The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-01

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FRED. L. HoUGHToN has been partly
laid up a few days recently, by an in
jury to one of his feet, He has nearly
recovered.
THOSE who have neglected to give in
their inventories of taxable property to
the listers, will be interested in notice
in another column. Give in your lists
and save double taxation.
THE free lecture Saturday evening, in
the interest of the building and loan
association was attended by some 200
people. The results were quite an addi-
ton to the subscriptions for shares and
membership.
HAL MATHERs was arrested Saturday
afternoon charged with feloniously
assaulting his daughter aged ten years.
On Tuesday he waived examination and
was held in $1,000 bonds to appear before
the Grand Jury. He denies the charge.
A DEMAND having arisen in Hoosick
Falls, N. Y, during the past few years
for Hudson's ice-cream, our townsman
has contracted to furnish the people of
that village with this article the coming
season. Mr. Hudson will manufacture
as usual here.
THE compensation for census enumer-
ators, as fixed by law, is two cents for
each living inhabitant, two cents for
each death, five cents for each surviving
soldier, sailor or marine, or the widow Of
such, and 20 cents for each establishment
of productive industry.
CANTON BENNINGTON held its annual
election Monday evening, the officers,
with one exception, being reelected:
F. NJ. Tiffany, captain; E. S. Harris, lieu
tenant; John P. Daley, ensign; F. H.
Scott, clerk; H, c. Lindloff, accountant.
The officers will be installed at the regu-
lar Cantonment in May.
COLLINS GRAVES is out again. In
stead of inflammatory rheumatism, his
difficulty has resulted from breakage
of the tissues of the leg caused by kick
ing in sports. When the injury was sus-
tanned he was not sensible of it, but, as
events have proved during the past two
months, it became quite serious mat
ter. He is rapidly recovering now.
THE Herald last week had this item:
"District Master Workman Drury lee
tured before large number of working
men at East Dorset on Wednesday even
ing and organized an assembly of so
members. Mr.. Drury goes to Barre and
vicinity on Monday, to be absent through
the week, and on week from Saturday
he expects to lecture in Bennington"
MONDAY evening the friends of the
Rev. VIM. J. Chapman, to the number of
over 200, assembled at the parsonage to
welcome back their pastor from Confer
ence. The affair was impromptu, and on
the pare of Mr.. Chapman, an entire sur
prise. The company enjoyed pleasant
evening and the pastor must have been
much encouraged by this expression of
the regards of his people.
A HEARTY welcome was accorded the
Rev. Fred Widmer by the people of his
new charge, Grace church, Troy, N. Y,
last week, and the Press of Monday
speaks of his return to active pastoral
work in highly complimentary terms and
says: 1.-THE new pastor of erase Method
list church, preached two very able and
interesting sermons yesterday morning
and last night to very large congrega-
TONS" .,.
THE Bennington Village Improvement
Society has arranged for musical en-
tertainment to be given the last week in
June. This should receive the patron
age of every citizen in Bennington. 1t is
to be of high order, as many of our best
home artists have kindly agreed to assist.
No labor will be spared to make this the
musical event of the season. The ladies
say: "By availing yourselves of this OPP
portunity you will not only have a full
return for your money, but greatly assist
the society, which is in need Of finds. "
THE Vermont Teachers journal does
not agree with those of the State news
papers which have figured out an enor-
nous cost for the new school textbooks,
1t goes over the whole ground and says,
in conclusion: ITO sum up, in the grade
of the ages from six to eight, Sl.25 will
cover the first outlay for books, provided
the old ones are offered in exchange, and
even in the very highest grade 81 will
cover the entire cost of an entirely new
outfit purchased outright, while the ex-
change will be something less. Mind,
we are not quoting absolutely correct
prices on these books, but the average
made up from each county, and the
summing up is liberal allowance for all
necessary OUTLAWS"
THE Rutland HeIdld of Monday, says:
master Mechanic McMaster, of the
Bennington & Rutland railway has just
received some solid steel wheels for the
forward trucks of the locomotive Z. D..
Bennett. Although steel wheels are in
use on other roads, they are new to this
part of the country, and Mr.. McMaster
intends to give them trial on the road.
Iron wheels are in more general use than
steel, but they are considered more
treacherous than the latter. Steel
wheels are guaranteed for 10000 miles,
while an iron wheel is only guaranteed
run so, 900 miles. The locomotive Ben
nett runs It's miles day, taking the ex
press train between Troy and Rutland,
and no doubt will give the wheels thor
ough test"
THERE is project on foot, so many
express desire to again witness the
movements of the ladies who partici
pated in ''The Merchants Carnival" to
have dress parade on the ''corner" OF
the Rifles, the Canton, the fire depart
ment, the Merchants Carnival, ETC., at
tended by the Citizens band. The dat'
mentioned is Saturday afternoon, May
J 10th. These organizations would max,
a very fine line, one that any official OF
, officials might well feel proud to review
The details will be determined later. L
: is probable that the ladies will perform
some of the evolutiOns which won fo
D them so much applause last Frida!
evening. Col. Puffer is their command
, ant. 49,
THE false alarm of fire Saturday after
, noon was rung, so it is said, for the pur
= pose of testing the efficiency of the fir
department. We haven't found any vii
lage official yet who assumed the re
spOnsibility. The companies wer
quickly in line and a test was made of som
of the new material for use in case of fire