The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-11-11

goods in another column to-day.
WILLIAM SMITH of the Bennington &
Rutland railway, is away on artip to
California.
WE are pleased to note that Mrs. G. G..
Thompson is decidedly better, and with
no relapse will soon be out again. This
will be good news for her many friends.
Mr.. AND MRS. B. G. SLADE were re-
Gently presented with handsome parlor
mirror by the employees of the Benning-
ton Machine Works, of which Mr.. Slade
is the efficient foreman.
THE Rev. VIM. Bogert Walker deliv-
cred the address at the quarto-centennial
celebration of the organization of the
founding of Killington Commandery, K.
t., in Rutland last evening
SHERIFF JOHN ROBINSON took four
prisoners confined in the county Jail
here for several weeks to North Adams,
Mass, Wednesday afternoon. They were
connected with burglaries committed at
WilliamstOwn several weeks ago.
THE latest returns show that Gov.
Russell is probably elected in Mas
sachusetts, and that Ohio, also, has gone
Democratic. The Democracy are to hold
a meeting Tomorrow evening to arrange
for parade and celebration to come off,
probably about the middle of next week.
GRAND MASTER L. j. RETTING, l, o.
o. F., has issued proclamation calling
the seventh annual meeting of the De-
gree of Rebekah Lodges of the State at
BTattleboro, Wednesday, November 10th,
in Odd Fellows hall, beginning at Il. m
Grand Lodge representatives and officers
and many hOnOred guests are to be pres
ent. The delegates from Bennington are
Mrs. j. Ii. Livingston and Mrs. Ii. L.
Stillson.
The opening of the Opera House has
been definitely determined for Dec. 10th,
as noted il another place. Messrs.
Bond & Tiffany have secured the peer
less queen of tragedy, Madame Jan
auschek, and her company for this oc-
casion. They come out of the city for
this engagement and return at once, so
our people will see as good play as they
would ii in New York or London. Read
the advertisement.
The vote here was as follows: Harri-
son GIT, Cleveland 446, Bidwell 40. Re-
publican and Democratic votes were
each within one of the September fig
lres, and it happens that the plurality is
sxactlv tie same as in September. There
ware Il defective votes. The Prohibi-
tioii vote four years ago was 81. tTigur-
lng III tie WIZ WY thef and the Democracy have
done for years in Vermont the ~ votes
cast means loss of twenty-five per
cent.
IT is terrible cry of distress that is
arising from the poor in England. 1t is
stated in the London Morning Leader
that the number of people in London to-
day in actual want of the necessities of
life is not less than 10000. These are
not merely the poor but the actually
starving. No wonder England wants
American markets to enable her to set
her spindles going and compel US to di-
vide this poverty OF the workingmen
with her.
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw calls the cleo
tion reversal of the protective princi-
pie, and says that if this with the re-
storation of State bank currency does
not work business disaster, bring bank
ruptcy, throw thousands of working
men out of employment then the result
will not have borne out the Republican
prediction. On the other hand if it
works as he believes it will, then the
Democracy will be retired in 1896 for 20
years to criticise and block the wheels of
progress as best they may. Meantime
40 new enterprises will be started and
new investments by capital will cease
until the new state of affairs has been
jried.
THE dear "Old Farmers Almanac"
hat epitOme Of moral, social and agri-
cultural philosophy, the number for
1893, has arrived. This number-l0l-
begins the second century of it's exist
,nce. All over the world, where New
England people have lived, the little yell
ow covered pamphlet, with the vignette
If Benjamin franklin and Robert B.
Thomas, and the figure of old Father
Time with his scvthe and ever OF water
receives a welcome accorded To
10 other book on earth. In this number
jhe selections at the head of the calendar
pages are all from the writings of James
Russell Lowell. The almanac is com
Iuted by the Standard timeG. Q. the time
If the 18th meridian next from Green
Tich). The usual information for every
oody is contained in it.
Ebert F. COOLEY, son of Mr., and
Mrs. Thomas b. Cooley, died at Hart
lord, Conn, Sunday last and the re-
mains were brought here for intermenC,
,he funeral being held Wednesday, after
noon. Deceased was followed to the
grave by Union Lodge, 500, l. o. o. F.,
N a body, escorted by Surdam's Military
Band. He as also member of Camp
9. Ii. Byers, Sons of Veterans. An
on the remains was held at
Hartford and revealed the fact that
leath was caused by Judgment of some
hard substance in the appendix rermi-
fOrmiS. He was resident of this place
from his youth until about two years
ago. He left family consisting of wife
and two small children, son and daugh-
ter.-HOOsick Falls Cor, in Sunday
Budget. Mr.. Cooley as correspondent
If the Troy Press last year became
known to many of our people.
A CERTIFICATE of consolidation of the
Fitchburg Railroad Company of Massa-
the Boston, HoOsac Tunnel &
Western Railroad Company of New York,
and the Troy, Saratoga & Northern Rail
road Company, under the name of the
Fitchburg Railroad Company, was fl ed
in the Office of the New York Secretary of
State last week Tuesday. These roads
form continuous and connecting line.
The capital is fixed at S23, 100000 OF 800
shares, 10000 shares to be preferred
stock. The capital stock of the present
railroad by this consolidation.
becomes the capital stock of the new
corporation. The capital stock of the
other two roads is to be surrendered and
cancelled, and in exchange 1000 shares of
preferred stock of the cOnsO idated road
is to be delivered to the stockholders of
the Boston, HOosac Tunnel 81 Western