The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-12

GEN. W. W. HENRY has been appOin
ed by the treasury department an INN
III grant inspector, to be stationed in til
District of Vermont.
l. JOHN II. AYREs, the merchant tailor
has started the system OF suit clubs
m With a little canvass of few hours We:
Of terday he secured one full club.
G. b. SlBLEY's space in another plao
he is weekly filled with announcements tina
le it will pay our readers to note. Sible
gives good goods at reasonable prices.
d An adjourned meeting of the Ben
y nington Historical Society is to be hell
& at the rooms of the Board of Trade at II
o'clock in the forenoon of next Thurs
o day.
a COLE d BURT believe in printers inl
I, and the result is that they draw trade
}. from all of the surrounding towns. Reat
e their advertisement from time to time
and note their bargains in clothing.
+ WE noted the accident to Miss Bug
n bees father last week. On Saturday she
: was called home and Miss Helen Roger:
i (assistanD took her place in the High
1 school. We trust that the injury to Mr.
Bugbee will not prove fatal.
e A BILL for two bridges across the East
River was introduced into the New York
e Senate on Tuesday. Henry W. Putnam
! heads the list of incOrpOratOrs and II.
/ w. Putnam, jr., is one of them. The
capital stock of the company is to be S24,
100000
JOHN WYLIE was called to West Sand
, lake, n. Y, this week ON account of the
, continued illness of his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Wylie who was Frustrated some
time since with paralysis. Mr. Wylie re-
turned yesterday, his mothers condition
being somewhat improved.
THE members of the Bennington Rifles
entertained their lady friends at the
Armory, Monday evening. This being
their regular drill night, the early part
of the evening was taken up with guard
mount by the company, assisted by Gold
smiths Orchestra, which afterwards fur
nished music for dancing, and an eniOya-
BILE time is reported
WE notice in the Troy Press that Geo.
b. Cluett and S. b. Sanford have offered
to give 5000 each for new building for
the Young WOmen's Association of Troy,
provided an equal amount is raised and
| there seems to be no doubt of raising it
speedily. A noble offer from our gener-
GUS townsman, and it is just like him.
In another place to-day we give an &C
count of the District meeting, which was
the Masonic County event OF the winter.
The officers of Mt. Anthony Lodge, from
+. D. Bennett, w. NJ, down to the low
est officer, worked for the first time
and were highly complimented. The
quartettc, Messrs. Morgan, Mattison,
Burt and Hutchins, rendered excellent
music.
THIS mornings dispatches announce
the death of Allen Sheldon Alger at De-
troit, Mich, son of Gen. Alger, who died
Feb. 10th. Gen. Alger's wife was
Henry. near relative to the Bennington |
family of that name, and the friends here |
will regret to hear of the death of the |
nine-year-old son of Gen. and Mrs. Alger |
The disease was typhoid fever.
WALDO HUTcHINs, well known New
York lawyer and valuable member of |
the Park Commission of that city, re-
Gently died, quite suddenly. Mr.. and |
Mrs. GIutchins were the very pleasant
travelling companions of the late Rev and |
Mrs. Chancey II. Hubbard of this village,
during part of their journeyings in
Europe few years since.
THE local scribe of the Troy Press
says: Two or three years ago Captain
Coffey overScer of the soldiers Home,
let the fountain flow all winter, and the
water fToze little by little until beaut-
full palace was formed. Then the old
soldiers cut at the ice on the inside max
ing room. The fountain which is the
highest IN America and next to the high
est i'll the world, is flowing, and it is ex
pccted that if we have cold weather
enough that there will he another such
palace made"
THE Democratic town committee have
called caucus to meet in Library Hail
on Saturday evening of this week, and
the Republican committee may call one II
few days later. The talk this morning is
to appoint n committee from each caucus
to agree on a union town ticket to be
supported at the polls. The town clerk
is getting things into shape to publish
directions, etc. concerning ballOting. 1t
will appear in the forthcoming edition of I
town reports for 1891, soon to be issued.
THE Bennington d Rutland Railway
Company received on Saturday 50-ton
mOgul locomotive, the first of two or
dered some months ago of the Science
tady locomotive works. 1t has siA driy-
ers, 80 inches in diameter, cylinder Is by
"A inches, and is very like the mOgul
locomotives on the New York Central &
Hudson River road. 1t is painted black
with gilt trimmings and is named the
"Trenor w. Park" 1t is said to have
cost about $4,000. 1t will be used in the |,
freight tratfic.-RmidHd Herad.
AN exchange says: THE Forest and
Stream Club has acquired title to several
hundred acres of heavy timbered forest
land situated about two miles from Will ,
mington upon the delightful trout
stream, tributary o. the swift Deerield ,
River. The purpose of the club is to
fish and game and make its
domains attractive. Those who hold
office from Bennington for 1891 are: !
President, A p. Childs; directors, II. S. ,
Bingham and II. NJ. Harris. These men, ,
who are prominent citizens, will make ,
this valley pleasant spot
THE Odd Fellows of Hoosick Falls, N. /
Y, held fair in that village last week. {
Thursday was Odd Fellows night and
twenty Chevaliers in uniform. and about {
as many more Odd Fellows, with ladies', [
went down. The correspondent from
there says: at was estimated that there ]
were over 1890 people present. There
were pr sent among others, Canton Ben =
nington, Stark lodge, and Miriam Re- I
bekah degree lodge, all of Bennington. I
and Little Hoosick lodge from Berlin I
The members of Canton Bennington
were in full uniform and presented fine !
l
The Bennington correspondent of the :
Troy Press has good word for The Star I
rs follows: "a monthly school paper =
called The Star was printed last week. +,
Each pupil of the school is entitled to !
one paper, which he reads and then :
carries it to his or her parents, so that T
they can see what kind of work their (
children are doing. The paper is inter !
esting. 1t is composed of written work !
taken from the daily grammar work of y
pupils. Yesterday one of the school y
teachers made new use of the paper by
taking the reading lesson from it. This \
is the most interesting reading lesson 4
That they have had in long time There !,
are six editors of The Star, boy and l
girl taken from three of the rooms. 1t is =
the duty of the boys to rush around and
talk up the business men and get their
while the girls get to- f,
gethcr the written work and the Professor
the paper =
EDMUND J. HULING, a veteran iourna- i
list and near relative of the Bennington S
family of that name, died Monday at his
home in Saratoga, NY. The Troy Press 4
Of which he had been long. time CORE Il
spondent, gives him a half column Il
obituary notice from which we condense b
as follows: The deceased was the only
son of Beekman Huling, and was born C
In Milton, Saratoga county, Dec. Is, 1920. =
where he lived until March 20, 1881 when +
with his parents he removed tn Saratoga. 2
where he had since resided. He attend :
ed the public schools and also select t