The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-01

COLE Il BURT's new advertisement on
our first page speaks for itself to-day.
THE H. W. Putnam Hose Company
will give its annual ball Easter Monday,
April Is.
H. D. fillmore has purchased the
double tenement house on Adams
street.
SERVICES for the first time will be held
in the newly built St. Francis de Sales
church, Easter.
Miss MARY SHURTLEFF is home from
st. Agnes school in Albany, for the
Easter vacation.
E. B. PATTERSON is painting and pa
pering his store, and a decided improve
ment is the result.
E. TIFFANY & Sons are to build a
smoke stack of over 100 feet to connect
with their boilers at their mills.
DANIEL. McEowEN's condition does
not improve as was hoped, He has not
been as well for few days past.
FREAR again gives evidence of his be-
lief in the potency of printers ink
having six half columns on our Sth page
THE New York Daily Press, the
brightest Republican Daily published
taken in connection with the BANNER
costs but $500 per year.
Miss CLARA r. CARPENTER, late of
the Bellows Falls Times Office has taken
a position in the BANNER newspaper
rooms as cOmpositor. The Times gives
her complimentary mention which we
endorse.
H. B. FAssETT of the Cottage hotel
has leased the Hollis Wood farm and
will soon take possession. Robert
Stickles has bought one of the Carpenter
farms and will soon move from Shafts
bury on to the same.
A MAPLE SUGAR PARTY will be held
at the parlors of the Second Congrega-
tional church next Wednesday evening,
April 9th. Mrs. L. Hamlen will prepare
the syrup for waxing, which will be a
guarantee of its excellence.
UNDER head of Delegates to Mime
apolis' in another column, we give some
speculations as TO possible delegate S.
Since that was in type Major Valentine
has formally withdrawn his name, so
that he is not to be considered in this
connection.
JOSEPH GILMORE has the job of NOV
ing the Graves, Root S Company's tin
shop building for Mr.. Heath on to his
lot on Elm street, which is located just
west of L. r. Graves lot. The building
is to be converted into double tene-
ment house.
GEORGE F. HEATH has bought the old
tin shop building, so long occupied by
Graves, Root & Company, and will
move it. lie has given the contract to
Edward Green to dig and build cellar
wall on his lot on Elm street hill.
THE funeral of Miss Edna Shaw,
daughter of C. L. Shaw, was attended
Sunday afternoon from her home on
Beech street. There was a large num-
Der of friends present. Deceased was
al years old and had been an invalid about
20 years.
THREE sermons appropriate to the
season will be preached at the Second
Congregational church on the following
successive Sunday evenings. The topics
are as follows: The Night of Mourning
The Slayers Of Jesus; The Power of the
Resurrection.
REGULAR Sacremental service will be
held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday morning at 1870 o'clock. In
the evening the pastor will deliver his
third lecture to young men. Evening
service will begin at 7.30 o'clock. Love
feast at 9.30 o'clock in the morning.
OUR correspondents will please give
their favors not later than Thursday ex-
cept in cases of important news. To-
day nearly all our county items came on
the morning and noon trains, and it is
impossible to use the greater part of
them until next week. Please send
Wednesday and Thursday morning.
THE will of the late Mrs. Julia Norton,
has been presented by the executor,
DIN Walbridge, to the Surrogate in
Brooklyn, n. Y. There are 50 requests.
Mrs. McEowen, Mrs. Laura Hamlin, Mrs.
Frank Bradford and Mrs. Emma Rem
ington of bennington are remembered.
also st. Peters Episcopal church of
Bennington. Mrs. Thomas Tiffany of
Rutland is another legatee.
THE following is the list of letters adj
vertised at the Bennington postofice. for
the week ending March Goth, 1892: S. F.
Bachelor, Mr.. Charlie Brockway, Mr..
Edward Cronin, Mr.. w. Rensselaer,, Miss
Florence J. Clark, Mrs. Anna Donovan.
Miss Minnie McCarty, Mrs. Olrenid
Philips. These letters will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office, April 9th, 1892,
if not delivered before that date.
WE have not interviewed L. L. Norton
and J. J. Nevis relative TO their build
ing houses on the installment plan, but
we presume they would build several
more. We notice this spring many old
residents here who are looking fol
houses to rent, men that we should
think would have had home of Their
own before this, for some of them say
that they have paid rent enough to build
two houses.
OUR inside pages to-day will be found
full of good things. The workingman
inclined toward free trade should read
the article on page G, written by an Eng
| lish-American after visit to his old
home. What he saw with his eyes is evi.
dence. Harrison as Peacemaker'' will
attract the attention of others, especial.
ly as Lord Salisbury has now 'come tC
time" to the satisfaction of Uncle Sam
and the Senate has ratified the treaty.
THE death this morning of Mrs
Louisa, widow of George Benton, re-
moves another of our oldest and most
respected people. The funeral will be
held from the family residence on Main
street, Sunday afternoon, at o'clock
Mrs. Benton was an almost lifelong
member of the Methodist church and
was good Christian mother. Three
sons, Charles w. and G. j. of Benning
ton, William G. of Lee, Mass, and one
sister, Mrs. Mary A. Benton of Lee, sur.
vive her. Mrs. Benton has a host of
friends in this town where she has re-
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