The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-05
Mrs. HrNRY W. Boorn is in Troy, N

Y, for a visit with relatives.
JOHN MARTEN, son of the Rev. z. Ma
ten, is seriously i'll with typhoid pneI
monia.
= MRS. j. A. SIPPERLY of Hoosick Fall
N. Y, is stopping at her fathers, G.
Wattles, for a week.
A SPECIAL Convocation of Temp
Chapter on Monday evening, March OIL
Work, NJ. NJ. degree.
THE fortnightly Literary Club met
this week Saturday afternoonat the Coz
gregational Church parlors.
THE subject of the sermon on Sunda
afternoon at st. Peters Church will b
1.-THE Historic Episcopate."
C. S. PERRY, foreman of the BANNE
job office, is sick with pneumonia. Will
he is very ill the best is hoped for in hi
case.
QUITE a number of our young peopl
attended the calico ball of the 32d SepaI
ate Company, at Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
last Friday evening.
Miss II. j. MORGAN is spending tw,
weeks in New York, attending opening
of spring millinery, and purchasing {
new stock of goods.
AFTER this week no clubbing subscrip
tons with city weeklies will be received
here. The Daily Press offer at $500 il
still open, but will not remain so long.
WIN. f. MILLER, late of Waltham, Mass.
expects to open Photographic estab'
lishment on North street next week,
when a more formal announcement will
be made.
II. f. RICHMOND, who lives just west
of the Rev. Jno. b. Tibbits' farm, Ben
ningtOn Centre, saw wild deer coming
from the direction of Mt. Anthony and
crossing the meadows.
THE New York Mail and Express says:
"At Bennington Samuel C. Lyons, white
clay manufacturer, will make the neces-
sary changes in his plant for the manu-
features of knit goods-to employ about
one hundred hands"
BY the bills it will be seen that ]. II.
Barney will sell lot of hay, stock,
wagons, farming utensils, ETC., at auc-
ton, on March l4th, at ten o'clock a. m.
The sale will take place at the farm
south of this village.
DR.. LOUIS E. POTTER and wife are sad
ly afflicted in the death last night of one
of their twin children. Mrs. Potter is so
well known here that her many friends
Will be sorry to learn of this event, which
occurred at the home of her parents here.
RoLLIN Fl. FISK, formerly of the BAN
NER, has been promoted to the foreman
ship of the Rutland Daily Herald office.
We are pleased to note this recognition
of Mr.. Fisk, who filled like place in our
office for some time.
A RUNAWAY horse Monday evening
caused narrow escape for Harry Matti-
son, son of Frank G. Madison, who was
to get out of danger. The
horse jumped over him so those say who
saw the affair. Master Harry was thrown
down but not injured.
THE New Hampshire Legislature has
passed an appropriation bill of 49, 500 for
The representation of that State at the
dedication of the Battle Monument.
This ensures New Hampshire and no
doubt Massachusetts, will follow in fur
lishing money to pay necessary ex-
Denses.
1T is nice bit of enterprise in Squire
& Rawson to make and sell souvenir
If 1891, in the shape of a Battle Monu-
nent teaspoon of solid silver. The mon
lment is on one side of the handle and
IN old tlint-lock musket adorns the re-
verse side. These spoons will be in |
n great demand next August.
CHARLES BARNES has opened in the
Adams Block lin the lockwood Art
tore, fine line of paper hangings and
PAINTERS supplies. Being a practical |
himself he knows what is |
leeded by the trade. Give him. n call. |
4ook out for his advertisement soon.
THE meeting of the Trustees of the |
soldiers Home to-day was to consider
he matter of building the proposed hos
,ital building. AS it has already been
Iecided to build it, the details of the |
proposal is what was to be considered.
THE adjourned meeting of the Battle
Ionument Association to-day decided |
hat its Board of Directors should repre-
ent it in all matters pertaining to the
Celebration in August; to act in CON
JUNCTION with the State centennial com
nittee. A resolution was adopted look
ng to the further purchase of land ada
ent to the monument site, and a com
nittee was appointed, consisting of Col,
abbott, Judge White and 1T. Shurtleff,
o take under advisement plan for rails
ng more money, concerning which they
re to report at an adjourned meeting of |
he Association to be held March 18th.
POSTMASTER MARTIN has, after several
months labor, secured the distribution
# Bennington mail going to New York
ity so that it will be delivered in the !
morning or on arrival. While the order |
pplies to all mails yet it more particu-
aTly affects the sleeper mail. Hereto
ore the mail from Western Vermont
rriving in New York at GAS a. m. has
lot been distributed to cup town" and
way from the "down town. postoffice
Until afternoon. The result is plain to
,e seen. The new arrangement will
make one full days difference in the
of replies to New York letters.
rhe best of the matter is that this applies
o Vermont as well as to Bennington.
All mail from off the st. Adams postal
quite going into the metropolis assorted
o streets and districts. A part of this
rider goes into effect in our postoffice
md the the balance is binding upon the
ailway postal clerks.
ROBERT DRYsDALE, the popular River |
treet Merchant, arrived home from the
Vest this week. We are glad to be in
ormed that negotiations are pending
Whereby it is hoped he will resume bust |
less. The writer was told by one of the
heaviest out of town creditors that he |
would be pleased to extend terms or do |
in his power to place Mr.. |
)rysdale on his financial feet again. |
We think there will be no great difficulty |
n the way of Mr.. Drysdale's reopening. |
since the store was closed it has been |
aid that the Drysdale firm did the
argest business lin volume), of any con-
'ern in Bennington county. This trade |
will stay with Mr.. Drysdale should he be |
lble to effect the settlements hoped for,
md which there is favorable prospects |
If his accomplishing.