The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-30

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Miss VIRGINIA SCARBOROUGH, of
Milford, N. j., has been added to the
| faculty of the Graded school this week,
completing the list of teachers.
THERE are quite a number of city board
ers at the Walloomsac House. This
hotel may be kept open all winter if they
have a sufficient number of home appli-
cants for board.
AT the close of the regular business
meeting of the 9th Corps Post, G.. A. r.
| Thursday evening, interesting accounts
of the National encampment were given
by Mai. Valentine and others. This post
although comparatively new is quite
| prosperous.
A BUFFALO, N. Y, despatch of the
2Sth, says: Edward Varian, a news
paper reporter, is under arrest here
charged with numerous forgeries. 1t is
alleged that he forged the name of Mrs.
Laura j. Bowles to checks on the Bank
| of Commerce and drew the money ag-
gregating about 81, 600"
A YOUNG lady, daughter of Louis
Bleau, was taken with hysterc fits on
the grounds of the Soldiers Home last
Sunday, and the result was quite serious
| for the time being. After while she
was taken into the hospital, medical aid
summoned and the trouble finally yielded
to treatment. Miss Bleau is not in
rugged health.
ALBEIT M. Downs, who attended the
National encampment at Washington
last week, brought back several relics
from the battlefield of Fredericksburg,
which he picked up while on visit
there. Among them is broken sword,
rusty bayonet minnie balls and grape
shot Healso brought branch contain
ing on it several persimmons that he
picked from tree on st. Mary's Heights,
over which the regiment to which he be-
longed charged. A twig of the persim-
mon branch, to which hung four of the
fruit, was placed on the EDITORS table.
The relics have been placed in the Custer
post museum.
THE Besique club and friends to the
number of about fifty were entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. l.. Bowen at a
party given at their home on Main street
Tuesday evening. Prizes were given to
the players scoring the most points. A.
w. Braisted got the first to gentlemen
and Miss Ruth Squire that to women.
Much amusement was caused by the
different guesses on the circumference of
H.
Richie both guessed sixty-fve inches,
the nearest to the correct measurement.
In the trial to see who should have the
prize Mr.. Richie got it. Refreshments
were served.
EDNA MCDONALD was arrested We'd
nesday evening. charged with stealing
clothing and jewelry from Mrs. Ann
Holnbeck of Pleasant Valley. Officer
Il
made the search and brought in the
prisoner, nice looking girl, who gives
her age as IA. She should have been in
better business. Miss Mcdonald has
worked for Fred Jones, who carries on
Mrs. Holnbeck's farm, for some time.
The two families live in the same house,
and hence the opportunity for thieving.
When Mrs HolnbeCk concluded to go to
Europe this year lot of clothing and
jewelry was packed away in trunks, and
it had not been taken out since she con-
cluded not 30 90 until next year. The
girl left Mr.. Jones's employ and among
the bundles she took away was a heavy
package of clothing stolen out of Mrs.
Holnbeck's trunks. This bundle she
left at M. V. b. Armstrong; and was
found by the officers in search Wednes-
day. A gold pin of Mrs. Holnbecks was
found upon the girl. An inventory of
matters discloses many articles missing
that cannot be found, and according to
the girls confession she burned about
fifty dollars worth of clothing. The
bundle recovered is worth as much more.
The prisoner is IN Jail here and her case
will be disposed of in few days.
SATURDAY evening Joseph Bernard
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younger son of VIM. Mcclure, and in
the midst of some of their fooling he
sustained severe injuries to one arm.
The two McGuires were tossing Bernard
in play as it is claimed by them, and in
the scrape the lads arm was torn from
it's socket at the elbow joint so that am
putation became necessary, as the arm
actually died from the stoppage of the
circulation of the blood. Demands
parents are poor people and they are now
being helped by friends. Drs. Potter,
Jr., Rogers and Bennett performed the
amputatiUn and are attending the case.
The McGuires have offered to settle the
damages and before the boys arm was
taken off fifty dollars had been named as
the sum; since the loss of the arm the
question of damages is an open one, with
the probability of settlement. 1t is
quite an unfortunate occurrence. Young
Bernard is bright lad of Is years
although under size and not strong, and
that he was roughly handled, even for
play, is shown fully by the torn liga-
ments of the arm hich speak for them
selves. There is altogether too much of
this style of thing going on in this
village. We have repeatedly interfered
where two or three boys had smaller
boy than themselves down and was sub
jecting the weaker to misuse, and an ex-
ample should be made so that this sort
of thing will stop.
AT the Vermont Choir Guild last week,
which held its annual festival in Bellows
Falls, the popular rector of st. Peters
church in this village, the Rev. VIM. Bo-
CERT Walker, was unanimously reelected
president. 1t is possible that the fif-
teenth anniversary next year will be held
in this village, although another place
which has a vested choir has put in a
bid for it," The Times speaks of the
first rehearsal, and then says: IS. b.
Whitney, conductor of the festival is or
ganist and choir master of the Church
of the Advent, Boston, and B. b. Gillette,
one Of the organists, fills the same posi-
ton in Trinity church, Boston, Miss An
ME NJ. LothrOp also officiates as organist.
The preaching at the festival will be by
the Rev. W. G. Richardson, rector of st.
Paul's church, Newburyport Mass. The
local committee of arrangements are Rev.
d. l.. Sanford and Messrs.J. II. Williams,