The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15


b. G. LONG of Rutland, has a notice
in another place to-day that will be of
interest to local readers.
THE evening services of next Sunday
evening at the Second Congre gational
church will be held at o'clock in view
of the little people to whom it Will
largely be devoted.
AT the banquet given ex-Speaker
Reed in Rutland last evening, Gen. j.
G. Mccullough was the leading speaker,
and fittingly responded to the toast,
"Our honored Guest" Col. Joyce pre-
sided.
NICHOLS, Bennington's dry goods
merchant, has had to re-stOck his store
with Spring goods, the first invoice
having been exhaust ted Goods will be-
gin to arrive about the Goth. His
Opening is daily from now and hence
forth.
EDWARD J. HALL is expected to re-
turn from California about the goth inst.
We are told that he found Wells Valen-
tine in better health than expected, and
we trust to see him, also, back home
when the weather becomes settled.
THE Troy and Cohoes people con-
day evening for full rehearsal with our
local musicians. 1t was pleasant event
for them as well as an augury of the
final success of the Opera in their
hands.
In attendance at the State Convention
at Montpelier this week were the follow
ing gentlemen from Bennington: Gen.
J. G. Mccullough, Coils. E. D. Bennett
and Olin Scott, Messrs. 1. E. Gibson, E.
W, Bradford, L. P, Norton and Charles
E. yelling.
The infant child of Elmer F. Rock
wood lGosened the table-piece of its
high chair so it dropped to the floor and
Immediately the little one fell from
the chair striking the table-piece and
breaking its limb between the thigh and
knee joint.
ALEXANDER LAMARRE has returned
from his trip South in improved health,
although he is quite disappointed as to
our weather. The fine days of the first of
the month induced him to return earlier
than he otherwise would have done, and
much earlier than he now wishes he had
done.
GEN. GEORGE STARK. formerly man
ager of the Boston & Lowell railroad,
and at one time vice-president and gen.
eral manager of the Northern Pacific,
died in Nashua, N. H., Wednesday,
Gen. Stark was also for time superin-
tendent of the Hudson River railroad.
He was descended from Major General
John Stark, the hero of Bennington, his
father, Frederick, being the third son of
Gen. Stark.
THE following is the list of letters,
advertised at the Bennington, Vt, post
office, for the week ending April 9th /:
G. w. Bates, Charlie Blanchard, Rich
ard Congdon, r. S. Cummings, H.
Leven, Michel Murphey. Mrs. Michael
Cone, Victoria Badar, Mrs. Adelaide
Worthington. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office April 23d,
if not delivered before.
THE proposed meeting of railroad men
here this week, to take action concerning
Bennington as an excursion point, did
not come about as Mr.. Cummings of
the Central Vermont was called to Bos-
ton. The gentlemen in interest will
meet here in the near future. There 10
no doubt of the arrangement foreshad-
owed by us two weeks ago, becoming a
reality this season.
As stated in an item copied from the
Troy Times the old Stark house was
sold, last Saturday to Henry Burgess,
but as he did not pay the $3.50, it came
back into II. w. Putnam's hands. 1t
will be sold again. The work of de-
molishiHg the barns and sheds in the
rear has already begun, and the Opera
house and block will 90 up just as soon
as the matter can be brought about, as
to plans, etc.
The Sunday School of the Second
Congregational church elected, last
Sabbath, the following officers HaIri-
son l. Norton, superintendent; George
NJ. Rowell, assistant; Charles w. Nc
Donough, secretary; Samual B. Hawks,
assistant; Henry d. Fillmore, treasur-
er; DIN Scott, auditor; Eddy H. Thorn
as, librarian; Frank G. Matteson, choris-
ter; Mrs. G. w. Keeseman, organist;
Mary S. Rawson, assistant
IT may be of interest to the local poll
cy holders of the New York Life Insur-
ance Company to know that at the an
nual meeting held in New York this
week over Al, 200 votes were cast. The
Board of Trustees elected are, evidently,
in harmony with President Mccall, for,
among the first acts was the reinstate-
ment of Cashier Theo. M. Banta, and the
vote to refuse to pay ex-President Be ers
the $4,000 yearly pension the Beers
Board of TRUSTEES voted when the head
of that Company retired. Beers will
fight for his annual pensiOnin the courts.
These two acts of the new management
are significant.
SEVERAL parties have been here re-
Gently looking at lots with the view of
coming here to locate and build. In
this connection we think that 10 better
place can be found to locate, for we
have the best of churches with a high
order of preaching, the best Graded
School in the country, Free Library,
Young Mems Christian Association and
many manufacturing establishments
that are daily increasing in business, also
much new projected building that will
give labor enough for all. We say to
those thinking of coming here-wel-
come all to Bennington, you might go
farther and do worse.
The annual communication of Mt.
Anthony Lodge of Masons, of this viii
lage, was held Tuesday evening. The
following is the board for next year, the
elective officers being the same as last
term: Col. E. D. Bennett, w. M; James
A. N. Williams, S. W.; II. s. Bingham,
J. W.; G. B. Sibley, treasurer; John G.
Clark, secretary; J. NJ. Burt, S. D.; Jo-
seph Venable, j. D.; II. L. Hover, G. S.
Perry, stewards; f. NJ. Tiffany, organist;
Alfred Robinson, chaplain; NJ. II. Chand-
Ter, tyler; J. l.. Finn, II. L. Stillson, J..
f. Wal6ridge, finance committee. The
lOdOp has 1O5 members