The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


TEMPLE CHAPTER, R. A. NJ, work
the Past Masters degree next Monda
evening.
THE annual Parish meeting {
st. Peters Church, will be held Easte
Monday at I o'clock p. m.
HENRY BURGESS has broken grOun
on his Depot street lot for house
dwelling and meat market
THE Creamery is soon to start up wit
much larger patronage from our tarn
ers than was accorded last season.
AMONG the pensions granted in Vel
mont last week, we note an increase t
Otis Warren of Bennington.
THE Woman's Auxiliary of st. Peter
Church resumes its fortnightly meetings
with suppers, on Thursday OF next week
Mrs. E. L. NICHOLS is in New Yorl
this week. for the second time for sprin
goods. Look for the advertisement mex
week.
THE Stark Hose Company's masquer
AIDE ball on Tuesday of Easter week
March 3lst, promises to become the even
of the season.
LIP, NORTON is confined to his house
and has been quite i'll for more than I
week. He is improving, however, an'
hopes soon to be out again.
G. B, SHELLEY is not to be outdone il
the clothing business, as you will see IL
his weekly announcements in this paper
He is an old and reliable dealer.
THE anniversary of the establishment
of Odd Fellowship comes ON April 20th
but the local LIZ dye has yet maze any
preparations for the observance OF TINT
day. There will be the usual celebra
ton.
PREPARATIONS for the campfire anC
anniversary of Custer Post, April 9th
are progressing, and fine time is eX
pected to be the outcome of this celebra
ton of the ''silver" anniversary OF the
G. A. r.
THE Graded schools commence the
spring term next Monday. The full corps
of teachers are retained. 1t would be
difficult to duplicate the faculty OF our
schools as body, and the efficiency OF
the departments proves this TACT
THE ladies of the D. of R. Lodge, have
arranged fine dramatic, musical and
literary programme for an entertainment
to be given April Sth. From what we
have heard intimated this will be an en-
| ioyable occasion.
Mrs. MATTHEW CooNEY was down
street last Monday, and while her house
was thus left alone some sneak tllel
broke into it and stole SAT. Ms. CoOney
can i'll afford to lose this sum and we
hope the thief may be discovered ana
brought to justice.
THE pulpit of the Second Congrega,,
tional Church last Sunday was occupied
by the Rev. Mr.. Probert of Manchester
Centre. Next Sunday the pastor, the
Rev. Chas. r. Seymour, will be home
from his two weeks vacation and Vlslt TO
his mother in Ohio.
Town CLERK BoOTH tells us that the
usual list of dog owners in town and
those licensed will be published soon
after April list. Our readers should bear
in mind the law that doubles the fee al
ter April LIST. 1t costs 81 now to register
and this must be done every year.
JAS. HURST has purchased the Gen;
Blackmer'' house, corner North ana
River streets, and is moving 1t to ms lot
corner of County and Depot streets. Inc
removal of this landmark latterly known
as the ''Cole homestead" is to clear OIL
site for business building that is to
go up this spring.
AT the late Conference of the New
England Secretaries Association, Y. NJ.
C.. A., at Burlington, Secretary A. Z.
Flindt of Bennington, was elected the
Vermont member of the Executive
Committee of that organization. This
is compliment worthily bestowed and
an appointment that will be efficiently
filed.
II. w. MARSH gathered this week the
''first mess of cowslips" that we have
heard of, and we know that they were
good yesterday when we tasted them
This evidence of early spring must be
convincing. On this subject Mr.. Marsh
is fully as far ahead as the disciples OF
Izak Walton will be soon after midnight
of April 30th.
ON Saturday the d. of r. friends of
Mrs. Fred l.. HoughtOn paid her a sur
prise visit and presented her with an
elegant rocker chair. The evening was
enjoyably spent, it being Mrs. Hough-
TOMS birthday anniversary. We regret,
however, to learn of her illness, reported
to be an attack of pneumonia.
Col. OLIN SCOTT, with Mai. Valentine,
Milo Huling of the Monument Building
Committee are in Boston this week con-
sulting with Architect Rim, as to the
stairs to be put into that structure. The
former went down to the Hub" Tues
day and the two latter yesterday We
are advised that the outlook is favorable
for an iron staircase built on the plan
proposed by Col. Scott, as within the
means of the Association.
In another item we note the removal
of the dwelling on the corner south of
the Elm Tree House. Mr.. Henry w.
Putnam has thus begun operations to
erect the building for Drysdale that we
noted and fully described last fall. 1t is
to be a three story structure and OF an
artistic design. The latest that we have
heard is that the building is to go up as
soon as possible, ready for occupancy.
THIS week there has been quite a chap
ter of accidents Ed. Rugg had thumb
nail pulled out in mangle at ThOmp-
sons laundry; J. StrattOn an employee
of the Valentine Knitting Company,
while letting down window got his
hand severely cut, and Edgar Buss, an
employee of the same mill, while work
ing in the securing room got three tines
of pitchfork run into his ankle.
WIN. WINsLOw is selling these days
large quantities of those handy square
maple syrup cans with handles, as well
as other goods in his line. Call and ex-
anime his large and choice stock of
goods. See advertisement in another
column. Mr.. Winslow's is headquarters
for paints and painters supplies, the in
creased stock of goods demanding en-
largement of his store.
THE summer arrangement of trains be-
tween New York, Troy, Bennington, Rut-
land and Montreal, both ways, is likely
to be made up of a first class fast day
train, which will greatly cOnduce to both
comfort and speed. We are told that
negotiations are pending between the
New York Central and Hudson River,
the Fitchburg, Central Vermont and the
b. & r. with fair prospect of favorable
conclusions.
Z. A. BOOTH has had the public spirit
to open a new street, south from Union,
and negotiations are pending before the
| selectmen to extend the same. Whether
extended OF not Town Clerk Booth pro-
poses to grade up and build his street at
once. He asks us to say that he will be
pleased to have coal ashes or other ma
terial drawn upon this street, If people
have rubbish of this sort they wish to
dispose of. This is an opportunity to
dispose of quite a quantity of refuse and
get it out of the way where it will do
the most good"
THE Orange reception under the
auspices of the Young Ladies Mission
Band of the First Baptist Church, at the
residence of Mr.. L. l.. Nichols on Friday
evening last, was a decided success both
socially and financially. A large number
of people were in attendance. The en-
tertainment in every particular was ex-
cellent in quality and bountiful in guam