The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-25
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1891,


Miss HAwLEY of Manchester, is visit
ing Mrs. Judge Darling.
THE Hospital at the Soldiers Home
will be ready for occupancy Oct. LIST.
Mrs. HAYNES of Hoosick, n. Y, has
been visiting Mrs. Norman Greenslet. 90
MRS. E, S. PARMENTER is quite i'll at
her parents home in North Adams,
Mass.
MELVIN WADswoRTH is contemplate
ing passing the winter with friends in
the West.
THE Misses White entertained party
of their lady friends Wednesday after
noon last.
Miss IDA MUNRoE of Boston, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. William W.
Munroe on Willow street.
JAMES WooD, Jr., clerk with Squire &
Rawson, has been away on his vacation
about three weeks, visiting his parents
in Western New York.
The Bennington Rifles are to hold
regular business meeting next Monday
evening at their armory, at 1880 o'clock
A full attendance is requested.
WILLARD BENNETT of Manchester, a
brother of Otto R. Bennett, is one. of the
leading tenors in the Lucier troupe that
play in Library Hall tomorrow evening.
Mr.. AND MRS. E. L. BATES give a
party this friday evening at their resi-
dence on Silver Street, in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert p. Bates of Chicago.
OUR local readers should remember
that the last day in which they can pay
their taxes to the Town Treasurer and
save four per cent, is next Monday, the
2Sth, inst
In room No. of the Graded school,
there are 81 scholars who have never
been in school before. Miss Whitney,
the teacher, is a great favorite with these
little ones.
MRS. BETsEY WADswoRTH of Middle
bury, has disposed of her property in
that place, and has come to Bennington
to make her home with her niece, Mrs.
John H. Kehoe on pleasant street.
THE venerable president of the First
National Bank, Luther r. Graves, has
been critically i'll for several days. His
disease seems to be the failing of the
vital powers. He is confined TO his bed.
THE Mill Store (E. E. Hart Il Com
pany's), certainly have one of the grand
est displays of preserved fruits in jars it
has been our fortune to see since the ex-
position in Denver some years since.
Their prices are just right, too.
The North Adams fair this week was
appular resort for several lately mar
REG Young people-Bennington furnish
ing tXo couple. One of the attractions
whSt be visit of Gov. Russell, who vas
roNEt,E received and made fine address,
So fRE delay of trains last Monday was
caused by the wreck of freight train at,
SbGburne Falls. Gov. Russell of Mas
sarhuSetts was on one of the belated
trains en- route to North Adams. A.
broken journal was the cause of the &C
cident.
The members of Taft Commandery
will be held next week Friday evening.
1t being the first assembly since the
Centennial; several matters of business
render it an important gathering aside
from several petitions to take action on.
G. V. S. QUACKENBUsH & Co., the
old and reliable dry goods house of Troy,
n. Y, have something to say in another
column that will be of interest to our
lady readers. Especially in their silk de-
partment do we know that they match
anything in marietta prices and quality,
besides having few choice leaders not
to be found elsewhere.
SOME days ago the postmaster an Man
chester received request from the
Postmaster General to inspect the post
offices in the North Shire, but not hav-
ing anyone to leave in the office c. A.
Pierce postmaster at Bennington, kindly
cOnSented to take the whole of the coun-
ty. He has already visited most of the
offices and finds them all well kept and
satisfactory both to the Department and
to the public.-Mdncheste Journal.
JOHN DOYLE, who lives here and
works for the Messrs. Tiffany, is brother
to the Edward A. Doyle who was shot in
Troy, N. Y, week or so ago. Doyle
died from the effects of his wounds and
the funeral was held Tuesday. Brother
Bartholomew, who did the shooting, is
quite Frustrated with the result, as he
had only the thought to scare off some
vandals who were stealing fruit from the
Provincial Seminary grounds. The re-
mains of Doyle were buried from St.
Peters church in Troy.
THE fall and winter time table on the
Fjtchburg and Bennington and Rutland
railways will 60 into effect on Monday.
The changes come too late to correct our
tables to-day, but they relate more to
the connections than to the arrival and
departures at this station. The flyer
south leaves at 3:05 instead of 1888 p. M,
and arrives at 2:25 instead of 240 D. M,
the o'clock train arrives at APO p. M,
and the Troy train one minute later. The
steamboat train leaves at $40 instead of
5:15 p. m.
The venerable Hiel Hollister of Paw
let, has been West, and from one of his
letters we make an extract that will be
of interest to some of our readers: 1.-THE
writer hereof has now reached his ont