The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mrs. CHAs. T. BURT has been quite il
but is somewhat better.
Col. OLIN SCOTT has been quite Ill TO
a week, but is better now.
JAMES E. HURLEY is building dwell
ing house on his lot on South street.
WM. Z. HAWKS is making preparation
to erect another house on County street
: fronting the Park.
WE are glad to see that F. NJ. Titan.
has recovered from his attack OF Illness
so as to be able to be out.
JAMES BURNS has moved his house t.
the west side of his lot, to give place fo
larger and more costly dwelling.
Mrs. HENRY w. MARSH was called t.
Blackinton, Mass, the first of the week
by the severe illness of her daughter
May.
MRS. RACHEL CoMAR recently returned
from two months trip in New Jersey
where she was visiting relatives and
friends.
THE owner of ladies' purse, contain
ing a small sum of money, can have the
same by proving property and paying fol-
this notice.
j. G. NORTH of Milford, Conn, was in
town over SUNDAY to attend the funeral
of his relative the late Deacon Edwin
Hubbard.
JOHN H. AYREs has had an attack of
la Crime and besides came very near
having pneumonia. He is so as 10 De out
and around again.
Mrs. II. Z. BRADFORD and Mrs. E. w.
Bradford, were in South Gardner, Mass,
1 Of In low safN
Bradford wedding.
TIE Rt. Rev. w. II. A. Bissell, ID. D.,
has appointed May 25th, as the time of
his annual visitation and administration
of the Rite of Confirmation.
In exchange with the Rev. Mr.. Sever
ance of the Old First Church, the Rev.
Mr.. Probert of Manchester Centre
preached in town last Sunday.
OUR readers will do well to read the
changes in the advertising columns to-
day-Winslow, Mcintyre, Schwarz, Will
loughbv, not to mention our wide-awake
Troy, N. Y, patrons.
FRANK CRAWFORD of Silver street, has
gone to Illinois to join his brother Ed
ward. They will soon be joined by
their families if they decide to locate
there.
G. f. LEONARD of Holden, Leonard &
Co., has taken the Graves house on Main
street, and will get settled there about
May LIST, when his family will return
from Boston.
WIN. SEVERANCE, promising young
business man and jeweler in Atlantic
City, n. V, returned Monday after two
weeks visit to his parents here, the Rev.
and Mrs. NJ. L. Severance.
JOHN WOLF, lately from New York
CITY, has taken the repair department of
Joseph Schwarz's boot and shoe bust
ness He is also ready to receive orders
for new work made to order.
THE Fortnightly Club will meet this
week Saturday, April 18th, Miss Mary
White, chairman. Subject, Education.
There are about seventy members in this
club, all ladies, and the meetings have
been enjoyable and instructive.
TIE great issues championed and sue
cessfully settled during The past twenty
five years by the Republican party, in
spite of Democratic opposition, is sum
married. in another column to-day, in a
record of the public services of Senator
Edmunds. Read the record.
E. T. GRIswoLD, the popular past
colonel and late commander of the Yer
mont Division, S. o. ", stlrts out on an
inspection tour of three weeks in a day
or two His office is that of Assistant
Inspector and a cordial welcome and re-
ception awaits his proposed visits to the
subordinate camps of this State.
S. H. RoCKwOoD has disposed of his
entire interest in the firm of lockwood
Bros, and has started into business again
on his own account. He is now prepared
to execute orders for first-class A No. l
crayon portraits. The business of the
firm continues as usual.
ISN'T it little thin to fish for suckers
and have trout bite the hook these days,
brethren of LEAK Walton's disciples?
The Vermont law in this year of grace
does not open the season for trout fish
ing until May LIST. The attention of the
Fish and Game League is called to
alleged violations.
The proposal to bind the Free Library
magazines and periodicals of last year
discloses the fact that some person or
persons have had the audacity to tear
articles and pages from several numbers.
Papers have also been clipped, both of
which occurrences are aggravating to
the officers of the Library and not cred
liable to those who have committed the
depTedatiOns.
GROUND is being broken by E. J. Tiff
fanny, John MOrrissy and Il. o. Gold
smith for the erection of new dwellings,
and other citizens are making great i'm
provements in their property. Much of
this is in anticipation, we presume, of
the celebration the coming summer, as
well as an index of the material growth
of Bennington.
n. NJ. PUFFER, Grand Patriarch of the
Encampment Branch of the /. o. o. F.,
is making his official visitations to the
subordinates of Vermont. He is at
Burlington this evening and will meet
with the Montpelier brethren tomorrow
evening. At the latter place the work of
the Encampment degrees will be eXem-
plified, and there is to be grand gath
ering of prominent Odd Fellows to wit
ness the work and to enjoy the festivi-
ties.
THE marriage of Miss Daisy Park
Bradford to Mr.. Charles Haywood was
solemnized Tuesday, April l4th, in the
Congregational church at South Gardner,
Mass. The bride is the youngest daugh-
ter of the late Gen. George s. Bradford,
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this town. The bridegroom is wealthy
manufacturer of South Gardner. A large
reception was given after the wedding
and friends and relatives from Boston,
Bennington and elsewhere were present.
In one of its tariff pictures" the New
York Press presents the women of Stock
holm, Sweden, carrying bricks and NOR
tar up to the masons at thirty cents a
day, and concludes when women do this
work in the United States for the same
price we shall be able to build just as
cheaply as they do in Sweden. The
average daily wages for this class of
laborers in 26 American cities is S2.44.
How would Bennington people fancy be-
ing obliged to do likewise.
THE press dispatches of Monday, dated
North Adams, Mass, say: Charles
Clark, alius Charles Herrick, was arrest
ed here this afternoon on requisition
from the Governor OF Vermont, charged
with burglary and assault with intent to
kill John Z. Stevens of Bennington, Vt,
June 10Th, last year. Clark is 35 years
old, and has been working here as a COM
mon laborer for six months. Vermont
officers have been searching for him
since the crime was committed, and
Sheriff Robinson with Deputy Sheriff
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