The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-01-29

Obsequies Of the Rev. Fatner Druoh NJ
st. Adams, tomorrow morning.
f. L. Bowen is out again and attend
ing to business, after more than weeks
confinement to the house with illness.
THIS is the season of Lenten cards and
programmes. The BANNER office has
printed several of these this year. Send
in your orders.
Col. ALEX. S. BACoN's address be-
fore the Y. NJ. G.. A. last Sunday after
noon was fine effort, and was closely
listened to by good audience.
DIR. AND Mrs. CHISHOLM gave recep-
ton last week in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
]. I. SAWYER, who left for Brooklyn yes
terday as stated in another place.
APARTY from the sd Separate com
pany of HoOsick Falls, n. Y, were ban
quetted at the Putnam last Friday, being
Joined by delegation OF Bennington
splendid course supper.
r. NJ. KENNEDY, late in the employ of
the Cooper mills returns to Amsterdam,
N. Y, this week, where he has secured
a lucrative position. We are sorry, to
lose Mr. Kennedy and wife from society
here.
JoHN H. DwYER, after visit of few
weeks, left for Ala >, Monday to resume his
his place in the extensive mills in Troy,
that State. He took with him Harry Mat
tocks and Frank Hollister, two skilled
knitting mill employees from this
village. r
THE meeting of the fire department
for the nomination of officers, Saturday
evening, resulted as follows: Chief engi-
neer, F. NJ. Tiffany, who has boon acting
in that capacity since the resignation OF
Rob Drysdale; first assistant, Cornelius
Sullivan; second assistant, X. 5. Buss.
Mrs. FANNY MITCHELL, sister of Mrs
Samuel II. Brown, died in New Haven,
Conn, yesterday, in her S9th year. Mrs
Brown, in her S7th year, is the last of a
family of thirteen children.
THE friends of the Rev. S. II. Archi-
bald of Wallingford, hereabouts, will re-
greet to hear of the death of his ten year
old daughter from disease of the brain,
which occurred yesterday
HARRISON |. NORTON is continued by
Judge Robinson as Register of the Pro
bate Court. Mr.. Norton has acceptably
filled that office since the resignation Tor
soon after of Sidney wilkins, under ex-
Judge Sibley. Judge Robinson does
we'll to retain him in this important Of
flee.
This eve ring the marriage of Mr..
Harry b. Hutchins and Miss Hattie
Gregg will take place at o'clock. The
ceremony will he pronounced by the
Rev. VIM. B. Walker in the presence of
few family friends of the happy couple.
The BANNER extends cordial and hearty
congratulations.
IT is expected that by Saturday night
of this week One-half the stone for the
new parsonage of Francis de Sales will
have been placed on the ground ready
for the stone-cutters. The demand for
to Inns to utilize the fast els ppearing
sleigLing has been very great or few
days past.
The Troy Press is authority that
"Officer John Nash has secured the cap
ture of the thief who recently robbed a
young man from HoOsick Falls of $50 in
money and his watch, at the Elm Tree
House in Bennington. The thief is now
in confinement in New York State await
ing requisition papers,"
THE new officers of Mt Anthony
Lodge OF MasOns have been designated
| by the ID. d. G.. NJ to work the third de-
>. gree at the District Meeting to be held in
Manchester in the near future. This is
high compliment and the Lodge will
continue to retain its previous enviable
record in this connection. Col. f. d.
Benz tt is the w. NJ.
THERE are several cases about town
where our people appear to be i'll from
la Grippe. That is, the symptoms are
the same as last winter when that dis
til, 10
quite possible that many of them have
never really recovered from that i'm
ported malady.
THE result of the late meeting nf the
managers is that the State fair Is to be
held in Burlington this year. We notice
that the Hon. Henry G. Root is retained
in the second place on the executive com
mittee, place he well fitted for, bOtl
by reason of interest in such m ltters and
: experience with this Organiza'i II. The
TAR is to be held the first week in Sep
|. TENDER, beginning with The Sth day.
: YESTERDAY the case of Robert Drys
!, dale, alleged bankrupt, was consider
before the Court of Insolvency. Thu
= petitioner is Miss Janet Drysdale. anC
this hearing was on the quest on o
allowing h to a mend her peutiOn, Tn,
Court admitted the amended petition
< thus scoring vi, Try for h II attorney
: Judge Darling, and the case stands ad
journed until Saturday, February 18th
. when an assignee will be chosen. Shel
}. don & Cushmdn represented the Oppo
y sing side to the amended petition.
4 MARY HowE's triumphant success a
q the Metropoli an Opera House in Ney
n York last week was repeated in Hartford
q Conn, on Friday evening, when sh
n sung at the Musurga club conc TT il
that city. The large hall was packed +
standing room, and there was perfeC
= crush at the entrance as the hour TO
y opening drew near Here as everywher
y else, Miss Howes personal appearance
q cap ivated her audience no less than he
Il singing, and the applause which greete
q her was overwhelming.
y, u ONE of Maj. jerome B. Parmenter'
= brothers came up last week and thinkin
i it well to have the opinion of two doctor
i on the case, brought with him DR.. Wn
is B. Seymour of Troy, one of the mos
J eminent physicians in the State. He e'
q amined Mr.. ParmenteT very carefully
- approved DR.. Potters diagnosis an
10 treatment in every particular and MAD
- no prescription. Although no cOnsulti
ton was had, DR.. Potter being absen
the doctors agree that when the weath'
&c gets warmer and Mr.. Parmenter can g
~ down to the sea, he will probably recove
VI at least TO some extent.
ca THE Salvini Dramatic Club made d
RS cided "hit' Saturday evening. The
Id had good paying house, and did then
Id selves great credit, although laborin
! ) under some unforeseen difficulties becaui
IS of the illness of some of their member
eft What Is best of all is that a goQdly SUI
lis was realized for the Y. NJ. C. A.,
of which the net proceeds were donate
h Give us another of the same sort, ladi
Dill and gentlemen. The electric lights us'
on this occasion were due TO the entG
-. prise of Ensign Richardson, and v
q learn that they are to become perm
he neDt fixture. This is as it should be.
on THERE has been great rush" for |
ID. served seats for "The Chimes of NJ
nd mandy" since the assignment beg
re Jan. 10Th. The event is TO take pla
,ss Feb. 4th and 18th, and each evening h
ne so far had its demands for seats. I
he illness of Mrs. Geo. Z. Graves for IL
ia days disarranged the plans of the pl
M moters of this enterprise, but the {
he gagement of Miss Jessie May Miller
Use Troy, N. Y, settled all doubts as TO {
success of the soprano. Miss Miller
A quite celebrated and will give streng
q, to the cast. This, with the engageme
ow of Mr.. Harry Sweet Of Cohoes, as Bail
., and Mr.. Impett. tenor. of TT,
% assures the successful rendering Of d
~ opera in connection with local talent a
81 are all the changes from the cast
"a characters published last week. G
es readers will do well TO remember tn
W.. dates,