The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-06

to the public about the middle of this
month.
THE. REV. J. NJ. FORT, of Weybridge
stopped at George Townshend's over last
Sunday.
GENERAL WELLS was insured with
Childs & Powers for $4,000, in two pol
icies in the New York Life Company.
EDWARD E. DEWEY has several extra
fine saddle horses, with new saddles, for
ladies and gentlemen, to let by the hour.
JOHN Wool GRIswoLD is making re-
pairs on the house occupied by Edward
Green last season in Bennington Centre.
THE Stark House started today on its
weary march toward the southwest part
of this village; in other words, the
building is to be moved to its new site.
THE residence of A. Buel Sibley, cor
ner of Union and Silver streets, is going
up soon, the foundations being in. He
will own very fine place when COM
pleted.
II. II. ALLEN desires us to say that the
publication in the RefOrmer of last week
is entirely false, both as concerns him
self and wife the Goth of April. No
papers have Eeen issued.
JOHN NASH, late Chief of Police, we
are told, has fine situation in Chicago
offered him at $4,000 per year. We are
glad to hear of the success of Benning-
toninns and hope this report is true.
ELMER AYREs exhibits "a barrer' of
neckties in the show windows of Ayres
the tailor. Young Ayres is quite origi-
nal in his methods of display in windows,
but this last innovation is certainly
unique.
MAJOR CoFFEY is full of business this
spring at the Soldiers Home, attending
to the farming, looking after the build
ing of the chapel, and having the grounds
put in order for the coming railroad ex-
curSions.
AT the graded school trustees me ct
ing last Mon lay Mr.. Rawson moved that
the salary OF the music teacher, H. w.
Downs, be raised 500, which was car
ried. The salary, therefore, next, year
will be $500.
THE Eagle Square Manufacturing
Company will soon be at work on the
chapel at the Soldiers Home. They will
first complete the cottage on putnam
Island" in Lake Champlain for Henry
w. Putnam, Jr.
Mrs. NATHAN S. BENNETT, mother of
DR.. r. W. Bennett. of this village, died
at her home in Rowe, Mass, last week
Tuesday of apoplexy. She formerly
lived here with her son, and was a lady
greatly respected.
THE North Adams, Mass, musicians
give "Pinafore" May 18th. 1t is quite
complimentary to our musical people
that they come here for help. Miss
Hutchins will take the part of Buttercup
with acceptance.
MAJ. l.. S. FROST, of Watertown,
Mass, has been in town for week look
ing over the prospects of an opportunity
to return to Bennington with his family.
Since he vas here last year he has run a
market in Boston. We hope the Major
will again locate with us.
CHILL Tor FARM is what DIR. Bur-
CESS will call his place when he gets the
stables completed. His stalls are now
all filled with high bred horses, but he is
building three more box stalls, which
will be grand place to put horses need
ing veterinary's attention.
In our notice of the death last week of
Cora Atwood, daughter of Dwight D.
Atwood, in port of the edition the fig
ulO L WAC DlOhCh lndhluH but llbJlG
girl instead of II years. Her age was
ents publish card in another column
to-day.
WE are told that the attractions in
and about Bennington are being written
up for advertising purposes, preparatory
to the excursions the railroads expect to
run in here during the season. This is
fertile field for anyone to venture in,
as this locality is rich in historic Incl
dents.
THE editor of the Reformer had the
misfortune last Friday to have his hand
drawn into the press and was quite
severely injured. All that saved his arm
was "brayer' he had in:his hand, and
which stopped the press. AS it is his
right hand he is completely crippled for
editorial work.
THE Illustrated War Lecture. by C. M.
Russell, in School hall, Tuesday evening.
drew out large house. The subject is
an entertaining one, and the stereoptican
views are fine. The history, moreover,
is quite accurate-a refreshing contrast
to much that passes for Rebellion his
tory in school textbooks.
"The annual squabble in the fire de-
Partment," says the VALLEY NeCs of
North Adams, Mass, sis now under
way" In Bennington we do things in
moro acceptable manner, the annual
election of Chiefs and assistants not de-
generating into ''squabble' or other
wise. In the Tunnel City there is a
Scrub race" ticket
The friends here of N. L. Robinson,
Esq, of Waterloo, Canada, have received
notice of his death recently. Mr.. Rob.
lnson came among us a comparative
stranger few seasons ago, but he was
not long in discovering that he had dis
tant relatives here who helped to make
his visit a pleasant one. The obituary
notice in the Waterloo Advertiser speaks
of him in the highest terms.
1t was happy idea to invite the men,
bers of the Grand Army of the Republic
to contribute dollar each to the Grant
Monument Fund, with the understanding
that their autographs, with the names of
the organizations with which they
served shall be preserved in volumes of
record in repository in the tomb.
Commander-in-Chief Palmer has the
credit of suggesting to General Horace
Porter this means Of increasing the fund
needed to complete the Grant memorial.
j. PHI. RIM, the architect of our Bat
tie Monument, was in town Monday.
called here on business connected with
the attempt to get satisfactory photo
graph of that structure. 1t is well
known that previous efforts, with, posi-
bly, one exception, have proved failures.
The plan now is to build a tower $50
feet high northwest of the monument