are on
the road to recovery.
AT well-known book shop in Rome,
a copy Of Max 0'Rell's travels in Amer,
lea was asked for, and the response was
in German English that "BIarcus Azure
relius vos neffeT in the United States"
Col Frederick Crocker OF San Fran
CT 90 has agreed TO defray the expenses
Of the Lick observatory expedition 10
Cayenne Guiana, to study the total solar \
eclipse December %.
Ex-senator E. II. Rollins died yester-
day morning at the Isles OF Shoals, hav |
ing never rallied from the severe shock |
he experienced on Saturday, last. He
was "a years old,
A semi-officisl denial is given TO the
statement thRt an alliance had been
FORMED BY France and Russia.