The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-12-02

at the usual hour
CAPT. ALBERT WALKER and daughter,
Mrs. VIM. Il. Walker, have returned
from their visit to Brooklyn and New
York city.
THE express office was moved yester-
day into the Putnam building, West Main
street. The new quarters are hand
somely fitted IN.
Miss GRACE EDDY is to have store
and news room in the Putnam Opera
House block, and will move in as soon
as the store can be completed.
THE Bos ton Weekly Journal and BAN
NER is dubbed together this year, both
papers for 81. per year in advance.
This applies to all Vermont subscribers.
GEO. F. LEONARD has just purchased
fine large two year-old colt by Victor
! " likes one of the greatest stations for
speed, that stands in Vermont to-day.
Mr.. J. II. LEvERICH, whose wife left
! October 10th, for San Jose de Guatema-
In, is now acting as agent for the Pacific
Mail Steamship company on the lsthmus
of Panama.
| EVERYONE purchasing a ticket for
! Kendalls .Komedians, appearing here
next Wednesday evening, will receive an
s pound bag Of presents as souvenirs.
| For particulars see small bills.
The quarterly meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary, will be held at the
rooms of the Young Mems CnTistian
association at o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, December Sth. j. A. Valen-
| tine, secretary.
The funeral of Mr.. Loci Bartlett of
Cambridge, n. Y, was held last Mon
| day. He was the father of Mrs. j. G.
| Cromack of this village and formerly
lived in Wilmington. DR.. Titus and
family are relatives.
MIR. AND Mrs. BENJAMIN BARNES of
AmagaEsett, l.. l., who had been visit
ing friends in this city, went to Benning-
ton yesterday, where they will spend a
few days previous to returning to their
home Troy Press, Thursday.
THE Bennington County Court will
convene here Tuesday, DeCemberGth. The
officers of the court are: Chief Judge,
Hon. Henry r. Start; Assistant Judges,
George j. Bond. A. L. Burton; Clerk,
Ed. j. Hall; Sheriff. II, S. Wilson;
States Attorney, f, c, Archibald.
Mrs. GREEYsLET and her niece, Miss
Jennie Amadon, started yesterday for
Glens Falls, n. Y, where Mrs. Green
slet is to pass the winter with her son
Geo b. Greeuslet of the Glens Falls In
surance Company. Mrs. Greenslet has
partially recovered from her accident at
Dorset last fall and will soon be well
again.
WIN. r. GRAVES hands us a copy of
The Academy DdiiV of SaXtons River,
VT, which is probably the smallest
daily paper published. 1t is a two col
umn folio and is printed a proper SIX
III inches. One page and One-half is
devoted to advertisements and the bal
ance to reading matter. The work is
done by the students Of the Vermont
Academy.
THE sociable at Good Templars' hall
last Friday evening, at the expense of
Company b, was greatly enjoyed by all
members of that order 1t was one of
the finest spreads yet partaken of in
connection with the Good Templars.
Already this Lodge is divided into com
panies A and b for the contest of the
present quarter,
THE Eastern Star Chapter elected of
ficers at its regular cOnvocatiOn this
week, as follows: Mrs. Ii. l.. Stlllson,
w. NJ; Rev. w. b. Walker, w. p; Miss
Nina a. Morgan, A. NJ; Mrs. Frank
Bradford, secretary; Mrs. John G.
Clark, treasurer; Mrs. J. A. n. Will
liams, conductress; Mrs. VIM. II. Cady,
associate conductress. The installation
of these and the appointed officers will
take place at the next regular convoca-
ton December 2Sth.
Miss CLARA NJ. NORTON, assisted by
another teacher is to open "a home
school" at "ElmhOme farm" situated
one mile south of this village. Board
and tuition will be reasonable. The
branches of study include, beside the
ordinary English, the higher mathemat-
les, Latln, history and literature, bot
any, zoology, drawing, embroidery and
cooking il desired. There is an open
ing here for private school of this sort
and Miss NOrtun's venture will prove
successful.
THE Masonic District meeting will be
held in Arlington February 18th, and will
be conducted by the Rev. VIM. Bogert
Walker, ID. d. G.. NJ. The eXcmpllica-
ton of the first degree is assigned to
Tucker Lodge of North Bennington; the
second degree to Adouiram Lodge of
Manchester Centre, and the third de-
gree to Mt. Anthony Lodge of this viii
lagc. The banquet will be company
affair and it is expected that number
of Grand Officers, as well as prominent
brothers from abroad will be present
Miss MINNIE G. HAYES repeated her
lecture on Dress Reform Tuesday even
ing, to a select audience of ladies and
gentlemen. The lecturer is very much
in earnest in her advocacy of this re-
form, and the illustrations used bring
the merits of the new over the old way
of dressing quite wildly before the
nearer. She argues that ladies are in
terested in this matter because of their
health, and that husbands and parents
ought to be interested because they
should regard the good health of their
wives and children above price. Miss
Hayes repeats her lecture this week in
New York before a class of trained
nurses.
THE famous Foste~ will case ended
Wednesday in the county court of
Franklin county. This is the case in
which Miss Minnie c. Hayes and her moth
er is interested. The contest of the will
having been decided in her favor this
was suit to determine the amount of
| COSTS The despatch says that the
amount Mt stake was between $25O,OO
and 100000, and that the case occupied
u days while expenses were charged ex-
clusvely-heuce the last suit. The court
allows: Harrington & Post, SI,OS7. 70,
E.C. Smith, -, 23O.12, Ballard & Burle-
son, S2,922.Sj as fees. We should say
| that lawyers come high" although
their original hills ware much l,ro.r