The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-24
Miss EMMA WILCOX is spending a
weeks vacation in Pownai.

Miss EMMA WILCOX is spending a
weeks vacation in Pownai. ~
THE Kings Daughters meet with Miss
Hattie Sibley Friday, July 1st.
Miss CARRIE DAVIS of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Miss Alice Holden for a
few days.
JAMES BARNEY is quite seriously i'll,
and is in need of assistance. His age
complexities the chances of his speedy
recovery.
THOSE desiring fireworks for next
week Thursday evening should read E.
B, Griswold & Sons notice in another
place to-day.
Mrs. BAILEY of Little Falls, N. Y,
and Mrs. Edgar of Alameda, Cal, are
guests of their brother, Mr.. n. p. Smith
on Union street.
Miss SARA J. HAWKS is home for the
Summer vacation. With her mother
and sister she attended the commence
ment at Williams college this week.
Mrs. MCLEOD continues to lead in
millinery goods-among the most enter
prising and up to the times. Read what
she announces in another place to-day.
FRANK L. ALBEE is veteran and also
the son of veteran and is a member of
the G. A. r., and the 5. o. V. We hear
occasionally of such instances, but they
are rare.
The firm of E. E. Hart & Company
again speak to our readers through their
usual advertising space, in another
column to-day. Read what this house
has to say.
ATps TT T CrrrrCON- IyoS +ba attand
ing delegate from st. Peters church
yesterday in the Woman's Auxiliary
District meeting that met in Trinity
church, Rutland.
A. E. FLINDT, late Secretary of the Y.
NJ. G. A., has gone to his home in
Brooklyn, n. Y. He has not yet decided
as to his future work. He will not
accept any offer until fall.
J. E. LAPoINTE, at the old Drysdale
store on River street, has jumped into,
so to speak, large trade in dry goods,
house furnishings and groceries. He is
a live man and his prices defy COM
petition.
VIM. H. Cook, an old Benningtonian,
but now of Milford, Mass, has been en-
gagged to deliver the Memorial service
for Custer Post G. A. r. in $685. Mr..
Cook is good writer and thinker and
will give fine Grafton.
The foundation walls for the Opera
House block have been begun. The
Sibley building on the corner is to stand.
We learn that S. NJ. Sibley refuses to
sell the little plot and so the old rookery
is to become a monument of unprogres-
siveness.
THE Graded School reception in
Library Hall Monday evening, was an
enjoyable affair. 1t was bright and
festive throng that gathered, and the
affair was the most brilliant of any yet
held by the Alumni of this flourishing
institution.
The Hon. E. J. Philips and the Rev.
W. I. Webb were in town over Sunday.
They were taking a carriage drive from
New Haven Conn, to Burlington. Mr..
Webb assisted at the service in st.
Peters church Sunday. Hewas formerly
editor of The Church Standard and re-
sides now in Newark, N. j.
THE railroads will change to the Sum-
mer time cards in a week or two In.
deed the Central Vermont is to make
several changes next week, but the Ben
nington and Rutland postpones its Sum-
mer schedule until the week following.
The changes proposed are all in the
interest of faster time of the through
trains.
DIG. BURT, the old-time correspond
ent of the Rutland Herald, has resumed
his pen and writes from Bennington for
that paper. This is pleasant for those
to know who remember his fathers
services on the Herald from Castleton as
"B. w. B." and the Globe correspondent
from Bennington during the years about
1S72-75.
THE architect of the Opera House
block, Leon II. Lempert of Rochester,
n. Y, was here yesterday. The work
of excavating for the foundations and
cellars goes right on, and the Corner
is the busy place in town these days. If
we had couple of men more like Mr..
II. W. Putnam, Bennington would be-
come western boom city this Summer.
AT the regular meeting of the Father
Mathew T. A. B. Society the following
officers were elected: President, John
F. Guiltinan; Vice-President, Thomas
Lyons; Recording Secretary, Michael
Roach; Corresponding Secretary, John
Culliton; Financial Secretary, Frank
Grennan; Treasurer, John P. Mulligan.
This well known organization has COM
pleted furnishing It's new Hall, and will
hold its annual picnic August 10th.
The Aldine Knitting mills are to be
enlarged and new boiler put in, making
the plant much more commodious and
of greater capacity. We are glad to
note this evidence of prosperity, If the
reader will think a moment, the boom
in Bennington, both as to buildings and
manufacturing has all come up under
President Harrison. Before that time
how many months were our mills idle
during the year? Now they all have as
much as il is possible ror them to do
and people are employed.
GEO. A. CUSTER Posi- W. r. CORPS.
and Camp Ray, Sons of Veterans, will
hold Memorial Service in recognition
of personal merit and conservation of
service to country by Major General
Geo. A Custer, Saturday evening, July
2nd at 8 o'clock sharp. 1t is earnestly
hoped that every member of the Post
will be present and actively participate
in this most sacred ceremony. The
services adopted by the G. A. K. will be
observed on this occasion supplemented
with brief sketches ON the life, character
and military achievements won by our
great cavalry leader. Admission to
these ceremonies will be by tickets
which will be complimentary from the
Post to their many friends and will be
issued through the Post Memorial COM
mittee.
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