The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-02

b ! Mrs. A. B. GARDNER is improving
, from her late illness.
TAFT CoMMANDERY holds a regular
conclave tomorrow evening.
Mrs. GEORGE A. SMITH is visiting in
Greenfield and Mortified, Mass.
CHAs. S. KEHoE and family will move
from Main street 10 their mothers home
on Pleasant street.
AMAPLE SUGAR party will be given in
the parlors of tine Second Congregational
Church, on WEDNESDAYS evening, April s.
THE Levy grand concert in the audi
torium of the new edifice of St. Francis
de Sales Church is fixed for April 2lst.
GEORGE MILLER strikes out for him
self in the upholstery business. See an
other column. Mr.. Milleris a competent
workman.
OWING to the illness of several mem
bers who were to have taken part, the
entertainment next week of the d. of r.
Lodge is postponed until about the goth
of April.
Ara meeting of the trustees, Thursday
who hold the Free Library aud property
in trust from the donors, Frederic b. Jen-
nings was elected to succeed Daniel
Nc Eowan resigned.
The sugar party in the chapel of the
First Baptist Church, given by the
Y. p. S. C. E., has been postponed from
Wednesday until Saturday evening of the
present week. They say that "All our
! friends are most cordially invited and
will be sweetly welcomed"
AMONG those lately granted a pension
of Sl2. per month, under the dependent
pension act, we note Perly d. Sischo of
Arlington. This is grand thing for a
veteran who is surely in need of these |
funds being ont of health and unable to !
work
THE officers AMI managers of the
Y. NJ. A., have appointed the following |
committees: Building and rents, I. f.
Gibson, E. d. Bennett, A. W. Braisted;
library and reading room, c. S. Davis,
G. G.. K. Jennings, II. T. Cushman, I'd;
finance and accounts, E. S. Harris. w. c. |
Hitchcock; printing, C. s. Kehoe; lee
lures, C. S. Kehoe, c. II. Dewey.
THE annual parish meeting of st.
Peters Church resulted in the reelection
of the Old boari of vestrymen. John T.
Shurtleif is senior warden and Henry O.
HARDWOOD is junior warden. The finances
of the church were found to be in most
satisfactory condition, the rector's in
creased salary of 5000 having been raised
and money to spare This church are
considering plans for building a new
ediiice, and no doubt definite action
tawards this end will be taken in the
near future.
Miss ELIZABETH DAWN GRIFFITH sang
last evening for grand concert for the
benefit of ST. Mlry's Chapel, Peeksl1ill,
n. Y, and the Church of st. John, Fort
Hamilton, L. l., which was given at
'Sherry's," Fifth Avenue and 37th
street, New York The tickets were 80
which shows the character of the per
Torrance. Nine. Minnie Hauk, the noted
vocalist, who has been very kind to Miss
Griffith, bore leading part in this
event. We are glad to note the prom
inence and promise thus given to Miss
Griffith.
DEA. u. i. TAFT of this village, died
Tuesday forenoon. He was well
known citizen and was for years n mer-
chant here, having retired from active
life some time since. Had he lived
until June he would have been 50. The
funeral waa held this afternoon, n large
number of our people attending. We
shall give n DlOpr1nliC1l sketch of Dp1.