The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-04

ing at their rOomS III the Park BLOCK, to-
morrow evening, to s"e about closing
out the property belonging to that con-
Germ. The Republican club should pur
| chase it.
The regular communication of Mt.
Anthony Lodge of Masons will take
place next Tuesday evening; and the
Eastern Star Chapter will hold its
] March convocation the evening follow
| ing, Wednesday, 9th. There will be
work" in both bodies.
A DESPATCH from New York to-day
| tells of the death of Mrs. Julius Norton
at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y, to-day.
The remains arrive in Bennington to-
morrow evening, and the funeral will be
| from st. Peters church on Sundey after
noon at $50 o'clock.
THE funeral Miss Amanda Taylor was
held Sunday afternoon, large number
attending. Miss Taylor had host of
friends here, and everybody felt grieved
at her tragic death. The remains were
inferred in the Village Improvement
| SOciety's lot and that society will assume
the care of her grave. This is as it
should be for Miss Taylor was practi-
cally alone in the world. Several of rela-
tives attended the funeral.
LAST evening all the ward caucuSes
were held except number seven. The
| following gentlemen were placed in
nomination for village trustees: Ward l.,
John S. Holden; Ward 2, NJ. Nash
Ward 3, Jos. Watson, Ward 4, II. G.
Lindloff; Ward 8, Chas. N. Powers;
| Ward @, Chas. G. Kimball. This even
ing a village caucus is to be held in
Stewart hall to name general ticket,
and the seventh ward will make their
nomination.
How few persons, who patrOnize the
pOstutfice, know the inside workings Of
the great machinery. To assist them,
arrangements have been made so that all
patrons can be supplied with the United
| States Official Postal Guide, monthly
publication, for one cent copy. This
is about the cost. The department can
not distribute or sell the Guide, but
pOstmaSters can order it. The Guides
are filled with valuable information
from month to month.
! AS will be seen by our obituary no
tees to-day there are two deaths from
scarlet fever this week, and probably
two more will be added to the roll before
this is read by our subscribers. The
| families of Herbert Marsden and Warren
Balkan are to be added to those already
spoken of and those of last week. This
makes the aggregate quite mortality
| attending the scarlet fever since it took
such a fatal form early last week. The
Walter Cutting child is getting better,
and so are the households of several
others. The sympathy of all will 60 out
to parents bereayed of their children in
this way.
THERE was a quiet wedding at the
&c I Mn,
day evening, as will be noted in another
place to-day. Tie Rev. VIM. BOgert
Walker pronounced the ceremony III the
presence of a few friends and Mr.. Chas.
G.. Thompson and Miss Squires were
united for life. Mr. Thompson is well
known here having been a leading mark
etman for nearly twenty years aud Miss
Squires, the adopted daughter of the
late David +. Squlres, has a host of
friends in town. The happy couple left
yesterday for Old Chatham, n. Y, where
they will reside. We are sorry these
friends are removed from Bennington,
and still think they may concluded to re-
turn. Many good wishes attend them,
and the BANNER extends cordial and
hearty congratulations.
THE grand musicale and lecture an
nOunced for Thursday, March 18th,
should be borne in mind by our
people. The large bills this week and
the programmes next week will show
just what may be expected. The exer-
cises will take place in the st. Francis
de Sales church new editice, now com
pleted except the altar and the pews.
These will be in place on that evening.
Our readers will bear in mind also that
q 1, H., 4, lac tnr Of hi
church edifice. The lecture is to be by
the Rev. A. j. Barron on the "Charity
of the Irish People, and their Distin-
gushing characteristics" The soloists
of the occasion are to be Miss Mary
Mitchell, the talented soprano of Troy,
N. Y, and Miss Mary Hutchins, the con-
traltO so well known to our people. The
Larkins Bros, of HOlyoke, Mass, will
give some of their best selections, and
all these will be supported by a chorus
of 40 voices. Mrs Geo. w. Keeseman
will be pianist for the evening. The
proceeds are for the benefit of the
organ fund. We shall refer to this
again next wheek, when the programme
will be given, including the tableaux.
THE South Londonderry correspond
ent of the BrattlebOro PheniT has this
item "On February 9th a young man
by the name of Z. E. Smith, who has
recently come to live here, was called to
North Bennington to attend his mothers
funeral, which was to be held the fol-
lowing Friday, but on account of
brother who lived in the West not being
able to reach there in time for the funer-
al it was postponed to Sunday. On
Saturday, about o'clock p. m, as the
friends were in the room with the body,
their establishment was beyond descrip-
ton when she whom they mourned as
dead arose to sitting posture and Wild
ly exclaimed, Are you going 10 bury me
alive| No pen can describe the feelings
of the friends, as they thought of the
fate which came so near overtaking
loved one. Mrs. Smith is at present
writing insane from the effect of the
strain upon her nerves while she lay ap
parently unconscious, but cOgniZanG of
all that TRANSFERRED around her. This is
no sensational story, but fact beyond
dispute, vouched for by the son men
toned" The only trouble about this
yarn is that no snch event has happened
at North Bennington, as far as we can
learn. The facts may all be beyond
dispute" but the story teller will have to
try again. Next!
THE BrattlebOrO PhGnir is printing
series of letters from its Farmer Cor
respondent on his way through the
south" His last was dated from Will
mingtOn, N. c., and speaks of the broth
er of Judge Alfred Robinson and the
city of his adoption, in these words: 81