The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-20
NEWS AND NOTES.


lection for products of the Northern
States accept without an indication of a
murmur the request OF the Florida
orange growers for increased duties
They APPEAR to believe with Que of their
late Presidential candidates that the
tariff ia a purely local question, and that
when the section which dominates the
Democratic party asks for a high tariff
on anything, be it oranges or sugar, i;
mist straightway be granted.
Major Thomas Harvard of BROOKLYN
celebrated his 10lst birthday, Saturday.
Besides being 10l years old, Major Har-
ward enjoys the distinction of being the
Oldest shipbuilder in America. He is
alec veteran of the War of 1912 Over
a score of years ago he retired from
business, haying amassed a comfortable
fortune. He has since spent his winters
in Brooklyn and his summers in Bath,
Ne. Both cities claim the centenarian
as resident. All those near to Major
Harvard whom he loved are gone, and
he is alone in life with the exception of
his second wife and one daughter. He
was born in Bowduinham, Me-, March
10TH, 1850. The Major got his title in
the Maine militia,
The Sweating Commission of the
British House OF Lords is unable to
agree upon remedy for the terrible
condition of things which their invest.
cations revealed. IL is said that a more
shocking tale of distress, misery and OPP
preston has rarely been told than came
from the lips of the numerous witnesses
examined. Working people in he large
towns are reduced to poverty and deg
ration almost beyond description. To
reform this is found to be very diff
cult matter. Circumstances and prac-
tees condemned as mIschIevous by enc
witness were spoken of as salutary by
another. The influx of pauper foreign
ers, described as the root of ali the evils
complained of by a large number OF
witnesses, found advocates IN some
quarters as aiding the development of
trade. When suggestions as to remedies
were asked for there was confusion
worse COMPOUNDED, and the committee
could not get any practicable clue.
1t was discovered that a widow named
Payne, living at No. 204 Washington
street, Memphis, Tenn, with her wild
owed daughter IN great distress, was a
sister of the famous Federal general,
Fighting Joe" Hooker. The famil,
has been without fire for several days.
ard yesterday purchased % cents worth
of coal. The young woman has been
supporting the family with what little
she earned with her needle, She has
lick baby and her mother, 81 years of
age, to look after, and is in a deplorabe
condition. Mrs. Payne had also broth.
er in the Confederate service, who was
killed at Shiloh, and a movement is on
foot to raise funds to relieve the family's
distress, which will be contributed to by
old soldiers of both armies.
John b. Gale, of the law firm of Gale,
Alden & King of Troy, has presented
his law library of about 1900 volumes t.
the Williams College library and it will
be placed in one of the new wings
on its arrival from Troy. There are
about 1000 volumes on the law of the
States of New York, Massachusetts, YER
mont, Connecticut and PENNSYLVANIA.
The other titles include works on Eng
lish law subjects. This makes consid-
cradle addition to the resources of tn.
College library.
The total cost Of the Centennial Expo
sitIon at Philadelphia was $6,312 $50, OF
which sum $2,3l2, $50 was paid in stock.
81 900, 900 was appropriated by the Stat
of Pennsy lvania, 81, 500 600 by the city
of Philadelphia, aud $1,000, 600 vas
loaned by the United States Govern
ment. The total proceeds of the Expo
sition were 81 S21 1895, of which nearly
two thirds was taken at the gates. The
Government received back its money,
the city received in grounds. drainage,
etc, $3.50, $50, and the stockholders
$517, 635 aud Memorial Hail. worth over
$780, 900. These figures give great
comfort to Chicago.
young man "as calling on Con
CHEESEMAN'S daughter The other evening
when the father appeared at the parl0r
door. May come in y he asked, hes
itatingly. "Oh, yes" she answered.
you may, but we have quorum with
out you" Then he didn't WASHING.
ton Star.
A church which desired to get rid of
an aged pastor who had long served il,
says the Christian Inquirer, held +
meeting to consider the matter. After
considerable discussion, one of the de =
Soho WV odlu
ting impatient, arose and said ''Mr
Cheerman, move that Mr.. H. useful
ness in this ere field come to an eend
arter tonight" The motion was car
ried.
Rev. DR.. William f. Nichols, rector of
St.James's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Philadelphia, has accepted his election
as Assistant Bishop of California. DR.
Nichols will virtually be Bishop of Cali
fornia, as Bishop Kipp wishes to retire
from active work.
The late President Wayland of
Browns College cautioned his students
against habitual lying as likely TO de-
stroy their power to recognize truth.
SO the long-continued PRONUNCIATION of
free trade theories to countries, the main
sources of whore wealth they ished to
seize, has produced in an average Eng
lishman feeling of wonder and aston
ishment that Free Trade Colony finds
misery and suffering existing among
the families of unemployed, through the
continued depression of trade, in a
sparsely settled and fertile country
which is blessed with abundant supplies
of coal.