The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-23

POLICE OFFICER DUNN has been
stationed on North street to see that
that street is kept clear of niSht loungers
and insulters.
THE Sunday school connected with st.
Peters Episcopal church had their an
nual picnic on the Soldiers Home
grounds Saturday.
Miss SHELLEY has Just returned from
market where she has been to purchase
her fall stock of millinery goods, and
will advertise her opening soon.
LAST Monday E. B. Patterson and
Geo. Shurtleff were hunting and sue
ceeded in bagging 20 grey squirrels.
Squirrels are not expensive this season.
AT the coming session of the Legisla-
ture application will be made for the
passing of an act to allow the village to
raise funds to build sewers, and also to
allow it to pass them through private
premises when found necessary.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOSIAH BURCH cele-
brated their fortieth wedding anniver-
sary with family reunion last evening,
at their residence on School street. There
were about twenty-five present and re-
freshments were served.
THE Rev. Father McCune, who was in
iured at st. Adams the 18th, and who
was obliged to stop at Bennington for a
few days OH account of his injuries, was
able to continue his journey to Great
Darlington the last of the week.
PIKE, the wholesale meat dealer at
North Adams, and marketmen from that
town, Williamstown, Pownal and this
village, enjoyed clam bake on the Icha-
wog Club grounds in the east part of
Bennington one day recently. There
were some twenty in the party.
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL STEARNs of
Rutland, was in town to-day summOning
jurors for the next term of United States
court. On his list were NJ. Barton of
Salisbury, A. G. Parker and c. H.
Barber of Powdal, w. H. Blanchard and
E. c. Houghton of Bennington. Prob
ably ED" who is in Los Angeles, CAL,
will not be found and may not be sorry.
Service was made upon the Others
MAJ. A. B. VALENTINE and Maj. r.
J. Coffey left Saturday to attend the
National encampment at Washington.
Mrs. Coffey accompanied her husband.
Col. J. II. Walbridge of North Benning-
ton also went. Col. Walbridge is the
guest of Gen. L. A. Grant, assistant
secretary of war this week. About 20
others went down to the National
Capital Monday.
THE Woman's Board of Missions of
Vermont is to hold its annual meeting
here next week, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, September 9th and 2Sth. This will
bring into our village about one hundred
ladies, workers at home in this good
cause. Our people will take an interest
in this convention and the BANNER will
give report of its proceedings.
OUR readers should remember the Fire
Department fair to be held 1S-21st of Oc-
tober. The Department hold a meeting
tonight to determine the exact pro-
gramme. Among the attractions posi-
lively are the Blackinton Glee club and
the Polyhymnia Quartette of this village
these in addition to the announcement
made earlier. This fair promises to be
one of the most successful ever held in
town.
H. w. MARTIN and John Boyle were
elected Monday managing directors of
the Litho-CarbOn Manufacturing COM
pany of New York. This is a corpora
ton organized to manufacture litho-car-
bon, substitute for rubber, and their
works are on Long Island. Mr.. Boyle is
near relative of the Earrings, London,
England. Among the prominent men
connected with this enterprise are Col.
Paine, John Langdon, Moore & Slye.
Mr.. Langdons relations to the enter
prises engineered by the late Fred. Bill
lings and Col. Paine's connection with
the Standard Oil company are well
known. When it is stated that lithO-car-
bon can be made into all forms that rub
Der is used for and that its cost is one
eighth that of rubber, some idea may be
gained of the prospects of this new en-
terprise. The promoters say nothing of
late years equals the outlook. Mr.. Mar
tins family remain here for the present.