The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-06-12
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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| witch University over Sunday.
MRS. J. A. SIPPERLY of Hoosick Fall
N. Y, is in town for few days.
H. 1. NORTON and family are in Ne,
York this week, on pleasure trip.
C. NJ. LAMBERT has been on the sic
list for some days. Cause, Ia Grippe.
MRS. P. COLLINS goes to Rochester
N. Y, this week for an extended visit.
Mrs. NJ. S. WATSON of Townshend,
visiting her son, NJ. E. Watson, tn
artist.
WILLIAM Cook, now of New Haven
Conn, was in town last week for shoT
visit
THE Band was out on parade delight
ing the citizens with their music Monday
evening.
A FULL outfit of electric lighting is be
ing put into the Campbell Knitting mil
this week.
MRS. JAMES II. CLARK and son of Bos
ton, is visiting her parents and old homC
in this village.
Mrs. L. F. ABBOTT was called to Erie
Pa, last week, by the severe illness Of
her sister, Mrs. Charles Tibbals.
AMONG other improvements inaugura
ted this week is the repainting of A. X.
Ritchie's house, which was begun Tues
day.
The Rev. Mr.. Norton and wife OF
Shoreham, were guests of Mrs. ii. S.
Bingham, Monday.
THE next regular cOnvocation of Mt.
Anthony Chapter No. l, o. E. s., will be
held next Wednesday evening, June 18th,
at Masonic Hall.
ORA GIBSON and wife of Albany, NY,
are visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
d. Gibson. Ora has been suffering for
some time with quinzy.
Miss RUTH SQUIRE is home from Bos-
ton, where she has been for year study
ing music. She will remain in town dur
ing the long summer vacation.
Miss MAUD ALDEN, ,fdncee of Louis
A. Graves, and her father Mr.. c. A. AL
den of New York city, passed a few days
at the Putnam House last week.
CAPT ALBERT WALKER and Daniel
Guiltinan were among those who attend
ed court at Manchester this week, having
been drawn on the panel of jurors.
Mrs. C. II. REssEGUIE of Worthwhile,
n. Y, has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
A. j. Cooper, the past week. She was
accompanied by her infant daughter
Ruth.
Miss A. S. Roof has returned to her
place as telegraph operator, having been
home since February. Meantime her
place has been acceptably filled by her
sister.
A STRAWBERRY festival at the Baptist
chapel is among the amusements for
this evening. 1t is given under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety.
The attention of the public is called to
the circulars posted on the new official
bulletin board in the postoffice. These
all pertain to postal matters in which the
people are interested.
CAPT WADLEIGH of Manch ester, n.
H., was in town n part of this week, his
mission being to arrange for quarters,
etc, for the Amoskeag Veterans, who
are to come to the centennial.
Mr.. II. S. DILLON is this week deliver
ing the new and complete directory of
and North and Center vii
lagos. 1t is a comprehensive work and
does honor to the publishers and prin-
tiers.
On Friday and Monday competitive
will be held in the High |
school in Geometry, Algebra and Arith
metic and on the result two mathemati- |
cal prizes will be awarded on Commence
ment night.
THE Rev. DR.. COnant, now of Manches- |
ter, moves next week to become the
at All Saints Church, Hoosick,
N. Y. He will have charge of missions
at Raymertown and other places in Rens-
selaer county.
NEXT Saturdays ball game is to be be-
tween the Pruncers of Hoosick Falls and
the j. H. Ayres of Bennington. The
home club is to appear in new uniforms
of buff and blacE on that day. Game
called at 2:30p. m.
WILLIAM F. TOoMEY is building new
house on Grand Terrace in the south
part of the village. He he will have a
very neat residence when completed. d.
A. Wards new house just above is en-
closed and making good progress.
THE leveling attendant upon building
of the rifle range at the Soldiers Home
has been done under the supervision of
Col. Abbott, Majors Valentine, Coffey,
Evans and Capt Fillmore. These gen
tlemen, also, levelled and laid out the
grounds for target practice.
JOHN S. HOLDEN is making improve
ments in the parlOrs of his residence
along the same line as that followed by
several other of the better class of houses
in town. The wall-work on sides and
ceilings is to be of exceptional beauty
THE BANNER acknowledges the receipt
Of an invitation to attend the Commence
ment of the U. V. NJ, at Burlington, be-
ginning Sunday, June Dist, with the
baccalaureate sermon by the President.
The centennial Grafton is to be delivered
at II a. m. of the oath.
Mrs. GEO. G.. JONES of Boston, and
daughter Nellie, have been Frustrated
since they came home and found Mr..
Jones dead in his bed as stated few
weeks since. He had been dead twenty
four hours at least. Not only friends in
but his parishioners at New
port will hope for the speedy GONZALES
cence of the afflicted family so suddenly
and sadly bereaved.
A NATIVE of Vermont now in the
West, writes: People should know of
the beauties of Southern Vermont, and
when they do / am positive any quantity
of our pleasure-seekers will visit Ben
nington and vicinity. No more beauti-
full and healthful country can be found
than in Southern Vermont. / know
speak, having been born and
raised among its green hills and valleys.
GEN. GREENLEAF, the marshal of the
centennial in August, is to be here next
week, the 18th and 10Th, to arrange for
the lighting of the encampment grounds |
during the celebration week of August. |
There is proposal to light with electric
lty. BY all means let this be done if pos
sible. The town has modern conven-
fences, and the centennial arrangements
should keep up with the procession of
progress.
CAPT. RALTH w. HoYT, 18th Infantry,
U. S. A., has been detailed by the War
to inspect the Vermont
troops in August next At the request
of Gen. Greenleaf he has suggested plans
for course of instruction to be carried
out during the encampment which in
cludes several features of interest not be-
fore attempted. The soldier boys may
expect to find their pleasure well sea
soned with work during their week in
the tented field at Bennington.
r. L. BUss of this village, has been APP
pointed brigade provost sergeant 10 fill |
the vacancy caused by the promotion of
A. II. Sabin of SaxtOn's River, to be aide
on Gen. Greenleafs staff. Sergeant Sa-
bin has been for several years a member
of Fuller's Battery, and his present adj
is a compliment to that or
ganization as well as a recognition of his
own merits as an officer. This is also
true of Sergeant Buss. He was for many |
years member of Company X, LIST Regi- |
ment, and held the Office of I'd Lieuten-
ant from 1881 TO 1885 and that of LIST
Lieutenant from 1885 to 1893.
ANOTHER pleasant social evening was
passed in the parlors of the Second Con-
gregational Church last week Friday, by |
the members of the Christian Endeavor
society and their friends. The introduce
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