The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-15
NEWS ANnNOrRS.

"A typical New England old maid, grim
and brusque in manner, but having a
warm heart, is sketched by a writer in the
Christian Union, who terms her "hard-
shell SAINT mot long ago." he says,
latter the death of proud aristocrat of
the town whom she had nursed faithfully,
she said, He alters used to think the
Lords overcoat wouldn't make him a
jacket. Guess now he knows BETTER"
English syndicates are preparing to
invest $1,000, 900 more in the vicinity of
Middlesboro and Cumberland Gap, and
to spend as much more in developing
430, 900 acres of coal and iron lands in
other portions of Kentucky and Tennes-
see. There are said to be beautiful
chances for investment in free trade New
South Wales and elsewhere under the
British flag, but somehow our British
cousins seem to prefer the shelter of the
Stars and Stripes of protection America.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia says that the
American people pay every dollar of the
duties. Then Mr.. Crisp should immedi-
ately endeavor to explain why every
proposition to increase the duties evokes
such howl of mingled wrath and
lamentation from the manufacturers of
England.
Rev. Father Audet, who for several
months was chaplain of the Tongue
Pointe, (Canada) asylum which was de-
stroyed by fire last Tuesday, was in
Plattsbugh on Thursday en- route Mon
treal from Redford, where he has been
officiating at the church in that place
during the absence of Father BeaudrC a
in Europe. In conversation in regard to
that terrible calamity Father Audet said
that he desired that the reports i'll regard
to the management of the Inflated asy-
lum, as given in some of the dispatches,
should be corrected, inasmuch as during
his sojourn at the institution he certainly
had chance to know its workings. The
statements made by some of the papers
that the asylum was regular deathtrap,
and that no precautions were taken in
the event of the breaking out of fire, he
prOnunced to be without the slightest
foundation. - Republican. Bennington
people will remember this priest as one
of the early pastors of the French church
here, and will be glad to know that the
newspaper accounts of this sad affair
were greatly exaggerated.
The Behring Sea controversy will not
be settled as soon as it was hoped for.
Mr.. Upper has returned to Canada dis
appointed at his inability to come to an
agreement, Mr.. Blaine's Wtimdtum being
unacceptable to Canada.
"A man and five horses were killed by
lightning at West Claremont, n. H., last
evening
The notorious Diss Debar woman of
New York is under arrest in Rome.
"A violent thunder storm last night at
Hartford, and other places in Connecti-
cut.
The Parnellites sprung a trap upon
their opponents yesterday by moving a
second reading of the Irish Agricultural
Laborers' bill. 1t was carried, owing to
the small number of the Government
party at that time in their seats.
"A new Episcopal Church at Pittsfeld
was dedicated yesterday.
"A bill was introduced in the Senate a
few days since to established a Univer-
sity of the United States in the city of
Washington.
There was a sharp tilt yesterday be-
tween Mcssrs. Walker of Massachusetts,
and Mills of Texas on the tariff question.
The New York flannel sale of yester-
day netted S1j0,OOO.
The annual convention of the Re-
behah Degree Lodges of Massachusetts,
was held in Odd Fellows Hall, Boston,
yesterday.