The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-07

Z. w. BOUGHT0N OF Bennington Cen-
TIRE is reported to be improving.
JUSTIN KELLOGG and family have left
Bennington Centre for their Troy resi-
dence.
MISS SmLEY's opening of Autumn
millinery begins tomorrow. See another
column.
THE I'd inst Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hyde
reioiced over the advent of son born
that day.
DRYsDALE answers the question 'Who
struck Billy Patterson? in another col
umn. Read it.
SMITH COLLINS leaves this week for a
two months visit to friends in Connect
cut and Massachusetts,.
THE annual weighing of mails has been
in progress, and makes lively work at
times in the local postotfice.
Henry E. Burgess has leased a hotel
in Shushan and will take charge of it in
about two weeks.-RutIdnd Herald.
81. G. Roof and wife expect to leave
about the first of November for Cali
fUrnia, where they will spend the winter.
THE guild of st. Mary, of st. Peters
church, held its opening fortnightly
session yesterday with the usual tea at
$50 o'clock.
MRS. ARMSTRONG, who has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Cordes of this vii
lage, reioins her husband in Hartman,
Tenn, this week.
DR.. F. S. PRATT has improved the APP
peRrance of the old homestead on South
street by newly painting and making
other improvements.
L., - Ill I,,r
ing the past week, and is hardly conva-
lescing yet. His wife has had relapse
withal. We hope soon to record the re-
covery of both.
THE Rev. Bostwick Hawley, D. D.,
who is chairman of the board of man
ayers of the Saratoga Children's Home,
was settled as pastor of the Methodist
church here from 1872 to 1874.
JOHN WOLF, who has had his shoe
makers repair shop with Joseph
SOhwarz for several years, has moved to
GO: Gu street. NiiieTa he will be pleased to
see his friends and customers,
MRS, S. E. S. MorrssARy is dead and
her remains were brought from Auburn,
N. Y, yesterday, the funeral being held
this morning at North Bennington. &.
+. Koon came on to attend the obsequies.
We have not learned the particulars
further,
AMoNs the exercises that will take
Mace at the Graded schools Columou
day will be the displaying of National
flag in each of the school rooms. EacI
room will procure its own flag. There
will be appropriate exercises connected
with the display in each room.
THE weather the first of the week ne
cessitated the postpOnement OF the Man
chester Fair one day and looked al
though it would injure the show, blu
Yesterday the skies smiled and large mum
bers were in attendance. The Benning
ton City Band furnished music the las
two days, the cool, bracing air, and al
conducting to make this annual exhibi
ton the success it deserved.
THE Town Treasurer has finished col
lection of taxes and turned the balanc
over to the first constable for collection
Gut Oh ii UUU,sl 'illsss CO., af Ell zoo. tn
sum of Sll, 200 has been paid to him
The total school tax was $10,S00, o
which $4,000 has been paid. Tn
amount of town tax placed in his hand
for collection was S40,20 Of this sun
$27, 700 has been paid to him.
TUESDAYS Troy papers had the fol
lowing: 1.-THE Court of Appeals to-da,
handed down a decision affirming tn
award of the State Board of CLAIMS il
the matter of the claim of the late Col
Jerome B. Parmenter against the State
This claim was for State printing don
under contract with the State authori
ties and the Board of Claims awarded
Nr. Parmenter $4,000. The State ap
pealed to the Court of Appeals"
THE "Two Johns" were insured in tn
Childs & Powers agency by the New
York Life Insurance Company, whicl
has a change of advertisement in anOthe
column to-day. John Lyons, deceased
held policy for $500, and John McDou
gnl of Montreal had policy for $119,51s
which Mr.. Childs paid by check thi
week. There is something of a contras
in amounts here, and yet the Bennington
mans policy was proportiOnately as de
sirable as the Canadians.
JOSEPH RIDEAU, an aged Frenchmal
living in Woodford, drove to Benning
ton recently and bought of Taylor q
MCGEE horse, paying toward it a par
Sf the purchase price. AS soon as tn
tRade was made he drove away and moth
ing more was heard of him until
couple of days afterwards, when Hiram
Benjamin, who was coming to the vii
lage, where he is employed, found, abou
amile south of here horse standing il
the road. No trace of Rideau has beef
found as we have heard.
The marriage of Miss Elva Maud
Townsend, late a teacher in our Graded
schools, to the Rev. John L. Fort, Jr.,
clergyman of the Methodist Church
has interested a wide circle of friend
tAis week. The ceremony was per
formed by the pastor here, the Rev. A
ID. Heaxt at the home of the bride
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Town
send, on Tuesday the 4th. Amid tn,
hearty congratulations of friends Rev
and Mrs. Fort departed on a short tou
and will reside at Weybridge, VT, wher,
Mr.. Fort is stationed this year.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Poultney
Journal, who has been visiting here
writes as follows about the summer resi-
dence of a well-knOwn Trojan at Ben
nington Centre: AT the north end o
the avenue stands the battle monument
which is daily the mecca toward which
many feet are turned. At its south emf
il the loveliest summer residence il
town, that of John Wool Griswold o
Troy, son of John A. Griswold of Mont
ter fame. Situated almost at the foot o
cid Mount Anthony, everything tina
wealth can do has been done to make i
attractive, and the owner has succeeded
remarkably"
THE Troy Press correspondent her
'gOes for some one in these words: ~
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