The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-15
BENNINGTON BANNER.
The BANNER enters its 52nd year.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1892.


Miss FmELIA TUTTLE Is quite ill
with severe cold.
MISS LIZZIE COOPER goes in a few
weeks to Washington, d. G.
MRS. F. c. WHITE went to Boston
"wednesday last for visit with her rela-
tives.
SELBY ORR, formerly with E. II.
Brown, now Of Troy, N. Y, is in town
on business.
THE Philharmonics have definitely de-
Gided to bring out the "Mlkado"-a SEN
Sible conclusion.
THE Rev. VIM. B. Walker has been in
New York city this week, going down
Monday morning.
IT has been noticed that la Grippe goes
hardest with those who are behind on
their newspaper accounts.
Mrs. CYRUS ALDEN of New York
city, is in Bennington visiting her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Louis A. Graves.
WE desire to thank our friends, one
and all, who are sending us such kind
Gv"ressiOns of encouragement, day by
day.
MRS. G.. +. LEONARD will leave Ben
nngton the last of the month to spend
the remainder of the winter in Boston,
Mass.
WORD comes to friends here that the
Hon. ii. G.. Root is quite ill at his winter
home in San Diego, California. We ex-
pect to hear soon of his recovery.
COMPLAINT is made that people drive
aver the monument grounds despite the
signs and plain roads around the struc-
ture. An example made of some offender
might stop it.
THE Masonic District meeting is to be
held here February 10th, and Mt. An
thoDy Lodge is to eXemplify the E. A.
degree. The Eastern Star ladies will
serve the supper.
MIR. AND Mrs A. X. RITCHIE most
agreeably entertained large number of
their friends at card pant y last Tues
day evening. Elegant prizes were given
and choice refreshments served.
Daniel Callahan and wife, who lived
IN Bruwnell Hollow, Eagle Bridge, died
Monday night within half an hour of
each other. They were about eighty
years of age and had been married nearly
sixty years.
SUIT. L. D. BENNETT, with his wife
and daughter, expect to go south the
hast of this month. They will visit their
brother, Mr.. George Thatcher, i'll Shreye-
port, La, and their sister, Mrs. Robert
Blair in Fort Worth, Texas, before they
Geturn.
The Rev. Chas. X. Seymour is deliver
iifg a series Of six sermons. He began
Ian. 3rd, with one on the subject:
work versus Worry last Sabbath
that of "Many a little makes a Mickle,"
and next Sunday evening will deliver the
third of the series, The Devil as a
Silent Partner"
WE have arranged clubbing rates with
tie Boston Weekly Journal, New York
Weekly Tribune and the New York Daily
Press so that we can furnish the two
former at as cents, and the latter at 81,
IN connection with the BANNER. Pay
ments for them and the BANNER must
be in advance. The Tribute is restricted
TO subscribers III Vermont.
CONGRESSMAN POWERS announces
that there is vacancy in the naval
Cadetship Of this district and asks any
Houng man desiring the appointment to
correspond with him before April LIST
next. Candidates must be between 10
and 90 years of age and must be able to
pass creditable examination. Here is
chance for some ambitious youth.
DAVID f. MOORE goes this week to
Tallapoosa, Ga, t0 engage in business.
lie has purchased one-half interest
with L. S. Lewis Qormerly of Albany, n.
", in an express freight and transfer
route and the opening seems to be a very
promising one. We wish Mr.. Moore
abundant success. His family will re-
main in Bennington for the present.
THE District meeting of the Odd Eel
was held here Tuesday evening. Grand
Master Goodell and Grand Warden Far
rar were present, besides Secretary Hib-
bard eff Indian River Lodge, No. u, and
others. Stark Lodge worked the In
Itiatory Degree, and after speeches from
the Grand officers and others collation.
was served by the ladies of Miriam
Lodge, No. s. The occasion was greatly
enjoyed.
The Rutland Ne,cs says: George W.
Bennett OF Manchester, who has had
charge Of the decoration of the COngre-
EatiOnal church, left town this afternoon
with his corps of painters for Granville,
n. Y, where he has charge of the Tres
Going of the new bank in that town. He
expects to return to Rutland within two
or three weeks to frescO the Bates HOuss,
and later on to decorate the new hotel at
Brandon"
The following is list of letters adj
vertised at bennington, VT, pOstoffice,
for the week ending Jan. 9th, 1892: Mr..
Peter Belle, MIR. Med. Cornell, Esq,
Frank Davis, 4. o. Jones, National PUr-
tr.lit Company, Mr.. VIM. SutliH. Mr..
George Tefft, Mr. George Williams, Miss
GlendCra Bland, Miss Carol S. Johnston,
Hrs. James Kellogg. These letters will
be sent TO the Dead Letter Office Jan.
2Srd, if not delivered before.
An exchange says that the year 1891
was particularly active one for the Rev.
Bustwick Hawiey, d. D., formerly of
This town, now of Saratoga, N. Y. In
addition to attending to his duties as
President Of the Board of Trustees and
manager of the Saratoga, ". Y, Home
for children, he officiated at 80 funerals,
ii marriages, wrote six articles for the
press, preached nine times aud read a
historical paper before the Troy Confer
tnce. He is IS years old.
A GRAND Sunday school rally will be
held at the Second Congregational
church next Sunday evening at clock.
The speaker Of the OCCASION will be the
gentleman who is to lecture Saturday
evening on Alaska-Mr. c. e. Hine The
meetings Of the EndeavOr Societies of
tie Methodist and Baptist churches will
yield, in this instance, to the school
gathering. II O VI ious schools may con-
gratulate themselves on being able to
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