The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-19
LOCAL NTELLIGENCE.

d. CURTIS WILLIAMS has been vlsltln
in town.
Miss Roxy SWIFT has been quite i
lately, but is improving.
MIR. AND Mrs. CHAs. COOPER ~
spending few days in New York.
Mrs. WIN. MOORE has just retume
from visit to Averill Park, n. Y.
THE Philharmonic Society enjoyed
banquet, and social hop at the Putnam
last evening.
Mrs. f.. L. NICHOLS is in New Yor
this week selecting choice goods in al
the latest styles.
REGULAR Convocation of Tempt,
Chapter No. s, X. A. NJ, on Monda.
evening, February 29d. Work, P. NJ
Degree.
MRS. CmAs. f. SEARS has been in
critical condition for some time
and but little hope is entertained of he
recovery.
Mrs. CHARLES S. CoLvIN has gone L
Westlield, N. Y, to visit her sister
Mrs. Minton, and will remain a number
of weeks.
LORENZO SToRrZ of Averill Park, and
father of Mrs. VIM. Moore have bought
residence on Depot street. and will re
move there April LIST.
Miss MINNIE IDE of Troy, n. y, who
was in attendance at the reception giveI
last week by Mrs. A. J. Cooper and
Miss Lizzie Cooper, returned home
Monday.
THE attention of the several towns is
called to the circular of State Treasurer
Field in another column, relative to
the assessment of State and State school
axes
LYMAN PATCHEN is making very
pleasant dwelling house of the store adj
Joining his home on Main street. The
new tenement will be occupied by Dwight
Rudd and family.
MAJ. AND MRS. CALVIN w. EVANS
have moved from their home on Union
street to upper Main street where they
will rooidr with Mrs. Ey mss brother,
Wilton A. Wall.
TIE Y.P. S. c. T.. of the Second Con-
gregational church give Kate Green
vav" party at the chapel Friday evening,
Feb. 9th. An latter dinner" coffee cup
md saucer will be presented to all who
partake of supper
TIE subject of the sermon at st.
Peters Church on Sunday next ut Even
song will be THE Church, One Holy,
| Cathode and Apostolic" On Tuesday
afternoons, the Rector is going to give
series of sermOn-stories to children; and
IN Thursday afternoons, in the Parish
Hall, a reading to women.
CALIFORNIA is the only State that has
tried the plan of State publication OF
school books. That law has been in
operation four years and three books are
vet lacking to make up acoml lete series,
although four hundred thousand dol
lars have been appropriated for this
purpose.
FROM tropical Vermont comes the
usual mid-winter story of the first
robin" This time "Richwood" is the
place and Thursday, January 29th, the
lime BY the way, where is "Richwo0d?"
Will the st. Adams Messenger please
answer. The bird is said to have been
busy picking bewics.-Pluttsbmgh Re
publican.
THE next holiday occurs next Sunday
-Washington's birthday, Feb. 22d. This
is legal holiday in IS out of A States
IT the Union, and in the territory of
Utah, the States in which it is not
holiday being Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa,
Mississippi, Oregon, South Dakota,
Tennessee. Vermont and West Virginia.
GONE of the question to be voted on
saws New York exchange, 'at the com
ing town meeting is whether the towns
will refund to drafted men the sums paid
for substitutes in the last war" This
may prove to be burning question
before the matter is settled. At the
time, the drafted men were glad enou-h
Tor the priUilege of sending substitutes.
In another column to-day we introduce
mother newcomer among our tradcsmen
70 our readers, Mr.. f. II. Nc Intyre.
The location of Mr.. Nc lntyre's variety
Store'' is Just east of the Nichols build
ing on Main street, is easily accessible and
we advise our readers to call and in
'nect the stock now opened inviting
their custom.
THE assertion of last weeks RefOrmer
that Prof. C. S. Davis wrote the report
nf the Teachers Institute" in the BAN
NER. etc, etc, is fair example of the
persistent and deliberate editorial lies
with which that sheet weakly teens.
Prof. Davis neither inspired nor wrote,
nor did he know about said report until
lie read the same in this paper. This
denial is due to Prof. Davis, but is not
necessary in any locality where the Re
former editor is known.
II. A. HARTMAN, attorney for the Rut-
land selectmen, has given written opln-
ion as to the construction that should be
placed on the law relative to the appoint
nent of overseer of the poor for that
town. it containing more than 10000 i'll
habitants. In this opinion Mr.. Hartman
comedies with eX-Judge Barrett, and
although Lawyer Spellman and Others
lntagonize the position taken it is likely
to stand the test of the courts. This
is quite complimentary TO the legal acu-
men of Mr.. Hartman.
ACT No. II of the laws of 1890 should
receive the attention of voters at the
coming March meeting, and it is not too
early for them to consider what they
will do in the premises. 1t is the law
relating to repairs on highways, and it
gives the several towns the right to say
whether the highway tax shall be paid
in money at the rate of 10 cents on the
lollar of the grand list, to be expended
| by the town as a whole, or whether the
AK shall be paid in labor at 20 cents on
the dollar of the list and be paid out
under the direction of highway sur
yeyors. If town takes no action, the
tax will be payable in money.
WE are told that the Philharmonic
Society is probably to become one of our
regular institutions. Bennington can
SupDort one musical organization, and
this society furnishes the nucleus for it,
us is shown by the rendition of The
Chimes of Normandy, recently. With
two such music ans as Jas. Habberiy, who
trained the parts during the rehearsals
md took charge of the stage, and Prof.
Goldsmith who managed the affair in
conjunction with the former, we GER
| ainly have the promise of successful
organization. Why not take hold (by
the hundred or more of our musical
people), and establish in Bennington a
Dring festival after the pattern of the
Rutland May annual?
WIN. QUINN, brother of Jack Quinn of
the L. S. r. r., was killed while switching
in a ward on the Housatonic railroad last
Thursday. The family residence is in
Stephentown, N. Y. The deceased is re-
membered here having been brakeman
IN the l.. S. r. r. before he went to
work for the HOusatOnic company. He
vas 10 years of age. He fell between the
.ars and his body was run over by three
cars and an engine and crushed beyond
recognition. The funeral was attended
last Saturday. A number of railroad
''bovs' from here attended the OBJ
sequies.
In the mater of the Drysdale failure,
the creditors did notagree on an assignee
and Yesterday the court appointed John
Robinson This assures the prompt
closing out Of the estate and Sheriff Rob
linson will realize all there can be gotten
out of the bankrupt store and accounts.
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