The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-24


ds On Tuesday afternoon number of {
classes OF the Methodist Sunday soho
IA went to Camp Comfort for picnic.
The Benningtons and Hoosiok Fa
M cross bats at the old race course grOun
= tomorrow afternoon. Both are go'
teams.
A UNION temperance meeting will
held in the Second Congregation
church next Sunday evening. The pu
Ve lie are requested TO attend.
WM. r. GRAVES is raising tho walk
front of his residence on West Ma
~ not raise the remainder of the walks {
that street?
"a THE Rev. Mr.. Heaxt will be heard
y Bennington by general audience fl
the first time on Sunday evening at Il
:, Second Congregational Church. He III
IS had experience in temperance matter
and has something to say.
o THE alarm of fire at midnight calle
:, the department out, but their service
were not needed, as no fire develope
4 itself. One of our citizens pulled Oh
a box near his house supposing the cidel
mill was on fire as 1t had that appear
ance. Instead of staying at the box III
4 VII dIllNCu llC mtnb W AlNGNL
gate, and some one else pulled anothe
alarm; both these actions being agains
, the rules Those holding keys shoul
study the rules and no alarm should b
: given until certain there is fire an,
I. never pull second time. Live an,
t learn"
/, SINCE the BANNER changed its publ
cation day, thus cutting off the RefOrme
from its weekly supply of copy, tina
sheet has shown the effects not only il
quantity but quality. Not to multiply
words, last week the Reformer locals
about Prof. Squirrels house, the arriva
of the New York mail, Lebanon SPRING.
picnic, Lawrence O'Toole, and others
were not founded in fact. The mail haG
already been arriving at 1l.35 a. m. since
the Monday before; the picnic was Tues
day mot the rainy Wednesday,, one OF
the finest days of the year, and O'TOole
did not have charge of st. Francis de
Sales church building. Its remarks about
the Graded schools and other matters
were equally re-lie-able.
CONCRETE walks are being laid in the
village by l.. NJ. Pike of Rutland, who
with large force of men is stopping off
here while en- route for neighbOring
city, where he has large contract The
force is working at present on walk in
front Of Campbell's mill. One of the
necessities of Bennington at present, in
addition to sewerage, is that of good side
walks. In this instance, an extension Of
this walk rs far as the railroad at least,
would be q most desirable improvement
in view OF our approaching celebration.
The walk out to the monument is in n
oA,,1sAsA,,
gravel walk recently laid being unsatis-
factory. These concrete walks have been
proven TO be one of the best of the kind
under all circumstances and the extern
sions mentioned are to be highly recon-
mended.
THE routes, Nos. 1 and 2, noted else
where, to the G. A. X. Encampment at
Detroit, August 4th-7th, are these:
Route No. 1, going via Central Vermont
Railroad to Norwood, II. w. & o. Divis-
ion New York Central Railroad to Niaga-
IA Falls, Great Western Division Grand
Trunk Ry. to Detroit Returning, via
Grand Trunk Ry. to Kingston, connect
ing there with the r. & o. N. Co. steam
ers through the Rapids of the River st.
Lawrence by daylight to Montreal, Grand
Trunk Ry.'to St. Johns and Central YER
mont Railroad to starting point. Those
desiring can return direct via Grand
Trunk Ry. to Beforehand Montreal. Rate
$1,000. Route No. 2, going via Central
Vermont Railroad to Norwood, r. w. &
o. Division New York Central Railroad
to Niagara Falls, Great Western Division
Grand Trunk Ry. to Detroit, returning
via same loute; rate $1,000. Route No,
B., going via Central Vermont Railroad |
to St.JOhns Grand Trunk Ry. to Detroit, |
returning via same route, $1,000 Tick |
cts will be good going from July 3lst UNI |
til Aug. Sd, inclusive, and good returning |
until Aug. 18th, inclusive. The time |
limit Of the return tickets will be eX-
tended, If desired, on application to the
Joint Agent of the terminal lines at De-
troit, to be good for return passage not
later than September Both, 1891.
THE Rev. VIM. Dogort Walker, rector
of st. Peters church, has had in his |
family, as a domestic Bridget Malone.
She has worked there about seven
and the family consists of Cap
tain Albert Walker and wife. and the !
Rector ana ms wife. On Saturday the
girl went out ostensibly for walk, and
did not return. Inquiries made Sunday
did not disclose her whereabouts. On
Monday letter came from Troy, n. Y, |
from the girl to her mother, and this let
ter contained charges against her en-
plOyer. The mother went to Troy. What
was done there is contained in the Times
of Wednesday, as follows: "a girl who
gave herspame as Mullen was found yes
terday ina Green street house by Detect |
i've Morris, who was accompanied by the |
girls mo her, from Bennington. vt. The
girl left Bennington few days ago and
wrote to her mother that she intended to
commit suicide. She said she had been
betrayed by q minister at Bennington.
The police do not credit her story" Yes
terday morning the girl, accompanied by
her mother, returned here and she was
at once arrested on the charge of criminal
libel, the action being brought by States
Attorney Mason on behalf of the State. |
The hearing was to have been begun yes
terday before the Municipal court, but
was continued until this afternoon. Mr.. |
Walker is q man widely known and
greatly respected, and public sentiment
here wholly discredits the girls charges.