The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-14

OI OF. Luk6.
Miss LILLIAN FORD has moved from
Union street to Silver, in the tenement
lately vacated by Wells Valentine.
For the latest styles and lowest prices
in millinery we would advise our readers
| to glance over the advertisements on the
eighth page.
FARMERS have finished digging their
potatoes, and all complain of a poor yield
and of an inferior quality. Fruit is also
scarce in this section, although in the
early spring there was promise of a
large crop.
A DESPATCH from Barre, dated yester-
day, says: "Wayland Strong a well-to-
| do citizen, formerly commander of Gran
dell Grand Army Post, who has been
confined for several months in the in
sane asylum, was to-day taken to the
Vermont Soldiers home at Bennington"
W. H. STARBIRD, who works at the
electric light station, while at work We'd
nesday night, was caught by the revolv-
| ing belt and thrown over the shafting,
| injuring one leg and inficting other
bruises. No bones we're broken, as the
belt was quickly stopped and he was
released.
THE mother of Messrs. Leon and
Alex. LaMarre is critically i'll and her
death is hourly expected. Mrs. Leon
LaMarre has been hard working woman
and has a complication of diseases. She
has been seriously i'll only about a
month. The family will receive much
sympathy.
A GENERAL Columbian service will be
held at the Second Congregational
church on Sunday evening next at 7
o'clock. The discourse will be delivered
by the pastor, the Rev. Chas r. Sey-
mour, from Heb. XII, 40. Subject: 1.-The
Divine Experiment"
A NICE steel bell weighing 24O pounds
has been placed in the belfry of the
Guide Board school house, district No.
IA. This bell was given to the Sunday
school by some friends of that organi-
cation and was by the school transferred
to the district. 1t is very acceptable
| gift for both schools. The bell was made
i'll Seneca Falls and is fine toned.
Gov. FULLER and staff and Gen. Gill
more go to Chicago next Tuesday to be
present at the opening of the World
Fair. He choose four of his staff to at
tend with him as follows: ColOnels Ed.
| L. Bates, A. D. Gates, G. G. Gilman and
Erastus w. Jewett. 1t is quite compli-
mentary to the Bennington member of
the new staff that he was one of the four
| selected.
THE BANNER binder, Mr. W. c..
| Whitney, went to Greenfield, Mass, last
week to make preparations to move to
Bennington and settle here permanently.
He returned Wednesday and his family
will soon follow. We are sure that our
people will like Mr.. Whitney's work and
that they will take this opportunity to
get their papers, magazines, etc., bound,
and blank books made here.
WIN. E. HAwKs, Jr., the junior part
ner of the firm of j. E. Lapointe & Com
pany, has purchased his partner interest
in the Old River street store and will
conduct the business alone. Mr.. Lapointe
returns to Canada, Mr.. Hawks has a
change of advertisement in another
place to-day. He will move goods if
anybody can, and has large stock to
select from. We predict much success
to the new owner.
Col. OLIN SCOTT gave an interesting
paper on bells, their uses and the GUS
toms of ringing them from the beginning,
before the congregation assembled last
Sunday night to dedicate the bellfor the
Guide Board school house. There is a
proposal to ask him to deliver the same
down town. Col Scott owns piece of
the ''Old Liberty Bell'' of Philadelphia,
and prizes it highly as relic.
A SPECIAL despatch to the the BANNER
from Barton, from Representative
Morgan says that the elective officers of
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars are
the same as last year except that Mrs.
Ella Finney of Lyndonville is elected
Grand Vice Templar and Miss Lizzie A..
Butterfield of Roxbury, Grand Superin-
tendent Juvenile Templars. This gives
the order the services of Chauncey Hay
den, Grand Chief Templar, another year.
Past Grand Chief Templar Smalley and
Bro. Edgerton are Representatives to the
Right Worthy Grand Lodge. r. o.
Sturtevant is Deputy Right Worthy
Grand Chief Templar The next session
will be at Montpelier in October 1893.
The session has been harmonious and
enjoyable one and a great deal of en-
thusiasm was created by the great gains
in the State during the past year.
LAST Saturday morning about A
o'clock the bingham farm house"
owned and occupied by George Moore
was discovered to be on fire and it was
burned down. The fire was first dis
covered at the southeast corner of the
shed, among pile of wood and shingles,
and it is supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin, as there had been no
fire in any part of the house since
o'clock Friday evening. Mr.. Moore was
away from home in Williamstown. His
wife, two children and hired man were
in the house. Mrs. Moore was awakened
by the cracking timbers and passed into
the kitchen as the roof of the shed fell
in, and barely escaped with her little
ones. Only part of the furniture was
saved. Ten barrels of potatoes and
several barrels of vinegar were placed in
the cellar the day before. There was an
insurance of 5000 on the building and
$500 on the furniture, which covers only
part of the loss. Considerable delay
was experienced in sounding the electric
alarm and when the department got
there the only thing to be done was to
use the steamer and take water from
o. D. Adams's fish pond. r.Moore will
rebuild Immediately having his plans
already drawn, and hoping to put up
part of the new house this fall finished
to live in during the winter. We advise
each one of our readers to hunt up their
fire alarm cards, and study the same
until they can each sound an alarm in
diligently. Two fires now succeeding
each other and both alarms bungled up
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