The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-06-05
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"A produeeis' company TO compete
with the Standard Oil Is being organized
1t Bradford, Pa. sees 80.
Starving city employees at st. Louis
had a demonstration Tuesday, and de-
work. y; ->r 80
The National silver executive COM
mittee will meet at Washington, D.
c., on June 18th,
1t has been decided by popular vote
to consolidate. Portland, East POI land
John Hancock. State Commissioner
of Schools o., Ohio, dropped dead in his
office at Columbus, Monday. - .'-..t
Heavy rains in Illinois Monday will
benefit crops. The rain was accom-
panied by terrific thunder storms.
The New Bedford Gaslight Company
has contracted, for, the erection of plant
for the. manufacture of water gas. ..
The Government seized 3l3 barrels
OF whiskey in AewyYo rk, Monday. The
liquor is valued at about $4,000.
D.. The Baltimore & OHIO Railroad ex-
poets a rich harvest from traffic arrange.
ments recently effected at Chicago.
"A Philadelphia. professor has figured
out it takes about, i22 hours to convert
poplar trees into newspapers. -.
The 10th - session of the Grand
Lodge of MasUns of New York State
opened in New York city Wednesday.
70 Star fish are d6ing great damage to
oyster beds iT Long Island Sound. One
dealer estimates Ills Toss at $40, 1000. .
..,-Clark- Frost, 4 West Brattleboro lad,
last week paid ST. for having in his pos
session tr8ut less than six inches long.
"a fire On TResday in the, Brooklyn
CoOperage Company's Works near New
York, destroyed $l,0O0,OOO worth Of
property. 4"
During Riehehfc storm in Cincin-
natl Monday !aiteSBoon 1909 telephones
were.burned Out8nd 0O.dynamO was
fused. % ~ ...... .-.'
1.-The Egyptian coal mine employees at
Duquoin, ILL.,, are yon strike for ten
hours pay for nine hours work. and
weekly payments!
L The largest number of emigrants
ever in port in one day at New York
passed through tile Barge Office Tuesday.
The total was $500.
lightning struck in several places in
Covington, KY, Monday. The clock in
the steeple of ST. Aloysius Church was
shattered, but the steeple was not in
jured. ...-.. dr.. ...
Five hundred fathers struck in Chi
cago Monday, for an increase of 20 per
cent. in wages. All the big contracts in
the city are interrupted. b.
The Bradford Betting Company, Gin.
cinnaG, suffered loss of $751; or $780,
600 by fire Monday night, on which there
is an insurance of 5000
John II. Fullerton, formerly at work
for the Estey Organ Company at Brat
tleboi o, is now proprietor of the Hotel
Ruxton at Manitou Springs Col.
George Emmett of Brattleboro, the
new superintendent of the Watervliet
Turnpike and Railroad company, has as
sumed the duties of the position.
AS an inducement to American capt.
tai to 90 southwest lis stated that coffee
which can be raised forS7 per 100 pounds
in Mexico sells for S22 and S23.
The Bureau of American Republics
predicts that Brazirs TX octs this year
will reach 500, 600, 900 in value and place
the republic On'a sound financial fOOtinr.
"A dozen tramps in the New Castle,
Del, Jail refused to break stone on Dec
Grafton Day and they were locked in the
dungeon. The patriots claim to have a
union.
South Dakota had the biggest storm
Monday since 1888, The water is three
feet deep on Main street in Sturgis, rail.
way traffic is. suspended and the loss will
reach many thousahds Of dollars.
Unable to stop.,two dogs fighting, A.
j. Allen of, Clift9ndale, Mass, threw
vitriol over them, burned their eyes out
and ears of, and was arrested and fined
$40 for cruelty. y.b.,.i,,,. Bed.
ALI bodies of organized labor in Chi.
cage have united in an agreement to re
taliate upon the Worlds Fair for theiI
refusal to grant a minimum rate of wages
in all classes for work at the Fair.
DIR. John B. ;Hdmiton, surgeon-gen
eral of the Marine hospital service, ha:
resigned to become'a professor in Rusi
Medical College,. He is succeeded by
Surgeon Walter Wyman, his chief assist
ant. .."E ,'...
DR. Benson ~ LOSING, the well
known historian, ,died at his residence il
| Chestnut Ridge near PoughHeepsie OF
Wednesday, from Valvular disease of the
heart.
Judge Thayer of st. Louis decided
recently that a trust company has no re
course in law II member of the trus
violates the agreement not to go. into
business again,
| The Japanese policeman who attack
ed and wounded the Czarewitch while hi
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been sentenced to penal ,servitude fol
| life. 90.
The heaviest increase in the imm
grafton to this country during the las
ten months was from Austria Hungary
Italy, Poland and Russia. This show
the necessity for more rigorous regula
tions for the least desirable elements o
our population. are growing apace.
Over half the United States wa
simultaneously sonsed in water Tuesda,
night, and the edge of the great spot o
wet was made ragged with cyclone
The condition of telegraph wires north
south, east and west from Chicago
showed a state of affairs seldom, if ever
equaled. .f'"''
Secretary Proctor, who is enjoying
carriage ride through Vermont, dine'
Wednesday with Senator Morrill, at Straf
ford. and spent the day at st. Johnsbury
He will pass tonight with Congressman
Grout at lis Kirby farm. Secretar,
Proctor is on TIE way to Brunswirl
Springs.
On Monday a fire broke out in tn,
Parker g. Young Manufacturing Com
panys factory in Lisbon, n. H., destroy
/ inc the whole nrapertv and several al
japent dwelling ihpuses. Loss, 100000
An incendiary fire that same night de
stroyed the large KmckerbOcker ice
houses near Gardiner, Me.
The committee of artists appointed
By e,Secretarytf the Treasury to sc
llct new designs for silver coins yester
day eximined tile models sent in, ant
decided that ,,'sn9he of the designs O
models submitted are such a decided i'm
proyement upon the present designs o
tue Silver coins ,9fp the United States a
to be worthy Of adoption by the Govern
ment ~ .4'ifmmnJ -.
Scattered on The floor of postal cal
on the New York; end Pittsburgh Rail
road, lin which yweSe tons of mail matter
the clerks found "a week or two ago
$50 in gold pieces of various denOmina
TONS Portions Of the wrapper werI
found but not enough to identify the ad
dress or serve asa clue to the sender
The one who mailed the package doubt
less thought he could save the cost o.
registering OF else he did not know how
to,put.up package. There is no wal
of identifying lost coin, and the person
lin this instance'who shipped his gold II
a aimsy wrapper will probably never b.