The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-08

THE railroad bridge on the Bennington
and Rutland railway south of Clarendon
station caught fire Tuesday afternoon
and the roof was considerably damaged.
MERRIAM NJ. FIELD, proprietor of
Fields hotel, Lebanon Springs, N. Y,
died Sunday evening in the 10th year of
his age. He was a well known hotel
man.
THE subjects of the sermons at st.
Peters church on next Sunday palm
Sunday, will be at 10 80 a. m, 1.-THE
Choice-Barabbas or Christ" at 5 p. M,
''The Way of Sorrows"
THE lecture to young men next Sunday
evening in the Methodist Episcopal
church, will be upon the subject of tenn
perance. Topic, "The cerebral and Men
tai Effects of Alcoholic Stimulants."
A GOOD many who were anxious when
they heard of the illness of c. yelling
Thatchers little boy last week, will be
glad to know that the illness was not as
serious as was reported and the child is
all right as to health now.
MRS. A. E. DoNNHLLY announces in
another place that she has her millinery
opening, in the Drysdale east store,
River street, tomorrow and Monday.
Further particulars from time to time in
these columns. She has a fresh stock
direct from the city.
ARTHUR j. DEWEY, real estate agent
has made sale Edward L. Norton from
the Dewey property of eight building
lots on the east side of Putnam street,
just above the Aldine Mill. This land is
high and dry with perfect grade and
splendid view in all directions, and only
twenty rods south of L. R. Graves home
| lot.
OUR builders are all doing a prosper
GUS business. j. S. Lindley has con-
| tracted, in addition to the houses already
mentioned in these columns heretofore,
a double tenement on Adams street, for
Miss Jane E. Day, and broke ground yes
terday. Also, for dwelling for Charles
Nolan situated on Gage street.
JOHN H. BAHAN has broken ground
for dwelling for the proprietor of the
BANNER. The lot is on Harrison avenue,
and one of a number thrown on the
market last fall, several of which are
available now, as shown in another
column. The architects plans call for
modest residence, but built upon the
modern plan. VIM. G. Bull is the archi
| tect.
TIE Supreme Court decision in the
libel suit of L. P. Norton VS.. James II.
Livingston, was that the judgment of
the County Court be affirmed The YER
dict, as will be recalled, was guilty and
$500 and COSTS" Everybody knew that
the appeal to the Supreme Court was to
gain time; that there was not the slight
est chance or any other determination of
| the issue.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
| Woman's Auxiliary, will occur at the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION on Thursday afternoon, April
14th, at three o'clock. All ladies inter
ested in this work whether members or
not, are requested to attend and hear
what has been attempted and accomp-
lished during the year.
j. A. VALENTINE, Secretary.
Nor long since one National Expl ess
wagon was enough for this place; now
they run two lively. A correspondent
says: "When we see President Winches-
ter we are going to ask him if he will not
have these wagons drawn by such fine
horses as we have seen in the city before
his wagons. We shall Say to him that
this is noted town for horses and we
want to keep pace with the times"
HoUsEKEEPERs will be interested in
the case of a Burlington lady who sent
away her elegant Brussels carpets (Which
cost 81. 10 per yard), to be cleaned, AMI
when they came back they were found
to be full of holes. The trouble came
from the practice of occasional sprinkl-
ing salt on the carpets to keep down the
dust while sweeping, and the salt, not
being entirely removed, caused damp
ness to gather, and rotting resulted.
THE second anniversary, and eighth
quarterly meeting of the Bennington
County Society of Christian Endeavor
was held here Wednesday, afternoon and
evening. The fine programme, outlined
last week, was carried out, and the lee
ture by the Rev. DR.. Phillips of Rutland,
in the evening was greatly enjoyed. The
attendance from out of town included
representatives from many of the local
societies.
WILLIAMsoN's History of Maine is in
demand. A Canadian author and his
torian recently made enquiries for a
copy, and Judge Williamson not long
after received catalogue from London
dealer in old and rare books in which
WilliamsOn's History was quoted at
$3.50. Meanwhile the enquirer had OBJ
tanned copy of the original edition
from Littlefeld, Cornhill, Boston, for
which he paid $15.-BeVdSt Journal.
The History of the State Centennial,
now in press, is expected to be out the
last of next month. The work has grown
upon the Editor until the proposed scope
has become much more extended and
comprehensive than firstintended. The
style of the work is super-royal octave
size, printed on heavy tinted paper, wide
margins, to be bound uncut, and illus
trated with fine steel and mezzo-tint full
page engravings.
THERE is loud call for the restora-
ton of fractional currency, mainly for
the convenience of transmitting small
amounts by mail. But what is the mat
ter with the postal noteP True it costs
three cents, but the money goes into the
pocket of our good Uncle Samuel and is
"all in the family" and besides it en-
ables one to send the exact amount de-
sired, which would not be possible with
the rag currency" which we were all
grumblng about only short time ago.
IT is well known that the Episcopal
Church has been SlOrly revising the
PBook of Common Prayer and that even
this conservative body proposes to end
the revision this fall after twelve years.
The changes amount to about days
work by competent scholars, but "revis-
ion by town meeting" is the process of
the General Convention, and hence the
al -. l.