The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-23

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friends here flying visit Sunday.
L. L. TIFFANY and family have gone
to Enfield, Conn.,, where they will pass
short vacation,
We regret to hear of the illness of Mr..
H. W. Scott, and hope to soon hear of
his convaleseence.
MISS MAMIE HOFFMAN has been under
the care of the doctors for the past
week, but is now better
THE Soldiers Home fountain has been
newly cemented and will now hold all the
water that flows into it.
Up. MAILER and wife of Brooklyn,
n. Y, have been at the Putnam House
this week. They are friends of Rector
Walker.
WILLIAM O'DoNNELL has taken his
son James, who injured his hip a few
weeks since, to New York to be
treated.
SIXTY tickets were sold at this station
for the excursion to Lake George Friday,
and POO were sold on the line of the Leb-
anon Springs railroad.
ABOUT forty-tive veterans left here
Monday morning to attend the G. A. r..
encampment at Washington. They met
at Troy the Troy delegation.
THE first mishap in building the Opera
House occurred on Monday, when
turing rib He is recovering.
Mr.. AND Mrs. WIN. C. ROBINSON have
turned from their wedding trip, and will
soon be at home in the new dwelling
built by Miss Day in the north part of
the village.
THERE is not space this week to call
particular attention to our advertisers,
so many matters prepared for this issue
being crowded out, and so we ask our
readers to scan the first, fifth and eight
pages carefully.
DIR. L. C. BATES and wife of New
York, who have been spending the sum-
mer at Sand Lake, n. Y, and are now
making a tour of southern Vermont in
their own conveyance, spent Friday and
Saturday in this village.
THE Norwich cadets returned to
Mortified Wednesday. They are E. G.
Bennett and George Donnelly of this vii
lage and II. NJ. Madison of South Shafts
bury. Arthur Cushman of North Ben
nington, who graduated last June, enters
the University, making one more student
from this county.
THE attendance upon the fairs at North
Adams and near Albany this week have
been large, many of Bennington's people
going. Our readers should not forget
the Battenkill Valley Fair at Manches-
ter, which opens October 4th and con-
tinues three days.
The New York Tribune prints Sir Ed
ward Arnold's cholera preventative. 1t
says: "Sir Edward Arnold has remedy,
or rather preventive of cholera, which
he declares is absolutely certain to keep
person from becoming ill with it. He
says that if person will take five drops
of hydrochloric acid in a cup of tea
every second morning he may become a
nurse in cholera hospital with impu-
nifty. A person must not take seven or
eight drops, however, or he will burn the
lining from his stomach"
THE trustees of the village closed a
contract with the Bennington Water
Power and Light company Friday even
ing for lighting the streets with electric
ity. Under the new contract, which be-
five lights instead of twenty EIGHT as at
present. The price is eighty dollars per
year each. The lights are also to be
lighted in the winter from 6 to 7 a. M,
for five cents an hour each and any other
extra light needed is to be supplied at
the same rates.
IN another place we have an item of
the breaking into house in SALISBURY
by some one. Houses were, also, entered
in Searsburgh, Woodford and other
towns, and in each case quantity of
money and jewelry was taken. In
Searsburgh the thief stole a gun by
which he was traced to Granville, n. Y,
and arrested Wednesday by Officers
Nash and Rooney of this town, and Fred.
Gtddings of Manchester. The fellow
name is VIM. Madison of Warren county
n. Y, and the officers opinion of him is
that he knows all about jails and pris-
ons, but is quite intelligent withal
When arrested he had gathered together
two hard customers who were with him.
He plead guilty to the Searsburgh bur-
glary and is held for the grand jury
Officers Nash and Rooney followed his
trail for three days and at Manchester on
their way north they enlisted officer Cid
dings. Mattison gave them a crooked
chase, first into one State and then back
into the other, but was captured as above
stated. He had broken into five houses
in the towns named, within few DAYS,
and in each secured some plumber.
On Tuesday evening of this week, Sep
TENDER Goth, at 7 o'clock, goodly num-
Der of friends gathered at st. Francis de
Sales church to witness the marriage of
Mr.. John Sculley and Miss Elizabeth Null
ligan, eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Mulligan of this village. The
ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. A.
j. Barron. pastor of the church, and re-
ception followed at the home of the
brides parents on Lincoln street. Mr..
Patrick Kenney, cousin of the groom,
was best man, and Miss Jennie Mulligan,
sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid.
After a number of relatives and friends
had paid their respects to the happy
couple, and all had partaken of the we'd
ding dinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Sculley depart
ed for short tour, after which they will
return and reside in Bennington. They
were tie recipients of numerous remem-
brances and substantial tokens of regard,
including articles useful and ornamental
Congratulations are hereby extended.
THE graded school faculty for the
present term is as follows: Prof. Charles
S. Davis, Superintendent; Herbert w.
Downs, director of music; Helen o.
Rogers, principal of high school; Hattie
L. Haven, first assistant; b. Agnes
Collins. second assistant; Maud Carpen-
ter, ninth year grammar; NJ. Agnes
Leonard, eighth year grammar; Ella
Collins, school No. 6; NJ. Blanche Sibley,
cchool No r innior. Edith RussaIl