The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
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MISS Cynthia GARDNEB'is. slowly i'm
proving from her serious illness.
Hon. H. G. Roof has been quite i'll TO
a few days. He is reported better.
Mrs. G. b. SHELLEY has been quite il
recently, but is somewhat better at pres
sent.
Mrs. j. A. SIPPERLY of Hoosick Falls
NY, is visiting at her fathers, G. A
Wattles.
ORIE GIBSON has been confined to the
house the past week with light attack
of fever.
THE reception to close the dancing
school last evening was a nice affair
About 90 couples attended.
THE subject in the course next Sunday
evening, at, the Second Congregation
Church is: Nathaniel"
THE Orchestra Concert noted in oul
North Bennington items to-day is com
mended to the attention of our readers,
Mrs. NORMAN EDGBRroN is critically
illwith pneumonia, complicated by mus
cular rheumatism. Later-She died this
morning. ft
PRoF.'F n. SQUIRE and H. F. Robin
have just returned from two weeks
trip to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and New York.
WORK on the new st. Francis de Sales
Church is to be resumed Monday. The
tower will go up this summer. Stating
of tire roof also begins next week.
FRED. VANYLEcK, head clerk in Glib
sons drug store, to-day moved into the
lower part of C, C. Kimbalr S double ten
ement ON Union street. b. sue
On Tuesday F. NJ. Hutchins stood trial,
and after the case began, plead guilty to
15'first offenses and the matter is held
open until next Monday for settlement.
This is the Stark House liquor case
spoken of last week.
GEO. BIGART has bought the meat
market on East Maine street, of T. j..
Mallory and will continue. the business.
=, Mr.. Bigart is well known to many of our
people and deserves success.
MRS GEO. r. DAKIN has been seri-
ously i'll for three weeks with inflamma-
tory rheumatism, but is a little more
comfortable now. At one time her con-
dition was considered critical.
JAMES GRACE was taken violently in
sane this week, and has been confined in
the County Court building pending in
vestigation into the probable results of
the attack. He is attended by DR.. H. j..
Potter, Jr.
THE annual meeting of the County
Board of Education will be held at
Arlington, Tuesday, May 9th, at 10 a. m.
The organization will be effected and
several matters of importance are to
come before the Board at this meeting
A full attendance is earnestly desired.
THE Grand Chapter, Order Eastern
Star, is to be held in Newport, June 4th,
and 5th. On the evening of the 4th
Lake Side Chapter of that place will ex-
emplify the work. The business session
will be held Thursday, the 9Th. There
is quite delegation from the local Chap
ter who expect to attend.
ECADET E. C. BENNETT is home for a
week taking a course of instruction of
Prof. Bradford in elecution. Having
won a place on the select list for prize
speaking at the coming Commencement
of Norwich University, the BANNER
hopes he may win the first honors.
AT the funeral services of Chas. E.
Graves, held in Albany, N. Y, last
Thursday afternoon, the vested choir of
st. Peters church, under the leadership
of Prof. Mills, furnished the music.
They vested at the church and marched
in robes to the family residence, on Madi-
son avenue. The interment was in
Rural cemetery.
WE find the following item in an eI-
change. This farm was referred to at
the Agricultural meetings held here last
February; "The butter record of Mr..
Daniel F. Appleton's cow, on his Fps
witch farm in Massachusetts, was made
up on Monday for 81 weeks. 1t is 946
pounds and 10 ounces, being 10 pounds
greater than the best record previously
made by any COW in that section" This
proves what may be accomplished, but it
is an amount that needs good authority
to vOuch for its truthfulness.
AT the annual meeting of the non-par-
tisan w. CT. U. of this village the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Miss Eugenia Hutchinson; vice presi-
dent, Miss Anna c. Park; secretary, Miss
Nina Morgan; treasurer, Mrs. Geo. w.
Hartman; auditor, Mrs. H. e. Bradford /;
superintendent ON literature, Mrs. II. j.
Potter, Mrs. G. w. Hartman; on Jail and
aims house, Mrs. Thomas Jewett, Mrs.
H. E. Bradford; Sunday school work,
Mrs. Chas. Cooper; on the press, Miss
NJ. H. Morgan; social committee, Mrs.
J. H. Warren.
THE correspondent of an exchange
says: "Olin Huntington started for
Boston Friday morning, having received
a telegram stating that his horse and
buggy had been found there. Henry
Sargent, the man found in possession Of
the horse was formerly a resident OF
SALISBURY. Several years ago he was
arrested in this vicinity for horse steal
ing, but escaped from the Bennington
Jail. He recently escaped from the
Salem, N. Y, jail" This Sergeant il
wanted in several places, but we learr
that Sheriff Pixies warrant sent down t.
cover the SALISBURY horse thieving will
hold, and that he will soon be brough
to Bennington County for trial
THERE was a wedding at the residence
of David Long Monday morning. Mr.
Edward E. Long of the Lotus Club, Bos
ton, was united in marriage with Mis-
Carrie A. Northup by the Rev. 2
Marten, in the presence of the families
thus united, and few near friends. TIL,
happy couple departed on short wed
ding trip amid the congratulations o
J many friends. Mr. Long goes to Europ
with the club this season, it being thei
Fsecond call from "across the water.
Mr., and Mrs. Long willreturn and be "a
home" to their friends for few days be
fore he joins the club for their summe
j engagements.
THE way some people reason abou
immigration is a curious problem. A
long as immigrants from Europe land b
the million and from Castle Garden ar
whirled by the railroads to western land
owned by said railroads, there to add +
farm competition both West and East,
is all right. But when an effort is mad