The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-25

his home in Chicago last week.
z JOSHUA STAFFORD and wife of Sarato-
go, N. Y, were the guests of Conductor
Burt and wife for week or more. .
MRS. SARAH j. POTTER has rented her
house on School street, and will pass the
winter with her daughter in jamestown,
n. Y"
/ Mrs. JOHN SCRIvENs of Rutland, &C
companied by her two children, are
making visit to Bennington, their
former home.
FRED D. RANNEY, stopping in Rutland
for few weeks, played in the band there,
and is quite highly complimented in the
Troy Times therefor.
Hon. SETH Low President of Column
bia College, New York, and wife, were
at the Walloomsac few days since, and
were greatly pleased with Bennington.
NEWS has been received here of the
death of Horace Eldred, brother of
Perry Eldred of Hoosick, NY. He died
at his home in Broadhead Wis, Septem-
Der 10Th.
TIE Rev. A. d. Heaxt will give an ex-
position of the International Sunday
school lesson at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms
next Sunday at o'clock. The lesson of
Oct 4th, "Christ raising Lazarus" will
be the topic.
THE new owners of the Bennington
&. Glastonbury railroad, evidently expect
to utilize the property. There is good
opportunity to do so it would appear to
an outsider. The large tracts of timber
certainly tempt development and use.
THOMAS MoRRIssEY of this village,
while attending the fair at North Adams
this week, was attacked with hemor-
rhage of the stomach, and his condition
yesterday was considered critical. We
learn to-day that he is a little more com
Portable.
THE guilds of st. Peters church re-
sumo their regular meetings next week,
after the vacation since June. st.
Mary's hold the usual sociable and sup
per in Parish Hall next Thursday even
ing. Gentlemen are invited to tea at
$50 o'clock.
WE are very sorry to hear that Mrs.
Edmund A. Robinson, received a tele-
gram Wednesday, which announced the
probability, that hefa Son-in-law, Prof.
W. II. Shaw, would not live but a few
days. He has Brights disease. Mrs.
Robinson left on the next train for Bos-
ton.
THE Troy Press of Monday, has this
item: patrick Dunn, aged % years, ar
rived in this city from New York yester-
day morning ep route to Bennington, to
visit his mother. While waiting for the
train at the Union depot Dunn was
seized with fits and Officer Condor
called the. ambulance and had him taken
to the hospital Dunn arrived in New
York from Ireland Saturday."
THERE is a woman living in the north
part of our village who whips (much too
often), young girl Of twelve, unmerci-
fully with stick, slab or anything at
hand. The last few times neighbors in
terfered, the beatings becoming intoller-
able. Unless this kind of work is
stopped the authorities will be invoked
and publication made of the females
name, that will not be- pleasant to her.
NORWICH UNIVERSITY at Mortified,
opened yesterday. Cadet Pierce, who
now ranks in the military department as
first lieutenant, went up Tuesday even
ing Cadets Harwood, Mattison and Ben
nett following later. This excellent in
stitution opens the year under most fa-
vorable auspices, 1t is now difficult,
comparatively speaking, to get a State
scholarship, these desirable things be-
ing quickly taken up-a few years since
it was not so. This is fine indication
of the University's advancement.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Bradford
Opinion offers the following advice to
| Vermonters: Don't sneer at Vermont,
If you happen to live in a quiet town,
don't run out against it and its citizens
and act as though the Almighty had
hardly made universe enough to hold
you. When you are called upon to do
something for home industries, let us
remember that had we unbuttoned our
hearts and pocketbooks half as readily
to improve our native soil and citizens
as we did to boom the Southern and
| Western States, our waste places would
blossom like rose and our pocketbooks
would have been less consumptive in
their general outlines"
BY letter received by Melvin Wads-
worth (uncle of the deceased), the friends
here have been made aware of the death
| of Gurdon Gardner on the 18th of Sep.
TENDER, at his home in Broadhead, Wis.
Mr.. Gardner was the son of Dewey
Gardner who went West with his family
some forty years ago when Gurdon was q
lad of eight. The family amassed com
petence and have become leading people
in their locality. The elder Mr.. Gardner
| will be remembered here as brother OF
the late Abramr Gardner and Sylvester
y. Gardner, and the mother is the only
surviving sister of Mr.. Wadsworth. Mr.
Gurdon Gardner's death was quite un
expected, he being sick about week.
IT may not be generally known among
the. Masonic fraternity that the trowe
! which is one of the working tools o.
Franklin Lodge, No. q; F. & A. NJ, is the
one which was used by Past Grand Mas