The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-03
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Miss Lulu FUTILE goes TO BostOl
Mass, soon to make visit.
MRS. WELLS VALENTINE is visiting
Manchester, her former home.
Miss MINNIE L. DICKINSON is visitin
the Misses MeMaster in Rutland.
MRS. GEORGE w. HALL is visiting he
bro = in New York city and vicinity.
MASTER ROSCOE BURcH has gone
Cambridge, N. Y, to visit Arthur ChaI
man.
MISS H. JOHNSON of New York,
stopping with her cousin, Miss Mimi
Hayes.
A FOURTH of July service will be he'll
next Sunday evening at the Second Cor
gregational church.
MRS. GORDON SQUIRE of Geneva, n
Y, is visiting in Bennington. Mrs
Squire is a sister of the late George A
Wood.
THE First National Bank has declares
semi-annual dividend of per cent
from the past six months business, pay
able July 1.
Miss LIZZIE NORTON who has been II
Worcester lately has returned to Ben
nington for visit and is stopping at ID
McEowen's.
Miss CORA B. WHITNEY goes to Jerse!
City next week, and will pass her vaca
ton in that place stopping with Mrs
Jennie E. Whitney.
Those wishing late cabbage plants fol-
their gardens on farms should note the
advertisement of Mr.. RichM dson's gard
ener under special business locals.
Mrs. H. L HOVER and Fannie Fill
more have gone to Schodack, N. Y, fol-
a visit to Mrs. Hover's people. Mr.
Hover goes down to be absent a week oil
so.
MRS. SHARPE had the misfortune last
Saturday evening, to fall down stairs and
to fracture one arm near the wrist. The
broken bone was attended to by DR..
Rogers. She is at Mr.. L. II. Putnam's.
NEXT Thursday evening the Masonic
Lodge is to work the Third Degree.
This will be the last communication OF
Mt Anthony Lodge before fall, and it is
expected that visitors from out of town
will be present.
THE grove at Lebanon Springs has
been fitted up for the seasons camp
meeting and also for pleasure parties,
picnics, etc. st. Peters Church Sunday
| otnOOA CADCONo W HO hOhh AOA
outing July 18th.
THE Putnam veranda lighted by cleo
tricity these days presents cheerful APP
pearance evenings, and affords great
pleasure to the guests of the house. The
Sunday dinners at this popular hostelrie
continue to grow in popularity.
DANIEL ROBINSON, wife and son of
New York, are at their summer resi-
dence in Bennington Centre. Mr.. Rob
inson's daughter, who was married to
Philip Jennings last week, as stated in
another place to-day, is in the Adiron-
dacks.
SELECTMAN HARRIS is the owner of a
full-blooded mastiff, just a little over
one year old, that weighs 1853 pounds.
He is great lover of children and makes
the rounds of the neighborhood daily to
the great delight of the little people.
The Odd Fellows Hall has been cleared
of furniture preparatory to an entirely
new decoration. This is to be completed
before August so that the Orders head
quarters may be established therein dur
ing the centennial. Frank Weaver will
be the artist in charge.
DURING July and August in st. Peters
Church, Evensong will be said, followed
by short addresses, at 1880 instead of
5 o'clock, Sundays. The subject next
Sunday evening will be Loyalty, Also,
during these months the weekly Eucha-
rist will be celebrated at a. m.
E. H. MCINTYRE has fine lot of
crockery ornamented with the Battle
Monument. 1t was gotten up in New
Hampshire and includes match safes and
odd pieces of brio brdc, as well as
plates, cups, saucers, etc. 1t is the first
lay out'' of monument wear we have
yet seen.
LIST of letters advertised at the Ben
nington, Vt, postoffice for the week end
ing, June 81, 1891: Mr.. Frank Adams,
Mr. Israel BUutin, f. N. Briggs, Mr..
Jas, Fleming, Michael Finn, F. d. Gard
ner, Miss Mary COoney, Miss Emma FL
well, Miss c. NJ. Harwood, Miss Nelly
Powers, Mrs. VIM. Quackenbush.
ONE of the oldest residents of the
town, Stephen Jewett, was found dead
in bed at his home in the south part of
the town last Friday morning. He was
in feeble health for many years previous
to his death, being unable to attend to
business at all. His age was 70 years.
The funeral was held at the house on
Monday.
Tomorrow the firemen go to Rutland
to attend the annual meeting and tOurna-
ment of the State Firemen's Association.
E. d. Moore is the secretary of that or
ganization, and its president was Robert
Drysdale, also of this place, until his
resignation last winter. Our fire depart
ment will compete for two prizes: run
ming team for the hose race, and the
Tiffanys will march in the procession.
We think they stand good chance Of
taking the prize badge for the best ap-
pearing company in the line.
FRANK GAGE of East Boston, Mass,
arrived in Bennington last Saturday.
Mr.. Gage has not visited this his native
place in twelve years and his many
friends gave him hearty welcome. Mr..
Gage has great musical abilities. He
had a remarkably sweet voice in his
youth and now it has become richer and
stronger. At st. Peters Church last
Sunday at Evensong, Mr.. Gage sang the
offertory with Miss Hutchins in a de-
| lightful manner; also, at the Baptist
Church in the evening, he gave fine
solo. Mr.. Gage has charge of the music
and sings three times each Sunday at the
Boston Baptist Tabernacle.
THE electric fire alarm in Bennington,
is completed improvement and the
keys will be distributed next Monday.
Chief Tiffany has rushed things and the
alarm is in full working order. After
the very complete explanations of last
week, little more need be said, except to
say that the alarm works finely. Our
readers who may have occasion to use
this alarm are particularly requested to
note the directions given for sounding
an alarm. 1t is not telephone, and
shouting into the boxes fire" will not
ring the alarm as one man recently found
out to his cost in another town. With
water-wOrks, electric lights, street i'm
tprovements, and now the electric fire
alarm Bennington is keeping up with
the procession.
JUDGE PUTNAM at Saratoga, N. Y. last
week heard one Of the cases pending
against the Lebanon Springs Railroad.
1t is the case Of Aaron Il. Stevens ct al
VS.. the Union Trust Company and is an
action of mortgage foreclosure brought
by bondholder of the Lebanon Springs
Railroad Company in behalf Of himself
and others similarly situated, to procure
a sale of said cOmpany's road, and also
TO obtain an adjudication; that judg-
ment affecting the road, obtained in a
suit somewhat similar in its nature,
brought by one Sackett, be adjudged
fraudulent, and praying that all liens
sought TO be enforced be adjusted "a
have priority over those allowed and
credited in the Sackett suit the judg
ment in which is sought to set aside az
fraudulent. The action was first brought
before Judge Mayham and a judgment
was rendered in favor Of the defendants
1t was then appealed 10 the general tern